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Welcome back everyone! Happy New Year to you all. AI is the topic on everyone’s lips at the moment, and I think it’s going to have a massive impact on our industry this year. In particular, the chatbot interface called ChatGPT has exploded in popularity. Utilise its power and it can be a great time […]

Building a brand is an important step for any business, as it helps establish a unique identity and sets you apart from your competitors. Here are a few steps you can take to build your brand: Define your brand What is the mission and vision of your business? What values do you stand for? What […]

Welcome back. We’ve just got through the Black Friday sales and it was a whopper this year. Biggest one ever in Australia in terms of search volume and sales according to Shopify. It’s not looking good for the Boxing Day sales according to early data, so we’ll have to wait for that result. Big brands […]

Welcome back Rankers. Just been looking over the data for a new client of ours. Tracking progress is important, and I can’t emphasise how important annotating in GA is. Won’t be able to do it soon with GA4 so that’s annoying. Anyway, tracking changes and results helps you home in on what is and isn’t […]

Hey Rankers. What is SEO? It’s not what most people think it is. The closest to optimisation you will get is to improve your site for the user. Publishing all the content in the world won’t help sell a product if it’s only information. Optimising your site helps Google find it better and delivers a […]

Welcome back everyone! My comments last week about a 3% conversion rate certainly stirred a reaction from some viewers. One person thought they were stuck at 3%, but when I had a look, it depended on which channel was being viewed. Through one it was a fantastic 27%! The lesson is to analyse each individual […]

Welcome back! I’ve been pondering what constitutes a solid conversion rate and how, as an industry, we agreed on 3%. Personally, I’ve always thought that was a bit low. There are obvious differences between online and bricks and mortar, but you should be digging down to see how you can lift that number. What I […]

Welcome back! This week I’ll be talking about a new Google update. Last week was the Helpful Content update. If you didn’t catch last week’s show check it out. The new Google update appears to concern ads and revolves around an email sent to all Google Ads account holders. It’s a bit vague and confusing; […]

Hey Rankers. I knocked this video out on a Saturday as I wanted to follow up last week’s video after seeing a new Google update. They are calling it the “Helpful Content” update and it basically covers everything I spoke about last week. I know, I’m an oracle! No one’s sure how it will affect […]

Hey Rankers! Search engine optimisation is nothing more than a poor acronym. Imagine all those hours and precious dollars you’ve spent trying to optimise for a search engine, but do you really know what that search engine wants? You need to optimise for shoppers, and shoppers want to see products, not articles. What I learned […]