Certified Google Partner

Meredith's husband.

Helping over 300 companies make friends with Google.
With 20+ years in the SEO industry, Meredith's husband (aka Chris) sheds light on industry secrets, turning confusing concepts into common sense, with steps you can actually follow.

"... showing small business owners how to use technology, without getting technical" 

- Meredith's Husband

My life as an

SEO Consultant

Certified Google Partner

I have to take a test every year for this. Seriously, every single year!

20+ Years Experience

I like to say I was doing SEO before it was called SEO... not exactly true, but not exactly false, either. 

300+ Projects

I tried counting these projects up (for this page) but lost track around 250.

Some of my SEO Projects

But wait, 

Who is Meredith?

A self-employed photographer, Meredith hears lots of the "SEO advice" that gets passed around the online classes and communities. 

Most of the advice was bad. It' wasn't only slightly off. It was's bad enough that if someone followed it, they'd likely be penalized by Google.

And why is there a podcast?

She called one day to ask her husband about the latest SEO tips she was hearing. He started to explain why it would probably lead to lower rankings, but stopped and asked if she wanted to record a podcast about it instead. 

They recorded the same conversation on Zoom the next day, posted it, and Meredith sent it to a few of her colleagues to get feedback. The response was consistent:
"This is super helpful! Please do more!!"
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The Podcast

SEO for People Who Don't Like SEO

Over 200 episodes and listeners in over 100 countries. Meredith co-hosts. She's still running her photography business, still inside those communities, and still hearing the "SEO tips" that get passed around. That hasn't changed since the first episode. It's still the reason the show exists.
Podcast Reviews

What do listeners say about it?

My favorite SEO podcast
"You know a podcast is doing something right when you get excited every time a new episode pops up. Meredith's Husband does ALL THE THINGS right—content is straightforward and credible (and it really works—I've been implementing tons of the recommendations and my rankings continue to climb), audio quality is great. TOP NOTCH."
Liddyiowa
Can you imagine laughing during a podcast about SEO?
"I never thought someone could record a lesson about SEO in a way that not only informed but entertained me! He really does break things down in a way that makes sense and their rapport keeps it real for all of us! I listen to this weekly and have learned a ton about how to keep my website on the first page of Google."
JayeMcL
Empowering, fun, all around awesome
"The podcast is definitely one I listen to on a weekly basis. I've learned so much this past year. He's succinct, funny, and explains a difficult subject in an easy to understand way. His banter with Meredith makes me laugh out loud! I highly recommend! After implementing everything I learned, my website & SEO are more dialed in than ever. I've seen a significant increase in not only client inquiries but the quality of them! Thank you Chris!"
Lindsay
Very insightful and easy to digest!
"I've been on an SEO kick for my photography business this past year or so and this podcast has been really helpful in keeping me on track. I feel like when I listen to it, I feel more confident in what I'm doing with my own website. I am currently ranking number one on Google search results in my city and that's very exciting!"
Brianna
Meredith's Husband

My Journey

The Monday after 9/11, I walked into the office to start my new job at a film company in downtown Manhattan. I moved into web design, went freelance, and ran into the same question from almost every client after I built their site: now what? How do people find this?

Fast forward to 2012.

By then I had built an SEO Agency, a team, a client base, and a good reputation. That year, Reuters Business TV covered me in a segment on "hot new trend called SEO." Mind you, I had already been doing SEO for almost 10 years!

My first major client came that same year: a company where I worked alongside other specialized marketers - copywriters, email & social media managers, animators, and others. 

That December, I sat in the year-end review for that client. By every metric, their SEO had gotten worse over the year I'd been working with them.

Google had made significant changes in 2012. But I also had to be honest about what I'd actually been doing. I had been using short-term tactics. Things that moved rankings quickly but didn't hold. When I looked back at every client from 2006 to 2010, the pattern was consistent: rankings went up while I was engaged, then quickly reversed.

I was on camera being introduced as an industry expert. And I could see clearly that the service I had been providing was not good for the businesses that had trusted me with it.

So I changed how I worked entirely.

The concept was straightforward: instead of trying to push rankings, I started looking for ways to align my clients' websites with what Google was actually trying to accomplish. If a website was genuinely useful to Google's goals, there was no logical reason for Google to push it down.

That shift is what I now call SEIQ. It's not a set of tactics. It's an understanding of how search engines behave, and using that understanding to make deliberate decisions. It's what moved me from short-term contracts into long-term agency relationships. And it's the foundation of everything I teach now.
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Advice about AI & SEO

Guest Speaking Topics

Most of my SEO career has been spent working with agencies and larger clients. That's something that isn't available to small business owners. The gap between what gets filtered down to small business owners and what actually works is wide. That gap is most of what I talk about. 

Popular Podcast & Workshop Topics:

  • What's the most common SEO mistake people make right now?
  • How to think about SEO in a way that makes sense
  • How AI is changing SEO and what it means for website owners
  • Technical SEO: What matters, what doesn't, and why?
  • Why most advice actually harms your SEO
  • Squarespace v. WordPress v. Showit. How do they affect SEO?
  • How can someone get started with AI, without feeling overwhelmed?
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