E239: SEO Made Simple With Jeremiah Smith

Jeremiah Smith is the President, CEO, and part-owner of SimpleTiger LLC, an SEO agency that delivers extraordinary results for its clients. He's delivered several speaking engagements on the topics of SEO and digital marketing for a variety of companies including NCR and Comcast and was asked to teach Digital Marketing to senior-level students pursuing marketing degrees at The University of South Florida. Quotes To Remember: "SEO is very slow but it carriers a whole lot of power and a whole lot of weight." "There is always gonna be competition for keywords." "Your content is that bridge that bridges people from the top of the funnel to the middle of the funnel." "I don't think it makes sense to go back and look at blog articles and say 'We should optimize these for the SEO perspective.' I would optimize them from a value perspective." "Value comes first. Optimization comes second." "Link building is still important but definitely not as important as engagement."   What You'll Learn: How to Speed-up SEO Results Creating New Content vs. Optimizing Old Content Getting More Backlinks for Your Content   Key Links From The Show: Jeremiah's Site The Anatomy of SEO | A simple guide for SaaS Companies Breakthrough Success Episode 16: Marketing Like A Pro With Seth Godin   Recommended Books: Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti Start with Why by Simon Sinek Tribes by Seth Godin Purple Cow by Seth Godin