Erin Simmons (they/them) 💜

It's Friday! Let's do this! 🥳

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Visibility is a byproduct of trust Why trust comes before visibility, how to build trust, & how community is the key to unlocking sustainable organic growth.

That's a wrap on my @brightonseo.com talk! Thank you to everyone who joined!

Full recap here: www.womenintechseo.com/knowledge/br...

Who's here for the first time?

Us!
@erinasimmons.bsky.social #WTSFest

Even the Caricaturist joins the frame when @areejabuali.bsky.social and @erinasimmons.bsky.social get their portrait!
#WTSFest #CaricaturesByLBHQ

It's time to re-evaluate the core currency of SEO. Trust > Traffic. @erinasimmons.bsky.social is challenging conventional wisdom by proving that community engagement is the single most underrated lever for organic growth. Happening in Auditorium 2 now!

#CommunitySEO #brightonSEO

JoJo works at Sitebulb but shows up as JoJo

I'm famous. Ish.
@erinasimmons.bsky.social absolutely KILLED their talk at @brightonseo.com

Thanks Simons!! See ya soon! 💜

Come to my talk in person or send your AI agent!

TRUST me, it'll be worth your (or your robot's) time.

Appreciate the @brightonseo.com team - open pitching for speaker slots, staging 1st time speakers, the support provided along the way - y'all ensure speakers & attendees are well taken care of.

Hey - that person looks pretty trustworthy! 😂

A photo of Erin Simmons with the text "Go into a community to help, not to sell. Build relationships by giving and receiving, asking questions, sharing resources, and genuinely engaging with others. Your goal is to learn, teach, and connect authentically."

Erin Simmons (@erinasimmons.bsky.social) recommends joining communities to learn, teach, and build authentic connections by genuinely engaging, sharing resources, and helping others, not selling.

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Thanks for having me!

Here’s a very reliable review of my @majestic.com interview!

American trying to survive a London heatwave without AC 🥵

Join us tomorrow in Berlin!

2 tix left ⬇️

www.womenintechseo.com/conference/b...

An email with subject line: We'd like you to speak at brightonSEO UK October 2025 Email content: Thanks so much for your pitch to speak! We loved it and would like you to speak at brightonSEO UK which we're running at the Brighton Centre on Thursday 23 & 24th of October You pitched the title [redacted] The talk slot would be twenty minutes long in person and we'd also like to record a video version of your talk during the event which we'd include in the post event video bundle. Still interested? If so I can ping over some more info on slide deadlines etc All the best Kelvin

Excited (& nervous) for my first conference speaking gig!

Grateful to the @brightonseo.com team for:

➡️ Staging 1st time speakers

➡️ Confidence & deck-design training

➡️ Speaker mentorship program

➡️ Pre-event tour for a “no surprises” experience

➡️ & more!

These things make a massive difference!

This week's WTSNewsletter just dropped with 6 articles and 13 events for SEOs and digital marketers!

Catch up here ⬇️
mailchi.mp/womenintechs...

I wrote a quick one on why community can be a powerful part of your SEO strategy and how to ease into it without needing to build one from scratch.

Check it out ⬇️

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⏳ Sales close tomorrow!

👕 63 of you ordered 78 items

🙏 £1,074 is the profit y'all helped us raise

- 50% to WTSFest scholarships: tix for folks who can't afford the cost
- 50% to WTS initiatives & ops: keeping our community free for members

Last chance to buy ⬇️
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Screenshot from Areej AbuAli's post on LinkedIn: Women in Tech SEO turns 6 years old today! What started as a passion project of mine, when I was struggling to feel a sense of belonging in our industry, has evolved into a community of over 10,000 members from around the world, connecting through our online groups and initiatives on a daily basis, and meeting in person at our conferences held in London, Berlin, Philadelphia, Portland, and Melbourne. & we do it all whilst maintaining The WTS Way: our values, rules, and code of conduct. Thank you to every single community member, partner, sponsor, exhibitor, supplier, volunteer, speaker, author, mentor, and mentee — the list is endless. There would be no community without you all. Thank you 🙏🏽

Happy 6th birthday to all of us 🎂

2 week countdown until our first ever meet-up collab with the brilliant Berlin SEO & Content Club community!

See you soon, Berlin 👋

More info & free RSVP to join us ⬇️
www.eventbrite.de/e/berlin-seo...

👕 WTSMerch just dropped!

For 9 days only ⬇️
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Before I knew I was leaving Seattle, I got a dry suit. I love being in the water & exploring what’s underneath - after ~10 years of diving, I invested in my own suit to do it more

6 months later, I haven’t even cut the seals

I’m back in London, unpacked, & looking for scuba friends 🤿

HMU 🐟 🐙 🦈

An exciting new project from #WTSPartner, @majestic.com!

Introducing OpenRobotsTXT - a free, open archive of the world’s robots.txt files.

The goal: provide valuable insights, tools, & reports for webmasters, researchers & the wider internet community for open, public study.

➡️ openrobotstxt.org

📧 We just sent our 100th edition of #WTSNewsletter!

🎉 To celebrate - we resurfaced our 100 most clicked posts

🙏 THANK YOU to all the brilliant folks who put free, helpful content out to our industry day after day!

⬇️ Read, share, subscribe below!

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📧 Today's 98th ( 😮 ) edition of #WTSNewsletter featured:

✔️ 5 brilliant pieces by brilliant members

✔️ WTSInterview: Nicole Lee

✔️ [Webinar] SEO for LLMs: Adapting to the AI-First Web by @sitebulb.com

✔️ 3 days of connection & growth in Berlin

& more

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Catch up here ⬇
mailchi.mp/womenintechs...

We have 9 virtual & in-person meet-ups over the next month!

Head to wts-meetups channel in Slack to get the details on how to join.

💲 SEO Retainer Pricing Info Chat
Wednesday, May 7th
Hosted by: Lauren Plug

🇺🇸 USA West Coast Connect Online Women In Tech SEO
Thursday, May 8th
Hosted by: Iquo Inyang

Our #WTSFest Philadelphia line up is here!

@purnavirji.bsky.social will be our emcee for the day, welcoming these 10 brilliant speakers to the stage!

See you soon, Philly 🥨

Agenda ⬇️
www.womenintechseo.com/conference/p...

Thank YOU to all who made our 8th #WTSMentorship a reality:

🙏 Each & every mentor and mentee

🙏 Our mentorship leads - Briony Cullin, @joelleirvine.bsky.social, & @lauranineham.bsky.social

🙏 Our sponsor - @watchthisspce.bsky.social

🙏 Our mentorship match-maker - @areejabuali.bsky.social!

This has been my saving grace - but the slight shift in what keys to use for short cuts is throwing me off!