The Edward Show

E508: How to get credible experts to write your SEO content for free and in a timely manner. I did this to outrank the New York Times in under 5 minutes back in 2020. I got an expert to write our SEO article for free. I targeted the keyword properly. I submitted the article to Google Search Console. 5 minutes after the article was published, it was ranking #1 on Google, and the New York Times was ranking #2. This strategy is going to blow your mind. The article I shared: https://edwardsturm.com/articles/5-minute-seo-ranking/ 00:00 Insane SEO Strategy 00:43 The Newsletter and the New Tool 02:14 Outranking the New York Times 04:32 The Fake Journalist Strategy 06:41 SEO Optimization and Results 11:01 Craziest Coincidence 12:26 How to Implement the Strategy Today 17:47 Wrapping The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #marketingstrategy #digitalmarketing

E507: The strategy Loïc Gouzer used to sell the da Vinci painting, Salvator Mundi, to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) for $450,300,000. This is a marketing and sales strategy anybody can incorporate into their business. It’s a fun one. Loïc Gouzer sold a $450 million dollar painting of Jesus to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in 19 minutes. But the real work of art was his insane sales strategy. Here's how he pulled off the most expensive art sale in history. In 2017, Christie's exec Loïc Gouzer had a wild idea: Sell a controversial da Vinci for a record price. The art world scoffed as the painting, Salvator Mundi, was debatably a fake. But Gouzer saw opportunity where others saw risk. Gouzer's strategy? Break every auction rule. His first move was to take the painting on a world tour. Not to museums, but to billionaires' living rooms. Why? He knew the ultra-rich don't just buy art; they buy exclusivity and bragging rights. But it gets crazier. Next, he put the da Vinci in a contemporary art sale. Purists were outraged. But Gouzer knew his audience. Tech billionaires were more likely to attend a flashy contemporary auction than an old-fashioned event. The marketing was unorthodox. Christie's made a video of people crying at the painting. They called it the "male Mona Lisa." Even Leonardo DiCaprio posed with it. The hype was building. But the real genius was yet to come. Gouzer set the starting bid at $100 million. Insanely high? No, it was strategic. It shifted the conversation from "Is it authentic?" to "Is it worth $100 million?" A subtle but crucial difference in perceived value. At auction night, the tension was electric. Bidding opened at $90 million. 19 minutes later, the hammer fell. The price? A cool $450.3 million - the most expensive painting ever. The real surprise was that only two people were bidding. Gouzer orchestrated a bidding war between two billionaires, each thinking the other would stop. A masterclass in high-level FOMO (fear of missing out). The result? A sale that redefined the art market. The buyer remained a mystery for days. Then the bombshell came: it was Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Suddenly, it wasn't just about art. It was geopolitics, power, perception. A young, ambitious leader now owned a Christian icon by a Renaissance master. It wasn't just to diversify Saudi's economy, but the ultimate status symbol. Whatever the motive, Gouzer's strategy paid off spectacularly: The techniques? Applicable to any high-ticket sale. 1. Understand buyer psychology 2. Build hype through exclusivity 3. Know your audience intimately 4. Break industry norms strategically 5. Create competition, even if artificial 6. Create an experience, not just a product 7. Anchor high to shift the value conversation Remember: In high-ticket sales, you're not just selling a product. You're selling a story, a status, a legacy. Gouzer sold a piece of history still making headlines years later. What lasting impact will your next sale have? Source: https://x.com/projectkim/status/1838613550623027382 00:00 The $450 Million Painting Sale 00:41 Gouzer's Unconventional Strategy 02:28 Auction Night Drama 03:32 Lessons from the Sale 05:01 Real-World Applications 07:24 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #marketingtips #salestips #marketingstrategy #digitalmarketing

E506: Steal this SEO strategy. Ensure quick wins. Takes just a few hours to analyze and set up. Tools: Google Search Console Moz/Ahrefs/Semrush From: https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1gwj5hn/steal_my_seo_strategy/ 00:00 Introduction to The Strategy 00:31 Phase 1: Analyzing Google Search Console 01:02 Phase 2: Optimizing Keywords 01:45 Phase 3: Competitor Analysis 02:25 Phase 4: Interlinking and Backlinks 02:32 Case Study 03:04 Moz for Keyword Gaps 06:52 Personal Reflections 07:39 Sign-Off The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #marketingstrategy #digitalmarketing

People Making Fun of Me Leads to Sales E505: Quick win story before I head to the airport. How people making fun of me on Reddit lead to new people binging my videos and a non-insignificant sale. 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Surprising Discovery on Reddit 03:09 Extremely Searchable Content 05:34 Fear of Criticism 07:09 Conclusion The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #digitalmarketing #solopreneur #socialmediamarketing #marketingstrategy

E504: Turns out other sites can influence the way your site appears to searchers on Google. If a bunch of sites link to your page with one word or phrase, Google might show that phrase for your page rather than what you have set for the page title. A startling experiment. Then, we get into shocking findings from AI Overviews within Google. They ignore robots.txt instructions, and Google is potentially being generous with including sites in AI Overviews. Also, how to be included in Google’s AI Overviews. Sources: https://seosherpa.com/seo-experiments/ https://x.com/lilyraynyc/status/1858970731104571477 https://x.com/brendonboshell/status/1858975259002908713 https://x.com/lilyraynyc/status/1859006088261366202 00:00 Introduction 00:39 The Surprising Influence of Anchor Text on Page Titles 00:51 Experiment Details and Results 03:35 Implications for SEO 04:52 AI Overviews 05:26 Issues with AI Overviews and Robots.txt 08:11 Observations and Recommendations for AI Overviews 09:41 Wrap-Up The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #digitalmarketing #marketingstrategy

E503: Google’s Helpful Content Update (HCU) has been annihilating content-based sites, affiliate sites, and more. Here’s how to identify what this looks like and how to move on if you have been hit by this hugely negative tag. Mentioned in the video ↓ What Causes the Google Helpful Content Update (HCU): https://youtu.be/0bzye0IN2oQ Compact Keywords: https://compactkeywords.com/ My Exact Social Media Posting Strategy: https://edwardsturm.com/articles/social-media-posting-strategy/ Semrush Local: https://www.semrush.com/apps/local-seo/ Source of Sources: https://sourceofsources.com/ Featured: https://featured.com/ Boost Benchmark: https://boostbenchmark.com/ AI Podcast Matcher: https://aipodcastmatcher.com 00:00 Sudden Drop in Search Traffic 00:28 Understanding the Google Helpful Content Update 01:58 Immediate Steps After Being Hit 02:21 Starting Fresh 02:38 Affiliate SEO in the New Landscape 02:59 Creating and Selling Your Own Products 06:34 Bottom of Funnel SEO 15:36 Link Building 20:56 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #helpfulcontentupdate #seotips #searchengineoptimization #digitalmarketing

E502: People know that meme coins are dumb and carry no real value. So why are they investing billions into them? How did the PNUT meme coin created to honor the euthanized squirrel, Peanut, grow to a market cap of $2.2 billion? How is the PEPE meme coin worth over $10 billion? And what does this teach us about the current state of the world? What does this teach us about brand building and marketing? Turns out it teaches us a lot. That is what is shared on this episode of The Edward Show. Sources: https://decrypt.co/291739/lucky-trader-16-3-million-pnut-meme-coin https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-pepecoin-pepe https://x.com/sterlingcrispin/status/1858229315030438257 https://x.com/codybrown/status/1858255592831262867 https://edwardsturm.com/articles/social-media-posting-strategy/ 00:00 Introduction to Meme Coins 01:06 Insights on Meme Coins 02:04 Peanut the Squirrel 06:10 Other Notable Meme Coins 10:06 Experts on Meme Coins 11:46 The Psychology Behind Meme Coins 19:31 Branding Short Circuits the Brain 21:25 Conclusion The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #memecoins #cryptomarketing #digitalmarketing #branding

E501: 3 tools in my digital marketing toolbox I never really talk about on this show. However, that does not mean they are not important. The first and second tools I use weekly. The third tool I use daily. Links to the tools: https://algoroo.com/ https://wordhtml.com/ https://capitalizemytitle.com/ 00:00 Introduction 00:31 Algoroo - Tracking Google Volatility 03:16 WordHTML - Clean HTML for Your Content 06:31 CapitalizeMyTitle - Perfect Title Capitalization 08:06 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #DigitalMarketingTips #MarketingTools #SEO #ContentMarketing

E500: As $50k/mo founder and short-form video expert Alex Slater puts it, “It doesn’t matter if your account is brand new or if you have zero followers—if you create content that hooks people, you have the same shot at getting picked up by the algorithm as anyone else.” Combine the massive audiences and level playing field, and you have the perfect arena for a new age of founders. These are the Indie Hackers killing it with social video. Source for the podcast: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/creators/meet-the-indie-hackers-killing-it-on-tiktok-3znZ4MnXFrhlr5CCVuio Thank you to Stephen Flanders - https://x.com/SteveFlanders22 00:00 Milestone Celebration 00:11 Inspiration Behind The Edward Show 01:44 The Surprise Mention 03:27 Social Media Growth Insights 07:44 Strategies for Short-Form Video 10:25 Authenticity 16:37 Gratitude The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #tiktokmarketing #instagrammarketing #socialmediamarketing #digitalmarketing

E499: How to do search engine optimization for generative AI chatbots like SearchGPT, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. Summary for how to get generative AI to recommend your brand: - Use Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console. - Use neutral language. Don’t sensationalize. Don’t use superlatives. - Have your sitemap in your robots.txt file. - Go after keywords that represent the solutions your brand satisfies. - Use your keyword in your page title, meta description, URL slug, H1, and beginning of the first sentence of the page. - Some companies are even using Reddit to train LLMs. My SEO Program: https://compactkeywords.com/ 00:00 Intro to AI Chatbot SEO 01:06 SearchGPT Rankings 01:37 Connect to Bing Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console 02:53 Write in Neutral Language 03:35 Use Your Robots.txt 05:43 Targeting Keywords 06:43 Reddit Brand Ambassadors - Advanced Techniques 08:31 Summary 09:57 Additional Resources The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #aiseo #searchgpt #searchengineoptimization

E498: What causes and what triggers the Google Helpful Content (HCU). Here are my notes, explained in the episode: -Google Helpful Content Update uses a tag, a machine learning classifier. Very little chance of recovery or a long recovery period. -Content websites that are making money through ads and affiliate links. -It’s really many affiliate sites being hit. -Less e-commerce, less news, more content sites being hit. -Having a brand reduces chances of being hit. -Having good Domain Authority reduces chances of being hit. -Sites that are hit use lots of automation, are buying links, are using AI text, etc. -Sites that are hit are doing too much “best of” keywords and titles. Too much “top 10” “top 5” keywords and titles, as well. -Having a product to sell puts you at an advantage. -They’re targeting top and middle of funnel keywords with a different page for each granular variation. -It’s a punitive update applied to your whole site. -The content on pages is clearly written for search engines and not for humans. -The HCU was sandwiched between other updates, so attribution got messed up. -It’s not about what niche you’re in, it’s about what type of website you have. -Again, going after tiny keyword variations with a page per each. Duplicate spam AI content. -The sites are only getting their traffic from search. -The sites are automating a lot of content creation. -Mediocre to low-quality content made for search engines. It doesn’t feel like the content was written by a human. The content doesn’t feel like it’s from somebody who knows what they’re talking about. -Automated pages. -It’s best to try to build a real brand or even a personal brand with somebody behind it. -Reddit has grown so much partially because it absorbed the losses from the HCU. 00:00 Introduction to Google's Helpful Content Update 00:43 My Research Sources 01:28 Identifying Affected Sites 01:46 Common Traits of Penalized Sites 03:52 SEO Strategies to Avoid Penalties 04:56 Case Study: Analyzing a Penalized Site 07:57 Building a Brand 14:21 Takeaways 14:56 Podcast Outro The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #helpfulcontentupdate #marketingstrategy

E497: I was looking at one of the most expensive niches in SEO - personal injury law - and I saw something shocking. None of the SEOs in the niche knew what they were doing. And the ones that had some semblance of an understanding - they were outranking everybody. This is what nobody knew… Reserve your spot for Compact Keywords: https://compactkeywords.com/ 00:00 Introduction 00:09 Personal Injury Law Keywords 00:55 Mistakes in SEO for Law Firms 02:04 SEO Strategies for Law Firms 02:52 High-Retention SEO Pages 03:12 Video Content for SEO 05:59 The Pitfalls of Link Building 07:26 Compact Keywords Insights 09:10 Search Intent 13:21 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #marketingstrategy #digitalmarketing

E496: Keida Dervishi of Soulmate Customs is making several hundred thousand dollars every month, millions of dollars a year, posting 4-8 times a day on TikTok and Instagram. Strategy: high frequency posting - post as many times per day as possible. Make easy videos. Content: reactions, build in public, nice music on products. From: https://x.com/iamgdsa/status/1856005886210416864 00:00 Millions a Year From Social Video  00:25 Keida Dervishi: The Young Entrepreneur 01:58 High Frequency Posting 03:48 Keida’s Content Strategy 05:38 Keida’s Top Priority 06:27 Personal Insights 08:13 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #tiktokmarketing #instagrammarketing #socialmediamarketing #personalbranding

E495: Brett Cohen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettrcohen/ add him, say you found him through this show), Executive Director, Production and Partner Experience at Forbes, comes on the podcast! He talks about preparing for the Forbes Under 30 Summit, cold calling Sony in 2012 to get them to allow a flagged YouTube video using copyrighted music, finding celebrity contact information, getting Kim Kardashian on his podcast as a 17-year-old kid, press release marketing, and more. He’s one of the most resourceful people I know when it comes to media. 00:00 Brett Cohen 00:07 Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit Insights 00:48 Event Planning Stress and Challenges 02:52 Pyrotechnics 05:26 Managing High-Profile Events 08:01 The Sony Story 12:55 Celebrity Interviews 19:11 Future Plans 24:14 Press Releases and Media Strategies 28:41 Farewell The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #eventmarketing #eventplanning #experientialmarketing #marketing

E494: Cosine Similarity and Embeddings in SEO. What it is, how it benefits SEO, and how it also is used to sell SEO. Cosine Similarity and Embeddings are explained in the context of SEO. Simultaneously, it’s explained how SEOs use concepts like these to sell SEO services to clients. “Cosine Similarity Audits.” Complex things that describe basic SEO functions and actually may be over-optimization.  Listen to this to improve your SEO terminology, learn how to see through the veil of SEO agencies, or learn how to more effectively sell SEO. From: https://searchengineland.com/how-to-leverage-cosine-similarity-for-ecommerce-seo-448027 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Misleading Use of Technical Terms 01:49 Breaking Down Cosine Similarity in SEO 04:20 Applying Cosine Similarity to Search Engine Optimization Efforts 06:19 Basic SEO Best Practices 10:05 More SEO Strategies for E-commerce 15:50 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #digitalmarketing #marketingstrategy

E493: In-depth research and insights on Google’s AI Overviews. Which sources are included in AI ​​Overviews? Do all organic results have a chance of being an AI source? Are all sources in the AI ​​​​Overviews equally important for Google? How many sources does Google actually link to in an AI Overview? How common are AI Overviews in search results now? Do AI Overviews lead to fewer clicks on websites than before? How to prepare for AI ​​​​Overviews? Lots of interesting questions are answered in this episode. Source for this: https://www.sistrix.com/blog/ai-vs-seo-what-does-the-future-of-search-look-like/ + My episode, “Is Google Losing Search Market Share?” - https://youtu.be/Uj8myQJrFIY 00:00 Episode Overview 00:26 Topics to be Covered 00:52 Reading and Analyzing the Article 01:20 AI vs SEO 04:10 Google's AI Overviews: Insights and Data 10:52 Impact of AI Overviews on Click-Through Rates 12:04 Preparing for AI Overviews 15:30 Takeaways 20:01 Sign-Off The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #searchengineoptimization #growthmarketing #digitalmarketing

E492: How to repurpose podcasts into viral short form mobile videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat Spotlight, Facebook Reels, and more. The success of a short form mobile video with speaking in it only comes down to how engaging the transcript. If it’s engaging to read, it will be engaging to watch. And if somebody has a podcast, they’re probably an engaging speaker anyway. So the best copywriters today are also the best editors. If you’re a good copywriter you can edit a podcast transcript into a viral short form mobile video (and the editing software I recommend mirror your changes)… or, even crazier, you can outsource this task to an inexpensive freelance copywriter. Here’s how to do all this. +The social media posting guide mentioned in the episode: https://edwardsturm.com/articles/social-media-posting-strategy/ 00:00 Overview 00:25 Creating Viral Content 03:27 Negative Hooks 04:21 Repurposing Podcast Content 06:09 Engagement 06:29 Case Study: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse 11:26 Cheap Freelance Copywriters 14:20 Posting Strategies for Social Media 15:42 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #podcastmarketing #podcasting #instagrammarketing #tiktokmarketing

E491: This dude has been growing Instagram accounts for five years. His most recent was grown to 1 million followers IN TWO MONTHS! He has a super popular thread on Reddit answering people’s questions. I read the most popular questions and answers. Lots to learn from this Instagram expert. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/InstagramMarketing/comments/1g0cdfj/01m_followers_in_exactly_2_months_ama/ 00:00 Overview 01:02 Posting Schedule and Frequency 03:01 Monetization Strategies 03:50 Content Types and Quality 04:44 Consistency and Growth 05:34 Common Issues 15:40 Final Thoughts and Conclusion The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #instagrammarketing #instagramgrowth #socialmediamarketing #digitalmarketing

E490: For content sites and publishers who have lost substantial organic search traffic from the 2023 and 2024 Google updates... Especially ones who see their traffic going to Reddit and Quora... Or ones who are worried about generative AI bots, like ChatGPT and Meta AI, answering the queries they’re ranking for... The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Content SEO is going away. But you have a site with existing decent domain authority that you’ve worked on for several years. This is what you do. And it will make you a ton of money. 00:00 Context 00:31 Forbes and Google's Site Reputation Abuse Policy 03:11 Challenges for Content Sites 06:36 Bottom of Funnel SEO Explained 10:08 SEO for Publishers 18:43 Final Thoughts The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/ #seotips #bottomoffunnelseo #searchengineoptimization #contentmarketing

E489: Examples of Parasite SEO on Reddit. 4 VPN affiliates. 1 Air Fryer and Misc Items affiliate. All black hat. All against the rules. Reddit is the 3rd most clicked website on Google Search. SEOs are abusing it a ton. Sources: https://x.com/lilyraynyc/status/1853502675004060159 https://x.com/lilyraynyc/status/1852732333142507546 00:00 Intro to Parasite SEO 00:11 Reddit's Rise 00:28 Bad Actor Strategies 01:28 Why Reddit is Dominating 02:20 Top of Funnel vs. Bottom of Funnel 03:16 Lily Ray's Insights on Reddit SEO 06:07 Affiliate Marketing on Reddit 11:03 The Racket of Reddit Parasite SEO 12:44 Conclusion #parasiteseo #seo #blackhatseo #searchengineoptimization #digitalmarketing