Kasim reveals the SECRET FORMULA so Google LOVES your content! This guide can help you build yourself as a thought leader in any industry in addition to helping you rank above the SERPs.
The secret is EEAT, and it's a part of Google's Search Quality Guidelines. Evaluators use it to assess the quality and credibility of content. While it's meant to be a litmus test for webpage quality, we think it's an amazing rules engine for anyone trying to establish themselves as a thought leader.
Listen to this episode to know what EEAT stands for. And as a bonus, Kasim also adds his rule!
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0:00 Intro
0:30 The Secret Formula to Make Google Love Your Content
1:15 Experience
2:41 Expertise
5:15 Authoritativeness
7:19 Trustworthiness
10:00 Consistency
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We all want Google to love our content.
Kasim:Here's what's interesting is they don't make it a secret as to what it is that
Kasim:they're looking for and they never have.
Kasim:Google's always trying to rank the content that users are going to engage
Kasim:with the most, and they've developed their own predictive indications of
Kasim:what that's going to be, and they've got this really interesting acronym.
Kasim:It's E E E A T experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness.
Kasim:Now, these are Google's search quality guidelines for organic content.
Kasim:But what occurred to me as I was looking into them and really just learning
Kasim:more about them is I think this is a phenomenal template period for
Kasim:anybody creating content, especially people trying to establish themselves
Kasim:as thought leaders in any space.
Kasim:And so going through each one one at a time.
Kasim:Experience might be the most important in my opinion.
Kasim:You have to have done the thing.
Kasim:This is what's pissing me off about all the AI thought
Kasim:leaders and experts out there.
Kasim:They haven't actually used AI for anything other than like, oh,
Kasim:look at this cool prompt example.
Kasim:You know what I mean?
Kasim:And generally speaking, it's like a regurgitated example that
Kasim:somebody else posted and maybe they're just doing so differently.
Kasim:I wanna see how you used it to insert desired end result here.
Kasim:So how I used it to grow a list, how I used it to increase conversions,
Kasim:how I used it to make money.
Kasim:What's the business model?
Kasim:The person who's best at this in the world, I think is Perry Belcher.
Kasim:Perry's my business partner and a mastermind and I've never seen
Kasim:anybody so adept at finding.
Kasim:The leverage point for new technology.
Kasim:So Perry's got a bunch of AI events out there, but he's actually showing people,
Kasim:Hey, here's how we used AI to make money.
Kasim:And he's been doing it for years.
Kasim:And so drawing on his experience allows him to issue forward quality content.
Kasim:it can't be matched when compared to somebody who doesn't have the experience.
Kasim:It doesn't matter how, how much you've studied, how many videos
Kasim:you've watched, if you don't have the experience, You're faking it.
Kasim:You know what I mean?
Kasim:Like you actually haven't done the damn thing.
Kasim:So experience, I think, is in the hierarchical structure of this little.
Kasim:Eat pyramid experience to me is the foundation.
Kasim:This is the bottom.
Kasim:This is what we're building on top of.
Kasim:Now, experience leads to expertise.
Kasim:That's the other thing.
Kasim:You don't wanna go out there and be like, man, I've tried to make
Kasim:a light bulb 10,000 times and I just cannot crack this code.
Kasim:Let me tell you more.
Kasim:wants to know that, right?
Kasim:Like, so the experience is generally speaking, riddled with failure.
Kasim:But as you iterate and as you improve, You contribute to your status as an expert,
Kasim:and that's where you establish expertise.
Kasim:And the expertise I think is experience plus proficiency.
Kasim:So experience plus proficiency equals expertise.
Kasim:the sad, ironic truth, very often the most experienced people are the worst.
Kasim:At demonstrating their expertise.
Kasim:I'll give you an example.
Kasim:You're looking at him.
Kasim:I have a hundred employees that work for me.
Kasim:You know, and solutions eight has, I don't know how many, 40 Google ad specialists.
Kasim:Here's what's really interesting.
Kasim:They're all better at running Google ad campaigns than I am without,
Kasim:and I'm not, being hyperbolic, like I'm not self-flagellating.
Kasim:To make a point, I haven't run a Google ad campaign since
Kasim:we became a Google ad agency.
Kasim:I'm the CEO of the company.
Kasim:I don't have time to do that.
Kasim:Right?
Kasim:But.
Kasim:What I'm really good at is showcasing my expertise, and it's not to
Kasim:say that I don't issue value.
Kasim:I think I do, but the smartest person in the room is also usually the quietest,
Kasim:and so it's, The loud person who's B minus smart is gonna get all the attention.
Kasim:Where the quiet person who's a plus smart is, gonna, kind
Kasim:of fade away into obscurity.
Kasim:And so it's incumbent upon you, and I'm talking to my introverts specifically.
Kasim:If you're an introverted person, that's okay.
Kasim:As a matter of fact, I think the people that do the best as thought
Kasim:leaders are naturally introverted.
Kasim:And I think that's true because they tend to be.
Kasim:Very selective with what they say, how they say it, when they
Kasim:say it, for obvious reasons, they actually don't want the attention.
Kasim:So if I'm gonna come out and I'm gonna suffer through getting your
Kasim:attention as an introvert, then I, better make sure this is worth it.
Kasim:And I'm saying something relevant.
Kasim:Extroverts like me, I'll say anything.
Kasim:I'm just like, I wonder what's gonna make them click today.
Kasim:So use your introvertedness as a.
Kasim:It's one of the most powerful things you can have if it's something that
Kasim:you're willing to battle against and get over and then showcase your expertise.
Kasim:Tell people why you're awesome, which incidentally leads to authoritativeness.
Kasim:And interesting about this is one leads to the next.
Kasim:Your experience leads to expertise.
Kasim:Your expertise leads to your authority and your authority,
Kasim:the way that I define it anyways.
Kasim:what are people saying about you?
Kasim:So, there's what you say about yourself and you can showcase all these things
Kasim:and you can have all these, case studies, testimonials, whatever.
Kasim:Well, I guess testimonials are what I'm talking about.
Kasim:But as other people begin to co-sign on your reputation, it puts you
Kasim:in a position of not having to constantly credentialize yourself.
Kasim:you've been credentialed by others and that reputation.
Kasim:It speeds up the time to life for every content piece that you ever produce.
Kasim:and if you don't have this out the gate, the best way to do
Kasim:it, I think is certifications.
Kasim:you know, I can go get Google certified, not that that means
Kasim:anything, but not everybody knows that.
Kasim:And then on top of Google certified, you can get digital marketers certified
Kasim:and smart marketers certified and you create a certified and you kind of
Kasim:start to build some authority now.
Kasim:That authority is diluted in direct proportion to how many other people are
Kasim:certified with those same badges, which is a lot, but it's a good place to start.
Kasim:And what's really interesting is authority breeds authority.
Kasim:So, Rachel Peterson is the World Authority in Social Media Marketing.
Kasim:They call her the social media queen, brilliant marketer.
Kasim:When she published her book, I gave her a quote for her request.
Kasim:She's my friend, she started using my name in her marketing as one of
Kasim:the people that endorsed her book.
Kasim:And what I thought was really interesting about that is, She's
Kasim:using my authority on her behalf, but she also boosted my authority
Kasim:in so doing because now everybody's like, wow, he's actually important
Kasim:enough for her to cite on her book.
Kasim:That was one of the top five names she cited at least in the post I saw.
Kasim:So your authority will breed authority as you invest in it,
Kasim:then you have to protect it.
Kasim:next one, trustworthiness.
Kasim:As you build a reputation, you have to protect it.
Kasim:I have one bad review online right now.
Kasim:if you Google Solutions eight, and it's this.
Kasim:Person who for some reason they never worked with us, they've
Kasim:never been a client, they've never even attempted to be a client.
Kasim:They just saw our pricing page and they're like, oh, that's expensive.
Kasim:And I'm mad.
Kasim:it's so frustrating, know, as I've been in business for 17 years and I've had
Kasim:pissed off clients before, obviously, and you know, we've done things wrong before,
Kasim:obviously, but I've just worked so hard to make sure that we walk through every.
Kasim:Necessary step to make things right and put our best foot forward
Kasim:and you know, address any issues.
Kasim:And then you go and you get a bad review from some iole
Kasim:that is just having a bad day.
Kasim:But it's okay cause I've got hundred other reviews that are good.
Kasim:So protect your brand, protect your reputation, and make sure
Kasim:that you show up the right way.
Kasim:That's the other part of trustworthiness.
Kasim:your website looks like it was built in 2002, If you're little things like
Kasim:your profile picture not being updated, I used to be real clean cut, believe
Kasim:it or not, before my medlife crisis.
Kasim:And I've got pictures of me in a suit and, my clean, slick back hair.
Kasim:And, when you see me now you're like, who's the homeless guy that
Kasim:kidnapped costume and took his job?
Kasim:So there's something about that lack of continuity that
Kasim:actually breaks people's trust.
Kasim:It seems like a nuance.
Kasim:it's not a small thing.
Kasim:It's not a small thing to show up and see somebody different than you saw
Kasim:on the headshot or the business card.
Kasim:And then I'm gonna add my own, Google's got E E A T, I'm adding
Kasim:C, full consistency because you can have as much experience as you want.
Kasim:You have more experience than anybody else in the field.
Kasim:You can be the best expert with the most authority and the most trust.
Kasim:If you don't publish, you go away.
Kasim:You gotta ship, you have to.
Kasim:Create on a regular basis.
Kasim:Doesn't have to be every day.
Kasim:It's preferable the algorithms like that.
Kasim:But you know, I don't think Jocko posts more than once a week, or at least
Kasim:that's what I think it was Christine Marie's keynote at Trafficking Conversion
Kasim:is he posts once a week, but he's consistent and people can rely on that.
Kasim:So be consistent with the content that you're producing and if you can,
Kasim:Start to build on your successes.
Kasim:You kind of start to crack the code a little bit.
Kasim:I'm getting, deeper and deeper into Twitter.
Kasim:You can follow me at Casa Muslim, by the way.
Kasim:And in the very beginning I sucked and I couldn't figure out how to make
Kasim:people like what it was I was posting.
Kasim:And nobody was engaging at all.
Kasim:And when they were engaging, they were kind of confused.
Kasim:And I just kept writing.
Kasim:I've written one thread every day for, it's gotta, I think it's been
Kasim:90 days or at least getting close to that, and all of a sudden, I'm kind
Kasim:of cracking the code a little bit and I'm figuring things out and, you know,
Kasim:the consistency's helped, but it's helped from an algorithmic perspective.
Kasim:Of course, it's also helped me, it helped me figure out like,
Kasim:oh, that's what you want to hear.
Kasim:That makes sense.
Kasim:So whatever that's worth.
Kasim:I hope this is helpful.
Kasim:Google's they're not shy about offering advice.
Kasim:It's not always good advice, but I like this.
Kasim:W a T and I'll add my C.
Kasim:I hope this is helpful to you if you're a content creator.
Kasim:If you're not, you probably should be.
Kasim:It's probably time to start.
Kasim:Maybe that's a little nudge that you need.