{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"TYE 136: How this SEO software helps get your story out there easier with Akilah Thompkins-Robinson","description":"For entrepreneurs and business owners who don\u2019t have a marketing person on staff, Akilah Thompkins-Robinson developed a do-it-yourself SEO software (Search Engine Optimization) for you. It\u2019s called \u201cSEO Assist\u201d and was created to help people with incredible stories to tell be someone's #1 in a search engine like Google.  A pioneer of early website development in the 1990\u2019s, Thompkins-Robinson is now an SEO Strategist, Tech Founder, author, and speaker, who helps online businesses to stand out and get found online using SEO and search marketing strategies. She founded SEO Assist, and Girl Get Visible and hosts the award-winning Girl Get Visible Podcast. She is also the author of My SEO Workbook and tours around speaking about the importance of using your voice to become visible in your business and women embracing tech opportunities. She\u2019s on The YES Effect Show to talk about her motivation for wanting to help business owners better understand and utilize SEO and the amazing opportunities for Software as a Service (SaaS).  In this episode, you\u2019ll learn: How Akilah became one of the world\u2019s first website developers back in the 1990\u2019s Why knowing your audience is crucial for SEO Why the main goal of SEO is to answer your customers questions How to rank high in a Google search How SEO Assist makes getting found easier How entrepreneurs can use SEO to get their story out there easier Why Akilah focuses on helping business owners and female entrepreneurs with SEO The most challenging part of SEO   Why anyone starting a business should start small, even if it feels like you\u2019re stepping backwards Signs to look for to know your business is going in the right direction   Quotables: \u201cWe just need to get it out there and now people can start finding.\u201d \u201cThe more you know your audience, the more you can answer their questions, the more you can put out there the knowledge you can help them, as they\u2019re looking for help, you can pull people in that you don\u2019t even know.\u201d \u201cSo many people are knocking on locked doors and screaming in deaf ears, but they have something so valuable. You are allowing them to reach the people who need them.\u201d \u201cPeople who share their own knowledge, we need to write our own content.\u201d \u201cWith SEO, it\u2019s about answering the right questions and the things people are looking for.\u201d \u201cI see so many opportunities for things we need to be built.\u201d \u201cYour ability to do the brave thing - to give it a try and put it out there - low and beyond, you\u2019re changing lives.\u201d \u201cWhat stops me from stopping is when someone says \u2018yes, this is a good idea.\u2019\u201d \u201cThe places you could have said \u2018no\u2019 but said \u2018yes,\u2019 and overcoming all the things along the way, are nothing short of incredible.\u201d   Links mentioned in this episode: Girl Get Visible Website & Podcast: Https:\/\/girlgetvisible.com  Girl Get Visible Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GirlGetVisible Girl Get Visible on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/girlgetvisible\/  Girl Get Visible Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/GirlGetVisible  Girl Get Visible YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7EgQYhJ7FgJmlDFiVjPByg   SEO Assist on FB: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seoassistapp SEO Assist on IG: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seoassistapp\/  Akila on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@akilah_girlgetvisible    Join The YES Effect Inner Circle Facebook Group for a behind the scenes experience about what it means to Believe, Belong and Become!   Join Shelli on Facebook Join Shelli on Instagram Join Shelli on YouTube ","author_name":"The YES Effect","author_url":"http:\/\/www.TheYesEffectShow.com","html":"