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New Site SEO Checklist: Does Yours Have All of These?

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Before I help my clients start scaling content production, there are a few requirements I need in place. Here's my new site SEO checklist.

Oct 4, 2023

How I Got a LinkedIn "Top Voices" Badge (And You Can, Too).

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Last week, I earned a "Community Top Voices" badge on LinkedIn. "OMG congrats, well done! Such a…

Oct 4, 2023

Why My Site Wasn't Hit by the Helpful Content Update 2023

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My client's site is upticking HARD right now. * July 26th: 30,000/28 days * August 17th: 35,000/…

Sep 27, 2023

Steal My Internal Link Audit Process (With Epic Template)

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SEOs in my circle continuously whisper about the power of internal links. “I know dude, huge jumps in traffic every…

Sep 25, 2023

Winning Budget: How monday.com Talk About the Value of SEO 💰💰

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Hey friend, monday.com is well-known for its explosive and unignorable advertising campaigns. And yep, paid ads were their focus…

Sep 20, 2023

How CardGamer.com Grew to 40,000 Clicks/mo in 2 Months

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Remember that RetroDodo niche site case study? Where Brandon built the site to 1M+ monthly clicks and $50K revenue? That…

Sep 14, 2023

Not All Content Has to Be High-Intent

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We often talk about “high-converting” content in the SEO world. The advice tends to focus on commercial-intent keywords like: * “Best…

Sep 13, 2023

How to Build Your First-Ever Topic Cluster (And Make a Splash in Your Industry)

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Here's how to build your first topic cluster. Start to finish. So it drives real customers.

Sep 7, 2023

How the F*ck to Convert Traffic

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Hello Ben’s subscribers! Please don’t unsubscribe from this edition. I really don’t want to annoy Ben. He…

Sep 6, 2023

How to Build a Content Strategy That Truly Drives Pipeline (step-by-step)

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🔥Note: The weekly How the F*ck newsletter will be written by a guest author throughout August. This week, Sara…

Aug 30, 2023

My #1 Tip for Hiring Great Writers

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🚀This is a newsletter for premium members of the How the F*ck community. Someone wise once told me: "…

Aug 23, 2023

How to Use AI to Prioritise 10,000+ Keywords

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🔥Note: The weekly How the F*ck newsletter will be written by a guest author throughout August. This week, Tim…

Aug 23, 2023

How to Choose the Right Blogging Niche [That Makes You Money]

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🔥Note: The weekly How the F*ck newsletter will be written by a guest author throughout August. This week, Samantha…

Aug 16, 2023

3 Ways to Keep Content Quality High (Even at Scale)

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As you scale content, it's easy to let quality slip. 1-10 articles? You diligently pour over the minutia.…

Aug 9, 2023

How to Convincingly Add Expert Insight into Content

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💡This week, Melissa Malec is taking over the How the F*ck newsletter show. Melissa is a killer content writer…

Aug 2, 2023

How to scale 50 → 100 articles/mo ⚠️

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Wanna scale your search traffic? You need content. The more content you create, the more opportunity you have to: * Target…

Jul 26, 2023

SEO Best Practices | Q&A with Expert SEO, Zoe Ashbridge

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I was so excited to welcome fellow Brit, Zoe Ashbridge, to the community today. In the podcast, we throw questions…

Jul 12, 2023

Anatomy of a High-Converting Blog Post

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This week, Benji Hyam from Grow & Convert shared his 6-steps to building a high-converting SEO strategy. It was awesome.…

Jul 5, 2023

6-Steps to Building a High-Converting SEO Strategy

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This week, Benji Hyam from Grow & Convert joined the community to talk SEO. His team builds high-converting SEO strategies…

Jul 5, 2023

3 Myths About Internal Links That Need to Stop

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This week, I put together my internal linking best practices into a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for How the F*…

Jun 28, 2023

Proper Internal Linking (Standard Operating Procedure)

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Hey all! This week, I put together my internal linking standard operating procedure (SOP) for premium members. The SOP includes…

Jun 28, 2023

Reader Centric Topical Authority (Without the Keywords)

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A friend recently reached out to me and asked: “Ben, I’m trying to create topical authority for a client…

Jun 23, 2023

Content Refresh Checklist: How to Refresh Old SEO Content

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Ah, ye old content refresh. Pause content creation for a moment. We're revisiting your vast library and squeezing…

Jun 21, 2023

Scaling Quality Content: 8 SEO Frameworks

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If your SEO content fails to: * Show earned secrets * Encourage new ways of thinking * Convey what makes your brand unique…

Jun 14, 2023

How to Build Thought Leadership into a Velocity SEO Workflow

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Erin Balsa joined the podcast & community this week. I've known for a while that Erin shares my…

Jun 14, 2023

How to Find & Win Trending Keywords in SEO

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SEO is getting more competitive every day: 1. More brands are investing in it 2. Google keeps releasing traffic-eroding features…

Jun 7, 2023

How Copy.AI Seized First Mover Advantages (1M Clicks in 5 Months)

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Since its launch in 2020, copy.ai has grown to 8M users in the fierce battle for AI content writing…

Jun 7, 2023

5 Guest Blogging Best Practices (Be Unignorable & Win More "Juice")

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I used to undervalue backlink building. I saw people getting stratospheric results from content production alone and thought…backlinks must…

May 31, 2023

How Generative AI Will Impact SEO | Google SGE Tips

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In case you hadn't heard, Google is changing. In this week's newsletter, I've curated…

May 25, 2023

High Converting Keywords: Find Yours & Learn to Craft an Enticing Offer

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💡This article is based on a podcast interview with Jacob Clarke from NerdWallet. Listen to the full episode on the…

May 23, 2023

How Maze Built an SEO Revenue Engine. And You Can, Too.

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Maze is a SaaS platform that helps product teams collect and use user insights for product development. In 2021, Maze…

May 17, 2023

What is Topical Authority in SEO & 5 Case Studies

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Google now notices if your website as a whole shows topical authority. So, guess what? * It’s no longer good…

May 9, 2023

How Living Cozy Grew to 335,000 Monthly Page Views

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🤩Read highlights in carousel format here.🎧Listen to the interview here. Ash Read initially launched Living Cozy as a directory…

May 1, 2023

The Ultimate SEO Content Brief Template (+8 Experts Give Advice)

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Most content teams spend far too much time: * Communicating back and forth with writers * Editing final drafts that missed the…

Apr 19, 2023

Google’s E-E-A-T: How to Demonstrate It

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In December 2022, a new E was added to E-E-A-T. The new “E” stands for experience. In Google’s announcement…

Apr 12, 2023

How SurveyMonkey Scaled Organic to $200M in Annual Revenue

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🎧Listen to this episode here on Apple/Spotify. Watch here on YouTube. Eli Schwartz joined SurveyMonkey in 2012. They’d…

Apr 11, 2023

How to Raid Your Competitor's SEO Strategy [And 3 More Juicy SEO Tips]

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⚡Workello helps you scale your content operations. Hiring writers is the MOST difficult part of it all. Want to hire…

Apr 5, 2023

Tomb Raiding SEO: The Keyword Strategy Behind the "Beast"

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Learn to raid uncompetitive keyword opportunities from blogs like yours.

Apr 5, 2023

An SEO tactic you NEED to try

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🆒This week's newsletter is sponsored by uSERP. uSERP is a performance-driven SEO agency that helps you fuel your…

Mar 29, 2023

How to Choose a Profitable Niche - A Data-Led Approach

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In the latest How the F*ck episode, we heard from Adam Smith, Founder of Niche Site Builders. He'…

Mar 29, 2023

+5 Niche Site Case Studies & Examples from 2023 [Real Interviews]

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Niche websites are a great source of passive income. The biggest success stories rake up tens of thousands of dollars…

Mar 28, 2023

How to Use Aged Domains to Juice Up Your Authority [9-Step Evaluation Criteria]

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Aged domains are older websites that have accrued SEO authority. Buying one is a shortcut to having a very organic-looking…

Mar 22, 2023

8 Stupidly Successful SaaS SEO Case Studies - 2023 Strategies

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How does Hotjar consistently win the most difficult search terms? How did monday.com get to 1M monthly visitors in…

Mar 19, 2023

You really REALLY don't wanna miss this - Monday.com 🤯

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A big thank you to our sponsors who keep the How the F*ck podcast free to the reader: This…

Mar 15, 2023

Part 2: How Monday.com Scaled Search Traffic 600% in 2 Years

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In this week's SEO case study, we revisit a story we released in December 2022: How Monday.com…

Mar 15, 2023

3 Types of Research For Incredible Content Marketing

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Last week, I hosted the very first How the F*ck webinar (and we sold out!) * Guest: George Chasiotis, Founder…

Mar 8, 2023

Aura's Rise to ~1 Million Monthly Visitors in 12 Months: A Full-Funnel SEO Strategy

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This week I welcome Gaetano DiNardi back to the community to talk us through an insanely successful SEO growth story…

Mar 1, 2023

LEMA Framework: How to Create Remarkable Content That Drives Results

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In this week's How the F*ck case study, we learn how to create remarkable content. Here'…

Feb 22, 2023

Fixing the SEO of an £80M Monthly Fashion Store (Adding 22% In Revenue in 12 Months)

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Learn how eCommerce SEO expert, Louis Smith, increased a fashion retailers revenue by 22% in 12 months.

Feb 15, 2023

0 to £6 billion IPO in 2 years | Role of SEO in Cazoo's growth | Automotive SEO case study

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The British online car retailer, Cazoo, went from launch to £6 billion IPO in ~2 years. In this week’s…

Feb 7, 2023