changes.mady.by.user Kyle Sharrer
Saved on Feb 17, 2023
changes.mady.by.user Lance Shroyer
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Tools setup/getting access/permissions (Google Chrome, Extensions, Grammarly, Passwordstate, Bonusly, ADP, RingCentral, SEOMonitor, NinjaCat, secondary Chrome profiles, CRM, Trello, VPN/Acrulix, Confluence, and Notepad++ (DS-specific))
Meeting key people (Trainer, leadership)
Share Folders
Welcome Email
Setting up Outlook and Teams (signatures, etc)
How to use our tools (Office, Google, etc)
Remote working best practices and etiquette
SEO news outlets (search engine land, search engine journal, moz, etc)
How Google works
Fundamentals of SEO
External resources:
Keyword research basics
What are keywords?
How to find valuable keywords
Intro to our keyword research tools:
How to analyze
How to use
Keyword cannibalization
Internal resources
Building an initial keyword list
How to perform keyword research in SEOmonitor
Keyword list maintenance/optimization
Identifying keywords in Google Search Console (GSC)
Keyword research, list building, and maintenance
Keyword cannibalization guide
Understanding what pages are ranking for which keywords
What is keyword research?
Why do keyword research?
How to do keyword research?
When to do keyword research?
Who is keyword research aimed at?
Fat-head vs long-tailed keywords
Google Keyword Planner
SEOmonitor
Google Search Console
Search volume behind keywords
Relevance to dealership
Competition levels (how many other competitors are tracking the same keywords)
Pillar vs Cluster content
Definitions of “Pillar” and “Cluster” content
When to use broad vs specific keywords
Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI)
What is LSI?
How search engines interpret LSI keywords
On-page usage
What is a primary/focus keyword?
Selecting a primary keyword for a page
What on-page elements need the primary keyword
Keyword spamming
What is it?
How it hurts SEO value
What is keyword cannibalization?
How can it hurt SEO value?
How can you avoid it?
Utilizing our tools
Identifying keywords in Google Keyword Planner
Using SEOmonitor
Monitoring your keyword list
Navigating GSC to reach queries
Understanding clicks and impressions
What’s in GSC vs what’s actually on-site comparison
Importance of proper research and list maintenance
Impact that it can have
On-page elements
H1s
Metadata
Header/Footer
Images/Banners
Keyword density and semantic optimization (aka don’t spam)
How to optimize top-level pages and SRPs
Link structure types
Page linking (mobile-friendly buttons)
DS- and ARI-specific structures
Selecting canonical ILPs
GSC - how to request indexing for pages
Module: Client Sheets
Relevant client sheet tabs
Introduce client info tab, WDI tab, content history tab
Content Staging board
Content request process
Fill out template
Reference content history tab
Submit to appropriate Trello columns
QA board
Fulfilling QA corrections
YouTube board
Requesting YT focuses
Formulating 7-month plan
Evaluating client priorities
Referencing inventory sizes
Keywords/search interest
Seasonal/regional/historical search trends
Client requests/updates
Identifying topics for 7th month
Identifying related content topics (blogs)
First Month Client Guide
First Month Client Work
FTP navigation (DS-specific)
First Month Trello Board (check set up)
Tools (GA, GSC, GTM, Yext , SEOmonitor (SEOmon - analyzing keyword data)
Using data to formulate campaign plans and strategize optimization
NinjaCat Introduction
What metrics are included in the reports?
Formatting the client sheet (WDI tab)
Client call overview