Jake Ward LinkedIn Posts

I've saved £30,000 for a house deposit, but I'm buying a website instead.

Why?

Right now, it's a better investment...

Starting a blog is one of the lowest-cost side projects in 2022.

Domain: GoDaddy (from £0.99/mo)
Hosting: SiteGround (from £1.99/mo)
CMS: WordPress

How I grew my podcast to 300k downloads per month:

- No collaborations
- No social media
- No emails
- No ads

Just SEO.

The background:

I started the

Content marketing isn't just SEO.
SEO isn't just content marketing.

Content marketing considers all of the channels.
SEO is the process of optimising for one channel.

Content

We added a new income stream for my content marketing company...

"Blog flipping"

Here's how we do it:

1. Find an under-valued blog/content site deal
2. Negotiate,

I just sold my lockdown project for 5 figures...

A podcast that I never spoke on.

I was (fairly) early in

I helped a friend earn a full-time income through blogging.

Here's what we did step-by-step:

1. Choosing the niche

Fortunately, this was easy.

He has played an

How I create SEO content plans:

I flip the traditional content funnel into a pyramid.

Then I start at the top.

This strategy:

- Generates revenue as

10 harsh realities of content marketing:

 1. It takes time to reap the benefits
 2. It's near impossible to fully attribute
 3. You need to post

How to rank in Google (according to Google):

Last week I shared HOW Google's algorithm works (link in the comments).

But what does Google say

15 sentences that will 10x your SEO:

1. Focus on the 80/20 rule: 80% of your SEO results come from 20% of

Companies: "Content is King"

But then:

- 1 marketer overseeing all channels
- Interns running their social platforms
- £10K/mo is too expensive for content
- Despite spending

How to steal traffic from your competitors in 7 steps:

Complete the process in the carousel with single 1-month subscriptions to the tools mentioned.

That

What people think SEO is:

- Backlinks
- Technical stuff
- Keyword research
- Write lots of blog posts
- Green lights on Yoast plugin

What SEO actually is:

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SEO = Writing
Emails = Writing
LinkedIn = Writing
Conversion = Writing

Master writing and you can master any channel.

It's the most important skill in marketing.

Practice daily.

Kleo is officially live! Here's my free LinkedIn tool:

- View a range of popular posts
- Study any creator’s LinkedIn content
- Use filters to

60-second SEO masterclass:

1. If you have existing pages, focus first on your quick wins (keywords in positions 4-20) before publishing new content.

2. Spend

I skipped the Rolex and took my younger siblings travelling (for their first time) instead.

I sacked off the new Tesla and retired my

I’m 25 with 2 businesses and no home.

All of this ‘happened’ in the last year.

But it certainly wasn’t overnight.

Here’s how I got here:

Age

2 years ago, Tyler and I started living together 1 month after reuniting in our local nightclub.

We were:

- Just out of long-term relationships
-