Aleyda Solis Interview – Remote Working & Growing Email List Tips

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The fantastic Aleyda Solis joins me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast this week. She’s an International SEO Consultant, Speaker & Author, and the brains behind one of the best newsletters in the industry – SEOFOMO. She joins me to discuss remote working, and how she grew her email list.

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This episode was recorded shortly after the sad news that the industry had lost one of the most cared for, and helpful people there was – Hamlet Batista. Both myself and Aleyda spend some time discussing the impact that he had on us, and the industry – and discuss supporting his family via a GoFundMe donation page that you can find in the links below. Even if you can’t donate, please share the link so that others may be able to.

In this episode, we discuss:

– The pros and cons of remote working, and tips to help you work better remotely.
– Where Aleyda got the idea from to start her newsletter.
– The mistakes she’s made along the way when growing her email subscriber list.
– Advice for anyone considering starting, or wanting to grow their email subscriber list.
– Where the idea for the referral competition came from.
– Future plans for her email subscriber list growth….and so much more!


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Useful Links:
Hamlet Batista GoFundMe: https://uk.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-hamlet-batista
Podcast Anchor Page: https://anchor.fm/azeemdigitalasks
My Twitter page: https://twitter.com/AzeemDigital
My website: https://iamazeemdigital.com/
Aleyda’s Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/aleyda

Sian Elvin Interview – How Digital PR’s can improve pitches to journalists

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Wouldn’t you love to know some really useful tips on how to pitch to a journalist, from someone who has not just student and local press experience, but nationals too? Look (and listen) no further. 

The wonderful Sian Elvin – award winning journalist and assistant news editor at Metro.co.uk – comes onto the show to discuss all things pitching, her inbox, and some of the mistakes she’s seen people make when trying to pitch stories to her. If you missed her awesome talk at BrightonSEO last year, then you missed a great talk!

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We cover:
– How she got into her industry
– What Digital PR’s (or anyone pitching to journalists) can do to make their lives easier
– The biggest pitching mistakes she’s experienced
– The failures, and cringe-worthy pitches that land into her inbox
– Her thoughts on “clickbait” style pitches
– The best way to get your pitch emails opened, and the best time to pitch

and much more!

This really is not an episode you will want to miss. Whatever your level of experience with Digital PR, Sian shares some really useful insights across her years of experience that will really help listeners become better at their jobs.

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Podcast Anchor Page: https://anchor.fm/azeemdigitalasks

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My website: https://iamazeemdigital.com/

Sian’s Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/SianElvin

Kristina Azarenko Interview – How COVID has impacted the Ecommerce industry

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What a way to start the next season/phase of episodes of the Azeem Digital Asks podcast. 

My guest is the SEO Twitter Flame, my good friend, Kristina Azarenko. She is a Toronto based SEO consultant, providing eCommerce SEO, Technical SEO, Website Migrations and Google Analytics consulting so that you can finally get what you’re looking for – via her company MarketingSyrup.

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Kristina is someone I consider to be one of the foremost thought leaders in the Ecommerce space, and also runs her own SEO course, as well as recently releasing a Chrome extension which has over 5,000(!) downloads!

We discuss:

– How she went from being a debt collector to starting her own business.

– The impact of COVID on Ecommerce, and how businesses have responded.

– Advice for businesses who are considering investing more in the space.

– The biggest mistakes she has seen people in the space make.

– What behaviour changes she has noticed from consumers as a result of the pandemic.

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Useful Links:

Podcast Anchor Page: https://anchor.fm/azeemdigitalasks

My Twitter page: https://twitter.com/AzeemDigital

My website: https://iamazeemdigital.com/

Kristina’s Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/azarchick

Kristina’s Website: https://marketingsyrup.com/

SEO Pro Chrome Extension: https://marketingsyrup.com/seo-pro-extension/

Barry Schwartz Interview – Staying Up To Date With The Latest In SEO, & Search Related News

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Joining me on this episode of the Azeem Digital Asks Podcast is Barry Schwartz, CEO of RustyBrick. He’s the founder of Search Engine Roundtable, and has covered search news for over 17 years (You may recognise him from his famous “not new” replies when people share updates on Twitter). As well as this he is a co-ordinator, speaker, and moderator at many search marketing conferences.

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We have a great conversation about how he keeps up to date with everything going on in search, his origin story, some of the challenges he’s faced, responding to negative comments he gets, and how he manages to get a lot of work done during the day.

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Useful links:

Podcast Anchor Page: https://anchor.fm/azeemdigitalasks

My Twitter page: https://twitter.com/AzeemDigital

My website: https://iamazeemdigital.com/

Barry’s website: https://www.rustybrick.com/barry

Barry’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rustybrick

Barry’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/rustybrick

Search Engine Roundtable: https://www.seroundtable.com/

Search Engine Land: https://searchengineland.com/

John Mueller Podcast Interview & SEO Tips for 2021

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Happy new year! Welcome to 2021. Joining me on the Azeem Digital Asks podcast for the first episode of 2021 is Google’s very own, John Mueller. John is always super helpful over on Twitter, taking time out to help people with their general SEO queries and giving pointers.

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John was kind enough to take some time out of his schedule to talk about:

  • What his autobiography would be called, if he wrote one.
  • His journey into the industry, starting right from his school days, moving countries – and eventually arriving at Google.
  • Learnings from his years in the industry, as well as running his own companies.
  • Who he sees as inspirational in the industry.
  • What he considers he’s failed at in 2020.
  • The impact of COVID, professionally, and transitioning to remote working.
  • What he does to improve his self development and learning.

We then get onto answering some SEO specific questions sent in by the listeners, which include one from me about Apple potentially launching a search engine. John talks about:

  • The recommended academic/career path to become a top SEO/digital marketer.
  • Responding to algorithm changes, and stopping AI from learning.
  • Who’s responsibility it is to push forward inclusiveness in SERPs.
  • What he thinks about Apple potentially launching their own search engine.
  • Tips and advice to start 2021 on the right foot, and have a successful year.

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John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnMu

Podcast Anchor Page: https://anchor.fm/azeemdigitalasks

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My website: https://iamazeemdigital.com/

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