Management & Marketing

It’s crazy to think that we’ve done 350 episodes of the Agents of Change podcast. That’s nearly 7 years of content for a weekly podcast.

By the time this episode is over, you will be an expert on featured snippets and be equipped with 7 simple tactics to get your posts to rank for hundreds of first page snippets.

Here is the link to ahrefs study on featured snippets:
https://ahrefs.com/blog/featured-snippets-study/

You can go here to set up your ahrefs account:
https://ahrefs.com/

In this episode I share how my thinking on “Black Lives Matter” vs. “All Lives Matter” has evolved.

Not usually the material we cover on the Agents of Change podcast, but I’m realizing how this movement touches every aspect of our lives, regardless of our color.

I don’t have any answers, as I’m just beginning the journey myself.

In this episode, I will be teaching you 4 Title tag tactics that will move your posts up in the Google rankings.

These tactics come directly from the top SEO experts at ahrefs, via this amazing blog post:
https://ahrefs.com/blog/title-tag-seo/

To sign up to ahrefs, go here:
https://ahrefs.com/

• In this episode, we interview Scott Hudgins of Core ID Services and Michael Takla of HackNotice about cybersecurity and corporate breaches.  A surprising amount of information can be purchased, shared, or just plain found on the so-called “dark web”.  Bad actors can gain access to this information and compromise your company assets, including your website.  Scott and Michael are here to talk about CIA, a new service by Core ID Services, that helps companies to be proactive in the fight against cybersecurity, as well as share some simple and effective best practices that we can all improve upon!  BONUS – Core ID Services is giving away free 30 day trials to all Local SEO Tactics listeners!
   
  What You’ll Learn

  • Scott Hudgins with Core ID Services and Michael Takla of HackNotice discuss dark web threats
  • Core ID Services provides identity theft protection and cybersecurity services for businesses and individuals
  • Most corporate cybersecurity issues arise from third party vulnerabilities and breaches
  • Over 70% of breaches originate from credentials stolen from a third party
  • Employees that use corporate email addresses for personal account logins can be exposed
  • Being lazy and reusing credentials on multiple services can lead to breaches
  • Most security hacks are lazy, looking for the easy victim, and are not very sophisticated
  • Good security starts with basic personal best practices, like using a password manager app
  • If you know or think any of your account credentials are compromised, you should absolutely change your password
  • Core ID Services can proactively find your information on the dark web, so you can take fast action before you are compromised

If there’s anything this world of technology has taught us, it’s that learning isn’t just limited to the classroom. Creating online courses to teach people is proving to be not only an effective strategy, but a booming business as well.

Creating online courses may seem like a daunting and time consuming job, but seasoned online course creator Steve Nixon reminds us that even if you don’t have the experience or a lot of money to dedicate to this, there are plenty of great tools out there to help you along the way. Plus, online courses check off all the boxes when it comes to the benefits to you and your business, such as creating brand awareness, trust and authority in your given field, not to mention greater reach.