7. âFocus on the core problem your
business solves and put out lots of
content and enthusiasm, and ideas
about how to solve that problem.â
- Laura Fitton
8. âI urge you to start writing content that
actually is either
1) actionable,
2) a strong opinion, or
3) proven to some degree.â
-Bill Sebald
23. Choose your words
Latinate Words Anglo-Saxon Words
- More formal - Less formal
- Longer (polysyllabic) - Short (often monosyllabic)
- Fancy, proper - Forceful, direct
Examples Examples
acquire, transmit, constru get, send, build, stop, put, m
ct, resist, deposit, imitate, ock, set
determined
24. Choose your words
Latinate
Would you do me the honor of introducing
me to this female acquaintance of yours?
Anglo-Saxon
Hey, that girl you were talking to is hot!
Take me to her, will you?
25. Choose your words
Write like an 8th grader!
âŚbut donât dumb it down
36. Competition
Competition is high if the sites on page oneâŚ
⢠Are famous (wikipedia, etc.)
⢠Have title tags that begin with the keyphrase
⢠Lots of AdWords ads
⢠Have a higher domain authority than you*
*see Open Site Explorer
37. Competition
Look out for universal search results
⢠Local (change tactics/choose another phrase)
⢠Videos (opportunity?)
⢠Images
⢠Products
⢠News
40. On-Page SEO
⢠Once at the beginning of the title <title>
⢠Once in the first header <h1>
⢠Four to six times in the body of the page
⢠In links on other pages that link to the page.