Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Rand Fishkin with Jason Barnard)

Rand Fishkin with Jason Barnard at YoastCon 2019



Rand Fishkin talks with Jason Barnard about Digital Marketing Strategy.



Throw your old inbound marketer’s playbook out the window. Social is walled in, Google organic is staying on the SERP, influencers don’t deliver and web advertising trending to zero. Rand Fishkin shares some rather good ideas about how to adapt to this new world. Oh, and watch out for the Green Pants. Rand talks about internet marketing, including social, influencers and no-click SERPs – all dressed up as the Four Horsemen.



What you'll learn




00:01 Introduction to Rand Fishkin



01:02 Discussing "Lost and founder by Rand Fishkin"



02:03 Empathy is the most important skill for a marketer



02:47 Why should we be self-aware?



04:26 The Four Horseman of web marketing



05:08 Removal of social media reach



06:56 Google as the second horseman



07:30 Is influencer marketing working?



08:35 Web advertising ROI is trending to zero



09:35 Levels of traffic and what is most appealing



10:16 Building a rapport before selling



11:33 Engagement trumps price of an advert on platforms such as Facebook



13:06 The 3 marketing flywheels



13:50 The smart marketer’s battle plan



15:45 Driving traffic and engagement back to your own site