This position is for a Part Time or possibly Freelance Local SEO position. This should be considered an entry-level position for someone ethusiastically interested in helping local small businesses rebuild, grow, and thrive. You will work with small businesses around the globe under our brands Joe Youngblood SEO & Digital Marketing Consulting and Gain Local with the purpose of being as helpful as possible in growing their business using organic search tactics.
Join a team of Local SEOs dedicated to small business success and to staying at the very forefront of Local SEO through on-going research projects and analysis. Specifically we do not pratice or condone the usage of anything “black hat” and work to fight the growing volume of fake businesses and scammers in our local communities in order to ensure real, local, businesses are more easily discovered.
Years of experience required: No Minimum
Pay rate: Hourly (negotiable)
Remote / Work from home: Yes
Written / Spoken langauge(s) & comprehension: English – Great
Non-disclosure required: Yes
Non-compete required: Yes (light touch)
Is this a public-facing position: No
Nation of residency required: USA or Canada
Local SEO Knowledge & Skills Required
note: This position is for someone who wants to learn and grow thier skillset with a heavy focus on Local SEO. We are prepared to teach and instruct them.
- Great English-language writing skills
- Ability to research new topics
- Experience using Google Maps / Bing Maps / Yelp
- Strong communication skills
- Basic SEO / Local SEO understanding
- Ability to follow directions while thinking critically
- Desire to continue learning and growing Local SEO skillset
Additional Skills, Knowledge, or Certifications That Would Be Useful
note: these are not required, please apply even if you do not have any of these additional skills
- Experince ranking a local business in Google Maps / Finder, Google Organic, or other engines
- Experience with sending outreach to journalists / press / media / reporters
- HTML + CSS knowledge and experience
- Keyword Research experience
- Advanced Local SEO / SEO understanding
- Previous research on SEO or Local SEO topics
- WordPress editing experience
- Technical SEO experience
- Creative thinker
- Rank Ranger
- Moz
- SEMrush
- Ahrefs
- HARO and PR Hunters
- Local Falcon
- Advice Local
- Bright Local
- Survey Monkey
- Facebook Blueprint
- Google Analytics Academy
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, or Management and/or currently enrolled in a School of Business or Fine Arts for a similar degree.
Additional Information About This Position
Our entry-level Local SEO positions are largely focused on content creation, outreach to media, and creatively finding ways to gain mentions of our client’s brands, business addresses, phone numbers, and websites. This makes being able to write effectively, efficiently, and frequently a crucial component of the position. To help avoid burnout this position includes SEO research work, competitive research work, and creative thinking sessions.
How To Know If This Position is Right For You
- You enjoy creative writing work, it doesn’t feel like work at all.
- You don’t mind writing about subjects others might find boring.
- You enjoy researching a variety of topics from the facinating to the mundane.
- You like to see small businesses in your community be successful against large corporations.
- You don’t love looking at spreadsheets, but you understand when to use them as an effective tool.
- You want to better develop your ability to talk to journalists, podcasters, reporters, and other members of the media.
- You’re not interested in being a computer programmer, but don’t mind building webpages using a page builder.
- You want your work to help make a difference by encouraging local businesses to be charitable and support their communities.
Location Requirements
This is a Dallas-area preferred Remote position. While this position is remote and open to any applicants in the USA or Canda, we may give preference to applicants near our Dallas based office for future in-person meetings.