Cardiff SEO Meet #15 - Nov 2019

Our last meetup of 2019! 😥

SPEAKERS

Order TBC...

"Link Building with Longevity"
Christopher Czermak, MacNaught Digital (https://www.macnaughtdigital.co.uk/)

Link building has changed beyond recognition in the past decade. And there's plenty of link building activity very much frowned upon by Google. So how do we go about building Google friendly links that will boost your SEO efforts today, tomorrow and for years to come? Christopher will share tactics and advice on acquiring links whatever size of business you are.

From the organiser: Initially Stacey MacNaught was scheduled to do this talk, but shortly after announcing it, she realised she could no longer honour the date, at which point she asked her employee Christopher to fill in for her, covering the same talk topic. Thanks Christopher!

"How to Start Right"
Lee Woodman, Visit Digital (https://www.visitdigital.com/)

Startups make key digital decisions at their inception which can hinder their growth in the short and long term. We're going to highlight some common mistakes and advise on early best practice that will ensure a secure digital foundation from which to launch your new business successfully.

We'll demonstrate how we grew brands like CarBuyer.co.uk, ExpertReviews.co.uk and VitaeJobs.co.uk and show you how making these key decisions now can benefit your business.

From the organiser: I've heard a fair few people recommend and rave about Lee, so I'm really excited to see this talk, on what will be an important topic for many new businesses and startups.

LIVE SITE REVIEW

As usual, we will be analysing and auditing a volunteered website live on the night! A few days beforehand we'll announce who it is (via a Meetup mailout) so that you can research them beforehand if you like. SISTRIX (https://www.sistrix.com/) is our site review sponsor, so we'll be using their toolset to help us analyse the volunteered site and find some 'quick wins'!

FREE FOOD & DRINK

Like last time, 10 Feet Tall will be providing us with some yummy buffet food, while there'll also be a drink voucher for every attendee. If you have any dietary requirements beyond vegetarian then please let us know ASAP, ideally no later than the Monday beforehand at the latest. You can message us (via Meetup) or drop a comment below.

Once again a big thank you to our sponsors, who cover the cost of the free food & drink:

Ghost Marketing - https://ghostmarketing.co.uk/
Escentual - https://www.escentual.com/
Red Squirrel Marketing - https://www.nutsaboutmarketing.com/
Lunax Digital - https://lunaxdigital.co.uk/
SISTRIX - https://www.sistrix.com/

EXCITING MEETUP-RELATED NEWS

I'll be making a big exciting announcement at the end of the event, with attendees of this event being some of the first to know what's going on - and be given a head-start to get involved. So if you're a big fan of coming to our events then you don't want to miss out on this! (We'll then announce the news publicly - to the rest of the wider world - the next day.)