• Don't ignore this marketing staple in 2025!
    Feb 11 2025

    Welcome back to episode #4 (out of 6), where I review my 2024 digital marketing predictions. 🥳

    In today's episode I'm talking about my third 2024 trend prediction: Email Marketing Becomes Popular Again

    Last year, I predicted that creators would double-down on email and that it would become a cornerstone for more online business owners.

    Was I correct? Let's find out!

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    14 mins
  • The Rise of Social Media SEO?
    Feb 6 2025

    Welcome back to episode #3 (out of 6), where I review my 2024 digital marketing predictions. 🥳

    In today's episode I'm talking about my third 2024 trend prediction: The Rise of Social Media SEO

    Last year, I predicted that creating social media content to rank in Google (instead of just going viral on social) would become a thing.

    Was I correct? Let's find out!

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    10 mins
  • Publisher Model vs Online Business - Who's Winning in 2025?
    Feb 3 2025

    Welcome back to episode #2 (out of 6), where I review my 2024 digital marketing predictions. 🥳

    In today's episode I'm talking about my second 2024 trend prediction: Diversifying Beyond the Publisher Model

    Last year, I believed that content creators would start pivoting beyond just the "rank and bank" model (i.e., creating content that ranks in Google and earning ad revenue from that traffic).

    Was I correct? And what, exactly, are people pivoting into? Let's find out!

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    11 mins
  • New Ways to Optimize Your Content for AI in 2025
    Feb 1 2025

    Woohoo! It’s that time of year again when I review last year’s digital marketing predictions to see how well I predicted the future and then make my new marketing predictions for 2025.

    These prediction posts are some of my most popular content all year, so I can’t wait to share this year’s iteration with you today.

    This year, I'm trying something different.

    Rather than releasing a mega-long 2+ hour episode with all my thoughts, I'm releasing one episode for each trend.

    Today's episode reviews my first 2024 trend prediction: Optimizing for SGE and AI platforms

    Last year I predicted that people would optimize their content for Google’s AI overviews and other AI-search interfaces, like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

    Was I correct? Let's find out!

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    ⭐️ The Candid Creator Newsletter: https://www.theunconventionalrd.com/the-candid-creator-newsletter/

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    31 mins
  • 10 High-Impact Ways to Promote Your Blog for Maximum Reach
    Oct 22 2024

    My personal list of 10 essential tasks to promote your content to get the maximum reach after publishing.

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    🌟 Learn exactly how to grow your audience with long-form, search-based content 👉 https://www.theunconventionalrdbb.com/search-savvy/

    📋 Download the FREE blogging checklist here: https://the-unconventional-rd.ck.page/3efe921e88

    Read the full blog post here: https://www.theunconventionalrd.com/promote-your-blog/

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    ✅ TOP TOOLS I USE & RECOMMEND:
    *Please note these are affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you purchase through these links.*
    👍 My FAVE internal linking tool (Link Whisper): https://linkwhisper.com/ref/1831/

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    47 mins
  • THIS Is Why I'm Ditching High-Ticket Courses...
    Apr 22 2024

    It’s true.

    I’m ditching the high-ticket course model.

    After 3 years of successfully selling my high-ticket (to me, that’s ~$1k+) signature course …

    … I’m over it.

    (No shame to anyone who still operates within this business model, I just feel like I’m outgrowing it.)

    💎 Here’s why:

    00:00 - 00:20: Intro
    00:21 - 00:47: It's Stale
    00:48 - 01:15: Too Many People Are Doing It
    01:16 - 01:54: I've Grown
    01:55 - 04:35: I Want to Expand
    04:36 - 05:17: I Want to Be Inclusive
    05:18 - 05:57: I Want to Diversify
    05:58 - 08:59: I Want to Create Sustainability
    09:00 - 09:55: I Want to Help People and Enjoy Life
    09:56 - 12:47: Final Sale Info

    Want to enroll in SEO Made Simple before I close the "lifetime access" option for good?

    👉 Here's the link to sign up now: https://www.theunconventionalrdbb.com/last-chance-lifetime/

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    13 mins
  • Should I Burn It All Down?
    Apr 17 2024

    Today, I'm coming with a personal episode.

    I actually sent out an email about this to my list a few weeks ago, opening up about some of the struggles I'm currently experiencing as a mompreneur.

    But I know that not everyone reads my emails, so, at the suggestion of one of my students, I decided to hop on here and record a podcast episode about this as well.

    I hope this resonates with you as much as my email did.

    I have never received so many email replies as I did to this one.

    And if you're NOT yet on my email list and want to get updates like these, sign up here!

    Want to enroll in SEO Made Simple before I close the "lifetime access" option for good?

    Here's the link to sign up now.

    (I'll be closing enrollment by end of day, Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024.)

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    15 mins
  • How to Make Your Free & Paid Content Work Together (to grow your biz!)
    Apr 10 2024

    Free vs paid content... how do you decide??

    When you're first starting out online, it's easy to worry that giving away "too much" will torpedo your sales.

    But that couldn't be further from the truth!

    Let me show you the value of free content and how it integrates with and supports your paid offers.

    The good news - you're probably overthinking it!

    Read the full blog post here:
    https://www.theunconventionalrd.com/free-vs-paid-content/

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    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00 - 01:50 - Intro
    01:51 - 05:41 - Tip 1: Don't Worry
    05:42 - 10:41 - Tip 2: Strategy
    10:42 - 13:21 - Tip 3: Email
    13:22 - 15:56 - Tip 4: Quality
    15:57 - 18:24 - Tip 5: Progression
    18:25 - 25:11 - Tip 6: Monetize
    25:12 - 26:51 - Wrap Up

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    ✅ TOP EMAIL TOOLS I USE & RECOMMEND:
    *Please note these are affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you purchase through these links.*

    👍 My FAVE email marketing platform (ConvertKit): https://partners.convertkit.com/snzl3ssnn9nq
    👍 INCREDIBLE tool for segmentation: https://rightmessage.com?fp_ref=erica51
    👍 The BEST deadline tool (Deadline Funnel): https://deadlinefunnel.com/taf/14120

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    28 mins