Episode 341: Expert SEO and Podcast Growth Q&A with Brendan Hufford
The Fizzle Show
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ποΈ 20 September 2019
β±οΈ 33 minutes
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Summary
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Welcome to Part 2 of our Fizzle Friday show with Brendan Hufford. In this episode, we have several questions for Brendan to follow up from last Friday when we discussed SEO, so if you haven't listened to that episode yet, make sure you do!
Brendan fields a bunch of our questions, from the team and the Fizzle audience, about link-building, Google algorithm changes, and keyword funnels. Trust us you are not going to want to miss this essential exploration of SEO from a true expert!
Today on the show we are also joined by Fizzle regulars, Jen Rao and Joe Kerns to take part in the Q&A, so it promises to be a jam-packed show, full of learning. The conversation also covers building real and beneficial business relationships, growing a podcast audience and much more!
Tune in to get it all!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Explaining link-building and why it is still important today. [0:02:30.5]
- How Brendan thinks about linking between websites. [0:06:03.7]
- Using real relationship and friends to build up a network of links. [0:10:20.1]
- Updates on Google's recent algorithm changes and the effects to average sites. [0:14:23.3]
- General strategies for staying on the right side of Google! [0:20:15.7]
- Bottom of funnel keywords and how valuable they can be to your ranking. [0:24:01.4]
- Brendan's advice for growing a podcast audience through SEO and engagement. [0:27:09.2]
- And much more!
Links Mentioned in Todayβs Episode:
- Fizzle β https://fizzle.co/
- Brendan Hufford β https://brendanhufford.com
- Ahrefs β https://ahrefs.com
- Neil Patel β https://neilpatel.com
- Brian Dean β https://backlinko.com
- Ultimate Sales Machine β https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Sales-Machine-Turbocharge-Relentless/dp/1591842158
- Pat Flynn β https://www.smartpassiveincome.com
- Chris Ducker β https://www.chrisducker.com
- World Domination Summit β https://worlddominationsummit.com
- ConvertKit Conference β https://conference.convertkit.com/
- Fiverr β https://www.fiverr.com/
- 100 Days of SEO β https://100daysofseo.com
- Article Marketing Robot β http://www.articlemarketingrobot.com
- The Best Spinner β https://thebestspinner.com/v4/
- Ruebn Gamez β https://www.linkedin.com/in/rugamez
- Docsketch β https://www.docsketch.com/
- HelloSign β https://www.hellosign.com
- DocuSign β https://www.docusign.com
- Drift β https://www.intercom.com/
- Intercom β https://www.intercom.com/
- Vegetarian Zen β https://www.vegetarianzen.com
- Breakthrough Advertising β https://www.breakthroughadvertisingbook.com
- Side Hustle School β https://sidehustleschool.com
- Fizzle Goals Course β https://fizzle.co/courses/goals
- Fizzle on Twitter β https://twitter.com/fizzle
- Fizzle Just Ship It Challenge β https://app.fizzle.co/just-ship-it-challenge
- Fizzle Sparkline β https://fizzle.co/sparkline
- Fizzle Journaling Course β https://fizzle.co/courses/journal
- Fizzle Essentials of Web Design Course β https://fizzle.co/library/essentials-of-website-design-for-business-builders
- Fizzle Website Tune Up Curse β https://fizzle.co/courses/tuneup
- Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide β https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web
- Fizzle Toolkit β https://fizzle.co/toolkit
- Fizzle Craft + Commerce β https://fizzle.co/sparkline/craft-commerce
- Fizzle Project Management for Entrepreneurs β https://fizzle.co/sparkline/project-management-for-entrepreneurs
- Fizzle Hosting β https://fizzle.co/hosting
- Fly Wheel β https://getflywheel.com
- Matt Giovansci β https://www.moneylab.co/
- Joe Kerns β https://fizzle.co/sparkline/author/joekerns
- Jen Rao β https://fizzle.co/sparkline/author/jenrao
- Corbett Barr β https://corbettbarr.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, before we get started today, I wanted to let you know about a special opportunity |
| 0:03.8 | we have running over at Fizzle right now. If you sign up for membership by September 23rd, |
| 0:09.7 | we're running a special annual discount that will save you money on everything you need to start and |
| 0:15.3 | grow a meaningful, sustainable small business. This discount offer includes a full year of Fizzle membership and a bunch of |
| 0:22.6 | special bonuses like a website evaluation from the Fizzle team, a full year of premium WordPress hosting |
| 0:28.8 | from Flywheel, and a brand new course on affiliate marketing with Matt Givinec. There's a bunch more |
| 0:34.3 | included, so if you've been considering Fizzle membership or if you're looking for a reason to jump back in, head over to fizzle.co and get the full scoop. |
| 0:43.3 | This offer will be live until Monday, September 23rd, 2019, and we hope to see you inside. |
| 0:51.3 | Hey there, welcome to The Fizzle Show. I'm Corbett Barr, and this is our podcast about building |
| 0:56.0 | meaningful, sustainable, small businesses, and earning a living independently doing something |
| 1:01.3 | you really care about. This is a special Friday member-focused episode. Every Friday, we publish a new |
| 1:07.5 | episode featuring questions from Fizzle members, along with occasional success stories and live coaching. This is being recorded questions from Fizzle members along with occasional success |
| 1:11.2 | stories and live coaching. This is being recorded live with Fizzle members in our online audience. |
| 1:16.7 | If you'd like to join us and get your question featured on an upcoming podcast episode, |
| 1:21.1 | head over to Fizzle.co and start a free 14-day trial of Fizzle membership. |
| 1:26.3 | Today I'm joined by the full Fizzle team, including |
| 1:28.7 | Jen Rayal. Hey, Jen. Hey, guys. What's up? Hey, and also Joe Kearns. Hey, Joe. Hey, you there. |
| 1:35.8 | We are also joined by Brendan Hufford today, who you heard from during last Friday's episode, |
| 1:42.1 | where we asked him about his background and success in SEO. |
| 1:46.6 | So today, Brendan is going to stick around and help us with Q&A about SEO and everything in |
| 1:52.7 | between. So, Jen, we'll get to questions from the audience. I'm going to kick things off |
| 1:58.6 | with a question I have directly for Brennan about SEO, if that's okay. Brennan, when we were asking you about your story, |
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