How to Go from Total Newbie to SEO Expert in Record Time | Ep. #1387

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Marketing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In episode #1387, we talk about how to go from total newbie to SEO expert in record time. Eric takes listeners through the three websites he made as a beginner, highlighting the importance of learning by making mistakes while building one’s own projects. Other topics include how to build your first WordPress site, how to use keywords, and how to get hired within six months as an SEO expert! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: How to Go from Total Newbie to SEO Expert in Record Time. [00:36] Practicing on your own website, a faster approach than learning from resources. [01:03] How to start a WordPress website and tweak it to gain SEO insights. [02:02] Lessons Eric learned making a website to showcase light shows. [02:33] Don’t build your business around one targeted keyword. [03:10] The necessity of taking a few blows while experimenting to truly learn the game. [03:44] Why you should pick a brand-based rather than keyword-rich domain name. [04:38] The six month timeline in which Eric built three websites and then got hired. [05:18] Taking grey and black hat strategies and applying them to white hat sites. [05:29] That’s it for today! [05:31] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Moz Search Engine Journal WPBeginner ClickFlow Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with
0:14.0	your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
0:19.2	All right guys before we start we got a special message from our sponsor.
0:24.0	If you want to rank higher on Google,
0:25.9	you got to look at your paid speed time.
0:28.5	The faster your website loads, the better off you are.
0:31.3	With Google's core vital update,
0:33.0	that makes it super, super important
0:34.8	to optimize your site for low time.
0:37.6	And one easy way to do it is use the host
0:40.0	that Eric and I use, Dreamhost.
0:42.0	So just go to Dream Host or Google it.
0:44.8	Find it, check it out, and it's a great way
0:47.0	to improve your low time.
0:50.4	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel.
0:55.0	And today we are going to talk about how to go from Total Newby to SEO expert in record time.
1:01.0	All right, I love record time.
1:03.2	Sounds like the faster you can get there the better.
1:06.0	Eric and I have talked about this a little bit in the past,
1:08.6	but when a lot of people want to learn SEO,
1:10.6	they're just like, all right, I need to go get a client so I can learn, or I need to watch some videos so I can learn or I need to read
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