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Here's your host, Jillian Leslie. Hello, my friends.

Welcome back to the Blogger Genius Podcast. I'm your host, Jillian Leslie. And I just have to say, I'm so grateful that you are here. This is a rebroadcast of one of my most popular episodes from 2021.

And I think we all need a congratulations for almost getting through the year.

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And now let me tell you about the rebroadcast. Well, I have the CEO of Yoast on the show her name is Marieke van de Rakt. I'm sure I have mangled her name, but she is so lovely. And for those of you that don't know what Yoast is, it's a WordPress plugin you install on your blog and it helps you optimize your content for SEO.

If you don't have it installed, I highly recommend you do there's a free version that's really useful. And Marika shares. A lot of practical advice you do not have to be technical to understand SEO. Remember, Google's really smart and we talk a lot about that. Without further delay. Here is my interview with Marieke van de Rakt.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why you need to write something people want to read
The importance of keyword research before writing your blog post
How to optimize your content for the screen
How to think about your content hierarchy
What cornerstone content is and why you should create some
The importance of structured data so Google knows what you’re writing about
Why niching down is so important!

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Show Notes:

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Jillian Leslie 24:05 Because we are talking all about creating optimized blog posts, definitely get my free blog posts, checklists to help guide you as you write your posts. You can get this at milotree.com/blogpostchecklist

Print it out, put it on your desk, keep it there while you are writing your posts. So again, milotree.com/blogpostchecklist. It's really useful. Don't write a post without it. And now back to the show.

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I wanted to read this new review on iTunes from Patricia and she titled it Awesome Blogging Podcast.

" I have been listening from episode one in chronological order. And they have all been so helpful so I can start my own blog. I love the fact that you listen so closely to your guests and are interested in what they are saying and not just waiting to ask the next question. Keep up the great job!"

Thank you so much. Patricia.

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