The Blog Archive

To receive these articles weekly, subscribe to my free newsletter

Showing up on Google might be easier than you think. Follow these 3 steps to start taking intentional action to reach people who are already searching for what you have! ​ 1) Choose a low-competition, long tail keyword. Woah… jargon alert. I’ll break it down: Low-competition: Do some googling to find a search term that doesn’t […]

SEO

March 8, 2024

The 3 things I did to get my website to rank #1 one month after launch

Imagine a “Who We Serve” tab on your navigation. When a visitor rolls over it, a list of locations appears. This is a “hack” typically used by local restaurants. Even if a small business doesn’t physically have a location in the area, they’ll list all the areas they deliver or host pop-ups/food trucks. ​ Churches […]

SEO, Website Design

November 17, 2023

Add more locations to your website (not just for multi-site)

A 6-month routine to keep your website fresh and clean 🧼The more we can automate, the less we have to remember, and the more likely we’ll actually get ‘er done! There are 6 “upkeep” tasks we can do to keep our website looking great, working smoothly, and showing up in search. Month 1: Look at […]

SEO, Website Design

August 25, 2023

20 minutes monthly to upkeep your website

Am I up for the challenge? Let’s see how this goes. My word count begins now! (Emojis don’t count 😜) SEO: Search Engine Optimization AKA becoming Google’s ✨favorite website ever✨ ​ Someone just searched “church in madison wi.” ​ Google springs into action and finds the best websites to display, based on the following: ​ […]

SEO

August 4, 2023

Learn the basics of SEO in 250 words

If you’ve been reading my newsletter for a while, you might have picked up on my opinion that… …ranking high in Google search should be a top priority for churches and schools! People devote their entire careers to hacking Google search rankings, so there’s no one silver bullet. However… There is one thing you can do this afternoon that […]

SEO

May 12, 2023

An hour of work to improve your Google search rankings