In this episode we celebrate the 100th Episode with an in-depth interview with Girl Get Visible and SEOAssist.com Founder Akilah Thompkins-Robinson. You've heard of the popular show "Inside the Actor's Studio" today we are Inside the GGV studio and Guest-host Kishshana Palmer of kishshanaco.com goes deep with Akilah THompkins-Robinson to learn about her journey to GGV and creating her Saas company, what mistakes and pitfalls she had to overcome during her business and podcast journey, what motiv...
Apr 22, 2022•48 min•Ep. 100
In honor of getting close to our 100th episode milestone, I wanted to talk about my favorite and most impactful episodes ever. Over time, I’ve found my most downloaded episode to the episodes my audience resonates with the most. I’ve talked about my love of hip hop to having some of my favorite people as guests, sharing their expertise and real SEO stories. It’s really been a remarkable journey. I’ve been able to share my knowledge of SEO and its benefits to your business, while also showing oth...
Apr 07, 2022•36 min•Ep. 99
Did you know that podcasting is one of three sustainable places to make your content? Podcast SEO is extremely important and has gained an immense increase in attraction online and within the business community. Even major companies are expanding their products to host and invest into the podcast community. I’ve been within the podcast space for years, and it still shocks me when I find out SEO is not being used. People are really struggling, because although SEO is pretty old and podcasting is ...
Mar 31, 2022•28 min•Ep. 98
We can no longer run away from video content on social media platforms. From Tik Tok to Instagram Reels, everything now gives preference to short clips. Now, I know not everyone has the time, experience and desire to work with video. So, let’s talk about how to increase our use of the very strategy that social media platforms give preference to. Did you know that better performing video content is about 60 seconds? Girl, think through some of your content that can be repurposed today. There are ...
Mar 24, 2022•35 min•Ep. 97
Have you ever had someone address you by the wrong name? I have while receiving a podcast pitch and immediately, I lost my desire in reading the remainder of the email. Mistakes happen, but that’s not really a great first impression if you want to be a guest on my podcast show and in front of my audience. If you’re not familiar with what a podcast pitch is, I am here to help. It is where you send an email to a fellow podcaster letting them know why they should consider you as a guest on their sh...
Mar 19, 2022•44 min•Ep. 96
Today’s episode is to provide accountability to my Girl Get Visible listeners, on how you view your metrics and KPI. In recent discussions, I’ve seen business owners, not willing to own up to, whatever metrics they are measuring their business by. For example, in SEO, metrics we may measure ourselves by are email subscribers, bounce rates, keyword rankings, and even page speed, to name a few. If you’ve been in a few SEO training sessions already, you may hear some lofty metric goals, but don’t s...
Mar 08, 2022•30 min•Ep. 95
In this episode, I am so happy to speak with Brittany Raji Alberty, founder of The Marketing Midwife, to discuss how she successfully stayed visible while managing life and business. Brittany attended one of my courses on using SEO a few years back, and we recently reconnected on Club House. She is now an educator to other entrepreneurs on how to be successful through ecommerce, online visibility, and content strategy. In 2021, her top visibility strategies were using Club House, Content Marketi...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 94
“Own your Niche, Love your niche, Date your niche” - Akilah According to the Oxford Dictionary, a niche is “denoting products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population”. Terms such as small and specialized, means that your niche should capitalize on a targeted audience. Have you ever thought about that? In this episode, I talk about the importance of selecting a niche and then narrowing it. One thing that business owners struggle with is communicating ...
Feb 22, 2022•33 min•Ep. 93
Every year I get asked the same question, is blogging dead? The short answer is NO, the full answer is nothing ever dies it just evolves. In this episode, I talk about the 2022 evolution of blogging, content marketing, and audience. Blogging isn’t just for good SEO In 2022 Every course creator, membership site owner, podcaster needs to include blogging or an aggressive show notes strategy (for my podcasters) into their marketing strategy. In the episodes, I talk about the importance of blogging ...
Feb 11, 2022•20 min•Ep. 92
As we jump into 2022. It’s a good idea to look at what worked and what isn’t working in your business. A lot of times when we do these reviews we focus on metrics, money, customers to measure how well we did but we rarely look at the marketing strategies, marketing tactics, and overall marketing habits that we need to make to grow scale and have a better year. This year I’m calling all of my entrepreneurs to level up, if you’re a coach, course creator, membership site owner this episode is for y...
Jan 26, 2022•40 min•Ep. 91
In this episode, we talk a little about setting healthy boundaries in your small business. I know It's hard to set boundaries when you love your business, love helping your customers, and overall love what you do. Especially if you're a course creator, executive business coach, membership sites owner small business IT or Marketing consulting, or any of these business models where your goal is to help and serve others. For us, boundary setting can be really difficult but setting healthy boundarie...
Dec 14, 2021•39 min•Ep. 90
In today's episode, Akilah Thompkins-Robinson goes in deep and talks about her journey creating a Software as a service (saas) company and why she thinks in the next few years more course creators, membership site owners, and entrepreneurs will want/need to think about how they can create tools to help their audience get more work done. Akilah answers questions about the tech and non-tech skills needed to create and bring to market a new tool Being a female founder How she's dealt with imposter ...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 89
Are you on the last-minute "what can I do for my business for the black Friday" mission? So am I let's talk about it? Entrepreneurs, online businesses owners, Biz Friends, It's not too late to jump in and create a black Friday deal. In this episode, I share some black Friday marketing ideas and strategies even if you haven't thought of what to do. I also talk about how to maximize your Black Friday marketing and what to expect this Black Friday 2021 season. And this goes for Black Friday, Small ...
Nov 19, 2021•34 min•Ep. 88
A lot of business owners whether you are a service provider, course creator, or membership site owner we have a little coaching in us. For years I resisted the coach title until I really started to learn what coaching is and how to use it to better serve my clients and members. In this episode, I invited my friend and one of my Coaches Kim McCarter on to talk about embracing coaching and using it in your existing business I also started working with and joined Kim’s Self-Made Success system. Kim...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 87
If you've ever heard me speak about SEO then you've probably heard a little or a lot about how I hate WIX for SEO and I recommend people as soon as possible get over to WordPress, Shopify or Squarespace. Naturally the next question I get from most entrepreneurs, course creators, and membership owners after I talk about making this move is how do I move my site, and will moving my site kill my SERP ranking and Search Engine Optimization efforts. So I figured I would be a good SEO coach if I didn'...
Oct 25, 2021•38 min
MicroBlogging is creating small snippets of content and posting or publishing on a platform outside of your website. A lot of entrepreneurs have been microblogging for years on social and we don’t even recognize it. If you’ve ever made a long Instagram or Facebook caption, done a series of Tik Tok ideas or reels, or even done one of those 5-10-part Twitter series; then you have been microblogging and didn’t even know it. Most coaches, course creators, and membership site owners don’t realize tha...
Sep 15, 2021•38 min•Ep. 85
Conversations that use technical terms that typical business owners do not understand, are common. A prime example of this is the idea of ranking factors. Think to yourself as you are listening to this episode and ask, Do I know what a ranking factor is or why it matters. Business owners and entrepreneurs may not be familiar with ranking factors, because it is not always spoken about. When using SEO as a strategy, having customers come to your site is important, but you are just beginning. If yo...
Jul 31, 2021•36 min•Ep. 84
Ya’ll, my bushes are gone and I am so upset! The absolute audacity. So, my husband and I decided to focus on our home’s landscaping this year, guess who was really proud of our new budding bushes and growing vine! I was….. This was going to be our home makeover and I could not wait to see what it was going to look like next year. But then, everything took a turn when I went out to check on my bushes and only one was left, with three small leaves. As I was going through a world of emotions, in tr...
Jul 17, 2021•33 min•Ep. 83
Grab your sunscreen, we are going to the beach! It is finally summer, my favorite season of the year. The weather is nicer, my son is out of school, there are more events happening and oh yes… vacations! Although it is definitely a busier time of the year for relaxation and fun, entrepreneurs and business owners tend to struggle with actually being present for this time. We tend to focus so much on our business, our clients, and our content, that we forget about someone very important, ourselves...
Jun 30, 2021•36 min•Ep. 82
Many coaches, course creators, and entrepreneurs need help with creating a membership site and recurring revenue business. Recurring revenue model is important because having a membership builds a sustainable business that allows you to make revenue and serve with less stress. In today’s episode, I talk with guest Stu McLaren about how to build recurring revenue businesses with membership and subscription businesses. Memberships is a widely used sustainable business model and practice, but keepi...
Apr 18, 2021•36 min
Every entrepreneur has a story behind their business. Take a moment to think about your unique story and walk through the journey that has led you to where you are today. The virtual space can feel overwhelming, with every business owner trying to market themselves the best. Here at Girl Get Visible, we always want to stand out from the ‘sea of sameness’ and be visible to our ideal clients. When trying to grow your business, it’s important to build a strong foundation and gain positive growth. W...
Apr 10, 2021•39 min•Ep. 80
Many entrepreneurs, course creators, coaches need help with managing their money as an entrepreneur and their small business finances . Learning how to manage money as an entrepreneur is important because managing money will help you save more and take home more money from your business. In today’s episode, we talk with Belinda Rosenblum, CPA and Money Strategist at Own Your Money Belinda Rosenblum has spent years working in finance and in the last 4-5 years has created programs to help entrepre...
Mar 17, 2021•54 min•Ep. 79
When you hear about SEO, the ending tagline is always just, it attracts more traffic to your site. But I am here to tell you that SEO is much more than that. In this episode, I talk about how SEO attracts the right traffic to your site, grows your brand, and makes residual income. When you have good SEO, it prepares people to buy from you. It helps people along their buying journey when they are checking out your products, so it’s important we focus on doing this process right. I am always looki...
Mar 08, 2021•33 min•Ep. 78
I am here to provide you the secret sauce of SEO, this number one backlink strategy for 2021..... Everyone has been on social media, creating new businesses and just getting out there! Because of this, we now need to strategize to not get caught in the “sea of sameness”. Being visible using SEO is more than just getting your business posted everywhere, being on clubhouse or having a lot of followers! In this episode, I talk about a backlink strategy that I know is going to be successful in 2021....
Mar 02, 2021•29 min•Ep. 77
Hey Guys, I am back again with another LIVE podcast episode, this time using Instagram LIVE! If you have been an avid Girl Get Visible listener, you will know that I am passionate about the overall wellbeing of entrepreneurs. I have so many amazing past episodes where I’ve spoken or have had guest experts speak about taking care of ourselves as a business owner because quite frankly ---- it can be A LOT! I’ll add some links to those episodes, for you to check out. In today’s episode, I am talkin...
Feb 09, 2021•31 min•Ep. 76
Are you on Clubhouse or do you know what Clubhouse is? Clubhouse is an invitation-only, audio-chat social networking platform that has taken over the internet! I have been engaging on clubhouse for quite some time and have had the amazing opportunity of hosting rooms, being a moderator and cultivating relationships with clients and other entrepreneurs. For this episode, I wanted to give you LIVE access into my very own Clubhouse room….. and the category is: Can your business thrive on this platf...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 75
If I could describe 2020 in one word, I would say it was UNPREDICTABLE! Not only because of all the events that occurred but there was so much that happened for us, the Girl Get Visible podcast family. This episode is a reflection of this years’ wins and lessons, including pointing out our TOP episodes that killed it with downloads (and why they did!). We used SEO (of course!) to communicate our content and talked about topics that had real time relevance in 2020. But most importantly, we could ...
Jan 14, 2021•34 min•Ep. 74
Many entrepreneurs need help with creating podcast show notes that add value and increase help to increase their downloads. Podcast show notes are important because creating good show notes will help your episodes get found in the search engine and drive traffic to your website. In today's episode, I walk you through my podcast show notes template and I go in-depth about how entrepreneurs can benefit from creating podcast show notes with SEO in mind. This the process I've used to get over 113k d...
Dec 24, 2020•20 min•Ep. 73
Facebook Groups are very common areas for a group of individuals to come together and build a sense of community. Now it’s become such a norm, that there is a FB page for everything, from talking about tv shows/movies to self-care tips! Even us here at Girl Get Visible have our own FB group, where we provide a lot of content to try to encourage engagement for our group members. The golden question is, do we know why sometimes FB groups tend to lose it's steam? Today, we are speaking to talented ...
Oct 01, 2020•55 min•Ep. 72
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