#seoisaeo Podcast - Expert Interviews At Major Digital Marketing Conferences

Pamela Wilson talks with Jason Barnard about use your skillset to make money online in midlife. Pamela Wilson coaches mid-career people to build profitable online businesses. She is the creator and head trainer of The Offer Accelerator, where she helps people create high-value offers that generate $10-20,000 in revenue each month. Pamela is a digital marketing consultant, keynote speaker and founder of PamelaWilson.com. She is the author of two popular books on content marketing: Master Content Marketing and Master Content Strategy. Mid-career marketers often have in-depth knowledge about their craft. They know a lot about the ins and outs of business. But when they strike out as an independent consultant, they often struggle and scramble with the thought of always attracting a new audience, pulling prospects into the bottom of funnel, and converting them into clients. How can you, as a consultant, make that process less of a problem by building a foundational income that takes the stress out of marketi

Andrew Holland talks with Jason Barnard about the value of SEO. Andrew Holland is a well-known voice in the field of search engine optimisation (SEO). His story starts in the police, takes a detour to the British Boxing Board of Control and currently sees him as Head of Organic at Manchester SEO agency Embryo. Andrew's perspective on search engine optimisation is based on his knowledge and deep understanding of the consumer journey, search intent, The Messy Middle and Behavioural Psychology. After hearing what Andrew has to say, your view of marketing and how you use it to increase sales could change forever. There is no immediate and definitive timeframe for visible results in SEO. It takes time, a lot of effort and ultimately, hard work. All too often, SEO is either forgotten or seen as standalone by companies in their digital marketing strategies. But what if SEO itself is brand marketing? Quite interesting! In this digitalised world, search engines like Google are the first port of call for infor

Brian Harnish talks with Jason Barnard about SEO audits: now and into the future. Brian Harnish is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Professional and web developer with extensive practical knowledge of SEO, online marketing and advertising. He is self-motivated, enthusiastic, and a conscientious team player with proven experience in sales and content creation for digital media, creating marketing campaigns for new product launches across various social media channels, devising marketing and advertising strategies, and tracking product sales and costs by analyzing and entering sales, expense, and new business data. A detailed SEO audit report will be more effective if the clients understand clearly what they need to implement to improve on their website. And taking a step back and walking clients through each step of the process with a well-presented report, that takes into account the context of their industry, will definitely encourage them to implement what was recommended. Brian Harnish and Jason

Yuval Ackerman talks with Jason Barnard about selling more and better with ethical email marketing. Yuval Ackerman is the person you want to work with if you want to promote your brand without all the possible sleazy sales tactics in email marketing - but don't know how to do it yourself. As an ethical email strategist and copywriter, she helps entrepreneurs and companies tell their stories and sell without feeling guilty (and even have fun doing it!). She believes that email is a wonderful platform to build genuine and honest relationships with your audience, bypassing the unreliable "middle man" of social media. When she's not thinking of fun and ethical ways to help her clients market themselves, Yuval enjoys all things food, writing songs, and hosting a podcast about conscious relationships called “Loving Against My Instincts.” It is a daunting task to be exceptional and stand out in the vast number of emails subscribers receive every day. When the subscriber's email inbox has a string of unread mes

Benjamin Shapiro and Erin Sparks talks with Jason Barnard about is podcast SEO even a thing? Erin Sparks is owner and president of Site Strategics (founded in 2004), which specialises in high-quality Web services for small and medium-sized businesses. He is the creative force behind the 450+ episode EDGE of the Web Radio podcast, where he regularly interviews thought leaders in marketing and technology. His 23-year IT and marketing career includes 17 years of search engine optimization (SEO) experience. Site Strategics serves a diverse client base in the Midwest and beyond with omnichannel digital marketing utilizing an AGILE marketing approach. The EDGE of the Web podcast is the longest running and one of the top ranked SEO podcasts. Benjamin Shapiro is the founder, CEO and executive producer of I Hear Everything. He hosts two popular podcasts: Martech Podcast and Voices of Search Podcast. Early in his career, Benjamin walked away from eBay, where he had a successful career in business development. Now

Olga Zarzeczna talks with Jason Barnard about the secrets of a good technical SEO audit. Olga Zarzeczna is a senior/technical SEO specialist, an SEO consultant and an SEO auditor who started her SEO journey in 2012. She is a true SEO geek who is very passionate about her job. Her main focus is on technical SEO and she loves to do advanced technical SEO audits which sometimes takes her 30-40 hours. She runs her own SEO consultancy, SEOSLY, and is the Director of SEO at Market JD, a Chicago-based company doing SEO for lawyers. She has experience working for big brands like Procter & Gamble, LG, banks, large online stores and more. An SEO audit has no fixed time limit. The time it takes depends on the aim of the audit, the thoroughness the client wants and the automation choices the SEO expert makes. Olga is a huge believer in less automation, and more human intelligence, and although you may sometimes feel you are wasting valuable time, from an expert's point of view, it is worth investing time in an audi

Mike Ulmer talks with Jason Barnard about find the business story you'll tell daily the rest of your life. Mike Ulmer founded Catapult, a company that reflects his belief that great business books are great books. And at Catapult, story comes first. The company makes a point of interviewing its customers to find out their story, their processes, the ins and outs of their business, what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. Catapult's methodology: the "Only Ten Business Questions That Matter" questionnaire. And after 25 years in journalism and 15 books, Mike learns something new every day about the three essential skills of a writer: how to ask the right question, how to listen for the right answer, and how to find the right words. We all have stories to tell, maybe we have heard people say they do not, but in fact we all do. And in business, it's all about finding the right story, or even the best story, that will leave an impression on customers and that can be told over and over again. In th

Heba Ashour talks with Jason Barnard about how international image/video search works. Heba Ashour is Principal Program Manager Lead of Multimedia Search Ranking and Platform at Microsoft Bing. She is an experienced leader, technology manager, technical visionary, and passionate about using technology to democratise access to information, services, and opportunities. Heba focuses on providing users of search services around the world with engaging images/videos that match their exact intent in every scenario, empowering them to be informed, entertained, save money, and succeed. Previously, she worked at Microsoft Research's Advanced Technology Lab in Cairo, where she turned various research technologies into features that were integrated into various Microsoft products. In this delightful episode, Heba Ashour and Jason Barnard discuss how search engine users around the world are increasingly using visual and video search to get a quick and accurate answers to their questions and solutions to their probl

Georgios Chasiotis talks with Jason Barnard about how to build & maintain topical authority. Georgios Chasiotis is the Managing Director of MINUTTIA, which helps B2B SaaS companies accelerate their organic growth through data-driven content marketing and SEO. Georgios Chasiotis started as an independent marketing consultant, but was soon put on the path to start an agency. The goal: to build a team and scale a business by using his knowledge and experience to develop successful systems and processes. This path led to MINUTTIA, where Georgios realises his vision of content and SEO systems that rely heavily on strategy and avoid short-term tactics to achieve repeatable and scalable success for companies of different industries and sizes. In his spare time, he shares wisdom on LinkedIn or buries his head in psychology books to understand the "why" of human behaviour. Chasing keywords by covering a multitude of different topics for content writing can be really tempting. But there are more than enough topic

Jason Davis talks with Jason Barnard about how can small businesses use branded search? Jason Davis started as a WordPress developer creating custom themes for clients who needed an online presence. He has over a decade of hands-on experience developing WordPress websites and creating compelling user experiences. Jason is the co-host of the NerdBrand Podcast (he loves podcasts) and CEO of NerdBrand Agency: a branding agency that creates strategies, imaginative ads, web designs, and digital marketing tactics to achieve your business goals. What do you think of when you hear the terms digital marketing and branded search? Perhaps SEO or online presence? There are certainly tremendous opportunities that digital marketing can open up for a business, but what about small and local businesses that don't have the knowledge or resources to digitalise? In this insightful and fun-filled episode, Jason Barnard and Jason Davis discuss various online strategies and SEO tactics for small businesses including Keywo

Ravi Yada talks with Jason Barnard about the importance of behavioural analytics. Ravi Yada was born in southern India, grew up in the Midwest, and lives in the Pacific Northwest. He is an engineer, inventor, and public speaker. He currently works as a product manager on Microsoft Clarity. Ravi has worked in analytics, search, computer vision, and machine learning for nearly a decade and has developed numerous products at Microsoft, most notably Bing Visual Search. Ravi is an avid public speaker on AI products and technology, speaking at Microsoft Build, CVPR, DMEXCO, SMX, @Scale, and NRF. As a marketer, when building a website, you need to focus not on how YOU would personally use it, but how your users will - you have to walk in the user's digital shoes, as Ravi Yada puts it. That is where Behavioural Analytics comes into play! User behaviour analysis is the star of this episode. Jason Barnard and Ravi Yada discuss how understanding user behaviour on websites can help you improve user experience an

Emilija Gjorgjevska talks with Jason Barnard about SEO in the metaverse. Emilija Gjorgjevska is a Senior VIP Project Manager and Machine Learning Specialist at Wordlift. Selected as a 2019 LinkedIn Valued Member by Linkedin's research team. Accepted into Google's invitation-only virtual program, Google Inside Look 2019. Recognized by IEEE, British Council, Nesta, the University of Texas at Austin, World Bank, Pioneers, FCSE Skopje and home country media. Holder of two certificates for innovation. And has worked as a Python engineer in the SEO industry for the last few years. The constant evolution of digital marketing has opened the doors to virtual opportunities for every marketer. The emergence of highly advanced computer vision technologies that extract information from images and videos, marketers need to think "Mateverse" whilst also providing the best visual experience to their audience. In this episode, Emilija Gjorgjevska explains the Metaverse to Jason Barnard so that he (and we) can better

Kim Krause Berg talks with Jason Barnard about better web accessibility improves profits. Kim Krause Berg is a renowned speaker and writer with an excellent reputation. Keynote Speaker - "The Golden Road Of Opportunity: Website Accessibility and Human Experience Design," American Marketing Association Experience Design Virtual Conference, April 15, 2021. She writes for Search Engine Journal with over 150 articles on usability, accessibility and SEO from 2009 - 2019 and has a popular blog called “Cre8pc” to share her ideas on Holistic UX and SEO as a methodology. Kim Krause Berg is the owner of Creative Vision Web Consulting, LLC and an early pioneer in SEO and website design starting in 1995. In 2001, Kim Krause Berg transitioned to human experience design and usability. She recognized the benefits of combining user experience with search engine practices. Today, she specializes in website accessibility and works full-time for BMTX as a QA analyst specializing in web accessibility. There are so many ben

Elizabeth Marsten talks with Jason Barnard about retail media in search. Elizabeth Marsten is senior director of marketplace strategic services at Tinuiti, working on the launch and growth of Walmart Advertising Service, Education and Product Support. She is a spokesperson for eCommerce, writes regularly for AdWeek and has expertise in paid search, marketplaces, SEO, content, analytics, social media - marketing, digital marketing and, of course, retail media. You have probably wondered how Walmart, Amazon, Target, Home Depot and other retailers, get consumers or brands to pay to use their platform. And if you have ever listened to Elizabeth Marsten, you'll have wondered what role does retail media play in this? Elizabeth talks incredibly eloquently about retail media. She points out that it has not been around that long, but the principle has. It started years ago when Amazon, Target and Walmart first set up their websites and ran ads. This episode also covered the advantages and implications of r

Tim Soulo talks with Jason Barnard about revealing the secrets of keyword data. Tim Soulo is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product advisor at Ahrefs. Tim has been a frequent and noteworthy contributor to the SEO and digital marketing industries for the past 12 years.  Thousands of online publications have quoted his data research studies, including Inc, Techcrunch, and Venturebeat, and he has spoken at some of the world's top industry conferences, including PubCon (Las Vegas, US), BrightonSEO (Brighton, UK), and Digital Marketers Australia Conference (Melbourne, AU). Keyword search volume is a metric many use obsessively, but what is it exactly, and is it really the best metric for SEOs? You probably know about Google Keyword Planner. Interestingly, there's a big difference between these two. Jason Barnard points out what Google Keyword Planner is designed for Google to sell ad space to advertisers, while Tim Soulo emphasises that keyword search volume is for SEOs.  They dig deep into that debate,

Carrie Rose talks with Jason Barnard about why SEO could be more reactive and short term. Carrie Rose is a British entrepreneur who has over 7 years of experience in SEO. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rise at Seven, a creative search agency launched in June 2019. She is 28 years old and started her business at the age of 26. Carrie has won several awards for her creative campaigns and digital PR executions including awards such as 2020's Campaign Magazines 30 under 30, Rising star - Content Marketing Association, Best Campaign within Travel at the UK Search Awards 2018. Consumer search behavior is massively influenced by various drivers, including what's in-the-headlines and on-trend on social media platforms like Tiktok and Instagram, and various channels like TV and Netflix. If you can spot these trends, it is a great idea to push SEO using fast and reactive PR and content marketing. In this episode, Carrie Rose shares her approach to tracking trends in searches. She then explains the two sides

Tom Shapiro talks with Jason Barnard about rethink lead generation. Tom Shapiro is an author and CEO of Stratabeat. His recently published book is Rethink Lead Generation: Advanced Strategies to Generate More Leads for Your Business. He is also a speaker and CEO of Stratabeat, Inc, an agency that uses an approach based on neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science to drive leads and revenue growth for B2B companies. Stratabeat's services include marketing strategy, branding, web design, SEO, content development, content marketing, ABM, behavioral analytics and conversion optimization. Prior to joining Stratabeat, Tom secured a variety of Fortune 100 clients (including P&G, HP, AT &T, UnitedHealthcare & Kraft Foods) and was part of a team that achieved record sales by developing effective new client strategies for SEO company iProspect. Leads are the lifeblood of B2B companies. You are probably thinking you know all about lead generation… But Tom is asking you to rethink what you thought you knew. E

Stephan Bajaio talks with Jason Barnard about supply & demand of the SERPS. Stephan Bajaio is a seasoned global speaker, insightful leader, global brand consultant, innovator, entrepreneur, passionate podcaster, webcaster, with over 15 years of experience in search engine marketing with a focus on search engine optimization (SEO). He co-founded Conductor way back in 2006. Special notice: this episode starts with a short conversation with Anton Shulke, who was at that time in Kyiv in the middle of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It ends with an appeal for help and support for Ukraine. In an Economics mindset, supply and demand are key (in that order), and some say the same goes for products and services, right? But according to Stephan Bajaio in SEO it is clear that demand leads supply… and they key to SEO, and indeed digital marketing, is connecting the dots. How do we do that? On the SERP! If you understand the search queries of your target market, your audience, and the users on your Brand SERP

Ian Anderson Gray talks with Jason Barnard about live shows for recovering perfectionists. Ian Anderson Gray is a motivational speaker, trainer, teacher and consultant who travels the world. He is the founder of Confident Live Marketing Academy, which teaches entrepreneurs how to successfully use live video to increase their influence, authority and revenue. And he also has a blog, Seriously Social, which is all about social media tools and live videos Live videos are incredibly powerful and helpful for three types of people (and you are probably in one of these groups). For beginners who don't feel comfortable and confident standing in front of a camera, shooting live video can be more than a little scary. But it is also a way to overcome those fears. Incredibly, live video is also a time saver for professionals, hmmmm in what way? Well, it would save you the time it takes to re-do or re-record your videos to perfect them. And that leads us to the third type of person live video is great for… perfectio

Judith Lewis talks with Jason Barnard about winning the linkbuilding game with data. Judith Lewis is the founder of Decabbit Consultancy and a conference speaker, digital marketing specialist, trainer, Search Awards Ambassador and Chocolate & Wine judge. She is an experienced online marketer who began her career in the industry in 1996. Like everyone else at the time, she learned through patient testing and experimentation how the various search engine algorithms work, especially the Google algorithm. She discovered her expertise in online marketing by combining her specialised studies in psychology with her programming experience. White hat, gray hat, and black hat…. You might think that refers to fashion ;) But in the context of Kalicube Tuesdays, the Shades of Gray hat reference refers to link building. White hat is the good one, gray is borderline sneaky and black hat is all about underhanded tactics that aim to trick the algorithm. Which hat should you wear? Whichever hat you choose, data is a g