OM DENNE EPISODE
Summary: In this episode, Katie sits down with Jennifer DeMarco, WordPress web designer and SEO strategist with 14 years of experience helping service-based business owners turn their websites into consistent lead generators.
Jennifer breaks down what SEO actually means beyond the surface-level advice most entrepreneurs receive, why the psychology of your website matters more than how it looks, and the most common mistakes that keep talented business owners invisible online. She also shares practical, actionable steps you can take today to start bringing in traffic and converting it, even if you are starting from scratch.
Key Takeaways
→ Your website should lead with who you help, how you help them and why. In a trust recession, visitors need to see themselves in your site immediately. It is not about you.
→ SEO has two sides: technical and content. Technical covers heading structure and keyword research. Content covers what you are actually blogging about. Both have to work together.
→ Blogging about the wrong things actively hurts your SEO. If your blogs are not tied to your core service topic, Google cannot connect you to the right searches.
→ Think of your website as the trunk of a tree. Social media, YouTube, Reddit and every other platform are branches that bring people back to the trunk. Traffic flows in, not out.
→ Heading structure matters more than most people realize. A beautiful website ith poor H1, H2, H3 structure is invisible to Google. The design and the backend have to be aligned.
→ SEO takes a minimum of three months to gain traction and up to twelve months in competitive niches. The best time to start is today. Waiting six more months just delays your results by six months.
→ Consistency beats volume. One blog per month done consistently is better than five in one week and nothing after. Google rewards ongoing activity.
→ Answer the questions your ideal clients are asking when they lay their head down at night. That is your content strategy in one sentence.
→ Reddit is an underused SEO tool. Answer people's real questions in your niche without self-promoting, and let your profile do the work of pointing people back to you.
→ DIYing your website has a long-term cost. Starting with a properly built, SEO-focused site saves you from having to tear it down and rebuild it later.
Where to find Jennifer
Website
Why Your Website Isn’t Bringing You Leads (Yet)
Instagram
Resources
- Website
- Free Mini Cogno Mondays
- Learn more about Cognomovement
- Try Cognomovement for yourself!
- Book a call with Katie
Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder
Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com
Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.
