09/08/2026
Episode 18 of Ready for Traction: Chase the Keywords You can Actually Win. π
An agency once bragged about sending a business 30,000 visits in a month. Not one of them booked.
That's the problem with chasing volume instead of the keywords you can actually win.
In this episode, I walk through the two dials I check on every keyword before I commit an hour of work:
π― Intent, is this searcher ready to buy or just browsing?
π Difficulty, can you realistically reach the top, or are you a go-kart at the Daytona 500?
The keyword that ticks both boxes is your fastest lap.
Inside this one:
πΉ Why big search volume is horsepower with no steering
πΉ The "50 small high-intent keywords beat 30,000 tire-kickers" rule
πΉ How to spot the gap your competitors drove right past
πΉ My five-step pit process for choosing keywords, from messy pool to mapped plan
πΉ The honest timeline (no, not 30 days) and why ranking organically means you stop renting your traffic
π Your homework: pull your top 5 keywords and run them through both questions. If one fails both, cut it.
Grab the free Winnable Keyword Scorecard linked in highlights.
You don't need more traffic. You need the right traffic.
π§ New episode every week on Ready for Traction, the SEO show for business owners who are done guessing.