Get out of the weeds.

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Perhaps because we’re so passionate about the inner workings of search, we often go into the ins and outs of explaining how each SEO signal works. Even things that don’t seem technical to us (like title tags and meta description tags) can lose your audience’s attention in a heartbeat. Unless you know the client is a tech-savvy person who likes to get into the weeds or has experience with search, stay at 30,000 feet.

Another powerful tool here is to show, not tell. Often you can tell a much more effective and difficult story using images or smart data visualizations. Being able to see what your audience is suggesting instead bosnia and herzegovina number data of trying to hear and understand it can allow you to communicate complex information more concisely.

Focus on the results.
The goal of educating

What's in it for them?
Similarly, if you’re doing a roadshow to educate your colleagues in other departments and get their buy-in, don’t focus on teaching them everything you know. Instead of demanding what other departments need to do for you , focus on how your work can benefit them (make their work smarter, more visible, make them more money). When, where, and how do your two teams work together to achieve the best possible results?

3. SEO is not the center of the universe.
It was a tough pill for me to swallow when I realized that my clients didn’t care about organic search as much as my team and I did. (I mean, honestly, aren’t we passionate about dedicating our careers to understanding human thought and behavior when it comes to search, then optimizing technical content and website content for those humans?!)