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How Mariah Magazine Grew

SEO education and consulting for online entrepreneurs.

How did Mariah Magazine grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Mariah Magazine grew primarily through SEO by creating accessible content that helps online business owners improve their search engine visibility, turning search engines into major referral partners. The business also expanded its reach via a YouTube channel focused on tutorial videos, which attracted thousands of subscribers and helped build a reputation in SEO education. Additionally, growth was supported by building an online community through Facebook groups and coffee chats with people in related industries.

Channels

12 channels · grouped by how Mariah Magazine grows
  • SEO

    · 4 mentions · 4 sources
    “It turns search engines into your biggest referral partners, recommending your business, your brand, and your website to the exact people who need you. And that’s where I come in as an SEO Consultant; helping you take SEO into your own hands in a way that cuts out the overwhelm and guesswork.”
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    “growing on Google, growing your visibility doesn't have to be as difficult and as overwhelming as everybody makes it.”
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    “Most small business owners know they should care about SEO, but they often misunderstand what moves the needle. I’m joined by Mariah Magazine to break down what small business owners get wrong about SEO, why keyword research is more than just picking phrases with search volume, and how business o...”
    medium
    “Mariah Magazine is an SEO consultant and educator who has built her business around making SEO accessible to online business owners.”
    medium
  • Youtube

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “With 20K+ YouTube subscribers and thousands of business owners learning from my tutorials, I’ve built a reputation for breaking down SEO & Online Business in a way that’s simple, strategic, and actually doable.”
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    “I see YouTube as like this whole other thing that is growing without me needing to keep a huge pulse on it.”
    high
    “Her journey from a frustrated 22-year-old to a successful SEO expert highlights the power of self-awareness, personal branding, and the role of YouTube in growing a business.”
    medium
  • Newsletter

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “I think that people jump onto my newsletter list because they like the way that I educate. They like the way that I break things down.”
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    “Subscribe to the Weekly Newsletter. Join 3000+ online business owners & entrepreneurs looking to take their SEO (and visibility) into their own hands. Actionable, practical, and insightful AF.”
    medium
  • Organic social media

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “This was when like Facebook groups were really big, but like I was in Facebook groups, meeting people all around the country, all around the world, hopping on coffee chats.”
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    “Let’s Get Social @mariahmagazineco”
    medium
  • Online Community

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “but it was mainly in the online space it was those Facebook groups I started really connecting with people that had online businesses particularly and I was really hopping on coffee chats with people in parallel industries to me”
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    “How consultants and agency owners can get clients through referrals, communities, and helpful content”
    medium
  • Tutorial Video

    · 1 mention
    “my YouTube channel is basically just tutorials. And people will ask me, they're like, well, you can't grow a successful YouTube channel with just tutorials ... those are the only type of videos I want to create. So like there is no other option. I'm either creating a tutorial or I'm not. And so I...”
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  • Email marketing

    · 1 mention
    “And then I created another commercial that drives people to my email list. So it's like, if you made it to the end of this video and you're really interested in learning about SEO and how to get more from this, like download my free blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”
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  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “I did get some local clients for website design and for not for SEO because I wasn't offering at this time but for website design most of them came locally through word-of-mouth somebody knew somebody's cousins uncles brothers sister or whatever who referred me”
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  • Referrals

    · 1 mention
    “Why About pages, Contact pages, service pages, FAQs, testimonials, and trust signals matter ... How consultants and agency owners can get clients through referrals, communities, and helpful content”
    medium
  • Podcasts

    · 1 mention
    “Yeah, I would say getting on podcasts and making connections with people because what's really interesting, and I feel like a lot of people skip over this when they're trying to create a business or trying to create these services, is that we always focus on what everybody else wants, right?”
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  • Partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “You talked about your new, I guess I'll call it a partnership with SEMrush, you know, big brand. Everyone's going to have heard of that. Most people, anybody in the SEO space certainly will have heard of it.”
    medium
  • Video content

    · 1 mention
    “So like my YouTube channel is basically just tutorials. And people will ask me, they're like, well, you can't grow a successful YouTube channel with just tutorials. People will solve, like you'll solve their problem and then they won't come back. And to me, I was just like, well, those are the on...”
    high

How 2,667 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Mariah Magazine’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68%
  • Social media
    58%
  • Search/SEO
    57%
  • Email
    47%
  • Community
    33%
  • Content/Inbound
    31%
  • Partnerships
    30%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    18%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%