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Forte GrowthJames de Lacey & Gareth Boyd – Rant and catchupEpisode #26 of Forte Growth with James de Lacey and Gareth Boyd, who have a catchup to talk about what's been happening lately after a guest no-show.
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Brought to you by Forte Analytica. Forte Analytica is a dedicated link building services agency providing SEO and digital PR for small businesses, startups, and agencies: https://forteanalytica.co.uk
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Forte GrowthNeil Patel – Driving leads and links at enterprise levelEpisode #25 of Forte Growth with Neil Patel, one of the most well known digital marketers and a New York Times bestselling author.
Find out more and follow Neil:
Website: https://neilpatel.com / https://npdigital.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilpatel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilkpatel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neilkpatel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neilpatel
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/neilpatel
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. Forte Analytica is a dedicated link building services agency providing SEO and digital PR for small busine...2024-04-2322 min
Forte GrowthCasey Botticello – AI content process to make 5 figures monthlyEpisode #24 of Forte Growth with Casey Botticello, a blogger, digital marketing consultant, and indie creator.
James de Lacey speaks with Casey on his unique approach to portfolio management, focusing primarily on his innovative AI process. We explore the nitty-gritty details of how he generates and edits his projects, his strategies for monetization, and his plans for future endeavors.
What sets this conversation apart is our deep dive into the topic of niche selection. Casey shares his method for choosing the right niche—actually combining two niches—to inspire listeners who are considering similar ventures. This uniq...2024-04-221h 06
Forte GrowthCraig Campbell – Revealing his hidden ecommerce business setupEpisode #23 of Forte Growth with Craig Campbell, one of the SEO industries most well known names and has been in the game for 20 years.
Normally, Craig will be on podcasts talking about black hat SEO tactics and links, in this episode Craig talks about his hidden projects which is ecommerce.
In this jampacked episode, Craig explains how he scales his ecommerce stores, some with no products being held, digital products, using affiliates to push his ecommerce brands and much more.
Find out more and...2024-04-2141 min
Forte GrowthRandy Rohde – Most underrated & powerful SEO strategyEpisode #22 of Forte Growth with Randy Rohde from 38 Digital Market, a digital marketing agency in Chagrin Falls, OH that helps businesses grow with the power of press releases.
James speaks with Randy about one of SEOs most underrated strategies which is press releases. He speaks about how powerful they are if you use them correctly, best practices, pages to link to and how many times you should use a press release.
Find out more and follow Randy:
https://38digitalmarket.com/
https://twitter.com/RandyTheNewsGuy
2024-04-2040 min
Forte GrowthCharlie Whitworth – Ecommerce SEO and AI with an experienced enterprise SEOEpisode #21 of Forte Growth with Charlie Whitworth is an SEO consultant with years of experience working in-house and at an agency with enterprise clients.
James speaks with Charlie on a variety of topics and shares great knowledge on keyword research, clustering keywords with AI, cannibalization, then cover in depth with ecommerce SEO from his experience working with huge ecommerce brands.
Find out more and follow Charlie:
https://www.whitworthseo.com
https://twitter.com/WhitworthSEO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seo-consultancy-manchester/
2024-04-1943 min
Forte GrowthRicky Kesler – How Income School is adapting and changingEpisode #20 of Forte Growth with Ricky Kesler is the co-founder of Income School and a well-known YouTuber and online blogger who wants to help people make money online as a side hustle or to replace their jobs.
Find out more and follow Ricky:
https://incomeschool.com
https://linkedin.com/in/rickkesler
https://twitter.com/RickyKesler
https://youtube.com/c/incomeschool
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. Forte Analytica is a dedicated link building services agency providing SEO and digital PR for smal...2024-04-1756 min
Forte GrowthMorgan Overholt – Become a freelancing BEAST on UpworkEpisode #19 of Forte Growth with Morgan Overholt is a BEAST on Upwork; Morgan speaks about freelancing or hiring on Upwork.
James speaks with Morgan about how she started her freelancing
journey and replaced her full-time income with how she runs a small
media company that owns several blogs.
Morgan shares a tonne of valuable information on how to
leverage Upwork to make money as a side hustle, the platform’s inner
workings, and how to land more freelance gigs with Upwork.
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Forte GrowthJaryd Krause – How to buy and grow online businesses in 2024Episode #18 of Forte Growth with Jaryd Krauss is a well-known name online for buying online businesses, nurturing their growth, and helping others to do the same, whether the goal is to sell for a profit or hold onto them as valuable assets.
James speaks with Jaryd about the different online business models, from content-driven websites to SaaS, membership platforms, and e-commerce. What Jaryd considers vital for identifying and scaling the right business to its peak potential.
Jaryd explains his approach to maintaining a relationship with Google as a business ally, focusing on creating and delivering...2024-03-1243 min
Forte GrowthJames Brooks – TikTok Shop is changing the game for businesses & affiliate marketersEpisode #17 of Forte Growth with James Brook, founder of JournoMofo.
James shares his journey in the crypto world, focusing on launching NFT projects, which led to building his tool, JournoMofo. It helps users quickly find and respond to journalism requests on Twitter/X, offering a smart way to get quality links without the competition found on platforms like HARO.
They also discuss the power of TikTok, exploring its potential for businesses and affiliate marketers. The conversation highlights the benefits of TikTok Shop for promoting products and expanding affiliate marketing efforts in innovative ways.
2024-02-0354 min
Forte GrowthJake Boly – The art of creating authoritative reviews on That Fit FriendEpisode #16 of Forte Growth with Jake Boly, founder of That Fit Friend.
Jake Bowley is not your typical SEO expert focused on building niche websites. Instead, he takes a different approach, centering his work around writing comprehensive reviews based on hands-on testing and personal experiences. It's almost like a review site, but with a distinctive twist that sets it apart from traditional SEO strategies.
James speaks with Jake about his review process, how he goes about conducting his tests and crafting in-depth reviews that convert. Discover the order in which he creates his content, his...2024-01-0757 min
Forte GrowthJames Camp – Pivet from niche sites & become small media publishers!Episode #15 of Forte Growth with James Camp, a serial online entrepreneur.
James de Lacey speaks with James Camp, an ex-Googler turned successful entrepreneur and mentor. James has an impressive track record, having achieved multiple exits from his own companies and investing in content sites and startups.
Find out more and follow James:
www.x.com/jamesoncamp | www.nanoflips.com
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. An agency dedicated to digital PR and link building: www.forteanalytica.co.uk #fortegrowth #digitalmarketing #podcast #marketing2024-01-0254 min
Forte GrowthJared Bauman – Maximizing side hustles + leveraging YouTubeThe 'niche-famous' Jared Bauman of 201 Creative explains how he makes $3k/mo with his side hustle! 🤑
James de Lacey, our host, gets into the nitty gritty of everything Jared does to make money online with this great interview!2024-01-0259 min
Forte GrowthAlex Cooper – Saying goodbye to niche sitesEpisode #13 of Forte Growth with Alex Cooper, AKA WP Eagle.
James de Lacey speaks with Alex about his portfolio of websites, developing his own WordPress theme, a 5-figure exit in 2021, and his plans towards moving away from building niche sites.
Find out more and follow Alex:
www.x.com/wordpresseagle | www.wpeagle.com
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. An agency dedicated to link building: www.forteanalytica.co.uk#fortegrowth #digitalmarketing #podcast #marketing2024-01-0251 min
Forte GrowthPre New Year with Gareth Boyd and James de LaceyJames de Lacey speaks with Gareth Boyd, co-founder of Forte Analytica.
This was recorded a day before Christmas Eve. James and Gareth cover a wide variety of topics from SEO, ecommerce, paid traffic and building a business away from content-purpose sites.
We cover some great opinions and share our thoughts of 2023 and plans for a big year ahead in 2024.
We hope everyone had a great Christmas with family and friends, and Happy New Year! LFG!
Brought to you by Fo...2023-12-2749 min
Forte GrowthJason Mills – Sneaky Reddit marketing tactic = insane affiliate revenueEpisode #14 of Forte Growth with Jason Mills, founder of The Affiliate School.
James de Lacey speaks with Jason Mills on his 2 sites that got hit by the recent HCU update, explains why he thinks they got slapped and what he is doing to recover.
Jason goes on to reveal what he has been doing on Reddit and making bank!
Find out more and follow Jason:
www.x.com/nichejason | www.theaffiliateschool.co.uk
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Forte GrowthSammie Ellard-King – Building brand assets at scale in competitive nichesEpisode #12 of Forte Growth with Sammie Ellard-King, the founder of Up The Gains, a UK-based financial website.
James de Lacey speaks with Sammie on building Up The Gains, branching out from focusing purely on Google search traffic.
This is an episode filled with tonnes of valuable insight from someone who started as a "niche site" and wasn't affected by the recent Google updates.
Find out more and follow Sammie:
www.x.com/ellardking | www.upthegains.co.uk
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. An agency dedicated to link building: www.forteanalytica.co.uk#forteg...2023-11-2349 min
Forte GrowthCyrus Shepard – Inside info on working for RaterhubEpisode #11 of Forte Growth with Cyrus Shepard who is a Google Quality Rater with Raterhub.
James de Lacey quite candidly put it, Cyrus is "the guy that comes to your site and basically tells you if your site is shit or not".
This is an episode with an hour of golden nuggets. There are so many questions answered.
Find out more from Cyrus:
www.x.com/CyrusShepard | www.zyppy.com
www.linkedin.com/in/cyrusshepard | threads.net/@CyrusShepard
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. An agency dedicated to link building: www.fo...2023-10-241h 05
Forte GrowthKasra Dash – Google doesn't ignore bad links!Episode #10 of Forte Growth with Kasra Dash who owns 600+ R&R sites alongside his casino/gambling affiliate sites.
James de Lacey spoke with Kasra on building links (citations, tiered links), toxic links, disavowing links and his casino and gambling affiliate sites.
A total jampacked episode covering a lot of topics that Kasra has been testing with proven results.
Find out more from Kasra: x.com/kasradash | KasraDash.com | Kasra Dash on YouTube
Brought to you by Forte Analytica. An agency dedicated to link building.2023-10-171h 01
Forte GrowthKyle Roof – The helpful content update and no talk of EEAT!In episode #9 of Forte Growth, James de Lacey and Kyle Roof the founder of POP and High Voltage SEO.
James speaks with Kyle about the Helpful Content Update, page experience, language to show experience, dupe content and KGI keyword technique. We don't talk about anything to do with EEAT – so a completely unique podcast.
A great episode that doesn't touch the usual topic Kyle is usually asked about.... EEAT! We hope you enjoy the podcast as much as we enjoyed speaking with Kyle Roof and producing this.
2023-10-1243 min
Forte GrowthRand Fishkin – 'Zero click marketing' is closer than everIn episode #8 of Forte Growth, James de Lacey and Gareth Boyd speak with the founder of Moz and now co-founder of SparkToro, Rand Fishkin – one of the most popular and well-known SEO and marketers of the noughties.
We speak with Rand on his spin on modern marketing called 'Zero Click Marketing' and a tonne of golden nuggets to marketing going forward – simply, listen to the podcast.
This is an awesome episode – really hope you enjoy it as it was for us speaking with Rand Fishkin and producing this.
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Forte Growth#SEO Space Thursday — HCU complete and Q&A#SEO Space Thursday – Google Helpful Content Update completed its rollout with Gareth Boyd, James de Lacey, and Andrew Boyd!
Follow @garethaboyd to keep an eye out for the next #SEO Space!2023-09-292h 39
Forte GrowthMiles Beckler – Make millions selling digital productsIn episode #7 of Forte Growth, James de Lacey speaks with Miles Beckler about modern tactics for lead generation, building newsletters, Etsy, and producing copywriting that SELLS.
This is a great episode – really hope you enjoy it as it was for us speaking with Miles and producing this.
Follow Miles & learn more @milesbeckler / milesbeckler.com / Miles YouTube
Forte Growth Youtube: @ForteGrowthPodcast
Link building services: www.forteanalytica.co.uk2023-09-2658 min
Forte Growth#SEO Space Sunday – Google targets niche sites & no HCU reverse#SEO Space Sunday – Google targets niche sites & no HCU reverse with Gareth Boyd, Kasra Dasha, James de Lacey, and Jared Bauman!
We covered:
Google targeting niche sites & response to my post on not deserving to rank
@JohnMu's comment on not "rolling back this update"
Sammie's thoughts on 72 hours of looking at A LOT of garbage.
Mentions in the SEO Space:
Up The Gains @ www.upthegains.co.uk
Jared Bauman: https://weekendgrowth.com
Follow @garethaboyd to keep an eye out for the next #SEO Space!2023-09-252h 15
Forte Growth#SEO Space Saturday #Google happenings#SEO Space Saturday #Google happenings – we have started having a #SEO Space live on Twitter/X every so often.
Jamie IF, Kasra Dasha, James de Lacey, and an impromptu appearance from Clint Butler!
Mentions in the SEO Space:
Jamie's killer content strategy for intros: https://increasing.com/spear-framework-how-to-write-intros
Kasra's strategy for cutting dead weight content: https://x.com/Kasra_Dash/status/1705534466930696444?s=20
Follow @garethaboyd to keep an eye out for the next #SEO Space!2023-09-231h 18
Forte GrowthJon Dykstra – $100k/mo content publishing businessIn episode #6 of Forte Growth, James de Lacey speaks with Jon Dykstra about his mega content publishing business and how his sites dominate display ads.
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Follow Jon & learn more @fatstacksblog / fatstacksblog.com
Forte Growth Youtube: @ForteGrowthPodcast
Link building services: www.forteanalytica.co.uk2023-09-2041 min
Forte GrowthChris Palmer – What EEAT REALLY is + how to write the best AI contentWe spoke with Chris Palmer just before the Digital Unfiltered conference in Las Vegas. James asks some great questions on EEAT and what it really is and how you can write great AI content that ranks.2023-08-2945 min
Forte GrowthJamie I.F. on Etsy secrets for niche domination & what Google is "trying" to doWe speak with Jamie I.F. about his “hate” for Google, cover many topics surrounding Google SGE, and his thoughts on what Google is developing around it.
He then goes into massive detail on how he recovered one of his sites with usual topics from updating old content, but most importantly, he goes over his updated framework on how he makes pages not only rank but convert!
Then it doesn’t end there; Jamie explains how he is leveraging Etsy alongside his portfolio of sites and much more.
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Forte GrowthEdd Dawson on how to create sites that last 18 years and a new keyword tool!In this episode of the Forte Growth Podcast, we interview Edd Dawson!
Edd recently orchestrated a significant exit from broadband.co.uk, and
in this episode, we dive deep into the intricacies of that venture.
We’ll explore his unique strategies in optimizing conversion rates,
building out a diversified portfolio of broadband and energy sites, and
his success in crafting a livelihood solely from affiliate marketing
within those domains.
But our conversation doesn’t stop there. We’ll delve into his usage of
Sasktel, the keywords that drive traffic, and a special tool that’s
discussed in detail. The tool is...2023-08-0854 min
Forte GrowthHarvey Meale on making $10k within 12 months and $8k from 15k pageviewsIn this podcast James speaks with Harvey Meale who covers his background and how stumbled into the niche site world. Harvey tells his story of how he built a site to make $10k within 12 months!
https://twitter.com/harveymeale
https://harveymeale.com/2023-08-0154 minForte GrowthListen if you liked the Niche Website Builders podcast - An introduction!Carrying on where Niche Website Builders Podcast left off, with the same host, James de Lacey, along with Gareth Boyd, co-founder of Forte Analytica.
We will be interviewing industry leaders, success stories, and people doing great things online! The lineup of guests over the next few weeks are exciting and I'm sure you will enjoy it!
Be sure to follow us on our YouTube Chanel @ForteGrowthPodcast!2023-07-3036 min