Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast

Eric Ritter, Founder and CEO at Digital Neighbor, discusses leadership tips from SEO to CEO. When your business deals with clients, you’re bound to run into instances where employees make mistakes. While mistakes are opportunities to improve your processes, if you hired the wrong individuals, their response to these mistakes being called out may not be the most favorable. Today, Eric continues to talk about general leadership tips from an SEO to CEO. Show Notes

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• Eric Ritter: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Tyson Stockton: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Eric Ritter, Founder and CEO at Digital Neighbor, discusses leadership tips from SEO to CEO. Moving from the point of being an SEO to being a CEO involves way more than just doing quality SEO work. It involves aspects such as sales, and managing a group of employees with a myriad of experiences, talents, and challenges. Today, Eric talks about general leadership tips from an SEO to CEO. Show Notes

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• Eric Ritter: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Tyson Stockton: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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John Pagilo, Digital Marketing Manager at Flyte New Media, talks about local SEO and Google My Business. We’ve seen Google making the big shift towards keeping users on their search results page by any means necessary. If you haven’t yet taken advantage of Google posts, questions and answers, and the messaging feature, you run the risk of being overlooked by both users and Google. Today, John discusses leveraging your Google My Business profile in competitive industries. Show Notes

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• John Pagilo: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Andy Crestodina, Co-Founder and CMO of Orbit Media, talks about how to take advantage of changes to the SERP. If your SEO strategy is still based on topping the results in terms of the traditional 10 blue links, you’re likely to get overshadowed on the SERPs. In reality, the SERP is moving towards being a more visual experience, so the more that you understand what’s going on with the SERP and user intent, the more you’ll understand what content formats you need to be producing to stay relevant. Today, Andy discusses non-obvious uses of video in the SERP. Show Notes

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• Andy Crestodina: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Andy Crestodina, Co-Founder and CMO of Orbit Media, talks about how to take advantage of changes to the SERP. When it comes to optimizing your SEO strategies, it’s not just about creating good content or ranking for keywords. A lot of the time, it boils down to having a flexible SEO and SERP strategy and trying to understand what Google is looking to provide to its users so that you can get the most visibility through your relationships. Today, Andy breaks down how you can fix your broken SERP strategies. Show Notes

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• Andy Crestodina: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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John Horn, CEO of Stub Group, talks about SEO and PPC. One thing every advertiser fears is getting their Google Ads account suspended. Getting the account reinstated isn’t an impossible feat, but it does require that certain steps are followed carefully to avoid having to appeal numerous times. Today, John discusses staying on the good side of Google. Show Notes

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• John Horn: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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John Horn, CEO of Stub Group, talks about SEO and PPC. If Google’s changes to the SERP indicate anything, it’s that there’s a clear prioritization of paid ads. So, to maximize your chances of winning a user’s click, you have to have a good PPC and SEO strategy or risk losing out on traffic. Today, John discusses the interaction between SEO and PPC. Show Notes

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• John Horn: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Katrina McKinnon, Founder of CopySmiths, discusses content creation best practices. To get the attention of your target audience, the content you create has to be creative and not be perceived as boring. However, before getting to the point of creating content that gets your audience’s attention, you must write content that enables search engines to rank your website. Today, Katrina talks about what type of content ranks on Google. Show Notes

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• Katrina McKinnon: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Katrina McKinnon, Founder of CopySmiths, discusses content creation best practices. Though it is getting much more difficult to differentiate between AI-generated content and content created by a human, the differences still prevail. Firstly, AI doesn’t do as well on analogies, metaphors, and stories, as humans do, but these nuances are ultimately what compels people to take an interest in your content. Today, Katrina talks about the human touch versus AI copywriters. Show Notes

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• Katrina McKinnon: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Katrina McKinnon, Founder of CopySmiths, discusses content creation best practices. The digital shopping experience today is more based on trust than it has ever been. So, while conversion tactics like button color aren’t likely to work as well, what potential customers and Google are looking for is your social proof of the buying experience. Today, Katrina talks about creating high-performance eCommerce content. Show Notes

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• Katrina McKinnon: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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