In episode #808, Eric and Neil discuss their early failures. Tune in to hear what not to do if you want long-term success.

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TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:
[00:27] Today’s Topic: My Failed Attempt at SEO
[00:38] When Eric started doing SEO, he wanted to white and black hat stuff.
[00:55] He made a website called Lightshow Videos.
[01:10] WIthin a month or so, he was ranked #1 for lightshow videos.
[01:20] However, it doesn’t matter where you rank if you don’t get any volume.
[01:40] Neil’s first site was a job board.
[01:47] He realized the sites that had the most amount of traffic, had the most pages.
[02:00] He scraped Google and looked for the most popular pages, then recreated those on his site.
[02:05] He then started getting thousands of visitors per month.
[02:14] Once he added Ad Sense, Google then became wise to his scheme and his traffic slowed down.
[03:00] Eric once made a website about getting rid of pimples.
[03:15] He hired writers off of Text Brokers and had them write 300-500 word articles.
[03:30] Traffic slowly increased, but then remained stagnant.
[03:50] Eric learned that you get what you pay for: quality matters!
[04:22] Don’t get too greedy with link building.
[04:31] Neil acquired a site called “Battlefield Bypass”, which was a park that was once the site of a Civil War battle. The site had a bunch of government backlinks.
[04:41] Then he moved on to online casinos.
[05:00] Neil would dominate rankings by backlinking to popular sites.
[05:30] He was getting results, but it would only last for a couple of months.
[05:55] The point is: Aim for long-term success.
[06:09] That’s all for today!
[06:18] Go here to see how many downloads the show is getting. Also rate and review to help Eric and Neil meet their goal of 1 Million downloads per month. Hopefully, we’ll see you at the live event in L.A.!

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In episode #808, Eric and Neil discuss their early failures. Tune in to hear what not to do if you want long-term success. Eric and Neil have committed to throwing a FREE Marketing School Live Event in Los Angeles, once Marketing School reaches 1M downloads in a 30 day period. Take action: Rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE. Check the progress <a href="http://marketingschool.io/stats/">here</a>! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: <ul> <li>[00:27] Today’s Topic: My Failed Attempt at SEO
</li> <li>[00:38] When Eric started doing SEO, he wanted to white and black hat stuff.</li> <li>[00:55] He made a website called Lightshow Videos.</li> <li>[01:10] WIthin a month or so, he was ranked #1 for lightshow videos.</li> <li>[01:20] However, it doesn’t matter where you rank if you don’t get any volume.</li> <li>[01:40] Neil’s first site was a job board.</li> <li>[01:47] He realized the sites that had the most amount of traffic, had the most pages.</li> <li>[02:00] He scraped Google and looked for the most popular pages, then recreated those on his site.</li> <li>[02:05] He then started getting thousands of visitors per month.</li> <li>[02:14] Once he added <a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/start/">Ad Sense</a>, Google then became wise to his scheme and his traffic slowed down.</li> <li>[03:00] Eric once made a website about getting rid of pimples.</li> <li>[03:15] He hired writers off of <a href="https://www.textbroker.com/">Text Brokers</a> and had them write 300-500 word articles.</li> <li>[03:30] Traffic slowly increased, but then remained stagnant.</li> <li>[03:50] Eric learned that you get what you pay for: quality matters!</li> <li>[04:22] Don’t get too greedy with link building.</li> <li>[04:31] Neil acquired a site called “Battlefield Bypass”, which was a park that was once the site of a Civil War battle. The site had a bunch of government backlinks.</li> <li>[04:41] Then he moved on to online casinos.</li> <li>[05:00] Neil would dominate rankings by backlinking to popular sites.</li> <li>[05:30] He was getting results, but it would only last for a couple of months.</li> <li>[05:55] The point is: Aim for long-term success.</li> <li>[06:09] That’s all for today!</li> <li>[06:18] Go <a href="http://marketingschool.io/stats">here</a> to see how many downloads the show is getting. Also rate and review to help Eric and Neil meet their goal of 1 Million downloads per month. Hopefully, we’ll see you at the live event in L.A.!</li> </ul> Leave some feedback: <ul> <li>What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below.</li> <li>Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.</li> </ul> Connect with us: <ul> <li><a href="http://neilpatel.com/">NeilPatel.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.quicksprout.com/">Quick Sprout</a></li> <li><a href="http://growtheverywhere.com/">Growth Everywhere</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.singlegrain.com/">Single Grain</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/neilpatel">Twitter @neilpatel</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ericosiu">Twitter @ericosiu</a></li> </ul>   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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