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Ep 126: The Power Of SEO For Small Businesses

Ep 126: The Power Of SEO For Small Businesses

Ep 126: The Power Of SEO For Small Businesses

by Brad Friedman

The Power Of SEO For Small Businesses

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

In this episode of The Digital Slice Podcast, Brad Friedman and Sam Torres talk about using SEO and scraping data from the internet to grow your business.

Sam Torres is the Chief Digital Officer and co-founder of The Gray Dot Company, a consulting firm that specializes in SEO and data analysis for regulated industries, non-profit organizations, and SaaS.

She has been in the field for more than a decade and is sought-after as a subject matter expert in complex digital analytics and consumer insights data. She also has a knack for using digital data to provide insights into complex business inquiries and addressing technical issues for marketing.

In this Episode:

  • Sam talks about the role of SEO in helping businesses learn what their consumers are looking for and what questions they are asking.
  • Sam says we can grab public data from the internet to determine what our target audience is saying about our product or service.
  • Sam discusses how GDPR applies to a lot of businesses that do not think it applies to them.
  • Sam talks about mining specific types of data to answer business related questions.
  • Sam also talks about the need to look beyond Google for getting insights into who your customer is.

Quotes from this Episode:
“It's about bridging, what do people want, and how do we give it to them.” – Sam Torres
“What we've really seen is that if you're not willing to answer your consumer's question, somebody else will, and so they'll get the business.” – Sam Torres
“The biggest thing that I think a lot of small business owners or new businesses run into is just can your site be crawled?” – Sam Torres
“Are you sure you're actually talking to your customers or potential customers in the way that they want to be talked to?” – Sam Torres
“Keep up with privacy and what's going on and understand that with what AI is introducing it's going to be an evolving conversation.” – Sam Torres

Resources:

Sam Torres:
LinkedIn: Sam Torres
Twitter: Sam Torres
Website: Gray Dot Company

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions Volume 2,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions Volume 3,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions Volume 4,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 118: Data Empowers Decision Making In Business

Ep 118: Data Empowers Decision Making In Business

Ep 118: Data Empowers Decision Making In Business

by Brad Friedman

Data Empowers Decision Making In Business

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad and JJ Reynolds as they chat about the importance of business owners gathering data so they can make informed decisions about growing their business.

JJ Reynolds is a seasoned digital marketing professional who has helped numerous companies optimize their marketing data and make data-driven decisions to improve their marketing results. With over a decade of experience in digital marketing and managing large ad budgets, JJ has honed his skills in using tools like Google Analytics, Looker Studio, and Google Tag Manager to eliminate guesswork and capitalize on small improvements in online marketing strategies.

JJ is also passionate about educating agencies and consultants on structured data usage. He believes that what most digital businesses need is someone to provide reliable, consistent data to take action and make informed decisions.

In this Episode:

  • JJ talks about the need to gather data, and then use the data to make decisions.
  • JJ how he's built a measurement department for your business.
  • JJ tells us, as business owners, what data we need to be concerned about, and why.
  • JJ talks about gathering data and then breaking it down to something meaningful and easy to understand.
  • JJ also talks about what really is a conversion.

Quotes from this Episode:
“First thing is, yeah. Ask better questions that you can take an action on.” – JJ Reynolds
“Try and look at how many people saw the thing, engage with the thing and how many people did the thing.” – JJ Reynolds
“And then you're trying to overlap those and say, where's the intention and the outcome overlapped.” – JJ Reynolds
“The worst thing that can happen is to have outcomes that weren't intended and have no idea how it happened.” – JJ Reynolds
“I'm like Ryan Reynolds ugly best friend.” – JJ Reynolds

Resources:

JJ Reynolds:
LinkedIn: JJ Reynolds
LinkedIn: Vision Labs
YouTube: Vision Labs
Website: Vision Labs

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And, here's the link to my calendar for the two slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

Brad Friedman

Twitter:

@BradFriedman

@FriedmanGrp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefriedmangroup

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfriedman/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-friedman-group-llc

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/friedmansocialmedia

Website: https://friedmansocialmedia.com

Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

Here's the equipment we use and recommend:

Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone http://amzn.to/2hWshL8

Heil Sound PRSM Champagne Shockmount http://amzn.to/2hUMVen

Heil Sound PL-2T Overhead Broadcast Boom http://amzn.to/2hXTvB1

RODE Videomic Shotgun Microphone https://amzn.to/3cZp2fD

Logitech C920 Webcam http://amzn.to/2hNhiQk

Roland R-05 Digital Recorder http://amzn.to/2zZ2vN4

Neewer 6×9 foot Green Screen https://amzn.to/35G4K6u

Elgato Key Light https://amzn.to/3ial9Fg

LED Lighting Kit https://amzn.to/35GBPiW

Desk Mounting Stand https://amzn.to/3qanNxM

These products and more can be found at our Amazon Store Front
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Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
https://friedmansocialmedia.com/agora

We highly recommend you use TubeBuddy to up your YouTube game!
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Libsyn is the Host of The Digital Slice Podcast. Just use our Libsyn code SLICE at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/libsyn to get up to 2 months of free podcasting service with Libsyn! Get your show on Apple Podcasts, get critical show-building stats—Libsyn even does video!

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Launch your video Membership course or subscription website community with Uscreen. Uscreen helps creators like you build and grow their online video business with membership sites. See what you can do with Uscreen! https://friedmansocialmedia.com/uscreen

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Ep 103: Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google’s Page 1

Ep 103: Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google’s Page 1

Ep 103: Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google's Page 1

by Brad Friedman

Applying The 80/20 Rule To Dominate Google's Page 1

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Kevin Roy as they chat about the importance of doing SEO the right way to boost your ranking in search results and grow your profits.

Kevin Roy is a performance-driven leader who has built his career around providing vision for profitable growth strategies, products, services, and new market entries. Throughout his career, he has delivered tens of millions of dollars in revenue for private and public organizations in technology, finance, manufacturing, non-profits, retail, defense, biotech, fintech, and many other businesses.

As a change agent, he has a proven history of increasing profitability and finding innovative solutions to complex issues. Kevin is a champion of marketing, branding, and advertising strategy. He has implemented innovative technologies with SEO, SEM, web analytics, digital commerce, online and social media spaces, making him a pioneer in digital marketing in the Boston market for over 15 years.

In this Episode:

  • Kevin talks about how to rank on page one of a Google search for the keyword banana..
  • Kevin describes how the Pareto Principle applies to search engine optimization.
  • Kevin shares his insight regarding the importance of user experience and relevance when trying to get your website to rank.
  • Kevin talks about the possibility of ChatGPT becoming the search engine of the future.
  • Kevin also talks about many of the things we need to consider when optimizing our website.

Quotes from this Episode:
“The Pareto Principle is the 80/20 rule. So, basically, 20% of the effort produces 80% of the results” – Kevin Roy
“It doesn't mean that you don't have to do a lot of work. You just have to focus on 20% of the things.” – Kevin Roy
“Once you start messing around with Chat and start reading things, even you and I with our, without a detector can see, yeah, this was written by AI, it's super obvious.” – Kevin Roy
“ If you're gonna optimize your site, figure out what you're gonna optimize it for before you do it.” – Kevin Roy
“The other piece is that Google hides its results in plain sight.” – Kevin Roy

Resources:

Kevin Roy:
LinkedIn: Kevin Roy
LinkedIn: GreenBanana SEO
Facebook: GreenBanana SEO
Twitter: GreenBanana SEO
Website: GreenBanana SEO

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And, here's the link to my calendar for the slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

Brad Friedman

Twitter:

@BradFriedman

@FriedmanGrp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefriedmangroup

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfriedman/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-friedman-group-llc

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/friedmansocialmedia

Website: https://friedmansocialmedia.com

Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

Here's the equipment we use and recommend:

Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone http://amzn.to/2hWshL8

Heil Sound PRSM Champagne Shockmount http://amzn.to/2hUMVen

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RODE Videomic Shotgun Microphone https://amzn.to/3cZp2fD

Logitech C920 Webcam http://amzn.to/2hNhiQk

Roland R-05 Digital Recorder http://amzn.to/2zZ2vN4

Neewer 6×9 foot Green Screen https://amzn.to/35G4K6u

Elgato Key Light https://amzn.to/3ial9Fg

LED Lighting Kit https://amzn.to/35GBPiW

Desk Mounting Stand https://amzn.to/3qanNxM

These products and more can be found at our Amazon Store Front
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Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
https://friedmansocialmedia.com/agora

We highly recommend you use TubeBuddy to up your YouTube game!
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Libsyn is the Host of The Digital Slice Podcast. Just use our Libsyn code SLICE at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/libsyn to get up to 2 months of free podcasting service with Libsyn! Get your show on Apple Podcasts, get critical show-building stats—Libsyn even does video!

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Launch your video Membership course or subscription website community with Uscreen. Uscreen helps creators like you build and grow their online video business with membership sites. See what you can do with Uscreen! https://friedmansocialmedia.com/uscreen

AFFILIATE LINKS
Thank you for trusting me with my honest opinion on future purchases you may make after listening to this podcast. I am always completely transparent with you. As a friend of The Friedman Group, LLC you allow me to be able to use affiliate/referral links when suggesting items for purchase. Please know I am a customer myself or have done sufficient research to feel comfortable sharing these links with you. When you click on a link and purchase the item I may receive a small “commission.” This allows me to continue to provide you with quality content and doesn't affect you in any way at checkout.

Not every link is a referral link and some appear here because my guest spoke about them and I want to make it easy for you to check 'em out. Thank you!

Ep 102: Building A Website That Converts

Ep 102: Building A Website That Converts

Ep 102: Building A Website That Converts

by Brad Friedman

Building A Website That Converts

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Gaurav Sharma as they chat about building a website that converts. Whether you are in a service industry or e-commerce, Gaurav has some tips to help your website convert.

Gaurav Sharma is the founder and CEO of Attrock, a results-driven digital marketing company, and a Google Analytics and Google Ads certified professional.

He has scaled an agency from 5-figure to 7-figure income in just two years. He has increased leads by 10X, conversion rate by 2.8X, and traffic to 300K per month using content marketing, SEO, influencer marketing, landing page optimization, sales funnel, and LinkedIn.

Gaurav contributes to reputable publications like HubSpot, Adweek, Business 2 Community, HuffPost, TechCrunch, and many more. He leverages his experience to help SaaS businesses, influencers, local businesses, and e-commerce brands grow their traffic, leads, sales, and authority.

In this Episode:

  • Gaurav talks about how to improve conversion rates from our website.
  • Gaurav says some developers and certain website creation sites just don't make your website conversion friendly.
  • Gaurav shares some helpful information about what's needed on your websiteso it's optimized for conversion.
  • Gaurav talks about the importance of building trust, so you can sell your products or services.
  • Gaurav also talks about some brands that build sales by promoting scarcity, and the pros and cons of this strategy.

Quotes from this Episode:
“ So when it comes to e-commerce site, the search bar has to be very prominent so that people can search right away.” – Gaurav Sharma
“So what, who, why. These three things should be very clear on the page. So what products you're offering, what services you're offering, and who you are offering and why you are like different from your competitors.” – Gaurav Sharma
“So, there are certain principles of persuasion that need to be followed in the product pages of an e-commerce website.” – Gaurav Sharma
“So anything that actually helps in decision making should be there on the landing page. We should not give them enough time to think.” – Gaurav Sharma
“Creating a website is not enough. You need to make it conversion friendly, user friendly. The experience has to be very nice because these days people are aware of websites. They know which websites look good, which is like fraud website or scammy website.” – Gaurav Sharma

Resources:

Gaurav Sharma:
LinkedIn: Gaurav Sharma
Facebook: Gaurav Sharma
Twitter: Gaurav Sharma
Instagram: Gaurav Sharma
Website / Blog: Attrock
Website: Gaurav Sharma

Tools we discussed:
TinyImage: TinyImage
Email Subject Line Analyzer: Email Subject Line Analyzer

Lomi: Lomi Use “digitalslice” at checkout to save $50 and let Lomi solve your daily food waste problem, making your family a team of planet saving super heroes.

And, here's the link to my calendar for the slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

Brad Friedman

Twitter:

@BradFriedman

@FriedmanGrp

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefriedmangroup

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfriedman/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-friedman-group-llc

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/friedmansocialmedia

Website: https://friedmansocialmedia.com

Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

Here's the equipment we use and recommend:

Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone http://amzn.to/2hWshL8

Heil Sound PRSM Champagne Shockmount http://amzn.to/2hUMVen

Heil Sound PL-2T Overhead Broadcast Boom http://amzn.to/2hXTvB1

RODE Videomic Shotgun Microphone https://amzn.to/3cZp2fD

Logitech C920 Webcam http://amzn.to/2hNhiQk

Roland R-05 Digital Recorder http://amzn.to/2zZ2vN4

Neewer 6×9 foot Green Screen https://amzn.to/35G4K6u

Elgato Key Light https://amzn.to/3ial9Fg

LED Lighting Kit https://amzn.to/35GBPiW

Desk Mounting Stand https://amzn.to/3qanNxM

These products and more can be found at our Amazon Store Front
https://www.amazon.com/shop/bradfriedman

Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
https://friedmansocialmedia.com/agora

We highly recommend you use TubeBuddy to up your YouTube game!
TubeBuddy https://www.tubebuddy.com/TheFriedmanGroup

Libsyn is the Host of The Digital Slice Podcast. Just use our Libsyn code SLICE at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/libsyn to get up to 2 months of free podcasting service with Libsyn! Get your show on Apple Podcasts, get critical show-building stats—Libsyn even does video!

Streamyard is the tool we use to stream to all major platforms simultaneously directly from a browser. We also use Streamyard to record The Digital Slice Podcast because of its ability to provide us with crystal clear audio and 1080p video. Sign up today for free at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/streamyard

Launch your video Membership course or subscription website community with Uscreen. Uscreen helps creators like you build and grow their online video business with membership sites. See what you can do with Uscreen! https://friedmansocialmedia.com/uscreen

AFFILIATE LINKS
Thank you for trusting me with my honest opinion on future purchases you may make after listening to this podcast. I am always completely transparent with you. As a friend of The Friedman Group, LLC you allow me to be able to use affiliate/referral links when suggesting items for purchase. Please know I am a customer myself or have done sufficient research to feel comfortable sharing these links with you. When you click on a link and purchase the item I may receive a small “commission.” This allows me to continue to provide you with quality content and doesn't affect you in any way at checkout.

Not every link is a referral link and some appear here because my guest spoke about them and I want to make it easy for you to check 'em out. Thank you!

Inbound Marketing Leads: How The Right Tracking Mechanism Can Determine The Quality

Inbound Marketing Leads: How The Right Tracking Mechanism Can Determine The Quality

Inbound marketing is all about inbound marketing leads. Right? But, how do you know whether the new leads entering your CRM actually have a good chance of becoming customers? Given the growing popularity of inbound marketing, this question becomes increasingly important. More and more of the brands competing with you for your audience's attention will utilize some form of inbound marketing lead generation. The only way to set yourself apart is to generate better quality leads. (more…)

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