Testimonials & Results
Browse testimonials, results, and stories from my past clients & students - all on one handy page!
All Feedback | General Feedback | Course Feedback | Day of Voxer Feedback | Website Audit Feedback | Marketing Strategy Feedback | Guest Workshop Feedback | Video Feedback
Tessa Sowry-Osborne | Founder of The Stationer
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard fellow small business owners mention Menekse being an SEO wizard, and when I decided to finally do something about my SEO, her website was my first port of call.
I knew SEO was something I had to work on if I want any organic growth, and despite having the intention to teach myself, I just don’t have any time and didn’t know where to start.
When I received the audit, it was far more than I was expecting for a mini audit. It had clear instructions with a video & fun looking PDF.
It’s too early to say how it’s impacted my business growth, but I have a much better understanding of what’s important when it comes to improving my SEO.
Over the past week, I have completely re-done my website using Menekse’s action plan as a basis and it looks better, is more accessible, and I think is much easier to use.
Sarah Goodwin | Print Designer
Having watched some of Menekse’s free resources, I appreciated her straightforward way of explaining SEO - an area that I am new to.
I knew SEO was important, but I wasn’t sure where to start. It was great to have tailored advice and ideas rather than general SEO knowledge.
I really appreciated having Menekse’s expert eyes on my site, and giving me clear action points to work through.
I found it hard to know where to start with SEO, but this review gave me structure & advice specific to my website which was great.
Melissa Latto | Founder of Nine Angels
I’ve been following Menekse for a while and her name came to mind when I realised my website wasn’t performing like my Etsy and wholesale marketplaces.
I knew changes needed to be made, but I had no idea where to begin. I loved the video, it was really easy to follow for a total newbie to SEO. It was very clear and easy to work through in bite-sized pieces, as well as being really specific to me and my business.
I went full-time in my business last year and am loving learning from Menekse.
Jas Chana | Personal Stylist
I was recommended Menekse’s services by Katie Ramsingh, who told me I should maybe explore working on my SEO.
I love how personable and friendly Menekse is - she listened to what I want, and it was so easy to talk to her and ask questions. My goals were to improve my website, gain more clients, and increase my sales, I’ve taken on Menekse’s advice and can see how these changes will really help me convert clients.
I am trying to include all the main keywords in my blogs, and have noticed how they are starting to attract more visitors to my site.
I really loved chatting with Menekse about how I could improve my website performance. I loved all of her feedback on how I can improve my service pages, and the video that I received was really professional. I have already recommended Menekse’s services to two other business owners.
Rowana Mallett | Artist at South Island Art
I came across Menekse’s podcast and really liked her approach to marketing. The fact that she also runs her own e-commerce business was a big factor, I felt she would really understand the issues. I’d also heard lots of positive things about her SEO courses. I started with her Squarespace SEO course, and have also bought her Keyword Research and Mega Audit.
Menekse’s tailored approach to creative businesses and the platforms we use is fantastic. She understands the pain points, and everything is broken down into easy-to-understand chunks. You’re shown step-by-step what to do, and how to apply it to your platform.
As both a product and a service business, I was struggling with working out my navigation on my website. The mega audit gave me so much clarity and focus - having tailored advice has made such a difference and saved me so much time. I know exactly what I should be working on.
Menekse’s approach: Friendly, valuable advice that’s easy to understand and that works!
Jo Degenhart | Artist and Printmaker
“As I have worked through the course, I'm seeing increases in the number of people that are coming and how long they're staying, how much they're moving around. Understanding the analytics better also means that I can see areas where I can improve and they will make a difference.”
“Before working with Menekse I hadn't really heard of what SEO was. I built my website using a lot of googling as it's not an area I've much knowledge of, so I really was starting at zero.
There's a huge amount of information available on the course, really accessible. If you don't have much knowledge of that area, Menekse gives you systems that you can put in place so that you don't have to be thinking about the SEO day-to-day, you can just get on with running your business.
I feel much more comfortable with SEO now. I've learned how, if I can tweak just the things that I'm already doing on blog posts, on product listings, and the rest of my website, then I've got a much higher chance of being seen by the people who I want to be seen by.
Before starting the course I had really low numbers of visitors to my website. As I work through, I'm seeing increases in the number of people that are coming and how long they're staying, how much they're moving around. Understanding the analytics better also means that I can see areas where I can improve and they will make a difference.
I would say that Menekse is incredibly generous with the knowledge and experience that she has. And when you work with someone who is so enthusiastic about a subject, it's hard not to feel motivated to do the work and improve your SEO.”
Birungi Kawooya | Artist & Art Teacher
“I wouldn't have dreamed that I could be a full time artist working and earning money this way because I hadn't cracked the digital marketing space - it's just been incredible. So I thoroughly recommend Marketing with Menekse, and all the programs and courses.”
“I have found SEO with Menekse has been a game changer for me - I've always found SEO really tricky, really complex and overwhelming. I just didn't know where to start.
But the programs that Menekse has outlined and the way she breaks it down makes it really easy to start, progress and see some quick wins, then understand the longer term benefits.
It’s really empowered me to drive my teaching business online, and in person it's getting me more website bookings.
I wouldn't have dreamed that I could be a full time artist working and earning money this way because I hadn't cracked the digital marketing space - it's just been incredible. So I thoroughly recommend Marketing with Menekse, and all the programs and courses, especially the community. The Slack community is really friendly.
I found the audit to be really helpful and impactful. It gave me an understanding of the different areas of my website that need work and development and why, and the recording walked it through and explained it to me. That really helped me to tick off the things I needed to do.
It was a great starting off point because I got advice that was tailored to me and I could then implement, and I thought it was really helpful. I'm taking the right steps in the right way to improve my website.
How do I feel about SEO now? Um, interesting question. It's not my best friend, but it's definitely a lot less scary, and I can see that it's something worth investing time in and building those blocks. It's not something I have to fully outsource. I obviously hugely benefit from Menekse's advice and will continue to do that, but it's slowly feeling like I can make good judgment calls and have relation to it as well.”
Stephanie | Founder & Creator of Loubiblu
“Menekse is the only person I ever recommend [for SEO]… She has a passion about SEO you can hear as soon as she speaks, and she doesn't mind the same question being asked 1000 times.”
“Before I did any course with Menekse, I didn't really know anything about SEO. I literally had no idea and it was extremely overwhelming. What I really thoroughly enjoyed was the level of dedication Menekse gave to the lives that we were allowed to join and answering the questions really well.
The fact that I can dip in and out of the support… It was quite helpful that I could do what I could do that week and hop on a call and ask a question about what the problem was that week.
Menekse is the only person I ever recommend because of who she is. There's plenty of people doing SEO, but I think the way she has a passion about it that you can just hear it as soon as she speaks, and she doesn't mind the same question being asked 1000 times. And from a creative perspective, who has a different brain that just doesn't work in that way, being able to ask the same question a million times and not have an eye roll at me is brilliant.
Menekse has broken it down very well and it's understandable and she’s personable.”
Video Feedback from Live Illustrator Katie Chappell
“Since sorting out my SEO, I was able to quit my nanny job and just become a full time illustrator… I've worked for Facebook, Google, Instagram, the United and honestly it blows my mind like the people that find me from Google.”
“Now I feel about SEO like it's just part of what I do and I love that when I write a blog post I feel like I know what I'm doing. I know when I'm updating my website all the tiny little tweaks I can make.
Before I did this course I was getting a little bit of work but I still had to have a part time job to support this part of my business. Since sorting out my SEO, I was able to quit my nanny job and just become a full time illustrator.
I get inquiries every single day pretty much Monday to Friday - usually more than one inquiry a day from people who really want to hire me.
I've worked for Facebook, Google, Instagram the United Nations and honestly it blows my mind like the people that find me from Google.
Since doing my SEO and having my business take off in that way, I've co-founded another business helping illustrators. SEO is such a game changer for getting regular clients and having that consistency that means that you can quit your part time job or go all in and just know that you're going to get inquiries, even if you don't show up on social media.”
Sara Kabariti | Artist & Educator
“This program has been the best investment I have done for my creative business. It has been a game changer for me.”
“It's given me so much more time to focus on the creative side of my business, which is really what it's all about. The marketing I know is being done for me in the background and I can focus on what I really love to do.
I started the program in November 2020 and already I can see that the traffic to my website is snowballing. It has resulted in sales, which has been really, really helpful because I'm a very new business owner and I can see now that it will continue to rise and now that I know how to optimise for keywords, how to write blog posts that actually attract customers into my funnel. There's so much that you learn through this course that has been very, very helpful for me. I can't stress that enough.
If you're thinking of working with Menekse, I'd say just go for it. Don't hesitate. She's the right person. She knows her subject really well. More importantly, she's super supportive, she's really there for you and she really wants you to succeed. And that's what I found and that's what I love about her. She has such great integrity. For me, it's so important to work with people who I can trust, and Menekse is that person.”
Katie Ramsingh | Fashion & Beauty Copywriter
The sheer detail of the audit left me flabbergasted.
I wanted to increase my searchability and also get some sort of strategy in place for my SEO goals - but I wanted clarity on what I should tackle first: should I do a blog, or work on keywords? I had no clue.
The audit exceeded my expectations massively and gave me so many actionable tasks to get stuck into to improve my SEO.
I am in the process of updating my website, and Menekse’s insights on customer journeys mean that it’s already looking and sounding much more impressive.
The E-Com Growth Hub by SOUP Agency
Menekse was a coach in The E-com Growth Hub, providing monthly support to our members as well as answering the questions of our Hubbers. She is a fantastic coach and provided invaluable support to our members, answering all their questions diligently and demystifying the usually very confusing world of SEO so they could take it in and use it to grow their business!
With Menekse's help we were able to teach our Hub members to use SEO confidently in their growth, understand these big concepts and achieve better feed ranking, but also get a better grasp of the importance of blogging for their brands. The feedback from them was fantastic on Menekse's support.
Menekse was always on hand to answer any questions the Hub might have, and she made big concepts really simple to understand while inserting lots of relatable humour to make the process fun.
Helen Stephens | Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
I really enjoyed working my way through Menekse's videos. They guided me step by step from complete novice to getting my SEO act together! The Voxer day was amazing! Her nuggets of info are like gold dust! Menekse gave one on one advice about my website and I had all of my questions answered.
I write and illustrate children's books, and pre-pandemic I used to visit schools to share my passion for reading, making and all things picture books. After lockdown, all school visits were off, so I decided to make a virtual school visit package. It's a series of films, followed by a Zoom call from my studio. I wanted to spread the word to as many schools as possible that I have made this fun, easy to use resource!
I was trying to make my website the first one that pops up on Google if a school is looking for an author visit - I am now popping up as the first name on one of my keyword searches and second on two others. I am working on more... Amazing!
Everything was spelled out really clearly, even for a complete SEO novice like me. I enjoyed Menekse's very open and direct way of speaking, and the Voxer days were amazing! Menekse gave direct feedback about my website - so, so valuable!
Chanie Wilschanski | Early Childhood Leadership Coach & CEO of Schools of Excellence
Menekse is creative and strategic which is a rare find. She knows how to create a strategy that is smart and innovative and taps into best practices as well as taking a forward thinking approach to marketing and messaging. She prepares a solid plan and lets you know the best next steps forward.
Before working with Menekse, we didn’t have a marketing leader and just dabbled in lots of different ideas but no real plan to make the dreams a reality.
One of the key projects we worked on was growing our in-person events. We reached our goal of 150 attendees at a high ticket price point, with people flying into New York from all over the world! She helped us create multiple different campaigns that led people into this offer, and it was a huge success.
My favorite thing about working with Menekse? The strategy and creativity - she just nailed both!
Laura Pedley | Fine Artist
Working with Menekse has been brilliant, she is unbelievably knowledgeable about so many things, and so generous with that knowledge. I've learnt loads from her about how to run a business with heart and that is totally focused on the people that business serves.
My business has grown and grown! I have started selling artwork on a regular basis, built up a community around my email list and have regular contact with my collectors, and am starting to further my reach on social media and Pinterest. I feel like my business finally has some momentum, and that I have a plan going forward as to how to keep growing that momentum.
Getting my head around marketing my artwork was a real stumbling block, but working with Menekse has really broken this down for me into manageable pieces of work that are really applicable in my industry.
My hope was to be able to build a marketing strategy that freed me up to do what I really love, creating my original artwork, rather than one that took up more time! And that is exactly what Menekse has helped me do, making marketing really accessible and much less overwhelming. I feel so much better equipped to market my work these days and it's much less daunting thanks to all her help and guidance.
As well as being an absolute marketing genius, Menekse is just lovely to work with, so kind and so patient with all my questions! She always goes the extra mile to help solve any problem, and you can totally rely on her. She's a dream!
Jordan Irwin | Silversmith & Jewellery Maker at Jordan Lily Designs
Before working together, my website was up and running but had very little traction. A lot of the traffic was self-directed from Instagram which meant that I felt like I had to be 'on' Insta 24/7 to be getting results. My email marketing consisted of monthly newsletters, which were fine, but not really converting into sales! And my SEO was pretty non-existent! Always something on the to-do list.
I really wanted to see some traction with SEO generating traffic to my website so that there was something in place for the long-term marketing strategies.
I've been working through the SEO course, and have had a 1-to-1 day of Voxer with Menekse. I've gone from knowing very little about SEO at all to feeling much more confident and knowledgeable about best practice for my website.
Menekse is a great teacher and works really hard to provide tailored help and support. Her advice for getting my website ship-shape and approaching my marketing strategy has been invaluable!
The biggest change is seeing my own website take off! It now massively out-performs my other sales channels on marketplaces every month and has regular sales - yay!
I've been tracking my stats for SEO - in the space of a year, my impressions went from 8.25k to 57.9k, and clicks have jumped from 131 to 591 clicks a month! It's so encouraging to see these!!
I've also seen my 'focus keywords' Christian Jewellery position jump from 39.2 to 9.3 - first page of Google baby! And my email marketing is sitting at 25-35% of my monthly income on my website.
The Voxer days, both for the SEO course and the 1-to-1 day I did are so great!! It's so helpful to get quick and specific advice and help, and I think the walkie talkie format works really well. I'd literally pay for a slot every week, Menekse is so supportive!
Katie Chappell | Live Illustrator & Co-Founder of The Good Ship Illustration
All I can say is PHENOMENAAAAAAL.
I already knew a tiny bit about SEO and I'd had a bit of success writing blog posts etc. but Menekse took me from 'hmm I think this is working' to 'Woah. Ok this is definitely working.'
To be honest, I just wanted to show up on Google a bit more. I had no idea of the potential SEO would have for my live illustration business. When I first took the course I was getting a couple of enquiries a week. Now I get a few a day.
My business has pretty much quadrupled, my clients list is embarrassing to read out because I feel like I'm showing off - and all of these big global companies found me via Google.
It makes me feel like social media is an optional extra. I could leave Instagram and I know my live illustration / graphic recording business would be totally unaffected.
Everything was broken down into super easy steps, but Menekse doesn’t shy away from teaching ALL OF THE THINGS with SEO. I loved that.
Liz Mosley | Graphic Designer | Host of the Building Your Brand Podcast
Menekse is so knowledgeable and always full of so many ideas. I always really appreciate her insight and feedback, and it has helped me grow my business so much over the last year!
Before working with Menekse, I just had no idea what I was doing when it came to marketing. I knew bits and pieces, but had no strategy and was not intentional with it all.
My goal was to grow my business and streamline it and that has definitely happened. I am marketing myself more effectively than ever before, and my business has grown more in the last year than ever before.
I doubled my income, launched an online course, started growing my email list and started a podcast. All thanks to encouragement and advice from Menekse.
She is straight talking and gives really down to earth advice, as well as pushing me (in a good way) to do things that I had never really thought I could do before.
Anne-Marie Francis | The Design Trust
Menekse is super knowledgeable in all aspects of marketing and especially SEO. She is professional yet fun and an absolute pleasure to work with.
The Design Trust invited Menekse to share her knowledge and experience of SEO with our Business Club members. As small creative businesses, they struggle with the whole concept of SEO and how best to implement it within their websites AND on selling platforms.
We wanted our Business Club members to have a much better understanding of all aspects and areas of SEO.
We have had amazing feedback from our members on this session, including…
'This was an excellent webinar!!'
'Great webinar, lots of good takeaways there.'
… with many taking positive action on their SEO as a result.
Menekse’s clarity in explaining her knowledge and making the learning fun and engaging too are some of our favourite things about working with her.
Sam Hänni | CEO of SwissMadeMarketing & SEOcockpit
From the first moment, I knew I had the privilege of working with someone who has incredible experience, knowledge and talent in all areas of online marketing and entrepreneurship.
In everything Menekse teaches and does, one sees the footprint of her years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and skilled online marketer.
When we first started working together, I was the only "go to" person in my company with the most experience and knowledge in the field of online marketing. This was a huge struggle because there were so many questions I didn't have answers to myself!
My goal was to grow a product we had developed in our company, together with someone who has more knowledge in the field of online marketing than myself.
On our first call I mentioned a launch goal I had in mind for the project. The answer I expected (and the answer I would have received from any other marketer) was "are you out of your mind?!". But you said: "yes, let's go for it!".
This set free an incredible amount of energy and motivation. And I felt this during all of our calls.
I was incredibly fortunate to be able to work with Menekse for almost half a year. During this time we reached far more than just the goals we had set for the initial project. Menekse provided me with knowledge, insights and mindset that has had a positive ripple effect until this day!