Option 1: Spending hours on a blog that sends prospects to your website for years. Option 2: Burning hours on a Reel that disappears in 24 hours. Which would you choose? The latter, right? That’s why it’s so, so important to understand the different roles search and social media play in your sales funnel. Get your primer from SEO expert and Love at First Search founder Meg Casebolt in this week’s show. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about:  What exactly SEO is and why you need it SEO for local businesses vs online businesses: what's the difference? Your content strategy for attracting clients who don't know they need your service yet Why "SEO is like a first date" with your prospect Understanding the sales funnel and where SEO and social media fit into it #1 way to get found online in today's ultra competitive search results 3 tips for standing out in YouTube, Google & Stitcher search  Upping search exposure for your podcast (hint: follow my lead!) Meg's "power platform" for social media The type of content that earned her a 300% increase in subscribers on YouTube in just 1 month What to do if you're outsourcing your social media and want to make sure they GET IT RIGHT …and more!      This Episode Was Made Possible By: Social Media Rockstar Framework Free Course The Social Media Rockstar Framework is your chance to pull back the curtain and get insights on how to build a social media strategy that works for you, learn how to create (and implement) a simple and effective content plan, convert followers into buyers, and much more. Register for this FREE course and gain the confidence you need to use social media as a tool to grow your business: https://onlinedrea.com/free Sendible Social Media Management Tool The all-in-one social media management tool that my agency uses every day to schedule posts and analyze our social media results. Try them out for yourself today: https://onlinedrea.com/sendible   About the Guest Meg Casebolt is founder of Love At First Search, an agency singularly devoted to helping online businesses get found in search results (like Google, YouTube & iTunes) & turn those new readers into leads, subscribers and sales.  Meg’s clients are entrepreneurs who are too busy changing the world to worry about things like website conversion rates and search traffic ... but still want their websites to get found on Google for their brilliance and turn readers. SEO is our vehicle for amplifying female entrepreneurial voices and empowering women to help their families, communities, and the wider world flourish. Website: https://loveatfirstsearch.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/loveatfirstsearch  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/loveatfirstsearch    Go to the show notes for all the resources mentioned in this episode: https://onlinedrea.com/193