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

Episode Overview: The last series of Google algorithm updates, including the latest BERT update, are flying like a flurry of boxing jabs, with BERT being the most recent surprise jab from the tech giant. Some companies are successfully dodging the latest punches and coming out on top, while other companies have been taking them square on the chin. Join Ben and Tyson as they discuss some of the early SEO winners and which companies got KO’ed by BERT in the latest Google algorithm update round. Show Notes

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• Tyson Stockton: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: Flowers can’t truly bloom and stand out amongst the foliage without a little pruning – the same can be said for content on your website. Trimming excess content may sound harmful to your content strategy, but pruning excess content to enhance your high-performing content can significantly improve your content marketing efforts. Join Ben as he welcomes back Eric Enge, general manager for digital marketing at Perficient Digital, to discuss successful approaches to content trimming and how to prevent trimming too much. Show Notes

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• Eric Enge: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: Content collateral are like bricks – a single brick doesn’t hold much value but assembling thousands together provide a foundation and create a superstructure that can take your content marketing efforts to new heights. Join Ben as he concludes his interview with Robert Rose, chief strategy advisor at the Content Marketing Institute, as they discuss how to develop and grow a powerful content portfolio and how to evaluate a single piece of content’s worth in relation to your greater content collection. Show Notes

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• Robert Rose: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: The modern digital landscape provides robust tools and abundant resources that any business can use to easily create their own content, but it takes an efficiently structured content team to truly achieve your business’ content marketing goals. Join Ben as he continues his Content Optimization Month discussion with Content Marketing Institute’s Robert Rose as he explains the pros and cons of different content marketing team organizational structures and the best way to create and structure your own powerhouse content marketing team. Show Notes

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• Robert Rose: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: Ineffective content marketing strategies are plaguing the competitive marketing landscape, obscuring and limiting the reach of content for everyone striving for visibility in their respective industries. Join host Ben as he welcomes back content expert Robert Rose from the Content Marketing Institute as he leads a discussion on the current state of content marketing and clarifies the essential content strategies companies need to practice to elevate and separate their content from the chaff. Show Notes

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• Robert Rose: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: In the fast-paced, ever changing world of SEO quick decision making matters. Time is a valuable currency; spend too much of it on content optimization and you stand to lose gains in other aspects of your content strategy. Join our host Ben as he concludes High Value Content Week with a final discussion on how to best prioritize your time when evaluating and optimizing content with Searchmetrics’ Content Lead Marlon Glover. Show Notes

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• Marlon Glover: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: Syndicating high value content on various channels like social media, email and video outlets is a powerful method to expand your content’s reach, but a poorly executed content syndication plan can pose a significant risk to your ranking endeavors. Join Ben and Searchmetrics’ Content Lead Marlon Glover as they continue their High Value Content Week discussion by evaluating content syndication benefits, reviewing useful tools to aid your syndication efforts and why customer engagement is crucial to a successful plan. Show Notes

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• Marlon Glover: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode Overview: A plethora of tools and techniques exist in SEO to help elevate, extend and maximize the reach of your content, but it can be difficult to decide which methods best suit you and your business. Join Ben as he continues High Value Content Week with Searchmetrics’ very own Content Lead Marlon Glover as they discuss tips and strategies to boost and maximize the reach of your best and non-performing content. Show Notes

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• Marlon Glover: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Episode overview: Jockeying for the top ranking spot, known as position zero, on Google is no easy feat and requires a level of content optimization finesse to realistically achieve. Although securing the top spot is ideal, there's no guarantee it can surpass the traffic numbers competitors ranked in spots two and three can gain. Join Ben and Searchmetrics' Content Lead Marlon Glover as they continue their High Value Content Week discussion on how to edge past the competition with your existing high-value content to secure the coveted top ranking spot on Google and the different ways you can optimize your current valuable content to competitively draw traffic to your site without achieving position zero. Show Notes

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• Marlon Glover: Website // LinkedIn
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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