Kitchen Side: Eating From a Smaller Plate (or Bloat is Bad, Actually)

In this episode, Omniscient Digital founders Alex Birkett, Allie Decker, and David Ly Khim discuss a LinkedIn post about stealing SEO traffic from a competitor using AI-generated content. They explore the moral implications and the impact on the internet and information ecosystem. 

The conversation then shifts to the importance of backlinks in SEO and the need to play the long game and talk about the effectiveness of gated content in B2B marketing and the use of quizzes as a conversion strategy. 

The concept of "eating from a smaller plate" is introduced, highlighting the benefits of setting constraints in business strategies. The episode concludes with a discussion on prioritization, productivity, and the value of constraints in achieving focused actions.

Topics

• Morality and Integrity of the Approach
• Misunderstanding of Effective SEO Strategy
• Content Velocity vs. Backlinks
• The Effectiveness of Turning Content into PDFs
• Misalignment of Search Intent and Qualified Leads
• Value of Gated Content and Types Worth Investing in
• The Importance of Audience Growth vs. Conversion Strategy
• Using Mental Models to Improve Profitability
• The Benefits of Constraints in Business
• Creativity and Results with Limited Resources

Show Links

• Connect with David Khim on LinkedIn and Twitter
• Connect with Alex Birkett on LinkedIn and Twitter
• Connect with Allie Decker on LinkedIn and Twitter
• Connect with Omniscient Digital on LinkedIn or Twitter

What is Kitchen Side?

One big benefit of running an agency or working at one is you get to see the “kitchen side” of many different businesses; their revenue, their operations, their automations, and their culture.

You understand how things look from the inside and how that differs from the outside.

You understand how the sausage is made. 

As an agency ourselves, we’re working both on growing our clients’ businesses as well as our own. This podcast is one project, but we also blog, make videos, do sales, and have quite a robust portfolio of automations and hacks to run our business.

We want to take you behind the curtain, to the kitchen side of our business, to witness our brainstorms, discussions, and internal dialogues behind the public works that we ship.

Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Ryan McReady (Reforge), and many more.

Some interviews you might enjoy and learn from:

Actionable Tips and Secrets to SEO Strategy with Dan Shure (Evolving SEO)

Building Competitive Marketing Content with Sam Chapman (Aprimo)

How to Build the Right Data Workflow with Blake Burch (Shipyard)

Data-Driven Thought Leadership with Alicia Johnston (Sprout Social)

Purpose-Driven Leadership & Building a Content Team with Ty Magnin (UiPath)

Also, check out our Kitchen Side series where we take you behind the scenes to see how the sausage is made at our agency:

Blue Ocean vs Red Ocean SEO

Should You Hire Writers or Subject Matter Experts?

How Do Growth and Content Overlap?

Connect with Omniscient Digital on social:

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Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/