EP 28: Improving your SEO and Conversion in 7 Steps with Fernando Angulo

Podcast Episode #28

You’ve invested all your energy into creating the killer website for your business, but now it lays dormant, lost in the depths of the internet sea. You’ve got the magic system, business or product, you know everyone needs it, but now how can you get that website to rise to the surface and be seen? Fernando’s simple system will have you choosing the right words and get you on track to increase your visibility, conversions and business potential – watch your website rise up and set you apart from the rest.

Fernando received his Master’s degree in world economics from the University of Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation.

Grab Fernando’s system: The 7 step process to improve your SEO and conversion

Here’s how you can boost your SEO & conversions

Step 1: Conduct excellent keyword research

• Start your initial brainstorming by answering the following questions:
• What do people write in the search engine to find you and/or your competition?
• What are the most frequently used keywords?
• What other keywords would you like your clients to find you?
• Use a variety of keyword tools to get real-world data on what your target audience is searching for:
• Use Google Keyword Planner.
• Use Google Trends to see the activity of a keyword.
• Use SEMrush to understand the volume and the number of keywords in your industry.

Step 2: Improve your website loading speed

• The faster your website loads, the better for ranking. The site needs to load between 0.5 – 2 seconds to be considered fast.
• Chat with your web developer and ask for suggestions. Often optimising your images for the web is a great place to start. Suggestion! Use tinypng.com.

Step 3: Always use unique content and remove duplicate content

• Never copy or duplicate content on your website – this can harm your rankings.
• Each page must have at least 70% original content. That is content that does not appear anywhere else on the web.
  • Suggestion! Use smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ to check and control your content, especially if you have guest-bloggers.

Step 4: Use a more friendly URL

• URL’s should be clean and friendly for users and search engines, containing the main keywords. Some suggestions include:
  • Keep URLs shorter than 115 characters.
  • Avoid using underscores, as they can be misinterpreted by some bots.
  • Avoid using numeric URLs lose SEO value.

Step 5: Improve CTR (click through rate) by optimizing your snippets

• Snippets are text blocks that are shown after a search query. These should be optimised for the user and contain relevant keywords.
  • The page title should be no more than 58 characters
  • Friendly, descriptive URL containing keywords
  • Keep meta description up to 140 characters.

Step 6: Improve and customize your UX (user experience)

• Your main objective should be to keep your customers coming back – keep it interesting and add value for your visitors.
• Where possible, personalise the experience based on what you know about your users.
• Use a heatmap tool like Crazy Egg to find what your users most see.
• Ask your clients what is the most interesting part of your website.
  • Use tools like UserTesting.com and Google Analytics.
• Increase your conversions by using CTA (calls to action).
  • Give your potential customers easy instructions on how to take action (CTA).

Step 7: Test every strategy! Make changes and measure the results

• Conduct a test and draw conclusions before making a new one.
• Use tools like Google Content Experiments and Visual Website Optimizer.

In short, refining your website SEO is much like improving direct communication with your customers – know your audience and who you are talking to, be friendly, original and interesting, keep it clear and wherever possible short and to the point so that customers not only want to keep talking with you but more importantly are listening to you. Maximum engagement for maximum click through.

Thank you for listening!