The Authority Hacker Podcast - Actionable Online Marketing

<blockquote>First aired in 2016, voted the Ahrefs #1 podcast for several years running and with over half a million downloads in 120+ countries, “The Authority Hacker Podcast” is one of the most authoritative podcasts for providing actionable online marketing tips and staying ahead of the ever-changing digital marketing landscape. Hosts Gael Breton and Mark Webster teamed up in 2010 and have since worked with several Fortune 500 companies, and launched and sold various successful businesses together. Join them every 2 weeks as they interview site owners, marketers and SEO experts, and share their own expertise on everything needed to build and grow a successful online business. The 300+ episodes cover everything from online marketing, affiliate marketing, SEO, content creation, website building, and more. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, you’ll get the latest insights and strategies for growing your site and generating passive income.</blockquote><p><br>With a focus on actionable strategies and practical tips, each episode is designed to help you take your online business to the next level. You'll learn everything you need to create high quality content, build links, and get your website on the first page of Google, Bing and Yahoo, and a whole lot more. All of the reviews say that this podcast is honest, insightful and informative. Come and join the international community of Authority Hackers - Subscribe now.<br><br>#seo #internetmarketing #seopodcast #onlinebusiness #podcastforwebsiteowners<br><br>Follow us on:<br>► Facebook: https://facebook.com/authorityhacker/ <br>► Instagram: https://instagram.com/authorityhacker <br>► Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorityhacker/ <br>► LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/authorityhacker/<br>► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorityhacker <br>► Learn our "lazy" affiliate marketing trick that could earn up to $100/Day: https://www.authorityhacker.com/free-training/ <br>► Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2QB51kf to learn more secret authority site tips. </p>

#353 - The Top 11 Online Marketing Predictions for 2025

Send us a textIn this comprehensive episode, we analyze key marketing predictions for 2025 from industry experts and share our own insights. We also review our predictions from last year to see how accurate we were.____________________________________________Hosts: Mark Webster & Gael BretonFull show notes:https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/353-2025-online-marketing-predictions/____________________________________________A special thanks to our sponsors for this episode, Digital PR ...

01-06
01:13:26

#352 - Something is happening to the way people use Google…

Send us a textIn this episode, we dive into groundbreaking new research about how people actually use Google in 2024, analyzing SparkToro's data from 133,000 real users that challenges conventional wisdom about search behavior. Plus, we discuss the growing adoption of AI search tools, and explore OpenAI's new Sora video model.____________________________________________Hosts: Mark Webster & Gael BretonFull show notes:https://www.authorityhacker.com/podcasts/352-something-is-happening-to-t...

12-16
56:15

#351 - Is Affiliate SEO Finally Dead??

Send us a textIn today's episode, we're diving into what might be the biggest shakeup in SEO this year.Google's biggest crackdown yet has hit major publishers like Forbes, WSJ, and CNN, slashing their affiliate traffic.Perfect timing – as the DOJ pushes to break up Google's Chrome dominance and OpenAI develops their own browser.Meanwhile, publishers are mobilizing to monetize AI's use of their content.In this episode, we're breaking down why Google is finally going after these big sites and w...

12-02
01:06:44

#350 - The AI Marketing Workflow You Can’t Ignore In 2025

Send us a textAre you tired of shelling out big bucks for AI tools that promise convenience but deliver a hefty price tag instead?Well, you're not alone.In today's episode, we expose the truth about overpriced AI productivity tools and reveal how you can achieve so much more with customized, cost-effective alternatives that you build yourself.Plus we’ll show you exactly how you can build your own personally-tailored solutions 👉 with ease 👉 for a fraction of the price you'd pay other...

11-18
44:55

#349 - How To Make $10,000+ From Other People’s Audiences

Send us a textCheck out Bryan’s free resource containing all the tools needed to add $10k coaching clients using other people’s audiences 🔥👇 https://ahkr.to/growthtools-free-tool-swipe____________________________________________Today, we dive deep into how to make millions online by helping people solve real problems without getting distracted by shiny objects.Our guest, Bryan Harris, built Growth Tools from scratch into an 7-figure business by focusing obsessively on two things: high-ticket ...

11-04
01:26:54

#348 - How We Build Digital PR Links In-House

Send us a text🚨 LIMITED OFFER 🚨 Don’t miss the launch of our brand new Link Builder Academy course 👉 https://www.authorityhacker.com/product/link-builder-academy/You can check out one of the modules for free 🔥👉 https://ahkr.to/high-dr-links____________________________________________Want to get into Digital PR, the hottest trend in link building right now, but find it too intimidating?We’re here to tell you❌ Digital PR is NOT just for professionals or big agencies❌ You don't need a massive bu...

10-21
50:37

#347 - How We Built 1,664 Quality Links for $8 Each

Send us a text🚨 Grab our FREE list of 50 linkable asset examples to supercharge your SEO 💪👉 https://ahkr.to/50-top-performing-linkable-assets____________________________________________What if we told you that we built 1,600+ high-quality backlinks for just $8 each on average?And we’re not talking about backlinks from spammy sites that you could buy on Fiverr, we’re talking backlinks from DR90+ industry giants.Think that's impossible? In this episode, we’ll prove you wrong by sharing a link b...

10-07
52:57

#346 - Hot or Not: Test Your HCU Radar

Send us a text🚨 Check out our free subscriber-exclusive video on how to generate $100+/day with affiliate marketing 👉 https://ahkr.to/authority-hacker-free-training____________________________________________In today's episode, we are playing Google Update Roulette.The rules are very simple: 1. We give you a URL and you have three minutes to open it, look at the site and decide if it went up or down with the recent Google update.2. You are not allowed to use any SEO tools to look at recent tr...

09-23
45:05

#345 - Our AI Agent Made Us 6 Figures

Send us a text🚨 Download one of our FREE subscriber resources 👉 https://ahkr.to/authority-hacker-free-resources____________________________________________We haven't been 100% truthful with you lately. And today we want to come clean. Hundreds of you have bought our latest product (the Product Review Profit course we’ve recently released that teaches you how to scale the Amazon Influencer Program) and... most of the content used during the launch was AI created.🤖 80-90% of the words used...

09-09
39:51

#344 - 1 Year Since HCU: What’s Working Now

Send us a text🚨 Grab our FREE list of 47 under-the-radar tools that will boost your business 👉 https://ahkr.to/tools-swipe____________________________________________Just as we sat down to record our 1-year anniversary of the HCU podcast, Google threw us another curveball... A massive update that's seemingly undoing some of the HCU damage.But even with these improvements, many sites are still down 80% in traffic compared to last year. To fully recover, they'd need a 400% increase.So the burni...

08-27
01:15:03

#343 - English Teacher Makes 7 Figures without Google

Send us a textWant to learn how to build a repeatable, manageable system to actually make socials generate big bucks for you?We’re not talking spamming shitty AI images to boomers on Facebook or Pinterest.We’re talking *building a real business that will survive platform changes*, unlike many of the tactics floating around these days.In this episode, we chat with Lucy Simkins to reveal how she transformed her side hustle to a 7 figure per year business - in one of the most competitive markets...

08-12
01:12:46

#342 - Best Side Hustle of 2024 (Only 4 Hours A Week)

Send us a textIt's no secret that the industry has been struggling for nearly a year now following the HCU. And it's been particularly difficult for beginners to get started, as established sites have been dominating search results. So the question everyone’s asking is what future-proof tactics should beginners actually be doing in 2024? (That isn’t spammy or potentially illegal.) In this episode, we chat to Jared Bauman, co-host of the Niche Pursuits podcast, about the game-changin...

07-29
01:05:15

#341 - New Website Upgrades To Make More Money

Send us a textWe've just uncovered tons of tech that site owners should be using to scale their sites WAY better.The Authority Hacker site redesign has just been completed, and we've already managed to more than DOUBLE our conversions using some weird new elements that we'll share with you in this week's episode. (A particularly big deal now that Google sends less traffic to websites.)We specifically built it to increase engagement based on what we’ve learned from the rece...

07-15
01:17:03

#340 - Create A Profitable Online Course (from 8-Figure Course Creators)

Send us a textToday we're talking about what might be the most powerful way to monetize your content online.And no, it's not ads or affiliate marketing - we're diving into the world of online courses.But making a good course that people want to trade money for is not an easy task. So in this episode, Mark and Gael (8-figure course sellers themselves) break down the entire field-tested process of building and selling courses. They’ll cover everything from coming up with an idea that people wil...

07-01
01:11:04

#339 - How We Created A Profitable YouTube Channel In Only 3 Months

Send us a textEven if you hate Google, there is no denying that YouTube is probably the best social network to be doing well on.We spent a lot of time strategizing and thinking about how to get the most out of the platform while minimizing the drawbacks, and after 4 months our new channel already👉 outperforms our 6-year-old YouTube channel👉 outperforms videos of many competitors that have hundreds of thousands of subscribers👉 is profitable, even though we have a team doing a lot of the heavy ...

06-17
01:15:31

#338 - Ultimate Instagram Traffic Strategy

Send us a textIn this episode, Gael is joined by guest Sammie Ellard-King to dive deep into Instagram’s potential as a powerful business tool. Sammie has built a successful business in the fiercely competitive personal finance niche, using Instagram Reels to capture massive engagement and drive conversions. Today, Gael and Sammie break down the exact tools used, provide tactical insights, actionable takeaways, real-life examples, and much more.____________________________________________Hosts...

06-03
01:34:10

#337 - The Future of Authority Sites

Send us a textIn this episode, Mark and Gael take a look at the current challenges online business owners are facing, and present the framework they've created that addresses these challenges. They'll also break down three examples of businesses who already successfully use this framework, and finally, what this all means for Authority Hacker's free and paid content.____________________________________________Hosts: Gael Breton & Mark WebsterFull show notes:https://www.authorityhacker.com...

05-20
01:21:53

#336 - 5 Small Sites Making Money Without Google

Send us a textIn this episode, Mark and Gael dive deep into real-life Facebook ad funnels that actually work for small sites. Using the free Facebook Ad Library tool, they break down ads from small businesses in several niches that have been profitable over time, including their strategies for maximizing conversion with upsells and other tactics. If you're looking for actionable insights backed by success stories, this is an episode you won't want to miss._____________________________________...

05-06
57:59

#335 - How We Make Money From Facebook

Send us a textLet’s face it.Google is probably never going to be the same easy traffic source it has always been.You won’t be able to solely rely on Google traffic to run an online business anymore, if that’s what you’re used to.So the question a lot of people are asking now is: What now? 😳While nothing is a 1:1 replacement to Google search, in this episode, we talk about ONE of the things we are doing to diversify away from Google traffic: Meta ads.We’ll show you exactly 👉 how we plan a...

04-22
01:07:29

#334 - March Core Update Analysis with Lily Ray

Send us a textAs we come to the end of the March 2024 Core update, many things have changed in the Google landscape, and it’s time to start looking at where we landed.To help navigate these changes, we wanted to bring a guest that’s out in the trenches every day - prominent and very opinionated character in the industry, Lily Ray 🔥She hares a ton of interesting insights about SEO on social media, including a lot of original research.In this episode, Lily and Gael get straight to it and cover ...

04-08
56:12

Daniel Kremsa

nice episode guys

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