The Year 1ne's
There’s a lot to deal with when you’re starting your career. Figuring out the different roles. Meeting people. Applying for jobs. Getting hired. It’s a challenging game to play. The Year 1ne’s Show helps prepare you for the game!
In each episode host Blair Smith chats with an early career marketer who’s in it right now. You’ll learn about different entry-level marketing roles, get walkthroughs of what year one is really like, along with ideas and tips for your job search. It’s a fresh mix of personal marketing, job search and career guidance.
There are myriad opportunities to work in something related to marketing, from brand/product marketing, marketing analytics or research, advertising, content marketing, media or marketing technology. You could work for an organization, freelance/consult, or start your own company. There’s a job out there for you…so go out and get it!
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The Year 1ne's
SEO Strategist @ Flywheel Digital with Nathan Smith
In his Year 1ne, Nathan works as an SEO Strategist at Flywheel Digital, a boutique growth marketing agency. The truth is Nathan started out as a life science student in the pursuit of medical school only to have an MCAT seminar deliver an earth-shattering awakening about how much time he would have to commit to getting there, so Nathan chose the next best thing…to get into digital marketing.😱
Some of the highlights from Nathan and Blair’s chat include the real deal of what being an SEO is all about, how medicine, law and SEO are similar; and the time that ChatGPT let him down.
In This Episode 🗣️
Nathan’s Year 1ne @ Flywheel Digital
1:42 | Introduction from Nathan
4:05 | Overview of Flywheel Digital
5:25 | Working as SEO Strategist
7:50 | Doing link building for SEO
9:25 | Essential software and tools
11:00 | Deciding to drop med school and get into marketing
13:15 | Nerding out on SEO
14:30 | Essential human skills
18:50 | What’s on your mind in marketing right now?
Getting to Day 1ne: The Job Search
21:05 | Getting hired at Flywheel Digital
24:10 | Learning about SEO while looking for SEO job
25:10 | Talking about technical SEO
26:35 | Hardest part of the job search
28:30 | Onboarding experience at Flywheel Digital
29:10 | The “What’s your favourite brand?” question
33:00 | Hot tips for content marketing and SEO for small organizations
41:00 | Being creative in marketing
Thing’s I’ve Learned in Year 1ne
44:15 | Rookie mistake on trusting ChatGPT too much
45:15 | Lesson learned to communicate succinctly
The Hottest of Links and Resources 🔥
Connect with Nathan Smith: LinkedIn
Brands/organizations: Flywheel Digital | ChatGPT | Wayfair | HubSpot
Marketing and media tools: Skillshop with Google | Google Search Console | Google Analytics 4 | Google Chrome Developer Tools | Ahrefs | Semrush | BlueArray Technical SEO Certificate | YouTube
Connect with The Year 1ne’s host Blair Smith: LinkedIn
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