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In Episode #341, Eric and Neil discuss which pages on your site you should consider no-indexing. Tune in to learn what pages on your website are the BEST candidates for no-indexing and how no-indexing pages can affect your crawl budget for the better. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: What Pages on Your Site Should You Consider No-Indexing? 00:38 – No-indexing is putting a code within your HTML that tells Google not to index the page 01:23 – Indexing a page can control your crawl budget 01:41 – You want to take your low-quality content to no-index 01:54 – Neil takes the pages that are not getting much traffic 02:00 – Neil takes them from Google Analytics that has less than 100 visitors from a search 02:30 – For e-commerce, you can consider no-indexing search pages 02:40 – Look at your Google Analytics to know which page to cut out 02:55 – Eric thinks that the category page isn’t useful and should be no-index 03:20 – No-index your paginated results 03:30 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription of Drip which is an email automation tool 03:52 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School 03:55 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444 for those in the US 04:00 – For international listeners, just email eric@singlegrain.com 04:12 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: No-index the pages that are not creating traffic for your website. Checking your Google analytics can help you analyze which pages are supposed to be on no-index. Indexing pages can control your crawl budget. 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.

7 Juli 20177min

In Episode #340, Eric and Neil discuss how to do customer development. Tune in to learn the importance of getting every kind of customer’s feedback so that you can to adjust your sales strategy and boost your revenue, today! Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Do Customer Development 00:36 – Customer development is reaching out to customers and knowing their preferences and feedback 00:46 – The data and feedback improve what you’re offering so you can increase your revenue and MPS score 00:55 – You can use Qualaroo and SurveyMonkey to help you 01:05 – The two types of data are qualitative and quantitative data 01:06 – Quantitative is what you get from Google Analytics 01:11 – Qualitative is from customer development 01:20 – You can’t easily know the problem just by looking at the data 01:35 – You can get the qualitative data from talking to your customers 01:59 – One of Neil’s friend sells HDMI cables and other electronic devices 02:05 – Customers don’t buy from Neil’s friend’s site because he doesn’t offer free shipping 02:17 – Neil’s friend took the average cost of shipping, added it to the product price and offered free shipping 02:52 – Steve Blank’s 4-step framework 03:27 – Getting your customers on the phone is very important 03:37 – You want to solve your customer's’ problems 03:49 – Make adjustments from the feedback you receive 04:16 – You want to talk to every kind of customer, not just the one paying you 04:39 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription of Drip which is an email automation tool 04:56 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School 04:59 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444 for those in the US 05:05 – For international listeners, just email eric@singlegrain.com 05:10 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Reach out to your competitors’ customers and those who left you—not just your paying customers. Having both qualitative and quantitative data will better inform the adjustments you can make to your product and services. Address the feedback and make the necessary adjustments. 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.

6 Juli 20178min

In Episode #339, Eric and Neil discuss how to leverage micro influencers. Micro influencers are those who have anywhere from thousands to 10K followers. When you get into the millions, you’re dealing with macro influencers. Tune in to learn if you should be reaching out to macro or micro influencers for the promotion of your business and why having just one influencer isn’t enough. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Leverage Micro Influencers 00:36 – Macro influencers are those who already have millions of followers on social media 00:49 – Micro influencers are those who have thousands or 10K followers and above 00:56 – They have the following on a specific niche 01:02 – Eric and Neil are micro influencers 01:37 – Most small businesses work with micro influencers 01:45 – Neil’s friend, who is in the fitness field, pays influencers to promote supplements and protein products 01:53 – When they employed a macro influencer who had millions of followers, the promotion didn’t convert to sales 02:08 – When a micro influencer, like a bodybuilder, posted about their products, they generated sales and the promotion cost was lower 02:23 – It’s not about the quantity, but the biggest influencer in your niche 02:50 – There are agencies nowadays who build influencer platforms 03:08 – Leveraging DM in Instagram 03:31 – Gary V’s the art of the DM 03:43 – When you want to work with micro influencers, you can’t just work with one 03:57 – When everyone talks about you in your space, it’s much more effective 04:12 – Having micro influencers is the same thing as running ads 04:20 – There are pricing guides in paying micro influencers 04:30 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Drip, which is an email automation tool 04:42 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School 04:50 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444 for those in the US 04:56 – For international listeners, just email eric@singlegrain.com 05:50 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Find influencers who will not just drive people to your website, but will also convert those people into customers. Just like with ads, paying influencers is an investment that gets key people in your space talking about you. Micro influencers are much cheaper than macro influencers and will work in more specific niches. 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.

5 Juli 20178min

In Episode #338, Eric and Neil discuss if Bing is worth your attention. Tune in to learn why you should hop on Bing if you’re reaching an older demographic and the benefits and tools offered by Bing that will drive your ROI. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: Is Bing Worth Your Attention? 00:33 – Google search share is around 60% and Bing’s share growth is increasing faster 01:00 – Yahoo is at 12% which is next to Bing and the rest are just small share sites 01:12 – If you have things working out on Google, bring them to Bing 01:25 – Some of Eric’s clients that are using Google AdWords are on Bing as well 01:32 – Neil did tests with Bing and Bing has an older demographic 01:40 – If you’re targeting an older audience, Bing is a good channel for you 02:05 – Bing has some great SEO tools 02:11 – Search for Bing SEO Tools 02:48 – Bing is old, it works and drives positive ROI 02:55 – The cost of PPC (price per click) is cheaper 03:06 – Bing and Google don’t want to share the same top results 03:38 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1-year annual subscription to Drip which is an email service provider 04:10 – Rate, review and subscribe to Marketing School to win 04:13 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444 to prove your subscription 04:30 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Bing is similar to Google; therefore, what you have on Google will probably work on Bing as well. Bing has SEO tools that make it easier for you to track your ranking on Bing. Bing is cheaper, it works well, and drives positive ROI. 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.

4 Juli 20177min

In Episode #337, Eric and Neil discuss how to get your blog readers to come back to your site. Tune in to learn how you can keep your readers up to date on all your content, the importance of bringing your readers back to your website, and how being everywhere (on social media) results in your being top of mind! Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Get Your Blog Readers to Come Back to Your Site 00:35 – Retarget your readers 00:49 – Use OneSignal which is a push notification software 01:03 – You can get a high click through rate and it’s very effective 01:15 – Facebook Messenger bots and ads can turn your reader into a subscriber 01:21 – Chatfuel and ManyChat are bots for Messenger 01:38 – You can also build a sequence 01:45 – Another strategy is to collect emails 02:00 – Every time you publish a blog post, broadcast to them and link them back to your website 02:05 – It is good for engagement and sales in the future 02:14 – Create a great intro email 02:28 – Set up a workflow at Meet Edgar 02:34 – “You want to be everywhere” 02:54 – Once you get someone to subscribe to one of your channels, have an exit pop up that will ask them to subscribe to one of your other channels 03:36 – Doing the cross-motion with your social media channels makes it easier for your readers to come back 03:53 – There’s a higher chance of your readers seeing your updates if they are tuned in to all your social media channels 04:07 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Retargeting has always been a necessary action to take to make your readers circle back to your blog. Leverage as many social media channels as you can and ensure your readers are aware of all of them—this way, they won’t skip a beat. Be EVERYWHERE to be top of mind. 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.

3 Juli 20177min

In Episode #336, Eric and Neil discuss 7 tools to help you promote your content. Tune in to learn these standout, effective tools that can elevate your content promotion. You’ll also find out why contacting those who follow your competitors can help you boost your own content promotion. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: 7 Tools to Help You Promote Your Content 00:46 – First is to use Facebook ads which has the boost post button 01:20 – Second is to use BuzzSumo where you can type in different keywords that relate to your article 01:27 – Click view shares and you’ll see the people who tweeted them, then email those people to promote yours 01:42 – Third is Meet Edgar which allows you to setup an automated queue of content in different channels 02:08 – Fourth is Ahrefs which will helps you find who’s linking your competitor’s content and you can message them to promote yours as well 02:29 – It doesn’t track traffic right away, but it will eventually 02:25 – Fifth is IFTTT or If This Then That or Zapier that automates certain workflows 03:14 – Sixth is going after broken links and using a broken link checker 03:36 – See who’s linking to the broken links and that has similar content to yours—and email them 04:11 – Last is Sniply which allows you to enhance every link that you share 04:50 – the link can be a link to a lead magnet 05:00 – Contact Eric and Neil for any tools you find valuable to the listeners of Marketing School 05:10 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: Go directly to those people who share your competitor’s links; it may take time, but it works. Create a smooth workflow so you can maximize content promotion with your team. Different channels are now updating to cater to content promotion and this makes it easier to cross-post. 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.

2 Juli 20178min

In Episode #335, Eric and Neil discuss how to rank higher on YouTube. Tune in to learn how you can successfully get your video ranking to new heights on YouTube and why a putting out a 20-minute video is better than a 2-minute one. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Rank Higher on YouTube 00:51 – YouTube tags help the algorithm figure out what the video is about 01:06 – You have different keywords and you need to know which keyword drives traffic 01:16 – Check out Keyword Tool, SEMrush and Google Search Console for keyword performance 01:36 – YouTube looks at your engagement 01:54 – Between a shorter video and longer one; the longer one will rank higher because YouTube tracks the length of time viewers stay engaged with the video 02:18 – The longer people stay on YouTube, the more engaged they are and the more money YouTube makes from their ads 02:53 – If you want to build your watch time, think about building a playlist 03:03 – Playlists can get people to watch over time 03:31 – VIQ and TubeBuddy can help with the tags people are using on their videos and other statistics 03:56 – TubeBuddy’s tag explore can help you find recommended tags 04:10 – To do well, upload videos consistently and share them to other channels to increase engagement 04:27 – It takes time to see results on YouTube 04:44 – Neil sees improvements on his YouTube videos after promoting them everywhere 04:52 – Eric’s Growth Everywhere YouTube channel is growing on its own 05:06 – Eric learned that once you get 10K subscribers, you’ll start to grow fast 05:30 – There’s an inflection point 05:50 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: The longer your videos are, the greater your chance at a longer engagement time which will inevitably boost your ranking. Upload videos consistently and in large quantities if possible. From YouTube, promote your videos on as many channels as you can to establish your following and increase your engagement. 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.

1 Juli 20179min

In Episode #334, Eric and Neil discuss how to be top of mind. Tune in to learn how Eric and Neil became top of mind with the content they put out there. They give you all their strategies that will increase your following and resulting views so that you, too, can be top of mind in your industry!  Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Be Top Of Mind 00:35 – Eric’s friends, John Hall of Influence & Co, just released a book called Top of Mind 00:45 – The content that Neil is creating is putting him at the top of mind 01:00 – In marketing, Neil believes in the rule of 7 01:05 – It’s hard to be the best at everything but doing something that is good enough and with quantity, it is much more effective 01:27 – Everyone has a different playbook 01:29 – Neil’s friend, Brian Dean from Backlinko, creates blog posts that he doesn’t write as frequently as Neil 01:36 – Brian’s blog posts gets more views but Neil beats him in quantity, resulting in Neil having more views 01:54 – Neil has daily videos and Brian has his once a month or once a week 02:02 – Brian’s videos have higher quality than Neil’s but Neil has more videos, so he will eventually get more traffic 02:12 – It makes Neil top of mind for viewers and an industry leader 02:22 – If you don’t have a big team, but want to be top of mind, do what Brian is doing 02:47 – Moz’s blog spot and content is much better than HubSpot's, but HubSpot gets more traffic from Google because of their volume 03:07 – Eric and Neil are getting messages from people who have seen them in different channels, making them top of mind 04:15 – To be top of mind, you have to do things consistently, longer, and with quantity 04:51 – “Go try and be top of mind” 04:55 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: It’s better to create something good enough and in large quantities, rather than just 1 perfect piece of content. To be top of mind, do things in consistently, over a longer time and in large quantities. Leverage on different channels so that people see you often and consider you a leading voice on the subject. 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.

30 Juni 20178min