Branded Search (and Beyond) with Jason Barnard

Stacey Hall talks with Jason Barnard about how to make sales by staying in your comfort zone. Stacey Hall is the founder of Success with Stacey Hall and has made it to #1 on the bestseller list with 5 books in several countries. Her new book is Selling From Your Comfort Zone. She is known for her myth debunking social media marketing training program "Go for YES" which has helped thousands of people increase sales, satisfaction and success. She is an acclaimed speaker who received recognition for her TEDx talk. Her mission is to help salespeople reach and connect with their ideal audience, solve their audience's problems, and leave a legacy that will live on long after she is gone.  Going beyond your comfort zone can help you achieve in a variety of areas of life. But is the same requirement necessary for sales? Hmmm … What if you can be in a situation where people are attracted to what you sell whilst you stay in your comfort zone and maintain your principles, your talents, your confidence and your power zone? The wonderful Stacey Hall shares great insights from her book, Selling From Your Comfort Zone, in this brilliant episode with Jason Barnard. She covers the new ABC's of selling: Alignment, Belief and Consistency (a lot better than Always Be Closing), and also shares her own philosophies in selling - Stacey's Scale of Sale. Stacey puts a lot of emphasis on having a comfortable story to share with the audience. You have to make sure you know why you want to sell what you are selling and have an emotional connection to it to attract sales, satisfy customers and achieve your own success. As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Stacey cheerfully turns over the virtual baton to next week's rather incredible guest Shane Hodge. What you’ll learn from Stacey Hall 00:00 Stacey Hall and Jason Barnard01:19 Stacey Hall’s Brand SERP in the UK01:40 Brand SERP and Knowledge Panel Support Group01:51 Stacey Hall’s Brand SERP in the US02:23 Do You Need to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to be Successful?02:55 What Does Your Comfort Zone Mean?04:53 Knowledge Panel Done for You Service by Kalicube05:33 Figuring Out Which People Have the Same Passion as You in Sales09:04 Finding the Comfortable Path for You to be in Sales09:29 Creating a Comfortable Story to Share11:57 How Do You Get People Talking About What You Sell?13:47 How Do You Attract Your Ideal Audience?14:24 The Importance of Emotional Attachment to What You Sell17:10 What Does the Alignment Marketing Formula Mean?17:22 First New ABC’s of Sales: Consistency17:49 Second New ABC’s of Sales: Belief19:04 Third New ABC’s of Sales: Alignment20:24 Stacey’s Scale of Sale23:17 What is a Pity Purchase?25:03 How Do You Have a Happy Customer On Board?30:04 Passing the Baton: Stacey Hall to Shane Hodge This episode was recorded live on video November 1st 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Daniel Alfon talks with Jason Barnard about LinkedIn SEO and the LinkedIn SERP. Daniel Alfon is the author of Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success. Daniel joined LinkedIn in early 2004 and publishes articles, interviews, and exclusive content on advanced LinkedIn strategies for clients and subscribers on his website, www.danielalfon.com. Being at the top of Google SERP means a lot to any company or business owner. However, for agency owners, business owners and SMB users, LinkedIn as a search engine is also important to consider. LinkedIn is more B2B than B2C with a more focused and business-oriented audience, making it a preferred platform for business professionals, deal-makers, employees and even investors. LinkedIn is hugely intricate with almost as many subtleties as Google Search. So if you are going to use LinkedIn to drive business or get the new job opportunity you dreamed of, build a strategy and spend the time to implement it properly. Start with what people see on your LinkedIn profile, then move on to connections, content, internal search, keywords, videos, and even how this is all presented in Google Search! But there's more (who would have believed it ?): brilliant LinkedIn profile tips, strategies for ranking in LinkedIn search, as well as how trustworthy LinkedIn is compared to other social media platforms. Daniel Alfon offers comprehensive insights that are truly inspiring in this wonderful episode. As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Daniel wonderfully passes the virtual baton to next week's super delightful guest, Stacey Hall.  What you’ll learn from Daniel Alfon 00:00 Daniel Alfon and Jason Barnard 00:58 Knowledge Panel Checklist 01:31 Kalicube Pro Saas for Agencies 02:23 To What Extent Do LinkedIn Algorithms Change Information within LinkedIn? 03:20 How Trustworthy is LinkedIn Compared to Other Social Media Platforms? 04:18 The Importance of LinkedIn for Brand SERPs 04:58 Data From Kalicube Pro Saas Platform 05:37 Daniel Alfon’s LinkedIn Profile 07:06 LinkedIn Profile Video Strategy 08:30 Maximising LinkedIn’s New Features 09:04 How Important is it to Fill Out Your LinkedIn Profile 11:44 LinkedIn as a Search Engine 15:06 Can LinkedIn’s Algorithm be Easily Tricked? 16:01 LinkedIn for Business Owners Vs Employees 17:54 LinkedIn Strategy for B2B 19:24 Focusing on a LinkedIn Company Page Vs Agency Owner Profile 21:00 Daniel Alfon’s LinkedIn Profile Tips 25:31 Are Emoticons in the LinkedIn Title a Good Idea? 27:55 The Importance of Relevant Connections 30:26 Passing the Baton: Daniel Alfon to Stacey Hall This episode was recorded live on video October 25th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Daniel Alfon talks with Jason Barnard about LinkedIn SEO and the LinkedIn SERP. Daniel Alfon is the author of Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success. Daniel joined LinkedIn in early 2004 and publishes articles, interviews, and exclusive content on advanced LinkedIn strategies for clients and subscribers on his website, www.danielalfon.com. Being at the top of Google SERP means a lot to any company or business owner. However, for agency owners, business owners and SMB users, LinkedIn as a search engine is also important to consider. LinkedIn is more B2B than B2C with a more focused and business-oriented audience, making it a preferred platform for business professionals, deal-makers, employees and even investors. LinkedIn is hugely intricate with almost as many subtleties as Google Search. So if you are going to use LinkedIn to drive business or get the new job opportunity you dreamed of, build a strategy and spend the time to implement it properly. Start with what people see on your LinkedIn profile, then move on to connections, content, internal search, keywords, videos, and even how this is all presented in Google Search! But there's more (who would have believed it ?): brilliant LinkedIn profile tips, strategies for ranking in LinkedIn search, as well as how trustworthy LinkedIn is compared to other social media platforms. Daniel Alfon offers comprehensive insights that are truly inspiring in this wonderful episode. As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Daniel wonderfully passes the virtual baton to next week's super delightful guest, Stacey Hall.  What you’ll learn from Daniel Alfon 00:00 Daniel Alfon and Jason Barnard 00:58 Knowledge Panel Checklist 01:31 Kalicube Pro Saas for Agencies 02:23 To What Extent Do LinkedIn Algorithms Change Information within LinkedIn? 03:20 How Trustworthy is LinkedIn Compared to Other Social Media Platforms? 04:18 The Importance of LinkedIn for Brand SERPs 04:58 Data From Kalicube Pro Saas Platform 05:37 Daniel Alfon’s LinkedIn Profile 07:06 LinkedIn Profile Video Strategy 08:30 Maximising LinkedIn’s New Features 09:04 How Important is it to Fill Out Your LinkedIn Profile 11:44 LinkedIn as a Search Engine 15:06 Can LinkedIn’s Algorithm be Easily Tricked? 16:01 LinkedIn for Business Owners Vs Employees 17:54 LinkedIn Strategy for B2B 19:24 Focusing on a LinkedIn Company Page Vs Agency Owner Profile 21:00 Daniel Alfon’s LinkedIn Profile Tips 25:31 Are Emoticons in the LinkedIn Title a Good Idea? 27:55 The Importance of Relevant Connections 30:26 Passing the Baton: Daniel Alfon to Stacey Hall This episode was recorded live on video October 25th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Jonas Sickler talks with Jason Barnard about where do branded searches on Google come from? Jonas Sickler is a published author and SEO manager at Terakeet. He leads the inbound organic search marketing strategy for the brand and writes about how to gain positive consumer attention through SEO and content strategy. His advice has appeared in Forbes, CMI and Search Engine Watch. Large and small companies have different perceptions of their brand's online presence, although both are focused on attracting more customers. The way they treat their online presence still matters a lot. Large companies tend to approach online branding this way: they are well-known in the offline world and have a huge customer base, so why should they worry about managing their online presence when they are already well established? Smaller companies often fail to see the return on investment of digital branding. Online branding is vital to every business, big or small. Who is googling your brand name? It's not only customers, but also prospects, investors, partners, future employees and so many more people who are super-important to your business. You'd be a fool to miss all those opportunities ;) Controlling what Google displays in your Brand SERP is definitely crucial. A groovy and insightful episode with Jason Barnard and this week's guest, Jonas Sickler, who shares incredible insights into how important it is for companies to invest in their brand's digital presence, why people search for someone or a company on Google and even how a company can handle a bad-news crisis. Incredibly fascinating! As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Jonas Sickler awesomely turned over the virtual baton to next week's pretty incredible guest, Daniel Alfon.  What you’ll learn from Jonas Sickler 00:00 Jonas Sickler and Jason Barnard01:16 Jonas Sickler’s Brand SERP02:56 Terakeet’s Brand SERP04:43 Kalicube Pros Saas for Agencies05:38 How Did Jason Barnard Get Started with Brand SERP?06:49 The Importance of Knowledge Panel Management07:26 Jason Hennessy’s Knowledge Panel Success Within Two Months08:05 Why Do People Search Someone’s Name on Google?09:27 Why Do People Search for a Company’s Name on Google?10:32 What Drives Branded Search on Google?11:51 The Value of the Information Google Displays in a Brand SERP13:54 Do Reviews Still Matter?17:55 The Need for Businesses to Invest in Their Brand’s Digital Presence20:06 Kalicube Case Study: Backpacker Job Board22:16 Controlling Companies’ Digital Presence25:24 Do Job Seekers Google the Company They Want to Work for?27:30 How to Handle a Brand’s Crisis?30:19 Passing the Baton: Jonas Sickler to Daniel Alfon This episode was recorded live on video October 18th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Jonas Sickler talks with Jason Barnard about where do branded searches on Google come from? Jonas Sickler is a published author and SEO manager at Terakeet. He leads the inbound organic search marketing strategy for the brand and writes about how to gain positive consumer attention through SEO and content strategy. His advice has appeared in Forbes, CMI and Search Engine Watch. Large and small companies have different perceptions of their brand's online presence, although both are focused on attracting more customers. The way they treat their online presence still matters a lot. Large companies tend to approach online branding this way: they are well-known in the offline world and have a huge customer base, so why should they worry about managing their online presence when they are already well established? Smaller companies often fail to see the return on investment of digital branding. Online branding is vital to every business, big or small. Who is googling your brand name? It's not only customers, but also prospects, investors, partners, future employees and so many more people who are super-important to your business. You'd be a fool to miss all those opportunities ;) Controlling what Google displays in your Brand SERP is definitely crucial. A groovy and insightful episode with Jason Barnard and this week's guest, Jonas Sickler, who shares incredible insights into how important it is for companies to invest in their brand's digital presence, why people search for someone or a company on Google and even how a company can handle a bad-news crisis. Incredibly fascinating! As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Jonas Sickler awesomely turned over the virtual baton to next week's pretty incredible guest, Daniel Alfon.  What you’ll learn from Jonas Sickler 00:00 Jonas Sickler and Jason Barnard01:16 Jonas Sickler’s Brand SERP02:56 Terakeet’s Brand SERP04:43 Kalicube Pros Saas for Agencies05:38 How Did Jason Barnard Get Started with Brand SERP?06:49 The Importance of Knowledge Panel Management07:26 Jason Hennessy’s Knowledge Panel Success Within Two Months08:05 Why Do People Search Someone’s Name on Google?09:27 Why Do People Search for a Company’s Name on Google?10:32 What Drives Branded Search on Google?11:51 The Value of the Information Google Displays in a Brand SERP13:54 Do Reviews Still Matter?17:55 The Need for Businesses to Invest in Their Brand’s Digital Presence20:06 Kalicube Case Study: Backpacker Job Board22:16 Controlling Companies’ Digital Presence25:24 Do Job Seekers Google the Company They Want to Work for?27:30 How to Handle a Brand’s Crisis?30:19 Passing the Baton: Jonas Sickler to Daniel Alfon This episode was recorded live on video October 18th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Katrina McKinnon talks with Jason Barnard about writing content at scale with humans. Katrina McKinnon is the founder of CopySmiths.com, a company that provides blog writing services for eCommerce stores. One of the 50 founding members of eCommerceFuel.com, Katrina McKinnon has also spoken at three conferences, served as a community greeter, and been an outsourcing and content expert for an ecommerce community of over 1,000 members over the past decade. Guest on the eCommerce Fuel, Practical eCommerce and eComCrew podcasts. Creator of more than 3,000 training screencasts and reviews for authors and the eCommerce community. Administrator of an African writers group with more than 35,000 members. How can writing high-quality content be maintained as the volume of output increases? Using AI tools is one good choice, but in this awesome episode, Katrina McKinnon gives a comprehensive look at how she maintains quality with human-written content as she scales up the volume of content written. Katrina McKinnon also shares an overview of the training she gives, her experiences working with incredible Kenyan writers, some tips and tricks for scaling when writing content, and her thoughts on using AI tools. And while there are more and more AI tools that can be used for content writing, Google's recent algorithm update, the Helpful Content Update, still focuses on humans writing for humans. As always the episode ends with passing the baton. Katrina McKinnon stylishly passes the baton to the super-smart Jonas Sickler. What you’ll learn from Katrina McKinnon 00:00 Katrina McKinnon and Jason Barnard01:52 CopySmiths’ Brand SERP04:01 Google’s Helpful Content Update05:50 Katrina McKinnon’s Tips to Scale in Content Writing06:54 How to Write a Good Article 07:36 The Importance of Educated and Well Trained Writers09:17 Developing the Writer’s Domain Knowledge11:17 Katrina McKinnon’s Project Management Software for the CopySmiths’ Team14:36 Click Up’s Silly Knowledge Panel Goof15:10 Jason Barnard’s Tips for Managing Click Up’s Knowledge Panel16:44 How Useful and Accurate are AI Tools When Writing Content?19:05 Using AI Tools to Create High-Quality Original Content with Fewer Data Sets25:40 Working with Kenyan Writers29:20 Katrina McKinnon’s Facebook Group32:00 Passing the Baton: Katrina McKinnon to Jonas Sickler This episode was recorded live on video October 11th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Katrina McKinnon talks with Jason Barnard about writing content at scale with humans. Katrina McKinnon is the founder of CopySmiths.com, a company that provides blog writing services for eCommerce stores. One of the 50 founding members of eCommerceFuel.com, Katrina McKinnon has also spoken at three conferences, served as a community greeter, and been an outsourcing and content expert for an ecommerce community of over 1,000 members over the past decade. Guest on the eCommerce Fuel, Practical eCommerce and eComCrew podcasts. Creator of more than 3,000 training screencasts and reviews for authors and the eCommerce community. Administrator of an African writers group with more than 35,000 members. How can writing high-quality content be maintained as the volume of output increases? Using AI tools is one good choice, but in this awesome episode, Katrina McKinnon gives a comprehensive look at how she maintains quality with human-written content as she scales up the volume of content written. Katrina McKinnon also shares an overview of the training she gives, her experiences working with incredible Kenyan writers, some tips and tricks for scaling when writing content, and her thoughts on using AI tools. And while there are more and more AI tools that can be used for content writing, Google's recent algorithm update, the Helpful Content Update, still focuses on humans writing for humans. As always the episode ends with passing the baton. Katrina McKinnon stylishly passes the baton to the super-smart Jonas Sickler. What you’ll learn from Katrina McKinnon 00:00 Katrina McKinnon and Jason Barnard01:52 CopySmiths’ Brand SERP04:01 Google’s Helpful Content Update05:50 Katrina McKinnon’s Tips to Scale in Content Writing06:54 How to Write a Good Article 07:36 The Importance of Educated and Well Trained Writers09:17 Developing the Writer’s Domain Knowledge11:17 Katrina McKinnon’s Project Management Software for the CopySmiths’ Team14:36 Click Up’s Silly Knowledge Panel Goof15:10 Jason Barnard’s Tips for Managing Click Up’s Knowledge Panel16:44 How Useful and Accurate are AI Tools When Writing Content?19:05 Using AI Tools to Create High-Quality Original Content with Fewer Data Sets25:40 Working with Kenyan Writers29:20 Katrina McKinnon’s Facebook Group32:00 Passing the Baton: Katrina McKinnon to Jonas Sickler This episode was recorded live on video October 11th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Mickie Kennedy talks with Jason Barnard about how to make press release marketing work for you. Mickie Kennedy is founder and president of eReleases, a leading affordable press release writing and distribution company that has helped more than 10,000 businesses in nearly two decades. eReleases was founded in 1998 with the idea that publicity should not be limited to large companies.  Writing press releases for startups, new product launches or online courses is one way to reach a wider audience through the media and journalists. When crafted with strategic thinking and newsworthiness, press releases can be a very effective marketing approach. But how can you stand out from the crowd and be newsworthy enough to get the attention of the media and journalists?  The groovy Mickie Kennedy and Jason Barnard discuss brilliant tips and tricks around press release marketing for startups: what to think about while writing a press release, why others fail, and the value of press release marketing for companies.Yet another Kalicube Tuesdays episode you should NOT miss 🙂 As always, the show ends with passing the baton … the delightful Mickie passes the virtual baton to next week’s lovely guest, Katrina Mckinnon. What you’ll learn from Mickie Kennedy 00:00 Mickie Kennedy and Jason Barnard02:15 Mickie Kennedy’s Brand SERP03:59 Kalicube Academy: Knowledge Panel Course04:34 What Does Newsworthiness Mean?06:09 Mickie Kennedy's Advice for a Newsworthy Course Launch08:22 How Do Startups Handle Press Releases?10:02 What to Keep in Mind When Writing a Press Release12:08 The Importance of Information and Data in Building a Story14:00 How Does Conducting a Study or Survey Help in Creating an Effective Press Release?16:26 Mickie Kennedy's Tips on How to Get a Link for an Article from a Press Release18:21 How Many People Does a Survey Need for Reliable Press Release Data?20:12 Where Do You Send a Press Release?22:30 Why Do Press Releases Fail?27:18 Why Businesses Need a Press Release30:12 Passing the Baton: Mickie Kennedy to Katrina Mckinnon This episode was recorded live on video October 4th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Mickie Kennedy talks with Jason Barnard about how to make press release marketing work for you. Mickie Kennedy is founder and president of eReleases, a leading affordable press release writing and distribution company that has helped more than 10,000 businesses in nearly two decades. eReleases was founded in 1998 with the idea that publicity should not be limited to large companies.  Writing press releases for startups, new product launches or online courses is one way to reach a wider audience through the media and journalists. When crafted with strategic thinking and newsworthiness, press releases can be a very effective marketing approach. But how can you stand out from the crowd and be newsworthy enough to get the attention of the media and journalists?  The groovy Mickie Kennedy and Jason Barnard discuss brilliant tips and tricks around press release marketing for startups: what to think about while writing a press release, why others fail, and the value of press release marketing for companies.Yet another Kalicube Tuesdays episode you should NOT miss 🙂 As always, the show ends with passing the baton … the delightful Mickie passes the virtual baton to next week’s lovely guest, Katrina Mckinnon. What you’ll learn from Mickie Kennedy 00:00 Mickie Kennedy and Jason Barnard02:15 Mickie Kennedy’s Brand SERP03:59 Kalicube Academy: Knowledge Panel Course04:34 What Does Newsworthiness Mean?06:09 Mickie Kennedy's Advice for a Newsworthy Course Launch08:22 How Do Startups Handle Press Releases?10:02 What to Keep in Mind When Writing a Press Release12:08 The Importance of Information and Data in Building a Story14:00 How Does Conducting a Study or Survey Help in Creating an Effective Press Release?16:26 Mickie Kennedy's Tips on How to Get a Link for an Article from a Press Release18:21 How Many People Does a Survey Need for Reliable Press Release Data?20:12 Where Do You Send a Press Release?22:30 Why Do Press Releases Fail?27:18 Why Businesses Need a Press Release30:12 Passing the Baton: Mickie Kennedy to Katrina Mckinnon This episode was recorded live on video October 4th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Richard Nazarewicz talks with Jason Barnard about technical & product SEO for news. Richard Nazarewicz has worked across the digital spectrum for the past 20 years, typically demystifying complex search and optimization solutions to enable all business units to integrate search and SEO. In his current role at The Wall Street Journal, he focuses on product, technical and news SEO to make SEO a key component of WSJ, Dow Jones and News Corp. strategy. Originally from Caversham, Reading in the UK, he began his career during the dot-com boom as a consultant at Digital Computer Corporation, where one of the first search engines - Altavista - was developed and Web 1.0 was born. From there he began writing white papers on Windows NT server clustering on DEC Alpha servers, which was very advanced at the time. The Altavista browser at the time was primarily used as a tool to demonstrate the backend storage and server solutions he was working on. In 2002, he moved to Madrid, Spain to co-found a digital startup agency and worked as a consultant, SEO, digital producer, technical lead and project manager across Europe and the US with digital agencies like Ogilvy and clients like Microsoft, HP, Pepe Jeans, British Council and Katie Couric. Google wants to provide the nbest local, national and global news service to its users, on the SERP, in the News Vertical and in Discover. Imagine the task it has - keeping up to date in real time(often within seconds), distinguishing out of date news articles from current news articles, deciding which sources to show (many sites carry the same news). How can publishers help Google achieve its goals and thus get themselves more visibility in Google's News channels? That is the key question for any news organisation: local, national or global. Fascinating. In this incredibly brilliant episode, Jason Barnard and Richard Nazarewicz dive deep into the more technical aspect of SEO for news. How optimising for the top stories on Google News is critical. And how paywalling works for website content and how Google is able to crawl and index paywall content are just some of the exciting topics discussed. In addition to a detailed explanation of how to set up a Google News publisher, Richard also offers some delightful tidbits about Google Discover and Google News Sitemaps. As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Richard passes the virtual baton to next week’s absolutely incredible guest, Mickie Kennedy. What you’ll learn from Richard Nazarewicz 00:00 Richard Nazarewicz and Jason Barnard01:17 The Wall Street Journal's Knowledge Panel01:34 Knowledge Panel Hopping01:43 Knowledge Panel Tips from Jason Barnard03:15 Knowledge Panel Management05:47 Brand SERP: Ask Jason Anything05:56 Brand SERP and Knowledge Panel Support Group06:25 Overview of Technical and Product SEO for News08:33 Richard Nazarewicz's Area of Expertise09:14 What is Paywalling and How Does Google Handle it?10:09 The Importance of Flexible Sampling for Paywall12:09 Richard Nazarewicz’s Experience with Google Discover16:45 What is a Propensity Model?18:30 What is the Google News Publisher Center?20:42 NASA’s Vertical Brand SERP20:55 NASA on Google News 22:15 Optimising for Top Stories on Google News23:09 Setting Up Google News Publisher25:23 How does Google Use News Sitemaps?32:58 Passing the Baton: Richard Nazarewicz to Mickie Kennedy This episode was recorded live on video September 27th 2022 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>