{"id":15105,"date":"2015-07-01T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brickmarketing.com\/?p=15105"},"modified":"2020-07-23T23:00:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:00:43","slug":"can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickmarketing.com\/blog\/ramp-up-seo","title":{"rendered":"Can You Really \u201cRamp Up\u201d Your SEO Program?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15106\" src=\"https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"seo\" width=\"296\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program.jpg?strip=all 725w, https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program-250x167.jpg?strip=all 250w, https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program-700x466.jpg?strip=all 700w, https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program-120x80.jpg?strip=all 120w, https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=435 435w, https:\/\/eqo6k4wde6o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/can-you-really-ramp-up-your-seo-program.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=580 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/>There comes a point in every SEO vendor-client relationship when the client wants to \u201ctake it to the next level,\u201d as if their SEO vendor had actually been holding back the true secret to SEO success! But the real secret is there is no secret. There are no tricks or games you can play with your SEO program in order to sneak your way up to the top of Google. In fact, any tricks or games that used to work are now actually putting your site at risk. The Google algorithm has only gotten smarter over the years, and is better at weeding out sites that don\u2019t measure up. So how exactly are you supposed to \u201cramp up\u201d your SEO?<\/p>\n<h3>Write more content.<\/h3>\n<p>Every page on your site becomes a potential doorway to search traffic. A static website that is 10 pages (even if they are a great 10 pages) can only show up for so many search terms simply because there is only so much content for Google to grab onto. If you want to \u201cramp up\u201d your SEO, start by upping your content production. If you are used to writing one blog post a week, try to get used to writing two or even three a week. Suddenly you\u2019ve doubled (or even tripled) the amount of content Google has to work with. This means you can target more search terms, reach a wider audience, keep your social profiles more active, earn more natural links and steadily build you online reputation.<\/p>\n<h3>Clean up what\u2019s holding you back.<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes the best way to move your SEO forward is to do a little house cleaning. Take a look at your Webmaster Tools account and see if there are any issues that could be holding you back&#8212;do you need to make your site more mobile friendly? Mobilegeddon hit in mid-April and plenty of sites fell short. Are there are any manual action penalties levied against a section of your site? Do you have some bad inbound links that need to be cleaned up? Is there dead content on your site that could be removed or repurposed? A lot of times site owners are so concerned about the next big thing that they don\u2019t see the easy-win opportunities (and those aren\u2019t always that easy to find!) sitting right in front of them. Make sure all your SEO basics are squared away before you worry about ramping things up.<\/p>\n<h3>Get your house onboard.<\/h3>\n<p>One of the best ways to \u201cramp up\u201d your SEO is just to make sure that everyone is doing their part! Every team in your organization, not just marketing, can benefit from better SEO and contribute to your overall success. For instance, the customer service team knows exactly what kind of questions your customers have. If your site isn\u2019t answering those questions, forcing them to call in, then that\u2019s a gaping hole in your SEO! Your PR team should be seeing where your competition is getting online coverage because those could be solid link earning opportunities for you! When you have the entire staff onboard your job gets a lot easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There comes a point in every SEO vendor-client relationship when the client wants to \u201ctake it to the next level,\u201d as if their SEO vendor had actually been holding back&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickmarketing.com\/blog\/ramp-up-seo\">More Info<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can You Really \u201cRamp Up\u201d Your SEO Program? | Brick Marketing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Clients are always asking, \u201cWhat else can we do with our SEO?\u201d The question is\u2014can you really ramp up something you can\u2019t completely control.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brickmarketing.com\/blog\/ramp-up-seo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can You Really \u201cRamp Up\u201d Your SEO Program? 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