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Resume skills for seo's in 2015
- 1. What an SEO Specialist,Expert,ConsultantandOnline MarketingManagerneedstoknow today in 2015:
SearchEngine Optimization(10+years),
Experience withGoogleandBing’sservices,includingAnalyticsandWebmasterTools(10+
years),
Experience withGoogle’sKeywordTool (10+ years),
Expertlinkbuilder(10+ years),
A functional understandingof HTML and CSS (10+ years),
The abilitytoworkwithback-endSEOelementssuchas.htaccess,robots.txt,metadata,site
speedoptimization, andrelatedskills(10+years),
Provensuccessinlinkbuildingandviral strategies(10+years),
The abilitytodeployaneffectivelocal andlong-tailsearchstrategy(10+ years),
A deepunderstandingof mobilestrategyandhow itrelatestoSEO (10+ years),
A solidgraspof how blogging,pressreleases,social media,andrelatedstrategiesgohand-in-
handwithSEO (10+ years),
Experience inbuildinginboundorganicsearchtrafficandimprovingSERPs(10+ years),
A backgroundincreatingreportsshowingwebanalyticsdataandsite evaluations(10+years),
An up-to-date,workingknowledgeof current,past,andprojectedtrendsinthe SEOindustry
(10+ years),
Familiaritywiththe besttoolsinthe trade (10+ years),
Supplementaryskills:PHP,UX,IA,CRO,SEM, ContentStrategy,Social Media(10+ years),
Mobile AppSearch(5 years),
Responsive WebsiteDesign(5years),
CloudComputing(4years),
InformationArchitecture (4years),
Mobile-FriendlySEO(5years),
Lead Management(6years),
LatentSemanticIndexing(7years),
Actionable Analytics(6years),
Conversational Queries(4years),
StructuredData Markup (5 years),
Online Security(5years),
Big Data (2 years),
Social Signals(3years),
KeepSEObudgeton track – Manage campaignbudgetexpenses,helpestablishpriorities,
performprojectmanagement,documentchanges.(10+years),
Become knowledgeableaboutthe customer’ssearchmarketingobjectives,industry,business
niche,products,brandattributes,andcompetitive position.(10+years),
Optimize webpages –Integrate keywordphrases,execute on-page SEOmechanical elements
(H-tags,Images,Textattributes).(10+years),
Keywordresearchdiscovery+analysis – Prioritize keywordstargetingstrategyforheadkeyword
verticalsandlong-tailedkeywordphrases.Identifyexistingkeywordrankingsandpotential new
keywordtargets.(10+ years),
KeywordMapping – Map keywordstospecificpagesstrengtheningcontentsilos.(10+years),
- 2. Compose effective headlines and subheadings. Write compelling unique title tags and
descriptionmetatagstoinduce more clicksinsearchresults.(5years),
Attainmultiple Googletoptenrankingspositionsformoneykeywordsonhome page,internal
and landingpages,andblogpostslonger-termstrategies.(10+years),
Improve userexperienceonwebsite:Increase ClickThroughRates(CTR) insearchengine results
listings,minimize page abandonment,increasepage views.(10+years),
Diagnose technical SEOissuesandresolve:Canonicalization,pagination,404errors,301/302
redirects,crawl errors,servererrors,duplicate content,robots.txtfile,XMLsitemapandHTML
sitemapproblems,brokenlinks,testandresolvewebsitepage loadspeedissuesandconduct
mobile-friendlytestforreadabilityandusabilityproblemsondifferentwebbrowsersandscreen
resolutions.(10+years),
PerformLocal SEO marketingcampaigns – Google+,Local Places,Regional andLocal citations.(5
years),
Conducta full SEO website audit–documentbaselinesandbenchmarks.(8years),
Complete anonline competitiveanalysis.Reverse engineercompetitors’websites.Reverse
engineercompetitors’backlinkprofile.(6years),
Keepinformedonindustrytrends,SEObestpractices,andGoogle algorithmupdates.Thisability
includesadvancedknowledge on‘whatspamis’andhow to avoidit.(10+ years),
Write original unique content,identifycontentgaps,offercopywritingcoachingtips,raise
contentqualitystandards,remove orupdate outdatedcontent,consolidatethincontent,find
and fix duplicate content.(4years),
Demonstratesproficiencyinmakingcontentadjustmentsandtweakingcontentbasedupon
measurable data.(4years),
RecommendCall toActionfeaturesandCTA buttons.Improve conversionrates.(4years),
Knowoperational featuresof ContentManagementSystems:Wordpress,Joomla,Drupal.(4
years),
Have general understandingof webdevelopment,webdesign,HTMLcoding,Javascript,and
CSS.(7 years),
Understandkeyaspectsof e-commerce websites,shoppingcarts,andphotogalleries.(5years),
ImplementGoogleAuthorshipintegrationforgainingrichsnippets.Make richcontentand
schemamarkuprecommendations,publishstructureddatamarkup.(4years),
Use SEO,ContentMarketing,Digital MarketingandConversionRate Optimizationtools
effectively:Google WebmasterTools,GoogleAnalytics,GoogleKeywordPlanner,Google SERP
SnippetOptimizationTool,Google StructuredDataTestingTool,BingWebmasterTools,
MajesticSEO, Ahrefs,SEOQuake,HubSpot,Bitly,Buffer,Buzzstream, Wordpress,Copyscape,
IFTTT, Linkstat,MozCast,Social Mention,Ubersuggest,XenuLinkSleuth,ScreamingFrog,Yoast,
YouTube Analytics,nTopic,OpenSiteExplorer,Piktochart,Trello,SEMrush,Optimizely,Visual
Website Optimizer,Raven,Wordtracker,ClickTale,Kissmetrics,SurveyMonkey,Canva,Spyfu,
Quantcast,Alexa,Compete,Marketo,Aweber,iContact,ConstantContact,MailChimp,
Hootsuite,SpoutSocial,ScribbleLive,PRNewswire,Brightcove, Slideshare,Buzzsumo,
GoToMeeting,WebEx,InboundWriter,Scribe,AtomicReach,Unbounce,andmanymore.(8
years),
The abilitytoworkwithback-endSEOelementssuchas.htaccess,robots.txt,metadata,site
speedoptimization,andrelatedskills(10+years),
Run pay-per-clickcampaigns(7years),
Buildsystemsandprotocolsinternallythatensure all contentisoptimizedacrossall platforms
and userexperiences(websites,mobile,social,video,blogs,retail portalsetc) (5years),
- 3. Executing various inbound marketing activities such as SEO, link building and link outreach. (4
years),
Identifyingareasforgrowthandimprovementinsite structure,keywordselection,content
development,andon-page optimization.(4years),
Brainstorminganddevelopingcreative contentdesignedtoattractlinksandnew readersaswell
as drive qualifiedleads.(4years),
Regularbloggingandguestblogging.(4years),
Writingand maintainingcontentandprovidingupdatestocompanywebsite.(6years),
Social mediamarketingeffortsincludingupdatingandmaintainingourFacebook,Google+,and
LinkedInpresences.(4years),
Developingandimplementingtestsata rapidpace. (4 years),
Monitoringbrandmentionsandreputation.(6years),
Participatinginvariouspublicrelationsactivities,includingwritingpressreleasesandmedia
outreach.(4 years),
Monitoringperformance metricstounderstandorganicsearchperformanceacrossmultiple
global marketsandmeasure the impactof changes.(8 years),
Executionof weeklyandmonthlyreportingacrossmarketingprograms,leveraging
Salesforce.com,MarketoandGoogle Analytics.(2years),
Conductingwebsitepenaltyaudits(2years),
Image optimizationforSEO(7years),
GoogleBotoptimization(5years),
Multilingual markup(5years),
Google Local Placesoptimization(5years),
National SearchEngine Optimization(10+years),
International SearchEngine Optimization(5years),
Citationbuilding(5years),
SettingupconversionfunnelsinGoogle AnalyticsandKissmetrics(5years),
SEO copywriting(6years),
OptimizingCSSandJavafiles(5years),
Google AdvancedSearchOperators(5years),
Internal linkingwithSmartLinks(3years),
Harvestingemail addresses(5years),Social listening(5years),
UsingproxiesandVPNs(6 years),
Keywordranktrackingand reporting(10+ years),
Trackinginternal site search(5 years),
Linkbuildingwithimages(5years),
LinkbuildingwithPDFfiles(5years),
Capturinglinkswithbrandmentions(5years),
Linkearningvslinkbuilding(5years),
Brokenlinkbuilding(5years),
Findinglinkworthydomainstolinkto(5 years),
Linkoutreach(5 years),
Recoveringlostlinks(5years),
Secondlevel /tierlinkbuilding(5years),Identifyinghighconvertingreferrals(5years),
Secondlevel linkprospecting(5years),
Linkprospecting(5years),
- 4. Optimizing online slideshows (6 years),
FacebookOpenGraph(2 years),
Create click-to-tweetsforlinkbuilding(1year),
GettingFollowandNoFollowlinks(7years),
Google Alerts(5years),
FamiliaritywithGoogle's200 differentorganicrankingfactorsandthe fact that theymake 500 -
600 minorandmajor changesto theiralgorithmyearly;Andkeepingupand preparingforall the
changes.(6 years),
FamiliarwithYouTube rankingfactorsandvideooptimization(5years),
Videoeditingandproduction(5years),
Familiarwithviolationsandsearchengine spampenalties(5years),Linkbait,linkbombs(3
years),
Paidlinks(4years),
Guestpostingforlinkbuilding(4years),
Anchortextdistributionaudit(5years),
Linkrelevancy,page level relevancy,linkdiversity(5years),
Usingquizzesaslinkbuildingtools(1year),
.eduand .govlinkbuilding (5years),
Buildinglinksthoughinfluencerbloggeroutreach/recognition(5years),
Resource page linkbuilding(5years),
Relationshipbasedlinkbuilding(4years),
Identifyingandconnectingwithinfluencers(3years),
Infographicproduction,marketing/syndication(4years),
IdentifyandrecoverfromaGoogle penalty(3years),
A/Btesting(2 years),
Multivariate testing(2years),
Landingpage optimization(2years),
Google+,Facebook,Twitter,LinkedIn,Klout,Kred,Inbound.org,Pinterest,Instagram(5years),
ContentDevelopment:Articles(lists,how-to's,Buzzfeed/Upworthytype),Videos(explainers,
animated,cartoon,businesspresentations),Infographics,Whitepapers,Ebooks,Newsletters,
etc.(4 years),
ContentManagement(2years),
ContentManagementSystems(2years),
ContentCreation(2years),
ContentMarketing(2 years),
ContentStrategy(2 years),
BusinessDevelopment(10+ years),
Branding(5 years),
Email Marketing(4 years),
Fast Learner(10+ years),
Graphic Design(6years),
Google Adwords(5years),
Google Docs (5 years),
InternetResearch(10+ years),
Internet(10+ years),
MicrosoftOffice (10+ years),
- 5. New Business Development (10+ years),
ProblemSolving(10+ years),
Research(10+ years),
Sales(10+ years),
UsabilityTesting(2years),
UX (2 years)