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If you're looking for a simple, yet powerful SEO course,

This is the online SEO Course for small business owners and creatives who want show up on Google and in AI
in 2026.

You're in the right place.

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What an SEO-Powered Website™ can do for your business:

1
More sales, more clients, more revenue, more freedom
simply because you get found at the moment someone is searching for what you offer

2
Stronger marketing year after year—
SEO compounds, so your website becomes even more visible, ranking even higher, being mentioned even more.

3
Everything else you do becomes more effective—Instagram, LinkedIn, email—
because they all point back to a strong, trusted, searchable foundation.

4
You become an authority in your niche
by being trusted by your ideal client and Google and AI

5
Doors of opportunity open—
as your visibility grows, so does your trust, your authority and press, collaborations
and more become possible

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SEO is amazing, right?
But here’s the problem: most business owners have no idea how to actually make SEO work, because the way it’s been taught is confusing, technical, and overwhelming.

“SEO feels too technical…”
 “It’s way over my head.”
 “I’ll never understand what Google actually wants.”
 “It feels too time-intensive.”
“I’m scared to even start.”

SEO is typically taught in long checklists, technical jargon, and disconnected tactics.

That works for some people.
But for the business owners and creatives I meet, it leads to frustration, second-guessing,
and a website that is not optimized—a website that is just sitting there looking pretty, but not actually doing anything to bring in a consistent flow of clients or sales.

Hi, I'm Mel.

I'm a small business owner just like you.

 

When I left my big ad agency job and launched my interior design firm, Happy Place Interiors, I didn’t have a marketing budget.

 

But I did have two decades of experience in marketing and branding, and I knew website visibility and branding could make or break my new business.

So instead of guessing on SEO, I hired an SEO consultant, studied everything I could. I tested and tweaked until Happy Place Interiors was on Google page one. My business still shows up #1 in Google and in AI Overviews and Chat GPT— SEO is still bringing in ideal clients all day and night.

SEO changed everything for my business, but over the years, I've watched so many small business owners struggle with marketing and SEO and that's exactly why I created The SEO-POWERED Website™ SEO course.

 

You’ll learn the same strategies, plus all the updated evolving AI driven SEO (AEO & GEO) explained in plain language, built for creative business owners and tech-nervous, and proven to get real results.

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Watch Happy Place Interiors rank first in AI Overviews and Google Search. This is what organic visibility (free marketing ) looks like — and you can learn to do it too.

I'm here to help.

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The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course is designed differently.

It's SEO without overwhelm.
Without technical jargon.

Without endless random tasks.

 

The SEO POWERED Website™ Course is the only SEO Course built on the modern,
intuitive SEO Success Factors™ Framework.

Instead of teaching SEO as technical silos, the SEO Success Factors™ Framework organizes everything around the outcomes that actually drive results in 2026 by mirroring exactly what Google and AI look for in websites.

SEO SUCCESS FACTORS™

SEEN
Can search engines and AI find and read your website?

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TRUSTED
Do they believe your site is credible and authoritative?

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RELEVANT
Does your website match what people are searching for?

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You’ll learn exactly how to:

• Get your website Seen by Google and AI

• Build Trust so Google ranks your website high and you show up in AI results

• Show you are Relevant by aligning your messaging with search intent
 

When SEO is taught this way,
it stops feeling complicated, starts making sense and feeling doable.

This is SEO that’s organized and doable.
You don’t need to be a tech wizard to optimize your website,
you just need a structure that makes sense.

Take a look inside...

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This easy-to-understand SEO Course will show you exactly how to:

  • Get found on Google and Ai

  • Rank higher—without hiring an expensive agency

  • Stop guessing and follow a clear, proven SEO framework

  • Know what to work on first—and why it matters

  • Turn your website into the foundation of your marketing ecosystem

  • Optimize pages in a way that feels intuitive and doable

  • Make small changes that compound over time

  • Measure progress in a way that actually makes sense

You'll receive:

  • 5 Easy-to-follow, concise modules

  • 3 BONUS Videos
  • 24 short, concise videos total

  • Screen videos that show exactly how to implement SEO steps

  • Exactly how AI can help you with every step of your SEO

  • 100+ page Workbook with checklists and tracking sheets

  • Directory of Tools (free and paid SEO tools)

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MODULE 1: OVERVIEW + SEO IN 2026

You’ll finally understand:

  • How Google and AI really work

  • What AEO and GEO are and how they impact your business

  • How to set a SEO baseline

  • Three essential FREE SEO tools that will help increase your SEO, track and manage your SEO

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"They [Google algorithms] identify a mix of factors that can help determine which content demonstrates aspects of experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness, ...Of these aspects, trust is most important." — Source: Google

MODULE 2:
SEO Success Factor
TRUST

Google shows the most trustworthy websites first.

You’ll learn:

  • Why trust is the number 1 SEO ranking factor

  • ​What trust means to Google and AI

  • 13 trust building strategies and On-Page SEO

"Modern SEO keyword research is defined as identifying the terms your target audience searches for so your content meets their needs — making keyword strategy vital." — SEO.com source

MODULE 2:
SEO Success Factor
RELEVANT

This is where the magic happens.

You’ll discover:

  • ​Where to find a library of keywords that reflects your ideal client

  • How to use keywords the right way

  • Keywords and content that match user intent

  • ​AI prompts and screen recordings
     

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MODULE 3:
SEO Success Factor
SEEN

Google trusts you. Google knows you’re relevant. Now it needs to find and read your website. This is teh technical part, but don't worry, I make it painless. 

You’ll learn:

  • ​Backend SEO (a.k.a On-Page SEO and Technical SEO) — with screen recordings of exactly how-to

  • How to label headlines, body copy so Google and AI can read it

  • ​AI prompts and screen recordings

STRATEGY & Maintenance

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You've learned everything SEO, now it's time to put it into action.

You’ll:

  • Identify your current SEO strengths

  • See where improvement is needed, so you're efficient with time

  • Learn how to track your SEO, so you can see your success

  • Create a monthly maintenance plan that works for you

PLUS! BONUS MODULES!

HOW TO USE AI TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR SEO

 

See exactly how AI can help you with AI prompts and screen recordings.

HOW SEO AND MESSAGING WORK TOGETHER

 

Messaging is incredibly important to convert website visitors to buyers, but your messaging must also work for Google and AI

VALUE: $97

VALUE: $97

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JUST $597

TOTAL VALUE: $2,588.00

ONE TIME PAYMENT • LIFETIME ACCESS • LIFETIME UPDATES

What I have learned so far is amazing.
That Pinterest tip alone is unbelievable.

Kristin

Interior Designer

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When you enroll today, you get:

• A complete SEO foundation to amplify your marketing
• A strategic, outcome based framework you can follow
• Clarity on how Google and AI work
• Actionable steps with video how-to and checklists
• Confidence to optimize your own website yourself, yes, really.
• Tools you can use forever

 

This isn’t just any SEO training

it’s a marketing system that:
• Boosts website traffic
• Generates more leads
• Creates more sales
• Creates an entire marketing ecosystem that gets stronger everyday

Which direction fits your goals?

You can:


❌ Stay stuck

❌ Keep telling yourself you’ll “figure SEO out later”

Let your business stall
instead of grow

 

❌ Let your COMPETITORS HAVE ALL THE GOOD BUSINESS

You can:
 

✅ ENROLL IN the SEO-POWERED WEBSITE COURSE today

✅ Start implementing SEO immediately

✅ START GETTING MORE TRAFFIC
 

✅ START EARNING MORE REVENUE
 

✅ BUILD A MARKETING ECOSYSTEM THAT STRENGTHENS DAY AFTER DAY

OR

The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course is so intuitive and so approachable that even the most non-techie business owners finally feel confident.

You don’t need to be “good at tech.”
You just need the right framework.

This isn't your average SEO Course

The SEO-POWERED Website™ is an excellent DIY SEO course for beginners and for anyone who’s ever felt intimidated, overwhelmed, or shut down by technology.

What truly sets this training apart isn’t just what it teaches.


It’s how it’s taught.

Instead of long checklists, disconnected tactics, or technical rabbit holes, this course is built around a clear, visual framework that mirrors how search actually works today.

Everything you learn fits into the three outcome-based SEO Success Factors™ —
so you always understand:

• what you’re working on

• why it matters

• and how it connects to the bigger picture

This structure removes the guesswork and mental overload
that make SEO feel so hard in the first place.

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The SEO Success Factors™ Framework mirrors how search engines and AI rank websites in 2026.

This is modern SEO.

Google and AI must be able to see and read your website, trust your website and believe it's relevant before it ranks your website high.

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When your website is optimized, business gets easier

Your marketing feels lighter.
Your decisions are more strategic.
Your business grows easier.

And that’s what The SEO-POWERED Website™ course gives you.

 

A simple, intuitive system
Clear steps you can actually follow
Confidence instead of confusion

Watch SEO grow your business in 2026

This Is YOUR Year
This is the year your business stops playing small.
This is the year you stop hiding behind confusion.
This is the year your website finally works with you — not against you.


When your website is optimized:
Your marketing gets easier
Your efforts go further
Your stress goes down


SEO amplifies all your other marketing.
• Instagram works better
• LinkedIn works better
• Your content works harder

 

And you get something priceless back:
Time.

Freedom.

Confidence.
Peace of mind.
More time with your family
More time doing the work you love
Less stress

I really appreciate how clear and concise your teaching is, you are so good at it. You're able to present it so it’s understandable.

Roberta

Interior Designer

When all your expertise, knowledge and content lives only on Instagram or other platforms your expertise and talent never fully gets seen, understood, or cataloged by Google or AI.

It’s invisible to the systems deciding what gets surfaced, cited, and trusted.

It's on systems you don't own.

It's on system that could be hacked or disappear.

Your website is where your expertise becomes:

• Structured

• Searchable

• Understandable

• Trustworthy

• Safe from hacking, deletion

The businesses that act on SEO now will win for years to come

Search engines and LLMs (AI) are actively learning right now—deciding which businesses are credible, relevant, and worth recommending.

 

The brands investing in SEO today are training AI to recognize and trust them, locking in long-term visibility that compounds over time.

 

Waiting doesn’t just slow growth; it hands that advantage to competitors. If you want to be the business AI and Google point to tomorrow, now is the moment to be seen, trusted, and chosen.

"In fact, recent research suggests the volume of revenue generated by LLMs will increase by 75% over the coming years."
– Source: Proper Expression 

Ready to grow the business you actually want?

Enroll in The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course today.
Start implementing immediately.
Build momentum that compounds every single day.
This SEO Course is the smartest, easiest investment you can make in your business this year.

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The SEO-POWERED Website™
Learn SEO the simple way. Grow the smart way.

It simplifies SEO—transforming overwhelming technical speak into simple, actionable language you can understand and use.

It’s comprehensive yet digestible—video lessons total less than 4 hours, with tasks ranging from 4-20 hours.

It uses my signature SEO Success Factors™ Framework— (Seen, Trusted, and Relevant)—a proven system that takes the guesswork out of optimization.

By the end, you’ll have a fully optimized website that Google and AI will be able to read, understand, and promote.

You’ll master blending your brand voice with SEOso you capture both your ideal client and search engines.

You’ll create a sustainable monthly maintenance strategy—that only takes a couple hours per month.

You’ll learn integrate SEO across all your marketing—from content calendars to social media, everything will finally work together.

Your website will work for you 24/7—attracting clients even while you sleep

You’ll be empowered and in control of your success.

You won't be at the mercy of ever-changing social algorithms.

You’ll gain a holistic understanding of marketing, seeing how all the pieces fit together.

Your business will be ready to reach its full potential with a foundation built for sustainable growth​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.

"I can’t think of one thing you could do to improve your class. Your content is well researched and organized. You present the material in a very relatable and uncomplicated way that helps people stay calm so they can learn. 
I’m so thankful that I have such a great mentor."


— Roberta


Learn SEO fast and start ranking on Google now.

No tech overwhelm, just results.
Taught by a creative, not an engineer.
Enroll today, grow tomorrow.

The SEO-powered website™ COURSE FAQ

1. What is the SEO SUCCESS FACTORS™ framework and how does it help my business show up on Google and ChatGPT?
The SEO SUCCESS FACTORS™ framework stands for Seen, Trusted, and Relevant. It’s designed to help small business owners optimize for Google search queries, AI Overviews, and even ChatGPT results, so your business shows up where people are actively searching.

2. Can this SEO course really help me rank on Google without hiring an expensive SEO agency?
Yes! The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course is built for entrepreneurs and creatives who want a DIY, plain-English approach to Google SEO, AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization). You’ll learn the same steps I used to get my own business showing up #1 in Google Search and AI Overviews.

3. What’s the difference between Google SEO and ChatGPT optimization?
Google SEO focuses on keywords, backlinks, and technical structure so you rank in search results. ChatGPT optimization (AEO + GEO) is about structuring content so AI tools can easily pull your business into conversational answers. In the course, I show you how to combine both.

4. Do I need technical skills to take this SEO course?
Nope. The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course was created for non-techie business owners. If you can post on Instagram or edit your own website, you can follow these steps to optimize for Google queries and ChatGPT searches.

5. How long does it take to see results on Google search?
Most students begin to see movement in Google rankings and organic traffic within 60–90 days, depending on how competitive your keywords are. AI results like Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT answers often update faster once your credibility signals are in place.

6. Will this SEO course help me get into Google’s AI Overviews and ChatGPT answers?
Yes. The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course includes Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) so your content is structured in a way that AI tools like Google’s AI Overviews and ChatGPT responses can feature your business.

7. Is SEO still relevant with ChatGPT and AI search engines becoming popular?
Absolutely. AI tools like ChatGPT don’t replace Google SEO — they build on it. Both rely on the same foundation: trusted, relevant content. If you’re optimized for Google search queries, you’re far more likely to appear in AI-driven results too.

8. What if I’ve already tried SEO and it didn’t work for me?
Most people who say “SEO doesn’t work” have only tried random tips from blogs or YouTube. The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course gives you a step-by-step roadmap that connects Google SEO, ChatGPT optimization, and branding into one simple system that you can actually follow.

9. Will this course help me if I’m a local business?
Yes. Whether you’re trying to rank for “interior designer near me” on Google or show up when someone asks ChatGPT for the best local service providers, The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course covers both local SEO and AI search optimization.

10. Is this SEO course just for online businesses, or does it work for brick-and-mortar too?
Both. The strategies apply whether you sell online courses, services, or products, or if you run a physical location. You’ll learn to optimize for Google Maps, local search queries, and AI Overviews — plus national visibility.

11. How does The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course compare to other SEO courses online?
Most SEO courses focus only on Google SEO or drown you in jargon. The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course is unique because it blends Google SEO, ChatGPT/AEO, and GEO strategies with plain-language teaching, so you know exactly what to do without developing overwhelm.

12. What keywords will I learn to target for Google and ChatGPT searches?
You’ll learn keyword research, mapping, and content strategy — not just for Google, but also for how people phrase questions into ChatGPT. That way, your website will ready for both search engines and AI engines.

13. How much time do I need each week for this course?
Plan for 2–3 hours per week to watch lessons and apply what you learn. The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course is designed for busy entrepreneurs, so you can implement SEO in small, consistent steps that build results in Google and AI.

14. Will The SEO-POWERED Website™ help me get more traffic from ChatGPT and AI tools directly?
Yes. We’ll cover how to structure answers, earn credibility signals, and build authority so your brand is more likely to be cited in ChatGPT responses, Perplexity AI, and Google AI Overviews.

15. What if Google or ChatGPT change their algorithms? Will this course still work?
The SEO-POWERED Website™ Course focuses on timeless strategies. While algorithms evolve, these principles don’t change. 

START TODAY. GROW TOMORROW.

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