In this episode, Meredith and her husband discuss issues surrounding Google Business Profile suspensions, offering strategies to prevent suspensions and steps to take for reinstatement. They explain common triggers, like address-related issues and frequent user-edit suggestions, and emphasize the importance of monitoring business listings closely. They recommend tools like WhiteSpark to manage citations effectively, which helps Google verify business information. These tips can help business owners maintain visibility and avoid common pitfalls in Google's local search system.

Resources:
https://whitespark.ca/local-platform
https://support.google.com/business/answer/4569145

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

DOWNLOAD
Title Tag Cheat Sheet + Tutorial
https://seiq.meredithshusband.com/c/resources/how-to-create-title-tags-d7652d12-c03e-4a83-9712-738ce86e1dc1

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

I'm calling all ShowIt users to participate by temporarily sharing Google Search Console data. This isn’t just a chance for some free SEO advice—your input will also help craft an upcoming episode about SEO settings for Showit websites.

Add me to your GSC!
https://seiq.meredithshusband.com/c/resources/add-users-to-google-search-console-38d69737-3dd7-4a7a-b840-76dd446763cf

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

This episode explores how blogging can go beyond just improving SEO and be a way to explore personal passions and focus more on the aspects of your business that make you happy.

Resources mentioned in this episode
Niche Blogging DEMO:
https://seiq.meredithshusband.com/c/resources/niche-blog-topics

Timestamps
[0:00] Use Your Blog to Be Happy
[0:23] Use your blog to do things that make you happy
[5:33] Explore potential new services
[6:07] The parts of your business you like the most
[6:42] Another benefit of niche blogging
[7:43] The danger of making a mistake with your blog

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

In this podcast, Meredith's husband shares a powerful story from Atomic Habits by James Clear, connecting it to the challenges of SEO. He recounts the story of the British cycling team, which, after decades of mediocrity, improved dramatically by focusing on small, incremental gains of 1% in all areas. These minor improvements accumulated, leading to significant success, including winning multiple Tour de France titles and Olympic gold medals.

Timestamps
[2:09] The new Performance Coach
[3:52] The result of 1% gains
[4:48] The Most Persistent SEO Myth
[5:35] How SEO actually works
[6:56] A Case Study
[8:03] Building SEO muscles
[9:03] Remember this...
[9:52] You can't make good decisions with bad information

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

In this podcast episode, Meredith's husband addresses the impact of AI on SEO, offering practical advice for website owners on how to adapt their SEO strategies to remain effective in an AI-driven landscape.

Timestamps
[0:00] How AI Continues to Change SEO
[0:35] How is AI changing SEO?
[1:57] A couple of certain changes...
[4:02] The internet is littered with affiliate websites
[5:06] Less traffic will be going to affiliate sites
[5:25] Focus on specific keywords?
[6:19] Using related language
[7:54] My point... specific words are becoming less important
[8:27] You still DO want to include keywords
[10:02] The takeaway for small business owners...

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

How to shift the perspective of a blog from being "salesy" to actually being valuable to readers, using one of Meredith's blogs as an example.

Resources Mentioned
The Ultimate Blog Checklist
(https://seiq.meredithshusband.com/c/resources/blog-seo-checklist-ddf0dc7c-af76-41f2-9915-ec4c83c87a6d)

Timestamps
[0:25] Last Week Recap
[2:35] The purpose of your blog...
[4:08] Changing the Perspective
[7:14] Creating image captions and Alt Tags
[8:54] Who is your blog audience?
[11:15] Linking blogs to the rest of your site

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com

Meredith and her husband discuss her recent blogs and how to make them stronger. Meredith's husband reviews a single blog, noting that while the content is good, it's better suited to be content for the main website rather than a blog post. He explains how to adjust the blog to provide more value and engage readers without being overly sales-oriented.

Additional Resources:
Episode 9: Tips & Ideas to Create Useful Blogs
Episode 42: How to link your blog for better SEO
Episode 97: The Ultimate Blog SEO Checklist

Timestamps:
[1:56] Bad Blog Idea: Why you should buy my stuff
[3:03] Change the Perspective
[3:44] Potential Perspectives
[6:00] Making a blog more social
[7:14] Blogging your sessions?
[8:16] Create a Case Study from a session
[9:52] What is Image Alt Text?
[10:41] Keywords in Image Alt Text
[11:33] Add image captions

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Meredith's Husband
https://www.meredithshusband.com