My Bloody Website Podcast

The search results are no longer just 10 blue links. Understanding how your brand can appear in search engines will open your mind up to the wide range of opportunities for your business. https://youtu.be/jEuoEYFl3nIResources for this Episode Raven Tools Guide to the SERPS Search Engine Journal Google Play Podcast Features Darryl: Hi and Welcome to “The My Bloody Website podcast” where we talk about all things online especially for a small and medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King, I've been running a web agency for over 25 years and my co-host Ed Pelgen has been running his online marketing agency for just as long. Our goal is to cover things in a way anyone can understand and to help you improve how you use online in your business. We're about to record episode 40. How do you look on search engines? How are you Ed? Edmund: I'm very good Darryl. And yourself Darryl: excellent, very good for young fella. Edmund: I think this is a great episode because we never walk out of; you typic

You don't always need to pay an expert to find out if your site has problems. In today's episode we discuss three simple site checks you can do yourself. https://youtu.be/XQ3ByXgiO3kResources for this Episode Google Search Console Google Analytics MobileMoxie     Darryl: Hi and welcome to “The My Bloody Website podcast” where we talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King, I've been running a web agency for over 25 years. And my co-host Ed Pelgen, who's been running his online marketing agency for just as long. Our goals to cover things in a way anyone can understand and can improve how they use online in their business. And we're talking to you. This is episode 39 and it's called “Three simple site checks you can do for yourself”. How are you Ed? How are you doing? Edmund: I'm doing very good Darryl. Yourself? Darryl: Excellent, I'm doing very, very well Edmund: So what are we talking about today mate? Darryl: well, you know; we spe

In todays episode, we talk about some key recent updates to Google that you need to be aware of. https://youtu.be/XUYwVS2-CVcResources for this Episode Chrome 68 Update Page Speed Update Articles: Google Webmasters Blog Search Engine Land Page Speed Insight tools: Page Speed Insights GT Metrix Pingdom Googles new URL Inspection Tool Darryl: Hi and welcome to The My Bloody Website Podcast where we talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King I’ve been running a web agency for 25 plus years and my co-host Ed Pelgen has been running his online marketing agency for just as long. Our goal is to cover things in a way that you can understand, anyone can understand and can help you improve how you use online for your business. This is episode 38 and we're talking about important Google updates that have happened in June, July 2018. How are you Ed? Edmund: I'm very good Darryl. How about yourself? Darryl: excellent, right; excellent;

In this episode we touch base on the big changes that were planned with SSL. Has Chrome updated yet to flag non https sites as insecure? What can you expect to happen if you delay the update? https://youtu.be/Ny9D7o_5in8Resources for this Episode Add these two lines to your htaccess file unchanged and they will help with the http -> https redirect RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] Darryl: Hi and welcome to The My Bloody Website podcast, where we talk about all things online, especially for small and medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King, and I've been running a web agency for over 25 years. I’m here with my co-host Ed Pelgen. He has been running his online marketing agency for just as long. Our goal is to cover things in a way anyone can understand, and can improve how you’ll use online for your business. This is Episode 37 - July 26, 2018 and it’s titled “What happen with SSL?” Hey Ed how you going? Edmund: Good ma

In todays episode, we talk about whether you should write about the cost of your service on your website. Many people like to keep this hidden. We discuss the opportunities to be had from writing about how much it's going to cost to work with your business. Listen to this episode:Watch this Episodehttps://youtu.be/TIABDW4IpzE Darryl: Hi! And welcome to “The My Bloody Website” podcast, where we talk about all things online especially for small, medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King, I've been running a web agency for over 25 years. My co-host Ed Pelgen who’s been running his online marketing agency for about as long. Our goal is to cover things in a way anyone can understand and can improve how they use online in their business. Episode 36 and we're going to go with a Content topic this week: Writing about What Your Service Costs. How are you going Ed? Edmund: I'm going very well Darryl. How about yourself? Darryl: yeah, I'm going good. So we have, had a few sort of navel-gazing episodes an

In todays episode we discuss the idea that maybe you being a cheapskate is costing you results in your business. Listen to this episode:Watch this Episodehttps://youtu.be/P2wDTVpTUJk Darryl: Hi and welcome to “The My Bloody Website” podcast, where we talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King, I've been running with the agency for over 25 years, my co-host Ed Pelgen has been running his online marketing agency for about as long. Our goal is to cover things in a way anyone can understand and can improve how they use online in their business. This is episode 35 called: Are You Being a Cheapskate. Hello Ed. Edmund: Good Day Darryl or is the Australian say “a tight-ass” Darryl: “a tight-ass”; well and it's; we like throwing the odd controversial. The last few weeks we've been firing straight from the hip. Edmund: Ranting Darryl: getting all these complaints about the swear words and all that; that's fine Edmund: well they can just Darryl: ye

If you aren't getting the results you want in your online business, maybe it's because you don't respect the effort that things take and you give up to early. We discuss this in detail in today's episode. Listen to this episode:Watch this Episodehttps://youtu.be/aEGoQjrVXNk Darryl: Hi and welcome to “The My Blood Website” podcast where we talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners and marketers. I'm Darryl King. I've been running my web agency for 25 plus years, my co-hosts Ed Pelgen has been running his online marketing agency for just as long. Our goals; to cover things in a way anyone can understand and can improve how they use online in their business. We're about to do Episode 34, it is the 5th of July 2018 and this topic is - Do You Respect the Effort it Takes. How you going Ed? Edmund: I'm going great Darryl. How about yourself mate? Darryl: ok, excellent; so to our US listeners. Yesterday was Independence Day - 4th of July. Happy Independence Day. Like to keep in

In this episode, we get real and challenge you to take another look at your business and get real about some of the things you are doing or pursuing. Listen to this episode:Watch this Episodehttps://youtu.be/DEFD4f-LH2U Darryl: Hi and welcome to The My Bloody Website podcast where we talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or marketers. I'm Darryl King, I've been running a web agency for over 25 years and I'm here with my co-host Ed Pelgen, who's been running his online marketing agency just as long. Our goals to cover things in a way anyone can understand and it can prove how they use online in their business. This is episode 33 we've called it a Reality check About Your Online Business. It's June 28 2018. Hey, Ed how are you going? Edmund: Good mate. Yourself? Darryl: Excellent, excellent Edmund: Thanks Darryl: Getting ready for a rants Edmund: oh, I love rants trust me; we do; there's a lot to rant about in today's environment; let me tell you Darryl: well and

In today's episode, we tackle Google My Business which is the key to getting found in Local Search. Listen to this episode:Watch this Episodehttps://youtu.be/wcMvey8-ibM Darryl:                    Hi I'm Darryl King and I'm here with my co-host Ed Pelgen were a couple of old internet guys, who have been running our online agencies for over twenty years. We get together every week to talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who talk about their websites as their bloody website. Each week we aim to tackle a range of online issues, put them in plain language so anyone can understand, how to make their websites work better for their business. Episode 32 - We're going to talk specifically about: Google my Business. Hey Ed. Edmund:                Hey Darryl, How are you? Darryl:                    I’m good. I think; like we have talked a little bit about local, previously Edmund:                yeah Darryl:                    but there is a lot of stuff comin

Using a remote team allows to you get more things done than you otherwise would. In this episode, Darryl takes us through his tips about finding and working with a remote team. https://youtu.be/FwgHcNAwJrEResources for this Episode Upwork Freelancer Fiverr 99designs Darryl: Hi there, I'm Darryl King; I'm here with my co-host Ed Pelgen, couple of old internet Ex. Who been running our online agencies for over 20 years. We get together weekly to talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who are still referring to their sites as their bloody web sites. Each week we look at tackling a range of online issues; put them in plain language, so you, me, everyone can understand them how to make their website work better for their businesses or (0:28…?). We are Episode 31 today and the topic is - How do you use remote workers to achieve your goals? How you doing Ed Edmund: good, thanks Darryl. Yourself? Darryl: yeah, really good; so, only to clarify what w

There are so many amazing and powerful tools that allow us to run businesses like never before. In today's episode, Darryl talks to us about some of the powerful online tools he uses to run his online business and manage a team of remote staff efficiently and effectively. Don't miss this episode. https://youtu.be/nyqnwnwJNEwResources for this Episode Email Tools https://www.aweber.com/ https://mailchimp.com/ https://www.constantcontact.com/ https://www.drip.com/ https://www.activecampaign.com/ CRM https://www.streak.com/ https://www.insightly.com/ https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm Project Management https://asana.com/ https://trello.com/ Integration & Triggers https://zapier.com/ https://ifttt.com/ Software Development https://bitbucket.org/ https://github.com/ Cloud Storage https://www.dropbox.com/google https://www.google.com.au/drive/ Landing Page Platforms https://www.clickfunnels.com/ https://www.leadpages.net/ https://instapage.com/ https://unbounce.com/ SEO Tools https://www.semrush.com/

Measuring your website's effectiveness is how you know what is working. In this episode, Darryl takes us through the various ways you can measure whether your site is doing it's job. https://youtu.be/ZsebCJ9u8q0Resources for this Episode Online version Website Planning Guide Buy ebook or paperback version (and get access to the closed FaceBook group): The Complete Website Planning Guide Darryl: Hi I'm Darryl King. I'm here with my co-host Ed Pelgen, we’re couple of old internet guys who been running our online agencies work well over 20 years. We get together weekly to talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who still talk about their website, as they're bloody website. Each week we're going to tackle range of online issues put them in plain language so anyone can understand how to make their website work better for their business. This is episode 29. Hi Ed! How are you going? Edmund: Good Darryl. Yourself? Darryl: good, I suppose I should say that e

Creating content for your business can be touch when you are busy doing everything else. In todays episode, we talk about how to get content written for your site so you don't have to do it yourself. https://youtu.be/ZtjT1lmEL8MResources for this Episode Online version Website Planning Guide Buy ebook or paperback version (and get access to the closed FaceBook group): The Complete Website Planning Guide Darryl:                    We get together weekly talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who still refer to their website as their bloody website each week we aim to tackle a range of online issues and put them in plain language so anyone can understand how to make their websites work better for their businesses Episode 28 What is a Website Plan and Why you Use one. Hello Edmund Edmund:                Hey Darryl how are you? This one is gonna be very close to your heart I'm sure Darryl:                    It is it is okay so a couple of weeks ago thr

Creating content for your business can be touch when you are busy doing everything else. In todays episode, we talk about how to get content written for your site so you don't have to do it yourself. https://youtu.be/8ljmMBBHnhYResources for this Episode Writing Tools Hemingway Grammarly Transcription Services & Tools Rev Scribie Trint oTranscribe Writing Websites Upwork Problogger Text broker Freelancer People per hour Guru iFreelance Freelance Writing Darryl:                    Hi I'm Darryl King and my co-host Ed Pelgen where a couple of old internet guys who have been running our online agencies for over 20 years we get together weekly to talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who are still referring to their online website as their bloody website each week we aim to tackle a range of online issues and put them in plain language so anyone can understand how to make their website work better for their business we are episode 27 How to get conte

With online marketing, more often than not we don't know where to start when facing an complex problems. But what if you aren't aware what the problem is? In today's episode we talk about what to do when you don't know what you don't know. https://youtu.be/P3V2ursMXRsResources for this Episode Darryl: Hi I'm Darryl King and my co-host Ed Pelgen were a couple of old internet guys who's been running our online agencies for more than 20 years we get together weekly talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who are still referring to their website as their bloody websites each week we aim to tackle a range of online issues put them in plain language so anyone can understand how to make their website work better for their business this is episode 26 and it's titled what to do when you don't know what you don't know good day Edmund Edmund: hey Darryl How are you? Darryl: good buddy Edmund: what to do when you don’t know Darryl: what to do you when don't kn

Wordpress themes are everywhere, there are so many choices available today including those as part of frameworks as well as stand-alones. They make life easy and you can save a lot of time and money. But should you use them? Would you be better served by getting a well optimised custom design? We discuss your options in today's episode. https://youtu.be/xy0eDdaRClQResources for this Episode Darryl: Hi I'm Daryl King and my co-host Ed Pelgen we're a couple of old internet guides have been running our online agencies for over 20 years we get together weekly to talk about all the things online especially for small and medium business owners who still refer through their bloody website each week we look at tackling a range of online issues and put them in plain language so anyone can understand how to make the websites work better for their businesses Ed this is episode 25 we're gonna touch on a whole lot of WordPress theme issues I believe how are you? Edmund: Very good and yourself Darryl? Darryl: yeah

Facebook is a powerful platform to use to put your business in front of many potential customers as long as you understand how to use their system. In today's episode, we discuss recent Facebook algorithm updates and how you can use Facebook well. https://youtu.be/Nfrc9qCnVlYResources for this Episode A bunch of articles you can read: https://blog.hootsuite.com/facebook-algorithm-change-2018/ https://blog.bufferapp.com/facebook-algorithm https://wallaroomedia.com/facebook-newsfeed-algorithm-change-history/ https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571 https://www.forbes.com/sites/keenanbeasley/2018/01/15/how-facebooks-latest-changes-impact-influencers-businesses-the-future-of-social-media-marketing/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/02/02/what-facebooks-algorithm-shift-means-for-your-small-business/#62fbb8c21408 https://www.reshiftmedia.com/facebooks-2018-algorithm-business/ https://www.brafton.com/blog/distribution/what-your-business-needs-to-know-about

In this episode we get down and practical with a site review of a local painting company called Lionhart Painters https://youtu.be/ip5GkmHCeTQResources for this Episode Existing site home page: Darryl:                    Hi I'm Darryl King a web agency owner who's been working in strategy design and development for more than 20 years my partner Ed Pelgen an SEO specialist who has been running his online marketing agency for just as long and we get together weekly to talk about all things online especially for small and medium business owners or executives who still refer to their bloody website each week we aim to tackle a range of online issues and put them in plain language so anyone can understand how to make their website work better for their business today is episode 23 and we are doing a first which is a website review we're gonna do a review of lionhartpainters.com.au welcome Ed Edmund:                Hey Darryl how are you Darryl:                    good mate yes so, different form

Blogging is a powerful way to attract website traffic and to convert visitors into customers. In this episode we go through the blogging basics that you need to get right to make blogging successful.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-VZG-SJnTwResources for this Episode Digital Marketer Blog Post Ideas Image Optimization Tools Source Free Images Using Trello as an Editorial Calendar Canva Publish Better Blog Posts

With WordPress powering a large % of websites on the internet it is critical to make sure your site is in optimal health and running fast. In this episode, we talk about how you can make sure your WordPress site stays up, runs fast and remains secure.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtFXxk0_XhUResources for this Episode