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How to Grow Your Search Traffic Predictably #1670
March 09, 2021

How To Grow Your Search Traffic Predictably

In episode #1670, we give you the best strategies for growing your SEO traffic. Social media platforms offer instant gratification if you make a post that goes viral, whereas the project of growing SEO traffic is a slow slog. If you are willing to put in the time and be consistent though, you will see amazing compounding effects over time. Tune in to learn about creating content around top keywords in your niche, building links to your blog, how to divide your time between the two, and more.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:25] Today’s topic: How To Grow Your Search Traffic Predictably
  • [00:44] Strategies Eric implemented to grow traffic on the Single Grain website.
  • [01:08] Increase the frequency of content publishing.
  • [01:14] Link-building strategies like posting guest content on other blogs.
  • [01:36] Being consistent and experiencing compounding effects over time.
  • [02:08] Neil’s process for building traffic.
  • [02:15] Find the keywords your competitors rank for that you don’t.
  • [02:50] Crank out content on the terms that you don’t rank for.
  • [03:06] Find your declining articles and update them.
  • [04:00] Focus more on serving your audience than algorithm updates.
  • [04:20] SEO is a slow slog compared to the quick fix of social media platforms.
  • [04:50] How Neil divides his team between creating new content and updates.
  • [05:19] That’s it for today!
  • [05:20] Go to marketingschool.io/pro to start your free trial in our marketing community.

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