Tagged: seo specialist

A San Diego SEO Freelancer, That’s Me!

First off, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my SEO blog. I really do appreciate it. You can read another related post (found below) or subscribe here. Once again, thank you for visiting James’ SEO blog.

I thought I should re-introduce myself since things have changed since I started this blog and because I haven’t had a chance to update my ‘about James Harrison‘ page. For starters, despite showing up for New York SEO related terms, I do not live nor work in New York. I go to New York 4-5 times a year and it’s usually just to hang out with buddies for a week or so. Occasionally I’ll meet with a client but most of the time its pure pleasure. I just love New York City in fact given the opportunity, I would move there in a heartbeat, that is as long as I could convince my girlfriend, fiancé.

Currently, I live in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California. I’ve been an SEO freelancer for over 5 years now. However, I’ve only been running a professional SEO freelancing business (back by some agency experience from MEA Digital & Engine Ready) for over a year now.

Let me make that clear. I’ve been doing SEO for awhile now, but it wasn’t until working  for a couple of the best online marketing agencies that I got the real, effective, professional skills and experience that sets me apart from the ‘rest’.

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Been Busy with SEO, But I’m Back (Selling Out)

Since it has come to my attention that some of my followers still think I work at MEA Digital, I decided to post an update. I’m no longer an Online Media Specialist at MEA Digital. I quit back in December 2008. Since then I’ve been working as a link building specialist ;) at SEO by the Hour in San Diego, CA. I’ve been keeping busy with affiliate marketing and other website duties since the turn of the year.

Because I haven’t cared enough about this blog to make it a money maker, I’ve been neglecting it…

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Every time I sign in, I see more and more comments I should respond to. I sometimes prefer just to go back to working on something else. But since I’m an SEO Specialist and this is my SEO blog, I might as well utilize (monetize) it.

So I’m letting all my readers know now; this blog back, but is selling out. I’m going to have banners, review sites, hold contests, update my wordpress and more. That’s the only way I’ll be able to set time aside to give you guys fresh SEO content, MORE OFTEN.

On the bright side, I’ll blog about everything I’m doing so you can follow along.

Local SEO Tips PT 4 of 3 – “san diego seo”

Almost a month ago I created a website called SEO by the Hour. I created this site because I am in the SEO/internet marketing community and I felt the need to possess a website that represented my resume or skill-set. I love my current job and make plenty of money to get by. However I figured it couldn’t hurt to create a site adverting my skills (it would also be nice to be the #1 SEO Specialist; at least according to Google & Yahoo.)Two weeks ago (between 2 of my Local SEO posts Off-Profile SEO Linking & Finalizing Your Profile) I decided to apply everything I blogged about by creating a page targeting “San Diego SEO” and here are the results if you Google search “san dego seo” (at least w/my ip);

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Let me explain to you exactly what I did:

Referencing my San Diego SEO Business Profile on Google & my San Diego SEO webpage on SEO by the Hour.

One Page Optimization

  • Title Tag: San Diego SEO: SEO Specialist in San Diego, California
  • META Description: Freelance SEO San Diego – James Harrison; a San Diego SEO Specialist has been providing excellent customer service and superior SEO services to many local San Diego companies. Contact SEO by the Hour today for a free SEO quote. – San Diego SEO Specialist -
  • META Keywords: seo in san diego, san diego seo, southern california, san diego ca, 92109, seo specialist, seo, james harrison, sunny san diego
  • Headings: <H1>San Diego SEO Specialist</h1> <h1>Call SEO by the Hour Today!</h1> <h1>Where in San Diego Am I located?</h1>
  • Under the 1st H1 I mention San Diego in bold in the 1st sentence (prominence). I also mention San Diego in the 2, 4 and 5th sentence also with the last San Diego bolded. I also tried to add content that supported San Diego like ‘Sea World’, ‘California’, ‘beach’, etc.
  • Under the 2nd H1 I made sure San Diego was in my first sentence and I bolded SEO (because SEO was in the 2nd H1 tag. Get it? SEO heading San Diego SEO content). I also mentioned 2 phone numbers, both with San Diego area codes. I made sure these numbers matched my business profile.
  • Under the 3rd H1 I mentioned San Diego and surrounding areas just above a map from my local business profile.
  • ***Notice how I keep bolding phrases that relate to the H1′s. Also note that the map is a Google map ;)
  • Under the last H1 titled “Where in San Diego Am I Located“, I have a link pointing to my SEO business profile, a “where” link pointing to my business profile map and an internal link to another SEO page with “SEO” in the anchor text.
  • In the Footer I added my address and made sure the zip code was listed.

Off Page Optimization

  • I linked to it from my San Diego SEO blog. The link’s anchor text was “SEO Specialist located in San Diego, CA.” The title of that post is “SEO Specialist“. The URL is http://blogoptimizer.blogspot.com/2008/09/seo-specialist.html
  • I linked to it from the home page of SEO by the Hour with a link titled “San Diego SEO“. Simple, right?
  • The domain has several SEO and San Diego SEO related links pointing it and some of those pages have ‘san diego’ in the title tag.
  • You can visit my SEO Business profile on Google to see how I optimized it.

So, there you go. If you are a business with an actual company location, build a page strictly for local biz and start getting biz through Google fast!

I’ve done this for several websites, but I never done it this fast, it was pretty awesome though, to see positive results so quickly.

Sample SEO Specialist Position (Not Real!)

SEO Specialist is responsible for assisting with research and development and executing search engine optimization campaigns for clients. This position requires working closely with the Director of Search Marketing, clients, webmasters, accountants and other team members.

The ideal candidate has experience with web SEO & link Building, effectively works under high levels of pressure, consistently produces results and has the ability to adapt to team’s success beyond the scope of their SEO responsibilities.

This position involves:

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN SEO SPECIALIST:

  • Ability to Manage Various SEO Marketing Campaigns
  • Analyzes Client Products and Web Site Traffic
  • Advanced Understand of Google, Yahoo and MSN’s Search Algorithms
  • Assist Marketing Coordinator with Internet Marketing/SEO Support & Advice
  • Designing SEO Campaigns with Growth Plans for Maximum Search Engine Exposure
  • Successful Directory Submitting with High Approval Percentages
  • Developing and Executing SEO Strategies for Maximum ROI
  • Optimizing Landing Pages for the Search Engines
  • Provide Suggestions on PPC Bid Prices Based on Organic Rankings
  • Evaluating Website Copy for SEO Effectiveness
  • Executing Link Building Campaigns
  • Keyword Research for Organic Search Listings
  • Meta Tag Development and Creation
  • Writing and/or Reviewing Articles, Press Releases, Ebooks

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 4+ years of SEO and/or internet advertising experience
  • 2+ years of web SEO marketing experience
  • 1+ year analytics experience
  • Proven SEO success (Must be able to explain involvement)
  • Ability to multi-task, plan, organize and manage time efficiently.
  • Ability to clearly articulate verbally goals and ideas to webmasters and clients.
  • Strong understanding of e-commerce and online shopping a plus
  • Experience with pay-per-click a plus
  • HTML, CSS and/or JavaScript experience a plus

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