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Writing about SEO learnings

Writing about SEO learnings

Mark Bowley
July 16, 2024

Hello!

It was a busy time in June for me with work, and on top of that my son finished school (UK A-Levels) and my daughter finished university! July is now flying by too. Who else finds summer a really busy time?

Here’s my usual mix of side projects, writing and work updates.

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Writing about SEO learnings

Most of you will already know I’ve been experimenting with SEO in the last year or so. I’ve also been writing on Medium to form a writing habit. So to combine them I’ve set up a Medium Publication called Tiny SEO Lessons.

I’d love to have you follow along, or hear your thoughts and comments. I may even open it up to other writers once I get going.

Another milestone approaching for Starrt

My Starrt website is creeping on towards 1000 monthly clicks from Google search! I’m quite in awe of this as I still consider myself a beginner at SEO, just chipping away for the last couple of years. It’s also not a bad achievement for a small niche directory and blog.

Crazy Instagram story

This one caught my eye recently. Photographer David Hurn is leveraging Instagram at the age of 89!

Photographer David Hurn on cracking Instagram in his 80s

Over a seven-decade career David Hurn has photographed everyone from the Beatles to Audrey Hepburn.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89zeg04w8go

No-code domain sale

I was pleased to sell a domain on Dan recently. This was my first sale of a domain I’d purchased specifically as an investment, in 2020. It was a dot com including the keyword “nocode”. I also have a couple of other domains for sale on Dan.

Bias for action

This post from Hiten was spot on, for me. Getting into a mindset where everything you’re doing is an experiment really helps if you’re struggling with your productivity or imposter syndrome.

My recent writings

Here are some highlights of my recent writing:

How to avoid side hustles you’ll get bored of
How I had a happy accident with a side project (Deck of Carrd backstory)
The 3 key areas to focus on for SEO

Work update

I currently have availability in August onwards, for projects, part time, or coaching. The kind of projects I’ve been completing recently are:

Website design & builds (WordPress & Webflow)
Website management (WordPress & Webflow)
Canva template setups

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