{"id":4283,"date":"2019-04-03T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?p=4283"},"modified":"2019-04-03T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:45:10","slug":"so-what-do-soroptimists-know-about-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/so-what-do-soroptimists-know-about-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"So what do Soroptimists know about SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>As you can probably guess &#8211; SEO is not a word which has featured highly in the work of Soroptimists around our region, up till now that is!<\/h2>\n<p>Today a group of us attended a workshop run by Rachel Weinhold, who happens to be a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/rossendale\/\">Rossendale Soroptimists<\/a> but more importantly for today the MD of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.growtraffic.co.uk\/\">GrowTraffic Ltd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel is passionate about her chosen topic of Search Engine Optimisation (or Search Engine Optimization if you want to use a different spell checker) and being a Soroptimist herself means that she also relates the work to the things we do and the systems we use.<\/p>\n<p>So we had some great discussions on what SEO and Content Marketing are, and just what a blog really is (which wasn&#8217;t obvious when the system we use doesn&#8217;t actually mention the word Blog at all!) Why should we do SEO, what can we gain from it? Well, quite a lot &#8211; we learned that following a few simple rules can have a big impact on how search engines view and handle our websites, and it is defintely worth having a go.<a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop-03.04.2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4282\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop-03.04.2019-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"North West Soroptimists attending a workshop on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in Chorley, led by Rachel of GrowTraffic Ltd\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also learned how to write a good blog post (so if this isn&#8217;t a good one, blame me for not listening properly &#8230;.) and how to optimise it.<br \/>\nWe looked at lots of practical examples and some useful resources, and managed a brief look at how to promote blog posts using social media.<\/p>\n<p>I think we all came away very enthused and ready to give it a go. So when we are doing what we all do well as Soroptimists &#8211; raising awareness of womens&#8217; issues, supporting local refuges and food banks, collecting supplies for women in custody suites, protecting and advancing the lives women and girls around the world, and generally making a difference &#8211; we just need to go one step further in publicising it more effectively. SEO here we come&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Joan Bailey<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Interested in what we do? <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?page_id=2609\">Get in touch!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4288\" src=\"\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"North West Soroptimists attending a workshop on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in Chorley, led by Rachel of GrowTraffic Ltd\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2019\/04\/SEO-workshop2-03.04.2019.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you can probably guess &#8211; SEO is not a word which has featured highly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":4288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,14],"tags":[34,35,33,32,36,37],"class_list":["post-4283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-2019","category-ourblog","tag-engine","tag-optimisation","tag-search","tag-seo","tag-womens-groups","tag-womens-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>So what do Soroptimists know about SEO? | News | Blog | Events | SI North West England and the Isle of Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI North West England and the Isle of Man : Blog &amp; News : So what do Soroptimists know about SEO? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI North West England and the Isle of Man . 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