We are just weeks away from 2019, are you ready? Total Transparency. I am not. The list of things undone at home is ever growing. Here are just some of things that are on my list before the end of the year. Christmas Decorating. Our house is somewhat jolly, but not really. The bins of lights…
SEO is Not a Dirty Word
I am on a mission to end the negative, scammy, slimy connotations associated with SEO. Over the last several months, I have traveled a lot, been on several podcasts, and in general talked with a lot of new people. Nearly everyone that I met, had a terrible story about working with an SEO. YUCK. (SEO…
OnPage SEO Ranking Factors {a complete guide for 2018}
OnPage, or sometimes called OnSite optimizations, are hugely important for getting found by Google. (Go ahead and save this page, we will keep updating it!) There is a massive amount of SEO power that is in your control, the secret is in harnessing those elements so that you can drive organic traffic to your site….
{Updated} The What, Why, How of Keyword Research for your Creative Business
{this was originally published in June of 2016 we have updated it with new awesome stuff.} According to Internet Live Stats, there are over 3.7 million blog posts published today. And there will be another 3.7 million published tomorrow. And the day after that. I believe we are all special unicorns each with a unique-ish voice…
Semantic Search in 2018: What You Need to Know
Semantic Search is getting more and more important in 2018. And that means that as content creators and business owners, we need to pay attention to all the ways that Google continues to improve search. I want to clarify something right from the beginning: these evolutions aren’t scary, especially once you know Google’s goal and…
5 Effective Ways to Master SEO
Friends, welcome to week 5 in our SEO essentials series! So far we’ve talked about what SEO is, why you need it (even if you get a lot of referrals), a history of shady SEO techniques (so you know what not to do), and the essential SEO glossary. We’re all about getting you FOUND so…
The Essential Glossary for SEO
What the heck do all of those jibber-jabber words mean? Learning SEO is like learning a whole new language! You certainly don’t need to be fluent in it–that’s why you have us! But it might be easier for you to understand a few things you read about SEO if you know the key terms and…
See Your Story in the Data with our Favorite new Tool: Google Data Studio
Performance Reporting is our jam here at Clapping Dog Media. We spend hours creating reports that are easy-to-read, look sharp, provide actionable insights and are easily shareable. We are excited to share that Google Data Studio just showed up and dropped the mic. Friends, you know how much we love + depend on Google Analytics….
Bloguettes Case Study: How to Rank for Multiple Keywords
In November 2016 Bloguettes, the boss lady masterminds behind Stock that Rocks, BTV and the insanely popular Online Brand Building classes approached Clapping Dog Media with a specific SEO Challenge: to rank in Google for multiple keywords. Bloguettes Case Study: How to Rank for Multiple Keywords At the time, Bloguettes was already ranking for over 1,000 keywords…
Local Search Basics | Clapping Dog Media
Have you ever googled something like this? “What are the best wedding photographers near me?” Because that is really what you wanted. You wanted the best ______ nearby. Whether it was a photographer or restaurant or even dog groomer. And google gives you something like this. So handy, right? All of the info you need…
Top 6 Reasons Why You Must Invest in SEO This Year
Happy 2017 Friends. January is a fresh start. It is the time to set intentions, clean the clutter, vow to do things better. I love fresh starts. So far–I have invested in part-time employee (YAY for Rachael!) and a bookkeeper. I am also determined to do less with more focus. Before the ink dries on…
Are LeadPages and SumoMe PopUps SEO Friendly? | Clapping Dog Media
If you are a creative entrepreneur, you are smack in the middle of Pre-Launch Season. This means in addition to creating a magical holiday season for your friends + fam you are meticulously planning out launch sequences, funnels, and webinars. Next year promises to be a big one and you have products, services and courses to launch…
Site Speed, Why it Matters & How to Get it | Clapping Dog Media
Hello Friends! Today we are going to deep dive into something that is near and dear to Googles’ heart (and web users’ world wide), page speed. By the time you have finished reading you will know exactly what page speed is, how to measure it, and how to make your site faster. Page Speed is…
What is Most Important, SEO or Social Shares?
What is the connection between SEO and Social Media? Are articles that get a lot of social shares ranked higher on google because they have been shared so many times? or Is it the other way around? Are certain articles ranked higher on search engines because they are shared again and again? What is Page Rank?…
SEO Challenge Check Out These Results
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6 Basic SEO Tips for All Podcasters Who Want to be Found | Clapping Dog Media
SEO Challenge — Week #3 Here is a fun little graphic that I snagged for you to check out. It shows the number of keywords that Clapping Dog Media is currently ranking for within the Google Search Engine Results Page (SERP). I can get kinda sad about the few number of words in the top…
SEO Tips and Tricks for Titles and Headlines
SEO Challenge Recap OK. I think it will be helpful to take a look back and to chat about what and how I have been doing to get ranked on Google for the keywords that I want to get ranked for. Last week, I wrote a lengthy post on Image Alt Tags it contained 1303 words, which…
The Ultimate Guide to Image Alt Tags {with examples}
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SEO Challenge Step 1: Keyword Research | Clapping Dog Media
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Watch Me Grow. An 8-Week Plan to Grow My Influence | Clapping Dog Media
The SEO Challenge. My passion, my big WHY at Clapping Dog Media is to help clients expand their influence and find their tribe. Until recently, I have focused on making things beautiful, (I buy wine based on the label, don’t you?) But then, I found performance data and the power an optimized site has to drive traffic, grow influence and give you the…
Why Links are so Important and How to Get More of Them | Clapping Dog Media
There is a lot of SEO chatter about the importance of links. As a creative entrepreneur you are busy being productive. Keeping up with the 200 factors that Google uses to rank web pages is a lot. In this post I am going to make it easy and break down the importance of one of the top…
What Kind of Hustler are You? Productive or Unproductive? | Clapping Dog Media
Disclaimer: The reading of this post will be much more awesome for you — the reader — if you cue up and listen to WORK by Rihanna on repeat. Sometimes I get stuck feeling behind in all of life + work. When this happens I make the huge mistake of comparison. And I take my current status and…
Stop Believing These SEO Myths and Get Found. | Clapping Dog Media
If you want your message to go further and your influence to go deeper you need to understand the impact SEO (search engine optimization). It is a myth that you can ignore the basics of SEO and your audience will simply find you. In this post I am going to break down some of the most common…
How Google-able is your Website? Find out with an SEO Audit.
It was 10 years ago this month that Merriam-Webster officially switched the word google(n.) to google(v.) saying, “A noun doesn’t turn into a verb very often. Google is a unique case. Because they have achieved so much prominence in the world of search, people have been using the word google as a generic verb now.”…
