Tag

SEO

February 14, 2019
0
GrowTraffic Blog Post SEO Copywriting For Voice Search Title Graphic

How Do I Write SEO Web Copy For Voice Search?

By | Blog, Content Marketing, SEO | No Comments

Can you remember when search engines first arrived, way back in the 90s?

Obviously, if you’re one of today’s modern millennials, this event will not even have registered on your radar – you were probably still in nappies back in the 90s.

However, for those of us who are slightly older (should we say 30-something, to be kind?), the arrival of the first search engines was an important step. For those of us who later went on to become SEOs, it was a seminal moment. Well, it would have been, if we’d been paying attention at the time.

Read More
January 31, 2019
0
The Top Ten Social Media Channels For 2019

Which Social Media Platform Should I Use In 2019 To Improve My Rankings?

By | Blog, Social Media Marketing | No Comments

Social media. It’s a rum old thing, ain’t it?!

It seems that every day there’s a new platform introduced, one bought out by someone else, one dropping off the radar.

Just as soon as you’ve got your head around one social media platform, it turns out that its no longer down wiv da kids, and they’ve all moved somewhere else anyway. There’s just you and your Nan left, liking each other’s cat videos.

Or, at least, as a thirty-something with a nine year old son, that’s how I feel! I’ve no sooner figured out one social media channel he’s using, and he’s lost interest in that one and has moved on to something completely new.

Read More
December 18, 2018
0

Learnings from Distilled’s Will Critchlow’s Interview With Google’s John Mueller

By | Google, Search Engines | No Comments

Every now and then there is a post about search which should make every SEO consultant stand up and take notice. Recently, Distilled’s Will Critchlow created one such piece of content when he created a Whiteboard Friday for Moz, about the lessons he learned from interviewing Google’s John Mueller.

The Whiteboard Friday covers a range of topics including Domain Authority, subdomains vs subfolders and a take on using noindex/nofollow. Here’s my roundup and thoughts based on the piece:

John Mueller is the Senior Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google and he’s always prepared to be super helpful when it comes to questions about how Google is treating things differently from a technical SEO perspective.

Read More
December 17, 2018
0

North Sourcing SEO

By | Search Engines, SEO

Here at GrowTraffic we’ve worked with businesses from all over the world. We’ve helped out businesses throughout Europe, Australia, the USA, Israel and South Africa, however, most of the businesses we work with are in the UK and whilst we’re based in the North West and South Yorkshire, we work on a surprisingly large number of websites from businesses based in the Greater London area.

If you’re a London-based company you may have heard about the benefits of north sourcing various tasks, with SEO and content being a digital marketing channels that are particularly well suited to being north sourced. Read More

December 13, 2018
0
Human Rights

Grow Traffic Supports Human Rights Day

By | Blog | No Comments

Monday 10th December saw the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (UDHR), a day that is symbolically marked around the globe as Human Rights Day.

Sadly, this event was largely ignored in the U.K.

The media has been completely focused on Brexit, and the announcement of the ‘meaningful vote’ in parliament being postponed added fuel to this on going political debate, meaning Human Rights Day, a day to celebrate our rights and privileges we are endowed with just for being human, was overlooked.

Not here though, not at Grow Traffic.

We are proud to support the launch of a new website HumanRightsExplained.net , a website that has been designed to offer a no nonsense guide to the somewhat complex world of human rights and present a tool for education to be used by anybody wanting to improve their knowledge around this subject.

Want to find out more? Read On….. Read More

November 22, 2018
0

How Does Google Rank Websites?

By | Google, Search Engines, SEO | No Comments

Business owners and marketers the world over are trying to figure out how to get their websites to rank better in Google. But it’s important to think about why and how Google ranks websites.

Those websites that appear on the first page for a search query are those that Google considers to be the most important, relevant and ultimately useful to the searcher, for a specific query. Read More

November 16, 2018
0

Freelance SEO Consultant

By | SEO

Freelance SEO Consultant Growth GraphMy name is Simon Dalley. I’m a freelance SEO consultant. If your website does not rank highly then it’s not reaching potential customers. In today’s market, even small to medium business owners can’t afford to rest on their laurels; your website needs to work hard and it needs to compete with the best.

If you’re unsure as to how to get your website to rank higher, then you need a Search Engine Optimisation consultant to show you where you’re going wrong and to give you helpful, constructive advice on how to remedy this.

So, if you can’t make head nor tail of the all the advice out there on the net, and if you can’t afford the monthly retainer figure of a company, then you probably need a Freelance SEO Consultant!

Here at GrowTraffic, search engine optimisation is what we do and, with the combined skills of my experience as a search marketing specialist and Rachel’s search orientated copywriting, we pride ourselves on being exceptionally good at it (even if we do say so ourselves!).

Learn more about our SEO consultancy services here.

What Does a Freelance SEO Consultant Do?  

Freelance SEO consultant services mean different things to different people. As search engine optimisation specialists, GrowTraffic will carry out a full audit of your current website to see where it is under-performing or if certain search marketing work could help it achieve a better ranking position.

Once I have analysed your site, I can give you some suggestions on how to improve it or what you could do differently. I look at this from the perspective of a technical SEO consultant as well as considering the offsite requirements – including outreach and link building. Often, I can make some of these changes for you or can complete a contract of work that will improve your position, however, occasionally, you may have to make some of the changes yourself (although I’ll always show you how and are always on the other end of the phone if you get stuck!).

As I work on a freelance basis, you won’t be tied into lengthy contracts and, as I work from home, I don’t have huge overheads to cover. This means that I can bring you the benefits of an expensive agency at my normal consultancy hourly rate.

Getting a freelancer in to take on this side of your web marketing is a big thing, so why not call me on 07411 420740 and we can discuss it in more detail; I’m sure you’ll see how passionate I am are about search marketing.

Creative SEO Consultant

Simon Dalley - Freelance SEO ConsultantDon’t just get in touch if you need someone to work on your search marketing for you; ranking well is about being creative and original, but coming up with tactics can be exhausting and trying things ad hoc can be risky.

With my experience as a digital marketing consultant, I have seen a lot and I know what works and what doesn’t. Why not give me a call if you if you need to speak to someone?

SEO Consultant

More and more, good optimisation isn’t just a case of tweaking things in the background or pointing some links at a website. It’s a case of creating the best possible website for the organisation with the website optimisation consultant needing to work with many stakeholders including website owners, their staff and contributors.

I understand that many businesses approach me because they need an expert to help them grow. However, I passionately believe in giving the businesses I work with the information and tools they need to take on their online marketing themselves. By doing this, I ensure that websites will rank well not just now, but in the future too.

I understand there are a lot of people out there that say they know about marketing and SEO, but I have a track record. All you have to do is search me out on Google and you should see my history in search speaks volumes. Plus if you want to check me out further, take a look at my profile on one of the biggest SEO communities and information websites in the world; Moz, where I’m regularly ranked around 200 in the community of 18,000 contributors.

Contact Me

I’m based in Bacup in Rossendale – which is in East Lancashire – but I don’t just SEO Lancashire businesses websites; I’ve worked as a UK SEO consultant for organisations throughout the UK (and a few further afield!). But wherever you are, I hope you’ll think I offer one of the best SEO consulting company there is!

If you’d like any further information about my work as a freelance seo consultant or would like GrowTraffic to take a look at your website, then please contact me today.

SEO related blog posts

GrowTraffic Blog Post SEO Copywriting For Voice Search Title Graphic

How Do I Write SEO Web Copy For Voice Search?

| Blog, Content Marketing, SEO | No Comments

Can you remember when search engines first arrived, way back in the 90s? Obviously, if you’re one of today’s modern millennials, this event will not even have registered on your…

How You Can Combine Email Marketing And SEO For Your Business?

How You Can Combine Email Marketing And SEO For Your Business

| Email Marketing, Search Engines, SEO | No Comments

As a business owner in the information age, you probably utilize a variety of digital marketing channels to help you grow your brand.

Is SEO Important For Web Design?

Is SEO Important For Web Design?

| Google, Search Engines, SEO, User experience, Web Design | No Comments

SEO or search engine optimisation is the practice of impacting a website’s ranking in SERPs to try to increase qualified traffic to a relevant page whereas web design is the…

November 6, 2018
0
does grammar matter to SEO title graphic

Does Grammar Matter To SEO?

By | Search Engines | No Comments

I was reading an email yesterday from someone who shall remain nameless and it was, quite frankly, terrible.

The sentences were too long, the grammar was incorrect, it read terribly. In fact, it didn’t just read terribly, it was impossible to read. By the time you’d got to the end of one sentence, you’d forgotten what it was all about. Or why you were even there in the first place. Or what your name was.

Now, to be fair, the email hadn’t been written with the intention of being used for any marketing purposes; it was a personal email. In fact, it was technically a HR document, sent with the need to be legally binding.

Nevertheless, it got me thinking about the way people write and what they want their reader to do with that piece of written information.  Read More

October 30, 2018
0
5 Scary Halloween SEO Almost Facts

5 Scary SEO (Almost) Facts For Halloween

By | Blog, Content Marketing, Search Engines, SEO | One Comment

It’s Halloween.

I have to write a blog post.

So, because I’m a good content marketer and I know how to link my content to the calendar dates – no matter how tenuous that link may be – I’m naturally going to give you a ‘Scary SEO Facts for Halloween’ blog post.

The trouble is, that whilst you can find loads of such posts already online, they’re not actually that easy to write. Or at least, not without massive caveats.

And you know why that is? It’s because SEO is not a fact based discipline. And that makes it very hard to write a blog about the SEO facts!  Read More

October 23, 2018
0
The Top Ten SEO KPIs To Monitor Infographic Title Graphic

The Top Ten SEO KPIs To Monitor (Infographic)

By | Blog, Content Marketing, Google, Search Engines | No Comments

Here at GrowTraffic, we like to position ourselves as the antidote to SEO companies.

We do say that slightly tongue in cheek – we’re not that big headed really – and it’s not that we think we’re a million times better than any other SEO agencies out there (although, we do think we’re a little bit better than a lot of SEO companies out there! Just a little bit.).

No, one of the main reasons we say that we’re different is because of the fact that we give our clients measurable KPIs, so they can assess what we’re doing and how well we’re doing it.

But if you’re trying to do SEO by yourself, or if you’re working with an agency that hasn’t told you what you’re supposed to be watching out for, how do you know which metrics to keep an eye on? Well luckily for you, GT have come up with our handy little infographic on The Top 10 SEO KPIs to Monitor (below), so you can see at a glance what you’re supposed to be checking, why you need to check it, and where.  Read More

September 25, 2018
0
Connecting with your customers via SEO

How Do I Connect With My Customers Using SEO?

By | Blog, Search Engines, Thoughts | No Comments

If you are a small business owner working all the hours you can to grow your company, or you are an entrepreneur with some great ideas but no route to market, starting out can be a really tough time.

You have this superb product or service that you know everybody will love, you have an all singing and dancing website that you are truly proud of, you have invested heavily in to your ideas, but you just can’t quite put your finger on why you are not yet reaping the rewards for all your hard work.

It’s demoralising, demotivating and down right frustrating.

This is where you need some magic dust sprinkling to kick start your dreams and ambitions, that one lucky break as they say, could turn your dream in to a reality, your small business in to a FTSE 100, and you in to the next Richard Branson flying your own jet.

Well although SEO isn’t magic dust, it can certainly help to open up your business or your ideas to a global audience, giving you the leg up you were hoping for.

Want to know more about SEO can help your brand? Read on…  Read More

September 18, 2018
4
Ahrefs guest blog post

Things I Learned About SEO as a Customer Success Specialist at Ahrefs

By | Blog, Guest Post, SEO | No Comments

Here, at Ahrefs, we firmly believe that the key to building a successful SEO Tool (or any tool for that matter) lies in our customer base itself. Because who else is better to tell you what people who buy your product need?

Obviously, we do some filtering and adjusting. But, nevertheless, we are good listeners, always open to learning something new.

And by providing assistance to our customers, each person on our team feels like they do something bigger than just guiding or answering common questions. Well, the position is called Customer Success Specialist for a reason.  Read More