Marketing and SEO Tips

Marketing and SEO Tips

Your backlinks are your people
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Your Backlinks Are Your People

In SEO, backlinks are gold. They’re one of the most powerful trust signals a site can have. When other reputable websites link to you, it tells search engines: “This site is worth something. It’s credible. It’s connected.” Now take that idea offline. Who’s linking to you? Who’s vouching for you behind the scenes? And whose…

Your content is you
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Your Content Is You

In the SEO world, we say “Content is king.” It’s not just about what your site says—it’s about whether that content is relevant, helpful, and consistent with what people came for. Well… same goes for you. You might have the clearest values (keywords) in the world. But if your everyday actions, words, and tone don’t…

Core values are your keywords
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Core Values Are Your Keywords

In SEO, everything starts with keywords. They help search engines understand what a website is about. They guide the right people to the right place at the right time. But when it comes to your real life—your choices, your work, your relationships—what are you optimizing for? Because whether you realize it or not, your life…

Prologue: the search begins somewhere else
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Prologue: The Search Begins Somewhere Else

We hear the phrase “Search Engine Optimization” and immediately think of algorithms, rankings, and keywords. We picture a website being scanned, evaluated, and either elevated or buried. But what if we’ve been narrowing the definition too much? What if SEO isn’t just for websites? What if it’s a lens we could use to understand ourselves—how…

5 lessons learned from a week of seo
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5 Lessons Learned From a Week of SEO

This wasn’t the series I originally planned to write. But looking back, I’m glad I followed the impulse to shift gears. Because after writing about myths, misconceptions, overlooked details, and tool support, one thing became clear: SEO isn’t about tricks. It’s about clarity. Clarity in your content, your structure, your goals — and how all…

How even seo pros miss things without the right tools
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How Even SEO Pros Miss Things Without the Right Tools

You can know all the rules. You can write great content. You can structure everything perfectly in your head. And still miss something critical. I say this not as a beginner, but as someone who’s worked with SEO professionally for years — in both client projects and full-time roles. Tools like Rank Math PRO don’t…

Isn’t wordpress already good at seo?
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Isn’t WordPress Already Good at SEO?

If you’ve ever told yourself, “I don’t need an SEO plugin — WordPress is already built for SEO,” you’re not totally wrong… but you’re not completely right either. This belief is one of the biggest half-truths I run into — especially among small business owners and DIY site builders. What WordPress Gets Right (Out of…

What rank math pro actually checks — and why it’s more than you think
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What Rank Math PRO Actually Checks — And Why It’s More Than You Think

If you’ve ever installed a basic SEO plugin and thought, “Okay, it wants me to add a keyword and call it a day” — You’re not alone. That was me a few years ago. But now, after using Rank Math PRO on my own site, I’ve realized just how much deeper real SEO tools go….

Seo myths
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SEO Myth busting in 2025: 5 Misconceptions That Refuse to Die

We’ve come a long way from stuffing keywords into footers and chasing directory backlinks like it’s 2007. But even now — in the age of AI tools, voice assistants, and smarter algorithms — some SEO myths still hang around like spam in a Gmail folder. Since this week I’m focusing entirely on real, useful SEO…