Meagan Morris on Scaling Leafwell to 2 Million Visitors Per Year and Building Trust In A Regulated Industry

Join Nate Matherson as he sits down with Meagan Morris for the eighteenth episode of the Optimize podcast. Meagan is the Director of Content and SEO for Leafwell. Meagan has worn many hats in the digital world, from Yahoo! and Metro US to Hearst Magazines and Hurrdat. This episode covers a variety of topics important to developing a content channel that is resilient to algorithm updates, establishing trust with your audience, and developing site authority organically. In this episode Meagan and Nate discuss Leafwell’s journey from 0 to over 2 Million visitors per year, dissecting the strategy, tips, and insights Meagan has learned over the last two years. Meagan also shares her process for creating content briefs that enable freelancers to deliver fantastic content every time. Rounding out the episode, Meagan and Nate get tactical with link-building campaigns utilizing link bait and PR. Closing out the episode is our popular lightning round of questions! For more information please visit www.positional.com, or email us at podcast@positional.com.

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What To Listen For:
03:00 Meagan’s Background and Leafwell Intro

08:57 Creating processes to manage publishing 60+ blogs per month

10:45 How Meagan found and vetted freelancers

14:36 How to internally track and coordinate a robust content creation strategy

16:01 Crafting the perfect content brief: do’s and don'ts

20:07 The importance of sourcing in a regulated industry

22:05 Setting SEO KPIs and their evolution over a channel’s lifespan

23:29 Tips for Optimizing CROs and CTAs

26:21 Revisiting old content and the importance of updated publishing dates in SERPs

30:47 Benefits of location-based pages and location-based SEO

33:44 How to strategize after a positive algorithm update?

35:02 Meagan shares tips for building backlinks with PR and Link Bait

37:49 Is SEO becoming more competitive compared to the 2010s?

39:44 Is SEO going to fundamentally change with Google’s SGE or other AI influences?

41:20 Lightning question round