Episode 9

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29th Aug 2024

How You Can Lead Big Teams During Uncertainty with Sai Deshmukh

How do you successfully manage a team during time of uncertainty? This week we get into this very topic with our guest, Sai Deshmukh who manages a team of 40, where we discuss the good and bad times, and her key learnings.

About Sai:

Sai Deshmukh is a marketing strategist with a passion for data-driven SEO campaigns. With over 8 years of experience, she's helped 60+ tech startups and giants boost SEO presence in all business verticals. Sai enjoys traveling, reading and experimenting art in her free time ( and also runs an instagram channel @SEOwithSAI ) In short: SEO enthusiast. Data nerd. Helping websites find their spotlight

Where to find Sai:

@seowithsai on Instagram

Sai on LinkedIn

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The SEO Mindset Podcast
Personal growth tips to help you to optimise your SEO career and not just the algorithms!
The SEO Mindset is a weekly podcast that gives you actionable, personal growth and development tips, guidance and advice, to help you to optimise your SEO career and not just the algorithms.

The podcast is dedicated to talking about important topics that aren't often spoken about in the industry such as imposter syndrome, burnout, anxiety, self awareness etc. Sarah and Tazmin, along with their special guests highlight important topics, share own experiences as well as giving actionable solutions. Basically we have open, honest and frank conversations to help others in the industry.

Each week we cover topics specific to careers in the SEO industry but also broader topics. We will help you to not only build your inner confidence but to also thrive in your career.

Your hosts are Mindset Coach Tazmin Suleman and SEO Manager Sarah McDowell, who between them have over 20 years experience working in the industry.
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About your hosts

Sarah McDowell

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I've been in Digital Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for around 10 years, currently working as the SEO Manager at Captivate (part of Global), the world's only growth-orientated podcast host. I am a self-confessed SEO nerd (I find the industry fascinated and love learning how search engines like Google work) and a bit of a podcast addict (with this being the fourth podcast I have hosted). I am also a speaker and trainer. I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Tazmin Suleman

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I am a Life Coach, helping people grow and thrive, however my background has included careers in Development, Data Integrity and SEO. Through coaching, mentoring and teaching I help people build happier more fulfilling professional and personal lives by changing their mindset and habits. I teach courses on these topics and have incorporated a lot of the teachings in this podcast. I hope you find it useful.