If you’re listening to this podcast, you’re probably already trying to save money by doing SEO yourself. 

But one of the biggest struggles for people doing DIY SEO is building backlinks. 

That’s often why they resort to using an SEO agency, and let’s be honest, good SEO agencies aren’t cheap.  

That’s because building quality backlinks takes a big amount of time. You’ve got to build the relationship, you’ve got to get the good content out there and even then it can take a while for those links to flow through. 

But today I’ve got an amazing guest on to talk about a revolutionary idea: Can you still rank well without link-building?

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• What a backlink is, and what it does

• How you can still compete with competitors that invest heavily in backlinks

• How small local businesses can create great content that organically gets shared online

• How to assess what kind of content Google is prioritising in your niche or industry

• How using Google Analytics can show you how people engage with your website

• Why click-through rate is important to focus on

Useful resources: 

• What the eff are entities in SEO? with Nik Ranger (NEWBIE)

• Banned Books Brochure

• SEO Forecasting: How to Predict and Plan the Future with Dan Petrovic (NEWBIE)

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If you bought a small bookshop in a coastal town, in pretty much the middle of nowhere, what would you do to make it a success? In this episode, I'm going to be telling you exactly what I've done to try and make my new bookshop, Umina Beach Book Nook, rank well on Google and build a community of loyal and loving fans. It's going to be a combination of marketing, copywriting, SEO, a whole lot of hard work.

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Getting people through the door can be a constant struggle, which is why SEO is so important for local businesses.I know this for real now that I have a bookshop.

But with all the changes Google has made, how do you stand out in the local pack? Is the local pack even a thing anymore?

Today I’m chatting with a Local SEO expert about the latest advice, so stay Tooned.

• What local SEO is, and how it differs from normal organic SEO
• How search intent and local results work
• How to appear on the local pack
• Why your Google Business Profile is so important
• How to appear in the top three of the map pack
• Why the Q&A section of your Google Business Profile is so powerful
• How to manage negative reviews 
• How local link building differs from regular link building. 
• How to connect more within your community to raise awareness of your business

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It's Toon Tip time, and your trusty host, me, is here today to tackle that ever elusive question swirling in the minds of digital marketing managers everywhere. How long does it really take for SEO to work? Is it a sprint? A marathon, or maybe a bit of both?

Today we're going to be diving into timelines, managing expectations, and maybe even giving you the patience you need to see your glorious search engine rankings soar. Let's get stuck in.

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When I started out, I was one of the few women in the SEO trenches. I remember joining an SEO Group on Google and realising I was literally the only female in there. I’m beyond chuffed to see that that’s no longer the case. At a recent SEO event in Newcastle over half of the audience were women. It’s great to see the SEO world and events trying to aim for more balanced, diverse speaker lineups. But we still have a long way to go. I still see articles featuring the top 100 SEOS and nearly all of them are middle-aged white men. (Usually with beards).

Today’s guest is passionate about amplifying women’s voices in SEO, and even has an upcoming event I’ll be speaking at. Let’s get into it.

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• When Georgia got started in SEO

• What made Georgia want to focus on building a strong SEO community for women

• What has changed over the last few years in the SEO industry

• How men can help support women in SEO

• Who will be speaking at the Breaking Barriers IWD event

• What Georgia’s community do to support each other and make online marketing life easier

• What one area you should pay more attention to in your SEO

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• Breaking Barriers Event: IWD Women in Digital Marketing

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Hello and welcome to The Recipe for SEO Success. Today it's Toon tip time. I'm going to share a short, sharp episode that gives you quick advice and helps make your SEO journey easier. And today I want to talk about E.E.A.T. (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness). 

Kate discussed the importance of Google's EEAT framework for content creators to enhance their authenticity and authority in the digital landscape. She emphasized the need for content to reflect firsthand experience, demonstrate depth of knowledge, cite reliable sources, and establish a brand as a leader in its space. Kate also stressed the importance of transparency and strong signals in terms of reviews and testimonials.

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In today's Toon tip I'm answering a question from the Misfits Entrepreneurs Facebook group from Jo Green: What are the top things to do to help your website and articles show up in Google AI overviews or AI search that are easy to implement?

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What does the future of ecommerce look like? Now, we’ve already done our SEO predictions episode covering the broad strokes, but today I want to focus on eCommerce.

What has changed, and what has stayed the same? How can you continue to compete with the big brand names in this new age of AI? Stick around and find out.

• What has changed in ecommerce over the last year
• What technical aspects you should learn
• What Google Shopping is
• How Google Merchant Center works
• Common UX mistakes ecommerce sites are making
• What differences you can make to product descriptions for voice search
• How AI is changing ecommerce business processes
• How Louis keeps up with all the changes in ecommerce
• Louis’s number-one tip for ecommerce owners

Useful resources: 

• Ecommerce SEO-friendly UX: from crappy to kerching with Louis Smith (NEWBIE)

• Google Shopping

• Google Merchant Centre

• Microsoft Clarity

• Magai

• Hemingway

• Personal Branding Workbook

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It's time for my first SEO tip of 2025, and today we're going to be talking about SEO prompts for ChatGPT.

Now unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that ChatGPT is an advanced natural language processing AI model. Developed by OpenAI, it's all about trying to understand and generate ‘human-like’, and yes, I'm doing air fingers when I say human-like, text based on the input it receives.

It's a valuable tool, we love it, and lots of people are using it for SEO. Now, I want to give you some examples of how you can use it, say some prompts that might be helpful.

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• Magai

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What’s important to Google this year

So it’s been a while, thanks for Tooning back in. As I mentioned in the kick-off episode for the year, I took a little break to deal with some personal stuff, but now I’m back and ready to face everything SEO has to throw at us in 2025. But what do we think is coming down the tube? How much will Chat GPT influence SEO? Do the old methods still work? Today I’m joined by one of my favourite SEO’s to talk through our predictions for the coming year.

Tune in to learn: 

• Why it’s important to focus on UX (user experience) friendly sites

• Why Google AI summaries are here to stay

• Why SEO needs to become a multi-channel approach

• Why we need to move beyond keywords and focus on user intent behind queries

• Why everyone (including SEO pros) needs to work on building up their EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness)

• Why video content is so important

• Why we should focus on collaboration instead of creation

• Why AI content is going to increase

• How building communities can lead to potential customers

• How you can use AI agents to streamline SEO processes

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