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    Marketing School – Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

    Neil Patel and Eric Siu bring you daily ACTIONABLE digital marketing lessons that they’ve learned through years of being in the trenches. Whether you have a new website or you’re an established business, you’ll learn the latest SEO, content marketing, social media, email marketing, conversion optimization and general online marketing strategies that work today from people that actually practice marketing and operate business. Approaching 100M downloads with 2,500+ episodes, you’re sure to find something that will help you grow faster. Also don’t forget to subscribe to our Marketing School Youtube channel to get more marketing goodness.

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    What to Look For in a CV as a Recruiter for a Marketing Role | Ep. #297 May 24, 2017
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    In Episode #297, Eric and Neil discuss what to look for in a CV as a recruiter for a marketing role. Tune in to learn why you shouldn’t be looking at CVs if you want to hire the crème of the crop and how LinkedIn, portfolios, and a good old-fashioned interview can be a better way to gauge the quality of your next hire.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: What to Look For in a CV as a Recruiter for a Marketing Role
    • 00:48 – Looking at certain keywords on a CV depends on the role one is applying for
    • 01:03 – Eric usually just scans the CV and pays more attention to their LinkedIn, social profiles and the examples that they have sent
    • 01:21 – Neil doesn’t look at CVs at all; instead, he asks them about the work that they have done and checks and analyzes them
      • 01:39 – If the portfolio is good, you can ask them a marketing problem and if you like their answers, go from there
    • 01:54 – “It’s all about the hiring process, at the end of the day”
    • 02:07 – The best people typically aren’t looking for job so you have to check them on LinkedIn
    • 02:15 – The best people that Eric has hired was from looking at their LinkedIn profiles and other online work
    • 02:23 – CVs are outdated
    • 02:34 – You have to laser target the best people and hire a recruiter, if needed
    • 02:51 – Your next hire might just be standing next to you, so always be on the lookout
    • 03:00 – Neil likes to figure out people’s thought processes and how they think about things
      • 03:18 – You can search for critical thinking questions, ask them and you’ll quickly know how they think
      • 03:46 – If they don’t pay much attention to details, they can take your revenue down
      • 04:02 – You want to have people who think outside of the box
    • 04:22 – Eric and Neil don’t really look at CVs but if you have to, look for specific keywords
    • 04:37 – Don’t blame people that you hired because it comes back to you and your process
    • 04:46 – Marketing School is giving away a free subscription to FunnelDash which helps you track the lifetime ROI of your Facebook campaigns
      • 05:06 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 05:10 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 05:32 – That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. CVs are outdated – employers are looking online to assess one’s previous work and capabilities.
    2. The best people are not looking for job, so if you want to hire someone, you have to target them.
    3. Don’t blame the people that you hired when things go wrong because it comes back to you and your hiring process.

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    What Marketing Tactics You Should Do Regardless of ROI | Ep. #296 May 23, 2017
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    In Episode #296, Eric and Neil discuss the marketing tactics you should do regardless of ROI. Tune in to learn why Neil’s biggest tactic is to focus his energy on everything to do with branding and how helping others and fostering an attitude of goodwill is building for long-term relationships AND success.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: What Marketing Tactics You Should Do Regardless of ROI
    • 00:36 – The biggest tactic that Neil loves is doing anything with branding
      • 00:44 – Everyone in marketing thinks about ROI, but you don’t need an ROI for everything
      • 01:20 – Branding is what causes your company and business to be on top of people’s minds
      • 01:25 – “Having a big brand is amazing and you have to strive to have that”
    • 01:47 – People are always giving unsolicited advice
      • 02:07 – When Eric receives comments, he knows that he is on the right track
      • 02:29 – “Just stick with things when you know that you’re on the right track”
    • 02:37 – Neil likes helping people
      • 02:46 – “I believe it creates goodwill”
      • 02:49 – Neil doesn’t want to make money out of it and just wants to help people
    • 03:21 – This year, Eric started with his monthly dinner and happy hour and he hasn’t gotten any ROI; he also doesn’t care
      • 03:34 – Eric’s ROI is being able to connect people together
    • 03:56 – When you do things without thinking about ROI, it is for long term and the results are better
    • 04:22 – Marketing School is giving away a free subscription to FunnelDash which helps you track the lifetime ROI of your Facebook campaigns
      • 04:42 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 04:46 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 05:06 – That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. When go far and beyond the call in helping people, it will create loyalty which will eventually convert people into customers.
    2. It’s not always about ROI—sometimes it’s good to just help others and create that sense of connection and goodwill.
    3. Branding is what makes people want to buy and it’s a long term process.

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    How to Do B2B Marketing on Instagram | Ep. #295 May 22, 2017
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    In Episode #295, Eric and Neil discuss how to do B2B marketing on Instagram. Tune in to know how Instagram can help you close deals and how to use it well for B2B marketing.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Do B2B Marketing on Instagram
    • 00:35 – Instagram is continuing to grow
    • 00:51 – DMing people on Instagram is one of the options you can do for B2B
      • 00:55 – If you want to work with influencers, celebrities, or entrepreneurs, find their profiles and just DM them
      • 01:06 – Eric has a friend who just started shooting videos and DMed people that he wanted to make a shoot for and he got deals from it
      • 01:21 – If you have an Instagram that shows a good example of your work, it will work out well
    • 01:38 – Neil tested different marketing strategies in Instagram and he learned that they don’t work well with B2B directly
      • 01:46 – Indirectly, it’s great for brand building and connecting with people
      • 02:00 – The problem with B2B is most buyers are desktop buyers
    • 02:53 – In marketing, if someone uses your brand or company 7x, they are much more likely to convert
    • 03:05 – Being on different channels will help you close different deals
    • 03:39 – You can also use page shouts in Instagram for B2B marketing
      • 03:50 – You can search for hashtags in your area and reach out to people with a huge following and engagement
      • 04:11 – Check if they’re doing paid shouts where they can post about you and link you for an affordable price
    • 04:43 – If you have a company, you can get your team in Instagram to post relevant stuff about your company
    • 05:10– Marketing School is giving away a free subscription of FunnelDash which helps you track the lifetime ROI of your Facebook campaigns
      • 05:30 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 05:33 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 05:53 – That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Instagram is HOT—take advantage of the number of people that are using Instagram for your marketing.
    2. If people see you more, they are more likely to buy from you.
    3. Find the influencers in your space and reach out to them for paid shoutouts—this is way cheaper than paid ads.

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    7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Investing in Content Marketing | Ep. #294 May 21, 2017
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    In Episode #294, Eric and Neil discuss the 7 question to ask yourself before investing in content marketing. Tune in to learn why these questions are necessary for you to answer in deciding whether or not content marketing is right for you.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Investing in Content Marketing
    • 00:36 – Question 1: what are your goals? Are you trying to get more traffic or are you trying to get more leads? What is informed branding? What are you trying to do, specifically, that will shape your campaign?
    • 00:46 – If you don’t have goals, you can’t manage what you’re doing
    • 01:01 – The action that you take will depend on your goal
    • 01:16 – Second is, how long are you going to make an investment?
      • 01:22 – “If you’re not willing to make the investment for a year without seeing an ROI, content marketing isn’t for you”
      • 01:17 – Content marketing is a long-term play
    • 01:39 – Third is, who is your target audience?
      • 01:51 – Figure out your target audience first then figure out the personas you’re trying to create
    • 02:07 – Fourth is, can you produce 3 pieces of blog content a week?
      • 02:12 – If you can’t, then it is not right for you
      • 02:24 – Producing 3 articles a week should be done in over a year
      • 02:27 – You can hire people from Problogger if you have the budget
    • 02:39 – Fifth is, what do you want to share and why you do want to share?
      • 02:56 – When producing content, think about why sharing it will help you accomplish your objectives?
      • 03:29 – People tend to produce content just for the sake of it which is a BIG mistake
    • 03:44 – Sixth is, is one of your competitors already doing content marketing and is successful at it? Is there someone you want to model after?
      • 03:52 – Typically, what works for your competition will work for you, too
      • 04:00 – If there are people in your space who are doing content marketing, use BuzzSumo and Ahrefs to figure out what drives them traffic and copy them
    • 04:13 – Last is, what can you do differently?
      • 04:20 – Podcasts are getting popular and most marketing people are still doing blog posts
      • 04:51 – Search for Blue Ocean Strategy and apply the concepts for doing content marketing
    • 05:14 – Marketing School is giving away a free subscription to FunnelDash which helps you track the lifetime ROI of your Facebook campaigns
      • 05:27 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 05:31 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 05:53 – That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Establish clear and concise goals—this will guide your actions.
    2. Producing valuable content thrice a week is essential for the success of content marketing.
    3. Look around your space and see how people are doing it—if it works for them, it might work for you, too.

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    How to Improve Your Net Promoter Score | Ep. #293 May 20, 2017
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    In Episode #293, Eric and Neil discuss how to improve your net promoter score. Do you know the level of satisfaction of your current customers? If not, you need to get on this and start listening to your feedback. Tune in to learn the importance of understanding and maintaining your net promoter score and why having a score of 9-10 can be extremely beneficial for you and your business.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Improve Your Net Promoter Score
    • 00:35 – A net promoter score expresses how much people like your company or brand
    • 00:47 – One of the basic questions to assess this: how likely are you to recommend us to somebody else or another customer?
      • 01:13 – The goal of 60 means you’re doing a great job
    • 01:20 – Eric recommends Google's net promoter score
      • 01:23 – It has a scale of 1-10
    • 01:39 – To improve your net promoter score, you have to look at the feedback, first
      • 01:48 – Ask if there’s anything else they would like to add
      • 02:10 – Eric had a detractor in the past who told them the account manager needed more supervision and they were right
      • 02:42 – Eric fixed the problem and took the feedback seriously
    • 03:00 – Qualaroo, Wootric and Promoter help you track your net promoter score
    • 03:19 – Most people in marketing think about how they can bring in new customers rather than taking care of their existing customers
    • 03:40 – Majority of the big companies take care of their customers and their customers love them
    • 03:51 – The higher your net promoter score is, the faster you will grow
    • 03:57 – When you get feedback, that’s when you want to continue with reiteration and keep running your promoter score to see if you can improve it
    • 04:13 – When Eric gets a 9 or 10, that’s when he know he can jump into an opportunity
      • 04:29 – You can ask for referrals and it’s a great opportunity for upsells, too
    • 05:00 – It is easier to retain and maintain current accounts, than to create the new ones
    • 04:18 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year annual subscription of Funnel Dash which helps you hone in your Facebook ads campaigns and track the lifetime ROI of your ad campaigns
      • 05:38 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 05:42 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 06:29– That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Make it a point to look at your feedback and fix any problems that are brought up.
    2. A net promoter score of 9-10 gives you more opportunities, such as asking for referrals or upsells.
    3. Taking care of your existing clients will be more beneficial for your business growth in the long run.

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    How to Generate Leads Through LinkedIn | Ep. #292 May 19, 2017
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    In Episode #292, Eric and Neil discuss how to generate leads through LinkedIn. Tune in to learn what LinkedIn lead gen ads are and how it compares to Facebook lead gen ads. You’ll also learn how Neil boosted his website traffic to a thousand plus visitors a day through LinkedIn.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Generate Leads Through LinkedIn
    • 00:33 – The LinkedIn lead gen ads are similar to the Facebook lead ads
      • 00:43 – It makes things a lot easier and faster
      • 00:48 – It works well for Eric and they’ll probably scale it up
      • 00:52 – Eric has spent around $700 on it and has acquired 4-5 leads
    • 01:08 – Jump on to LinkedIn lead gen ads now
    • 01:18 – LinkedIn has autofill where you can have LinkedIn forms on your website
      • 01:37 – Use it so you will have more data of your customers
      • 01:42 – It drastically increases your conversions and it is just a simple button you add on your form fields
    • 02:14 – LinkedIn took away a retargeting pixel, but it is now back with better features
      • 02:40 – You can segment people who visited different pages in your website
    • 02:55 – Neil’s team members post twice a day in LinkedIn
      • 02:59 – It skyrocketed their traffic
      • 03:12 – It generates qualified traffic that generates into leads
      • 03:21 – They add clicks so that you can continue reading other blog posts
    • 03:32 – Eric recommends using Dux-Soup
      • 03:50 – It helps you visit different profiles and collect those profiles—drop those profiles into Hunter and start a reach process
    • 04:10 – You can also LinkedIn leads for recruitment or partnership
    • 04:28 – LinkedIn allows you to have 30K friends
      • 04:54 – A couple of years ago, Eric was on Fiverr and there were people selling friend lists from LinkedIn and Eric actually bought them
    • 05:22 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year annual subscription of Design Pickle, a design service
      • 05:43 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 05:47 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 06:08– That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Take advantage of LinkedIn lead gen ads now, while they’re still not that popular.
    2. LinkedIn can significantly increase your website traffic; leverage it.
    3. LinkedIn can help you in your recruitment and in generating more sales leads.

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    7 Techniques For Keeping Users Engaged in 2000+ Word Blog Posts | Ep. #291 May 18, 2017
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    In Episode #291, Eric and Neil discuss 7 techniques for keeping users engaged in 2000+ word blog posts. You don’t want your blog post to read like a lecture—your readers will drop like flies. Instead, in you employ even just a few of these techniques, you’re bound to increase that engagement and keep your audience scrolling down...

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: 7 Techniques For Keeping Users Engaged in 2000+ Word Blog Posts
    • 00:43 – First technique is to make sure that your post is written in a conversational tone
      • 00:50 – Consider your post like you’re giving a lecture and you don’t want your readers to get bored
      • 01:03 – Use words like “you” and “I” within your blog post
    • 01:10 – Second is to use bucket brigades; Eric learned this from Brian Dean
      • 01:19 – It is basically breaking up more paragraphs, instead of having walls and walls of text
    • 01:43 – Third is sub-headings
      • 01:45 – Think of your blog post as a book
      • 01:48 – Adding a sub-heading makes it more scalable and it’s on top of bucket brigades
    • 02:02 – Fourth is having great, engaging images to accentuate your content
    • 02:15 – Fifth is the user pattern of a blog reader
      • 02:17 – They first go to your page, then to your headline, click on your blog post, and then they scroll all the way down to the bottom to figure out if they’re going to scroll back up to the top
      • 02:27 – End each of your blog posts with a conclusion that summarizes what the blog post is about
    • 02:43 – Sixth is to not forget to publish if it actually makes sense
      • 02:51 – If you can add videos, infographics and a podcast to add value, you’re going to have a good engagement overall
      • 03:05 – “Take the time and be deliberate about what you’re doing”
    • 03:11 – Last but not the least, end your blog post with a question
      • 03:17 – The people who read the question will likely respond with a blog comment
    • 03:38 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year annual subscription of Design Pickle, a design service that allows you to make unlimited design
      • 04:00 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 04:10 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 04:25– That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Writing in a conversational tone makes your blog post friendlier easier to engage in for the reader.
    2. Bucket brigades make your content POP instead of seeing walls and walls of text.
    3. Readers are more likely to leave a comment if you end your blog post with a question.

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    How to Delegate Marketing Tasks | Ep. #290 May 17, 2017
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    In Episode #290, Eric and Neil discuss how to delegate marketing tasks. Tune in to learn the key things you, as a leader, need to recognize before passing off a task to someone on your team. Can they create a replicable process for that task? Will they be able to find a solution on their own or will they be needing help? Find out how important delegation is—not just for marketing—but for every type and aspect of business and how to do it effectively.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Delegate Marketing Tasks
    • 00:43 – Delegation is not just for marketing. In any business, you’ll have to learn how to delegate
    • 00:50 – Eric recommends reading Getting Things Done by David Allen and The Checklist Manifesto
      • 01:00 – These books will help you decide what to delegate
    • 01:09 – Eric has his own checklist in Evernote of the things that he needs to do
    • 01:14 – As you get bigger, there are tasks, like booking travel and scheduling, that can be assigned to someone else who can do it for you
      • 01:20 – You can free up your time to do things that are more worthy of your time
      • 01:28 – Learning to prioritize first will help you delegate better
    • 01:35 – The 2 types of people that you can delegate things to—first, there are the self-sufficient ones who can do things their own
      • 01:41 – Second, the ones that need training and are not that good at figuring things out on their own
    • 01:50 – What Neil does is he figures out what kind of a person someone is
      • 01:53 – When Neil gets to the ones that can do things their own, he gives them instructions and asks them to make a replicable process so other people will know how to do the task
      • 02:04 – If the person isn’t creative and cannot figure out steps on their own, Neil or someone from the team will teach that person
      • 02:43 – Even if the person doesn’t do it the way you want, you can give him a few rounds of critique; then, he’ll start to do it the way you like
    • 03:04 – People somehow cringe on the topic of having a process
    • 03:25 – If you want to take your business to another level, you have to create a culture of documentation or creating screencast so you can easily hand it to another person
      • 03:34 – Training people repeatedly consumes time
    • 03:42 – When Eric hires new marketing staff, they’re subscribed in an entrepreneur campaign
      • 04:01 – After they’ve gone through it automatically, they’ll understand and move faster
    • 04:30 – What’s empowering for Eric, is that, as a leader you tell them exactly what you want them to do and let them do it
      • 04:45 – Having a good hiring process makes it more about the team and not just about you
    • 04:53 – Just make sure when you’re delegating a task, you always create a process
      • 05:00 – The biggest mistake that people make is that they don’t try things out for themselves and don’t know how difficult things are
      • 05:20 – A process should always be tweaked
    • 05:45 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year annual subscription of Design Pickle, a design service where you can request unlimited design each month
      • 05:58 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 06:00 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 06:25– That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Delegation is important in every business—there’s no way around it, especially if your company continues to grow.
    2. Having a process in place makes it easier for the team and new hires to adapt to your workflow and what you need as a leader.
    3. When you delegate a task to someone else, ask them to create a replicable process and make sure you’ve done the task first so you know what to expect.

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    How to Use Dropped Domains to Enhance Your SEO | Ep. #289 May 16, 2017
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    In Episode #289, Eric and Neil discuss how to use dropped domains to enhance your SEO. Tune in to learn how to maximize those dropped domains and why it is better to use an established website rather than dropped domains if you have the cash to spend.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: How to Use Dropped Domains to Enhance Your SEO
    • 00:48 – Dropped domains are abandoned or expired domains
    • 01:07 – Eric has been buying domains that have worked well and has a good number on Ahrefs
      • 01:12 – What Eric does is he takes the site, takes the top pages and redirects it over to his money site
      • 01:22 – The site that Eric bought has keywords that they’re targeting, at the moment
    • 01:30 – Neil also learned something from this
      • 01:48 – If you already have a popular site, you will not gain from this doing this technique—it’s not for you
    • 01:57 – The technique that Eric uses works, but the dropped domain must relate to what you are doing
      • 02:05 – You can use Internet Archive to see what the site used to be
      • 02:11 – You don’t want to have a dog website then get redirected to a marketing website
    • 02:36 – You can buy dropped domains from GoDaddy
      • 02:45 – You can go to GoDaddy.com and they have the list of auctioned domains
      • 02:51 – You have to filter through the list to see the sites that have the most bids, offers, traffic and then take the site to Ahrefs to see if it is relevant to yours
      • 03:13 – Go to Wayback Machine to see what the website used to be in the past
    • 03:53 – There are website brokers like FE International and Flippa if you’re willing to buy a more established site
      • 04:11 – Doing this with a more established website is way better than using dropped domains
      • 04:15 – Most people buy dropped domains and put a website on there or they take the domain to redirect traffic to their site
    • 04:36 – If you think of the black hat SEO that works, why not just do it in a white hat way?
    • 05:11 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Design Pickle, a design service where Eric gets unlimited designs for blog and ad images
      • 05:33 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 05:30 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 06:03 – That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. Choose a dropped domain that is relevant to your site.
    2. Don’t just buy a well performing website – make sure that it targets your market, is consistent and has the keywords that you’re needing.
    3. You can use black hat SEO in a white hat way.

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    Simple Methods for Calculating ROI on SEO | Ep. #288 May 15, 2017
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    In Episode #288, Eric and Neil discuss simple methods for calculating ROI on SEO. Tune in to learn the formula Eric and Neil use to project an estimated ROI and why some agencies won’t provide this information to their clients.

    Time Stamped Show Notes:
    • 00:27 – Today’s topic: Simple Methods for Calculating ROI on SEO
    • 00:38 – Some agencies are not telling their clients the exact ROI that they’re going to get
      • 00:48 – It is indeed difficult to quantify
    • 00:55 – What you can do first is look at the keyword volume
      • 01:00 – Look at how you’re currently ranking and your click-through rate
      • 01:04 – The formula is you take your traffic, you take your click-through rate, then you’ll have your estimated traffic
    • 01:12 – You have to look at your conversion rate on your website
      • 01:18 – If you’re an ecommerce website, look at the average order value of a product or the specific keyword you’re trying to rank for
      • 01:26 – You now have your baseline metric, then you have to project it
      • 01:32 – If you move something from position 10 to position 2, your click-through rate might go from 2% to 20%
      • 01:39 – Then you can map out the estimated revenue or return
    • 02:02 – Once you have the formula, go to SEMrush or Ahrefs
      • 02:16 – Look at all the traffic sources that your competitor is getting traffic from
      • 02:22 – Look at your competitors volume and compare it to your Ahrefs or SEMrush volume
      • 02:27 – Neil goes to Ahrefs; it says he has 100K visitors and his competitors have 200K
      • 02:36 – Ahrefs’ numbers are from Google Analytics
    • 03:15 – Let Eric and Neil know if the formula works for you
    • 03:32 – Most agencies fail to quantify projected ROI
    • 03:52 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Design Pickle, an awesome design service that Eric has been using
      • 04:27 – Subscribe, rate and review Marketing School
      • 04:31 – Text MARKETINGSCHOOL to 33444
    • 04:41 – If you have other services that you want to give away and Eric and Neil like them, just send them a message
    • 04:50 – That’s it for today’s episode!
    3 Key Points:
    1. It is quite hard to quantify the ROI, but there is a way.
    2. Your clients need to know their ROI—this will inform them of whether or not it’s worth it to invest in SEO.
    3. A projected, estimated ROI is better than not having any idea or information at all.

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