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…
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/…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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:
"…
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…
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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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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*…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tomb Raiding SEO: The Keyword Strategy Behind the "Beast"
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Learn to raid uncompetitive keyword opportunities from blogs like yours.
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…
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'…
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+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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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'…
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.
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…
Top Local SEO Tactics Podcast Episodes
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The only way I like to learn SEO is by having a real expert pipe their knowledge into my brain.…