30 min
The One Where We Discuss Local SEO With Levi Williams-Clucas WTSPodcast
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In this week's episode, we chat with Levi Williams-Clucas, SEO Specialist at StrategiQ, about local SEO and the importance of reputation, reviews and trust.
Where to find Levi:
LinkedIn
Twitter
Resources from the episode:
BrightLocal Academy
BrightLocal blog
StrategiQ blog
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Episode Sponsor:
This season is sponsored by Screaming Frog. Screaming Frog develop crawling and log file analysis software for the SEO industry, and wanted to support the WTSPodcast as listeners to the show. They’ve just released version 16 of their SEO Spider software, which includes - improved JavaScript crawling to help you identify dependencies, such as JavaScript content and links, automated crawl reports for Data Studio integration, advanced search and filtering, and the app is now available in Spanish, French, German and Italian. You can check out the latest version at Screaming Frog's website (screamingfrog.co.uk).
Where to find Screaming Frog:
Website
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube
Facebook
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Episode Transcript:
Sarah: Hello, and a very warm welcome to the Women in Tech SEO Podcast. I am Sarah McDowell, an SEO content executive, and I will be your host for today. Joining me I have the wonderful Levi Williams-Clucas, who is an SEO specialist at StrategiQ, and they will be talking to us today about Local SEO. Welcome to the show, Levi.
Levi: Hello, hello. Thank you for having me.
Sarah: Thank you for giving up your time and agreeing to spend Wednesday afternoon with me. Have you had a good day?
Levi: I've had a great day. Yes, it's been nice and sunny outside, and I've been able to pet my cats today, so very happy.
Sarah: Sounds like a wonderful, wonderful Wednesday. To kick things off, I want to ask you how you got into this wonderful world of SEO, and how you ended up being an SEO specialist at the agency StrategiQ?
Levi: I've always been into marketing, and I did my degree in marketing and was ready to go as soon as I came out of uni. It didn't work that way and I ended up having a bunch of random temp jobs, and then got my first proper agency job at StrategiQ as a Digital PR. I decided it wasn't for me and thankfully my manager noticed an interest in me for SEO and suggested it and shout out to Chris Green if anybody knows him.
He suggested, "Would you like to move into SEO?" I thought, "Yes, I'm going to give that a crack." I've been happy as a pig in the mud ever since really. It's my calling.
Sarah: I love that saying "Happy as a pig in mud," I've not heard that one before.
Levi: Oh, that's one of my favorites.
Sarah: That's awesome that within your...
In this week's episode, we chat with Levi Williams-Clucas, SEO Specialist at StrategiQ, about local SEO and the importance of reputation, reviews and trust.
Where to find Levi:
LinkedIn
Twitter
Resources from the episode:
BrightLocal Academy
BrightLocal blog
StrategiQ blog
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Episode Sponsor:
This season is sponsored by Screaming Frog. Screaming Frog develop crawling and log file analysis software for the SEO industry, and wanted to support the WTSPodcast as listeners to the show. They’ve just released version 16 of their SEO Spider software, which includes - improved JavaScript crawling to help you identify dependencies, such as JavaScript content and links, automated crawl reports for Data Studio integration, advanced search and filtering, and the app is now available in Spanish, French, German and Italian. You can check out the latest version at Screaming Frog's website (screamingfrog.co.uk).
Where to find Screaming Frog:
Website
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube
Facebook
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Episode Transcript:
Sarah: Hello, and a very warm welcome to the Women in Tech SEO Podcast. I am Sarah McDowell, an SEO content executive, and I will be your host for today. Joining me I have the wonderful Levi Williams-Clucas, who is an SEO specialist at StrategiQ, and they will be talking to us today about Local SEO. Welcome to the show, Levi.
Levi: Hello, hello. Thank you for having me.
Sarah: Thank you for giving up your time and agreeing to spend Wednesday afternoon with me. Have you had a good day?
Levi: I've had a great day. Yes, it's been nice and sunny outside, and I've been able to pet my cats today, so very happy.
Sarah: Sounds like a wonderful, wonderful Wednesday. To kick things off, I want to ask you how you got into this wonderful world of SEO, and how you ended up being an SEO specialist at the agency StrategiQ?
Levi: I've always been into marketing, and I did my degree in marketing and was ready to go as soon as I came out of uni. It didn't work that way and I ended up having a bunch of random temp jobs, and then got my first proper agency job at StrategiQ as a Digital PR. I decided it wasn't for me and thankfully my manager noticed an interest in me for SEO and suggested it and shout out to Chris Green if anybody knows him.
He suggested, "Would you like to move into SEO?" I thought, "Yes, I'm going to give that a crack." I've been happy as a pig in the mud ever since really. It's my calling.
Sarah: I love that saying "Happy as a pig in mud," I've not heard that one before.
Levi: Oh, that's one of my favorites.
Sarah: That's awesome that within your...
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