It doesn’t take very long to get a feel for what life is like here in the wild west of digital marketing. I’ve been at In Marketing We Trust for roughly 6 or 7 months and as I reflect on the last few tumultuous and exhilarating months, I thought I’d share some of the nuances, hard truths and memories of SEO in the form of GIFs (pronounced “jif”). To the fun loving and unique bunch of individuals that is the SEO community, I say thank you for the following highlights that we can all probably relate to:
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]How excited you felt on your first week.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]Probably the most important question regarding any agency office.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When you get a LinkedIn request from someone you’ve never met.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When your newly accepted LinkedIn connection sends you a templated InMail sales pitch.
Please. Stop. [/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When your favourite SEO tools get a design change.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]Thinking about your unprepared competitors as the Google “Mobilegeddon” Update approached.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When someone tries to explain their fishy SEO activities. [/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When your client mentions a site migration.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]Getting an alert saying that your client’s site has seen a significant traffic drop.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When the existing content marketing strategy just isn’t good enough. [/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]The feeling of seeing your site ranking #1 for a high volume keyword.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]Whenever you see or hear the words “I Binged It”.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]How you pictured the Google execs when you learned that Google+ was a ranking factor.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When you first started learning about Google’s algorithm changes.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When link bait about link bait inspired all kinds of crazy, creative content ideas.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When you’re first told to do some link building.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]The feeling of getting your first link from a high DA site.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When that link ended up being rel=nofollow.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When PR companies get your company/site/content featured but they forget to put a link.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]The realisation that you’re just not that good at link building.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]When your content finally gets shared by an influencer.[/gdlr_column]
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[gdlr_column size=”1/3″]That feeling at the end of the day.[/gdlr_column]
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Got any other moments or “feels” that you think should be on this list? Let us know in the comments! Better yet – give it to us in gif form!
