Make sure to look at all the tools deeply before deciding weather or not you would use them. If they are the paid ones I listed then I assure you they are definitely worth the money!

70% of small businesses ditch their website in the first year, often because of low traffic. 67% of website traffic comes from organic search. Websites with a consistent, well implemented SEO strategy see 14.6% increase in traffic MoM Improved website visibility can lead to a 67% increase in qualified leads 60% of mobile searches result in a local business visit within 24 hours. 94.74% of search terms / keywords receive less than 10 monthly searches (yep) Google has 8.7BN searches a day 7.4% of searches are NEW every day. According Moz, each £1 you spend on SEO gives an ROI of 22X Organic traffic converts 2 -5 X better than paid traffic Consistent, high-quality content increases site traffic by 434% + lead generation by 67% Bots only crawl about 20% of your site each time they visit your site What's the most surprising stat for you listed above? Let me know in comments and like if you have a heart ;-) Thanks!

1. Create A Blog Outline A blog outline prevents writer’s block, saves you time, helps you get better search engine rankings, and you can outsource your work. I use post-it notes to write down my thoughts. I write down one thought per post-it and arrange them until they make sense. 2. Understand Your Audience Who are you talking to? When will you talk to them? How will you reach them (blog post, social media post, email)? What social media platforms are they active on (IG, X, Facebook)? When are they active online? What are their problems and challenges? 3. Perform Keyword Research On Your Topic What is relevant to you, may not be relevant to your ideal audience. Use Google (FREE option), ahrefs, or MarketMuse for keyword research. To use Google, type in your keyword or phrase and look at the top 10 search results. Get a feel for the main points and subtopic headings (H1, H2, H3 headings) that these blogs use, and take note of the length of the blog. This is something the algorithm leans heavily on. Keyword research can also help you determine a title. 4. Identify Your Goals Identify what you want to accomplish with your blog post. What is your main goal? What is the purpose of your blog? To inform? A purchase? 5.Organize Ideas + Research Brain dump everything you know about this topic. This is where you want to put all of your keyword and SEO research together and start forming your blog outline. You can do this any way you like. I create a Google doc and use Post-it notes to organize my most important pieces of information -- I know this may sound weird but it works! 6.Put It Together & Get Writing! If you are tired of writing blogs or don’t love writing, send out your outline so someone can write it for you. That's the beauty of creating a blog outline! 7.Publish & Promote! Why spend all of that time creating content if you don't get anyone to see it? This is where you create a marketing plan. You could send out emails, use social media, run ads, or go live and talk about it.

Hi all, it's Mark, and in here I'm a total Newbie. Hope that changes soon, and looking fwd to learning with and from each other/helping out when I can & much more! Glad to be in the group :)