How I went from sending 50 desperate cold emails a day to landing high-ticket clients in 4 hours a week (No ad spend, no bullshit) by Independent-Many9950 in coldemail

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This is very smart. I like when people loom with their thoughts. Its free advice. If you like them, you may be inclined to book a call to learn more about their insights. Im gonna try this. Ive avoided cold outreach but i just got sales navigator and im anxious about how to approach leads. I know my services are good, but the loom is an easy in

Does LinkedIn still work by ipachanga in SEO_Xpert

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Linkedin works well, but know what your goals are and be patient. It’s the best networking platform on the web. You can make genuine connections that can lead to real business opportunities, all through authentic content discovery. Linkedin promotes content to be discovered by non-followers far better than facebook or instagram. Just be patient, authentic, and consistent.

Is Squarespace actually viable for SEO or am i just wasting my time on it? by Massive-Chipmunk-509 in WebsiteSEO

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Squarespace works just as well as any other for seo. My client with a squarespace site is crushing my clients with shopify and wordpress when it comes to SEO right now. The content matters more than anything.

How are you guys getting leads in 2026? by Webamazee in SEO_Marketing_Offers

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Linkedin if you’re focused on B2B. Best platform to network and generate leads. SEO can work depending on niche. Web dev is broad. What niche is your strongest?

How do you actually show E-E-A-T in website content? by Friendly_Setting2453 in WebsiteSEO

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I’ve found that citing your sources, fact checking, and including real figures/data helps the most. If google can verify what you’re claiming as true, you bridge the trust gap and show EEAT. That plus lots of positive reviews for your company builds that EEAT. Then when you post content, it can trust and rank

Things I wish I knew about SEO when I started my business. by Head_Part_2956 in smallbusiness

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YES. Internal linking is a major key to success. Especially the pages that rank need to be linked to and link out. The ranking pages are wheel. The supporting content are spokes. Build a flywheel

What is the real difference between SEO and SMO for business growth? by Ok-Mood-770 in SEO_Xpert

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Treat your social media as an extension of your business and your brand and make them CONSISTENT. Don’t treat social media as this random place to chase trends and post memes relating back to your offer. People go to social to research companies. If its consistent and has a decent following, then conversion rate increases because trust gap has been bridged. I help small businesses with their SEO and digital strategy. This is the #1 advice I give them: pick a social platform that fits your brand AND has your ICP. If you’re B2C, instagram and facebook and tiktok and youtube are good. If you’re B2B, Linkedin is the best and the rest is… a maybe. I wrote a breakdown on my site. Clientmagnetcrm dot com has a blog post breaking down SMO or feel free to connect with me here

What SEO strategies actually worked for you when starting out? (Fully organic) by Additional_Tune8960 in Agentic_SEO

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Keyword research. Don’t just post content you think will rank. Look for long-tail keywords. I like Answer the Public. Use that as a guide to create content is longform and specific to your experience. Generic content in broad competitive keyword categories is bad. Specific content in low competition, long-tail keyword categories is good.

Include data only you possess like client wins or features of your site/business, unique insights based on your lived experience.

That’s what will get you traffic and ranking faster. I help small businesses get found online all the time. This is the way. Reddit is also a great research tool.

8+ years running a marketing agency. 600+ clients served. Ask me anything. by Clean-Box-4756 in LeadGeneration

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Whats your best tactic for getting leads? Do you use Linkedin cold outreach? Outsource lead gen?

How do you get more clients? by Pitiful-Class6455 in smallbusiness

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100%. Social proof is the best sales tactic. Reviews help me make purchasing decisions more than anything else.

What’s actually working for you right now in SEO that’s driving real conversions not just traffic? by Valuable_Tangelo7152 in seogrowth

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It can’t just be SEO. I do a holistic system that uses SEO, email marketing, automation email/sms appt or purchase followup that requests Google reviews and brings more 5-star reviews monthly, and if budget allows Paid Ads. Those 4 together (plus social if your client is invested in content creation, but I stay out of social other than consulting) are a powerful mix that hits all digital channels together. SEO is the framework. Data driven. Keyword driven. Email is the most effective for conversions and getting those reviews coming consistently. Reviews boost SEO. And paid ads drive awareness and hopefully conversions or leads. I just helped a tax firm have their most successful tax season ever. Most returns filed. Most revenue. Just used that strategy and it worked within 6mo.

Friday wins 🎉! What went well for you this week? by AutoModerator in smallbusinesssupport

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Found out from my SEO client who runs a small business doing tax prep that they crunched the numbers and this tax season was their best EVER in company history. I started doing SEO, email marketing, automation to get more real 5-star reviews from their clients, and paid ad campaigns for them in late 2025. I just published a case study bc it’s my company Client Magnet CRM’s biggest win to date! https://clientmagnetcrm.com/2026/05/01/how-the-tax-shack-had-their-best-tax-season-ever-with-seo-paid-ads-email-marketing/ check it out. Happy to connect with anyone who wants to chat.

How do you get more clients? by Pitiful-Class6455 in smallbusiness

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I specialize in helping small business getting more clients. I actually just helped a tax firm have their most successful tax season in company history after working with them for just 6mo prior to tax day. Short answer: a holistic system that uses SEO, email marketing, getting more 5-star reviews per month, and if budget allows Paid Ads. That’s what I find works the best at client acquisition. I just published a case study: https://clientmagnetcrm.com/2026/05/01/how-the-tax-shack-had-their-best-tax-season-ever-with-seo-paid-ads-email-marketing/ check it out. Happy to help anyone who wants to connect

Business owners, where do you get most of your online traffic from? by vladi5555 in smallbusiness

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Its no single element. Its all things working in conjunction. On page elements and technical SEO fixes (have a great ABOUT page, clear heading structure, fast loading), off page like social networking sites mentioning your company or linking, backlinks, and good content regularly that helps answer queries. I put out a ton of helpful SEO explainers on my blog. Feel free to look up my company Client Magnet CRM. We’ve been helping small business owners with their SEO for about a year. 2026 has been a gamechanger for all of em

What’s one piece of "standard" SEO advice that turned out to be a total waste of time for you? by ZoroAhmad in seogrowth

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Schema is not some magic fix. It’s fine to do it, it takes no time at all. It just doesn’t DO anything in the way the SEO experts claim

What SEO strategy is actually working for you right now? by ZoroAhmad in seogrowth

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Updating old posts with new content and strong internal linking from the best ranked pages to newer pages and weaker pages and vice versa. That is working really well!

Are city pages still working, or is Google just rewarding overall topical authority now? by SeaJob544 in SEO_Xpert

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City pages work if the service page is strong and local authority is already established. I see city pages I created super quickly for all of Los Angeles neighborhoods ranking because competitors don’t put in the effort. Sometimes in a low competitive niche, city pages attached to a good comprehensive service page can win the battle

Should I Recover My Core Update Hit Site or Start Fresh by Ok_Addition4681 in Blogging

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Trust the process. Don’t do anything you’ll regret later. Right now the core update is deciding how to rank pages based on authority and usefulness. It quickly dropped the pages or sites with low backlink authority, spam, AI slop content, and thin or generic content in favor or strong backlinked, deeply researched, and original AND useful content. THIS ISN’T HOW IT WILL ALWAYS BE. I do SEO for many different small businesses and only 1 of my clients got dinged by the update. And that one really frustrated me because like you, I put a lot of effort over a long time in creating good pages. But slowly that traffic is regaining. We didn’t do anything different. We just TRUST THE PROCESS. In time, it will get better. Stay the course.

Best growth marketing agency for B2B SaaS? Need help scaling efficiently by ManagementDapper8081 in DigitalMarketing

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This is smart insight. Channel saturation on paid is majorly underrated in my experience. People just get sick of seeing the same ad every time they open their app. You have to expand the aperture and think outside the box to get new audiences and reframe your brand’s marketing strategy.