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I tweet about SEO, digitalPR and Content Marketing. Agency owner @digitaloftuk - Been in SEO for 14 years. @rovers fan.

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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
30 days
Introducing: Relevance by @digitaloftuk . Relevance is the hottest topic in digital PR and link building right now, and no one can agree on what it actually means, let alone how best to measure it. Today, that changes. 👇
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Building and demonstrating E-E-A-T is something every #SEO should be doubling down on right now. I put together a 90-point checklist to help you audit your site's E-E-A-T. Want to grab a FREE copy? 👉 RT + Like this post 👉 Comment 'Yes' I'll DM it to you. Must be following.
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1 year
Are you using HARO to earn press links? Want to know a burning secret? Most journalists only turn to HARO as a last resort when they’ve no other sources. But what’s the alternative? Keep reading… Here’s a🧵 about earning press links without using HARO.
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James Brockbank
3 years
Launched a new site 10 weeks ago and it's on it's way to the moon... 🚀 Here's a thread on what's been driving the growth during the first 3 months: 🧵
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
2 years
Today, the site that myself and @katebrassoSeo launched last August hit two major milestones: - $20k monthly revenue - 300k monthly sessions Full case study coming VERY soon on how we’ve achieved this growth!
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2 years
Hit another major milestone yesterday on the site that me and @katebrassoSeo launched less than 9 months ago … $1k daily revenue for the first time 🎉
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9 months
Are you missing any of these simple ways to demonstrate E-E-A-T? A 🧵 of 12 of the most common opportunities I see when auditing sites…
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James Brockbank
3 months
Google told us for years that Penguin is / was NOT a penalty, rather a filter. Yet the leaked documentation literally has an attribute called ‘penguinPenalty’ …
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James Brockbank
4 years
This week I’ve seen 4 different agencies claim that they’re the UK’s fastest growing SEO or digital PR agency... 🤔
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James Brockbank
3 years
Today I announced to the whole team at @digitaloftuk details of: - our new profit share scheme - a new maternity and paternity policy - how we’ll become a climate positive workforce - paid sick leave - stacks of other health and wellness support Proud to be able to do this!
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Tested positive for COVID. When tested, I had no ‘official’ symptoms but had complete exhaustion. The sooner the country starts encouraging tests with symptoms besides cough, fever or loss of smell or taste the better. Guidelines still state only get tested with these 3.
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James Brockbank
3 years
Thanks to @nick_eubanks / @TR8FFIC I'm now part of the pride 🦁 @LazyLionsNFT
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James Brockbank
9 months
Most author pages suck. Yours could probably be better and do a lot more to help your site to demonstrate E-E-A-T. To help inspire you to improve yours, I’ve rounded up 11 author examples you’ll want to learn from:
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James Brockbank
4 months
SEO needs an investigative approach to find the real issues that are holding a site back. Spend time looking for things that don't look right and hone in on these. They're usually the quickest wins. Here's a look at how a simple fix kickstarted this growth...
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James Brockbank
1 year
New site, month 1 = complete! Month 2 plans: - Internal linking - 25+ new posts (written, just need editing and publishing) - Begin digital PR with a goal to earn 10+ press links - Tidying up some CSS issues on the site No monetisation in place yet.
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Today we welcomed Milo the Cockapoo into our family!
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James Brockbank
4 years
When an invoice drops from a freelancer or small business supplier, please pay it the same or next day if you possibly can. I now make sure to do this more than ever before. It doesn’t go unnoticed. Look after those who look after, and work hard for, you.
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
3 years
Let's all welcome @aleyda into the @LazyLionsNFT community! I just gifted her one of my Bungalows so she can experience what an awesome community we are before picking up a Lion! #LazylionsNFT
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James Brockbank
3 years
In the next few weeks, I’m launching a case study that walks through the exact steps we’ve taken to drive this growth in less than 6 months 👇 Enter your email on the link below and be the first to read it:
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James Brockbank
8 months
Most eCommerce stores could do A LOT more to demonstrate E-E-A-T. 👇 A 🧵 of practical ways to build & showcase your reputation as an eCommerce store.
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James Brockbank
9 months
This is one of the most important SEO articles there is out there right now 👇 Here’s a quick 🧵 that rounds up the most important things you need to know from it…
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9 months
How Google Search and ranking works, according to Google’s Pandu Nayak via @MrDannyGoodwin
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4 years
If you could give just one piece of advice to someone just starting out in #SEO right now, what would it be?
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James Brockbank
1 year
What a month for site #2 🚀
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James Brockbank
3 years
The daily life of an agency owner ... pretty much every emotion you can imagine in the space of an 8 hour day!
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James Brockbank
2 months
Not grabbed a copy of my FREE 90-point E-E-A-T checklist yet? Use it to audit how well your site demonstrates experience, expertise, authoritativeness & trustworthiness and find out where to improve. 👉 RT + Like this post 👉 Comment 'Yes' I'll DM it to you. Must be following.
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9 months
If I had 3 to 6 months to show significant growth via SEO for an existing site, here’s where I’d focus my efforts… A 🧵 about SEO prioritisation. 👇
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James Brockbank
9 months
You’ve got 3 to 6 months to drive significant SEO growth for an established site (as in, not a brand new site). What would your priorities be? Where would you start?
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
3 years
The Digital PR Summit (Online) returns on 29th September for a whole day of exciting sessions from some of the industry's brightest minds. FREE tickets available now at:
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Announcing The Digital PR Summit - 11th Feb 2021. FREE tickets available now at
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 months
I've taken a deep dive into the impact of Google's Helpful Content Update on travel publishers. I studied 671 travel publishers to understand the impact the update has had on the sector. Sneak preview: 78% of these sites have lost organic traffic. 👇
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James Brockbank
3 years
Launched a content site 7 weeks ago that’s now starting to accelerate growth. ✅ 164 pieces of content published ✅ 350k+ words live on the site ✅ Content prioritised to go deep into 3 main sub topics ✅ Earned links from top-tier press + a couple of guest posts
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James Brockbank
8 months
Most author pages suck. These are some of the most important page types that your site can have, and I want to inspire you to do better. Here's a roundup of 11 author pages that brilliantly demonstrate E-E-A-T 👇
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James Brockbank
4 years
Let’s all take a moment to recognise what @areej_abuali is doing for our industry by hosting #WTSFest ... Areej, I hope you have the best day! Wishing you the best of luck, not that you’ll need it - can’t wait to follow the sessions on social and check out the slides!
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You’ve got 3 to 6 months to drive significant SEO growth for an established site (as in, not a brand new site). What would your priorities be? Where would you start?
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James Brockbank
3 years
Today I had the pleasure of offering 2 sizeable promotions and I couldn’t be more proud on how these two have grown with the agency! More BIG news coming soon after another week of exciting hires!
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I’ve been doing #SEO for 15 years, and with experience you start to build mental models of where to start looking for issues and opportunities. Here’s a 🧵 of some of the first things I look at, do and check for when starting to audit any site to put together a strategy. 👇
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James Brockbank
4 years
Perhaps the biggest reality check I’ve had recently in terms of the job market right now... last night I made a job vacancy live. Today there has been just under 200 applications. The number saying they’ve been made redundant or won’t have a job after furlough is upsetting.
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James Brockbank
2 years
Maybe the best response I’ve ever had to making an offer of employment for a content role!
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James Brockbank
4 years
I'm really excited to announce 'The Digital PR Summit (Online)' - a FREE half-day virtual event on August 11th that brings together some of the brightest minds in digital PR. Find out more and register now at:
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James Brockbank
3 years
Running an agency a rollercoaster ride. Today was crap. Really crap. But I know tomorrow will be 🔥 and then you come out winning! It’s surrounding yourself with the right people and I couldn’t be prouder to work alongside @OliviaBeatrice_ , @Nina_Edwards_ and the whole team!
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James Brockbank
9 months
How much effort has gone into your site’s About Us page? Too often, these are an afterthought and don’t really tell the story of your brand. And this is a missed opportunity to demonstrate E-E-A-T. Check out these 11 examples to inspire you:
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Be everything you can to your clients at the moment and they’ll stand by you all they can. Help them adapt to the current climate and be more than just a supplier; be a friend and, most of all, listen. I’ve had a few calls today and a lot conversation wasn’t about campaigns...
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James Brockbank
1 year
Site #2 approved for @mediavine yesterday just 3 and a half months after launch 🚀
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James Brockbank
2 months
We have a client who has had a fake DMCA request submitted and @Google has TAKEN DOWN their page as a result of it. Ranked #1 for big terms for many years. Their content copied and pasted, internal links included, onto a spammy throwaway domain. Site it’s posted on only 6 weeks
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James Brockbank
3 months
About 18 months ago, I launched a test site. Expired domain + 100% AI content. I wanted to understand how unedited AI content would perform on an expired domain that used to rank for some big terms and has some very nice links. The result? 👇
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Proud dad moment! Yesterday’s home schooling was canvas painting. I was given this to hang on my office wall!
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James Brockbank
2 months
Stop ignoring the impact that nofollow links can have. ​ This is an outdated mindset that we need to shift away from as an industry. ​ Nofollow ≠ worthless links. ​ We've all been there... a client or manager who won't 'count' nofollow links towards a KPI or goal. But this
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James Brockbank
2 years
Has @ahrefs become so incredibly slow for anyone else recently? It’s getting to the point where it’s almost unusable for me…
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James Brockbank
10 months
Today’s Google announcement, ‘New ways to find just what you need on Search’ once again confirms two things: - The importance of E-E-A-T and how this also applies to Discover. - That Google is working hard to continue to better understand the people behind content and
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James Brockbank
4 years
We’ll be announcing details including speakers and sessions for the next Digital PR Summit this week 🎉 But for now, save the date - Thursday 11th Feb!
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James Brockbank
3 years
Announcement of the next Digital PR Summit is coming TOMORROW! ✅ Speaker line up ✅ Date ✅ Ticket registration links We’ve got some awesome speakers lined up and very excited to announce the event!
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8 months
A simple checklist for quickly building out a monthly SEO task list … Use this 🧵 to spend more time doing things that will have an impact on growth and less time talking about things that don't get implemented. 👇
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
9 months
PR really did used to be about a little black book… I found this in a charity shop the other day, ‘Media 08,’ a little black book of 13,000+ press contacts!
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
March was probably the hardest month I’ve ever experienced for landing press coverage and links. BUT we powered through, changed a few things up and figured out what journalists are wanting right now. Here’s some of our wins which will hopefully inspire ideas... (1)
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James Brockbank
10 months
Think about E-E-A-T at 3 different layers; - the content level - the author level - the brand level Demonstrating signals at each of these isn’t a case of one or the other, and that’s likely why you’re seeing what you mention above. No doubt you’re probably demonstrating
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James Brockbank
4 months
I’m still seeing paid links being disguised as digital PR 🤦🏻‍♂️ In my latest guide on the @digitaloftuk blog, I break down how to spot these 👇
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James Brockbank
9 months
Here’s how to create content that demonstrates E-E-A-T if you’re not a subject matter expert yourself. A 🧵 for copywriters and content marketers to help build a workflow to leverage a business’ experts…
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James Brockbank
9 months
Are you missing out on a HUGE opportunity to earn traffic from Google? 👀 If your images aren’t at least 1200px wide and enabled by the max-image-preview:large setting, your content won’t be eligible to appear in Discover. Go fix it…
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James Brockbank
8 months
Sometimes, you need to get out of SEO tools and spend some time browsing a site, browsing the SERPs and looking over the basics. Tools don't tell you everything... Some of the biggest site issues I've found in the past have come from manual analysis, not tools.
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
5 years
There's no shame in asking for a second opinion... even if you've spent hours working out what you think the best solution it. I dont' believe any SEO who says they're 100% sure of their gut feeling approach on how to handle a complex issue. (1)
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
1 year
Today, I’m launching The SEO Strategist, home to a weekly newsletter (SEO Quick Wins) and a platform where I’ll be creating a tonne of content over the next few months. Find out more about what to expect and subscribe here: 1st newsletter goes out Thu!
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James Brockbank
4 years
You’ve got 30 minutes to pick the brains of ANY other #SEO or marketer on a call... who would it be?
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James Brockbank
4 years
Don't know about anyone else but the #SEO task I don't think I'll ever enjoy at all is writing meta descriptions... 🥱
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James Brockbank
4 years
Checking in from @digitaloftuk HQ and behind the scenes at the #digitalprsummit command centre! Excited to be talking on integrating SEO and digital PR in 15 minutes!
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James Brockbank
3 years
Went live with @mediavine 3 days ago … yesterday was the site’s all time high in earnings, more than 2x the previous high when running Adsense 🎉
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James Brockbank
4 years
What's really not cool is when a publisher covers your client's story with an unlinked mention ... you reach out and ask for a link and they just remove the brand mention completely and so it appears to be their own research 🤦‍♂️
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James Brockbank
4 years
Sometimes (usually) it's the simple campaigns that perform the best...
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James Brockbank
4 years
Another day, another TWO journalists taking client campaign research without even mentioning the brand who carried out the research and passing it off as their own 🤦🏻‍♂️
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James Brockbank
2 years
The results from one of our latest campaigns was just used as a question on @antanddec Saturday Night Takeaway this evening 😂 there’s a first for everything…
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James Brockbank
1 year
Site #2 launched at the start of April… yesterday it hit the milestone of 50k sessions in the last month 🚀
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James Brockbank
3 years
Spent the day at #yosemite yesterday and the sunset over El Capitan is by far the most stunning view I’ve ever seen!
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James Brockbank
4 years
So basically, in the UK we have the brains to develop a vaccine in a matter of months but not the common sense to stay away from other people?!
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James Brockbank
9 months
You can make your #digitalPR activity work harder by understanding a few SEO and link building basics. Here’s a 🧵 of SEO and link building fundamentals that every digital PR needs to know…
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James Brockbank
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Back in 2020, I launched The Digital PR Summit (Online) in the middle of lockdown. We ran 3 virtual editions with hundreds of attendees each time. Always with the goal to bring in new voices and open up a platform for people who weren’t speaking at every other event to share
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1 year
I’ve just published a 6,000 word write up of the #SEO strategy I’ve used to kickstart a new sites growth and drive 9,922 pageviews in MONTH ONE and 14,516 in month two! Take a read here:
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1 year
Here’s how to work backwards from your SEO goals to figure out your routes to growth… A 🧵 about SEO prioritisation… 👇
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James Brockbank
5 years
‘Best PR Campaign’ and ‘B2C Agency of the Year’ at the #UKAgencyAwards tonight for @digitaloftuk 🎉
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James Brockbank
3 years
You know your campaigns are 🔥🔥🔥 when other agencies start using them as a data source in their own campaigns!
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Today our Elf brought the kids an Xmas sleepover 🎄🎅🎁
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I’ve spent the last few weeks working out where we can bring GPT-3 / ChatGPT into our #SEO and #digitalPR workflows at @digitaloftuk . Here’s just a few simple ways we’re already (or soon will be) using it. 👇
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James Brockbank
3 months
Some of the most common SEO opportunities I see for eCommerce stores are related to faceted navigation. But it's easy to get wrong. Here's a 🧵 on how to get faceted navigation right as an eCommerce brand 👇
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James Brockbank
5 years
We’re now ready to make public something which we’ve been working hard on over the past 6 weeks! Due to rapid growth over the past 12 months, we’ve opened the 2nd @digitaloftuk office ... at Second Home in Farringdon, London, headed up by @OliviaBeatrice_ ! (1/2)
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James Brockbank
3 years
I’m in planning mode for the next Digital PR Summit - always keen to hear from people who have great things to talk about but maybe haven’t spoken at an event before. Who should I be chatting to?
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James Brockbank
3 years
There’s something hugely buzzing about having (a few) people back in an office environment!
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James Brockbank
2 years
Rounding off the month feeling extremely proud of the whole @digitaloftuk team right now! Lots going on… ✅ 14 new starters this month ✅ 4 new senior hires coming in Nov & Dec ✅ New internal software platform very nearly ready to launch ✅ New team launched 🤫
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
3 years
Are big, creative, out of box ideas your thing? We’re opening a new role at @digitaloftuk for someone to come up with BIG ideas alongside our digital PR team. This is a full creative role & pitching to press isn’t part of it - it’s all big ideas! Sound like you? Let’s chat…
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James Brockbank
3 years
Kids sleeping at my mums (we’re in a bubble) means curry night! 🎉
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James Brockbank
8 months
Make sure you do these 2 things every time you publish a new piece of content: ✅ Add internal links TO other related content ✅ Add internal links FROM other related content Sounds simple, but so much content gets published without internal linking being thought about.
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8 months
What’s the number 1 thing you’ll be doing differently in #SEO in 2024 to 2023? I’ll go first… In 2024, I’ll be doubling down on E-E-A-T to go above and beyond what a site’s competitors are doing.
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
5 years
Really excited to announce that I'll be speaking at @brightonseo in April with a session on 'How To Find & Fix Keyword Cannibalization Issues' - can't wait!
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James Brockbank
8 months
Where can you find additional keyword ideas that aren't the SEO tools that your competitors are using? 🚀 Reddit 🚀 YouTube 🚀 Quora 🚀 Forums 🚀 Social Media 🚀 Your Sales & CS Team 🚀 Your Product Experts 🚀 Your Customers Look for ideas where others aren't...
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SEO according to way too many web design agencies who upsell it for £100 p/m... 👉 Install Yoast 👉 Get green scores 👉 Send a monthly Google Analytics report ❓ Wonder why clients are pissed that their traffic isn't going up SEO success doesn't come from box-ticking...
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James Brockbank
5 years
I keep saying it; but digital PR has benefits that go way beyond links... Perfect example; Lewis Capaldi engaging with coverage on a recently launched campaign!
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@BrockbankJames
James Brockbank
4 years
Today was the first day of working with a brand new client. By 11am @amyirvine322 landed awesome coverage on the Independent! 👊 Team @digitaloftuk smashing it this week!
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James Brockbank
8 months
Technical SEO probably isn’t going to be what accelerates your site's organic growth… That'll be content & links. For sure, technical issues can hold back a site that otherwise deserves to rank, but its content and links that are your true growth drivers.
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James Brockbank
10 months
Don’t forget, Google owes you NOTHING. So many comments over the last few weeks following the HCU from people whose sites were hit hard suggesting that Google have done wrong by taking away their traffic. No, they just raised the bar on what it regards as good enough to rank 🤷🏻‍♂️
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James Brockbank
3 years
What caused this huge spike in traffic yesterday on a 2 month old site averaging about 200 sessions per day? ONE great link for a new campaign that landed on @travelandleis ! #digitalPR
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James Brockbank
3 years
Came across some old photos from 2011 the other day. It’s almost 5 years since my dad passed away but it’s memories like this that matter - here’s the day he played bass for my band at @RebellionFest A day I’ll never forget and very glad it was captured on camera!
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@areej_abuali @Figaro_Digital Thanks for sharing, Areej - I hadn't seen the full line up on this but have now pulled out of the event and raised the issue with the organisers.
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You need to keep a close eye on what your #SEO competitors are doing and learn what’s working for them. But don’t just monitor their rankings. Look at these 5 things, too…
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James Brockbank
5 years
This is what sustainable link building driven by digital PR looks like ... consistent delivery of authority links. There's been no huge viral spikes in this campaign over the past 2 years, but we've delivered consistency which has delivered huge growth in organic success...
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