211: Messy Middle to Maternity Leave with SEO & Pinterest Strategist Julia Bocchese

Messy in the Middle

If you have an online business, then you know how important SEO is. SEO makes Google your friend. It makes your website more visible, which means more traffic and more opportunities to convert prospects into customers - and we all want that! So, today I bring you a true SEO expert to help you optimize your website! Julia Bocchese is an SEO & Pinterest Strategist for Small Businesses. She helps creative businesses rank higher on Google and Pinterest to reach their ideal clients so they can get their time back and focus on their passions. In today’s episode, Julia shares some of the lessons she learned from her own “messy middle” as well as small tweaks you can make today that will help your website be more visible and rank higher on Google! In today’s episode, we cover:

• Julia’s backstory and how she started her freelance career in SEO
• Some of Julia’s rookie mistakes and lessons she learned from them
• How long it takes to see results from SEO and why you should optimize your website right now
• Creating packages, pricing packages, and deciding what offers to keep and what offers to let go
• Taking a maternity leave as an entrepreneur and Julia’s maternity leave preparations
• Julia’s typical work week and her plans after maternity leave
• Pros and cons of teaching at a university vs creating online courses

Thank you so much for joining me! Let's connect! Send me a DM on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/haleyejohnson/ Check out my website https://www.haleyejohnson.com/ Check out how we can work together https://thepropegy.com/work-with-us-2/ Ready to start using LinkedIn but feeling overwhelmed? I'm giving my podcast listeners their first month of Thought Leaders Collective for FREE! Thought Leaders Collective (TLC) is the next big thing when it comes to LinkedIn thought leadership, content creation, and community among online service providers. Members enjoy weekly thought leadership prompts, co-working sessions, quarterly strategizing workshops and more! It's just $27/month but you can get started TODAY for FREE. Just go to http://thepropegy.com/tlc click "JOIN NOW" and enter code "messy" at checkout. I cannot wait to see you inside and on LinkedIn! Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. Connect with Julia on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/juliareneeconsulting/
2. Connect with Julia on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/juliareneeconsulting/_created/
3. Connect with Julia on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-bocchese/
4. For more info, visit Julia’s website https://juliareneeconsulting.com/

Shout out to my dog for not barking, my editor Krissy for doing her thing, and my friend Devin for letting me use his music. Their links (minus my dog's) are below. Krissy https://krissymeriwether.com Devin https://open.spotify.com/artist/4unfvnlHngJg79KK262US3?si=3N2wVmrVRYy807iWB-30OQ