SEO Consultant
As an independent SEO expert, Ive been helping businesses rank higher on search engines for over 15 years. That experience has taught me that every single SEO campaign is unique, just as every client I take on is unique. If youre ready to grow and increase your rankings (and ROI), schedule a consultation with me today. Lets discuss your goals and some strategies to help you reach them.
Most consultation projects can range from three to six months to a year. though they can be shorter or significantly longer depending on the size of the company and the campaign goals.
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Search Engine Optimization Consultant Aaron Rains
15+ years experience in google organic search optimization,traffic recovery, website audits, and building E-A-T signals. Below is a few highlighted skills when I am not spending time with my wife and daughter doing outdoor activities. LinkedIn or tweet me!
Skills And Experience
- Implement search engine optimization that drives traffic and increases site ranking via search engines.
- Research keywords, via analytics and Webmaster tools.
- Knowledge of Google’s algorithms penguin, panda, and hummingbird.
- Disavowing bad links.
- Implementing a plan to increase natural links that boost rankings.
- Schema.org markups
- Knowledge of page layout, title tags, keywords, image tagging, length of descriptions and other HTML markups.
- Working with CSS, HTML & 5, JavaScript and PHP
- I have passed Credo's 28-point vetting system, including a personal phone call with our team. They are part of our elite network of digital marketing pros.
Trusted SEO Clients
SEO Consulting Services
Local SEO Search Strategy
Set up clients with every local directory and other Google trusted stores to add local credibility and make sure that you rank highest when people in your area make specific searches. This includes product and customer reviews. At this time, I will highly recommend Moz.com, a tool I use with nearly every client.
Learn more about Local SEO.On-Page SEO
My on page SEO services I help you identify critical issues hindering your organic ranking. I analyze your page layout, assess any technical issues and web speed, and then provide a schema JSON implementation plan as well as review your core web vitals. My work anlso focuses on improving your on-page E-A-T signals.
Learn more about on-page.Keyword Research
Offerings include, keywords services, where I use research strategies to help identify keyword opportunities. I start by looking at your competitors and long tail keywords, focused of getting you the fastest return on your investment.
E-A-T Website Strategy
Expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness have become ranking factors that most website owners must have. I show you how to improve E-A-T signals by reviewing the content, authorship, and technical aspects of your website.
Learn more about YMYL."YMYL" Your Money Your Life
Google has stated that the YMYL criteria are stricter than those for other types of websites because it is Google's responsibility to make sure that the information provided on websites offering financial advice, medical advice, legal advice, news, information about public figures, and websites geared toward shopping or transactional activities is accurate, trustworthy, and reliable.
Learn more about YMTL.Link Building
For backlink services, I only follow Google's best practices. I help identify partners you can collaborate with and follow white-hat link building. The objective is to build a clean profile to increase your domain authority.
Learn more about backlinks.Website Assessment
A website audit takes me seven business days to perform. During this process, I provide a handwritten strategy document. It covers competitor analysis, backlink profiles, on-page content, technical issues, and more. Learn more about this assessment.
SEO Coaching
Meet with me weekly to learn all about search engine optimization. During our Zoom call, we focus on topics that meet your needs. I coach people new to SEO, marketing departments, or SEO experts who want an expert and different opinion.
SEO Client's Testimonials
"I first started working with Aaron a number of years ago on a mutual client's website. We really turned that business around, and today they're ranking on page 1 for all of their target terms, with a much-improved look and user experience as well. Aaron did the vast majority of the work on this project--I just offered a little specific guidance here and there. Since then, I've worked with Aaron on a number of other projects as well, and been very impressed with his knowledge of SEO. In fact, when I get requests from potential clients whom I cannot take due to a conflict with an existing client, I send them to Aaron."
"I own PrintingCenterUSA and Aaron has helped us grown our online rankings over 8 years. He has guided us through link penalties, multiple site redesigns, and condensed our website. He is always informing us about Google algorithm updates helping us stay one step ahead of our competition. We rank 1 for Calendar Printing, Booklet Printing, and Catalog Printing.”
"I hired Aaron Rains to improve the ranking of my website after going through at least a dozen different SEO providers over 5+ years. My site had consistently ranked very poorly for years. In less than a year after Aaron took over the SEO, my website’s rankings significantly improved, with it ranking on the first page for many relevant keywords. I also saw a significant increase in traffic to the website, and for the first time in years my website actually started to generate business. I highly recommend Aarons Rains. "
"Aaron has been great to work with, as he is always coming to the table with new ideas. He has been assisting with our SEO for the last few years. Our company has seen consistent increases in Google key terms. This is huge for us being a company that solely sells online. I would recommend Aaron's services to others. ”
Hiring An SEO Consultant "Important Questions To Ask"
Tactics And Strategies They See Working
What are a few of the tactics and strategies you've seen working well lately for a site such as mine?
Why You should hire a SEO consultant and benefits of hiring a SEO consultant?
You should hire a SEO consultant because you want to improve visibility of your website, want to attract more traffic, want to get more sales and leads. These benefits and reasons are sufficient to hire a SEO Consultant.
Should I go for SEO Consultant or hire a SEO Consulting Agency? What’s the difference?
You should first go with a SEO Consultant only as he is experienced and can recommend you and guide you on what needs to be done on your website, if your website need a agency then a good SEO consultant like me will recommend you to go with a agency or connect you with the right agency to get your SEO Job done.
Difference between a SEO Agency & SEO Consultant is a Agency can help you with big tasks as they already have a team of SEO’s, Writers, backlink builders so this can get a big task done fast while a SEO consultant is a single person which might slow the process but you get expert advice and you can be assured that work you get is top notch.
Why do you ask it: You want to ask this question because you want to make sure you hire a consultant who has expertise in your industry. Not to mention working on a website that has thousands of pages. There are many ways to execute strategies that will increase rankings but make sure they practice Google guidelines and take in consideration how Google's use BERT to adjust rankings
Reporting if the job is successful, and understanding
How often do you report on the job you're doing, and how do I know if it's successful?
SEO reporting is not as complicated. You want to make sure you start with a baseline. How much traffic are you currently getting, how many keywords are currently ranking on the website, and overall keyword rankings? In my past experience, set a 3-month Goal based on these metrics. SEO will change from week to week so monthly reporting is vital but be open to allocating resources to the opportunity that may appear each month that will bring cash to the bottom line.
Link building approach
What Is Your Link Building Strategy?
Why do you ask it: Link building can make or break your SEO strategies. Google still puts a lot of importance on backlinks but they continue to enforce their guidelines. There are a lot of link schemes and blog networks you want to stay away from. The days of getting dozen of links each month are gone. Work on the quality of links and focus on creating real partnerships with the local community and experts in your online industry. Follow Google's rules and make sure to use the No-Follow attribute for paid or advertising links.
Length Projects
How long does it take to see positive SEO results?
Start with a 3 month SEO strategy. Normally in my experience, the first month is fixing technical issues and planning. Once you execute new content and start backlink it takes a month or even longer to see new keywords and increase of rankings. Meet weekly and review positive and negative changes. Be aware that Google updates the algorithm weekly so you will see fluctuation. 3 months is a good amount of time to analyze your progress.
Working with competitors
Are you working with any other website in my industry?
Most SEO will tell you if they are working with competitors in your space, "This is up to your discretion, whether to work with them." To be honest, you want to work with an SEO consultant who has worked in your space and understands the type of content and strategies to rank in your queries.
Who you will talk with on a regular basis
Who will I be talking with on a regular basis?
You want to make sure you have direct contact with your hirer. I personally prefer a weekly meeting, project manager board "Trello", skype or slack channel to help communicate. When communication breaks down, work does not get done. SEO can be active as it can change daily, so be able to communicate what is happening with ranking or taking advantage of what is happening in the world can impact SEO.
Cost expectations
What are my cost expectations?
SEO is ongoing and you should not invest in a consultant if you can't afford it. Don't hirer if you need a fast fix, unless you need an SEO audit but more than often it won't save your website. Investing SEO services as a plan to increase free traffic for the future of your online business.