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Episode 80 - In-house SEO: The Glue of Your Marketing Team

FEATURING Areej ABUALI

In episode 80, Areej AbuAli Head of SEO at Papier stops by to chat about the strategies, wins, and challenges that an in-house SEO team can experience.

We discuss how to foster relationships within an organization to ensure things are getting done and what you can do to navigate relationships with different departments to keep resources flowing.

Areej also shares her thoughts on Google’s new Helpful Content Update and gives her prediction for what online shopping will look like this holiday season.

Episode Time Stamps

  • [0:00] Intro
  • [1:35] In-house SEO Misconceptions
  • [2:41] Advantages & Disadvantages of In-house SEO
  • [3:56] Biggest Challenges in In-house SEO
  • [5:19] Winning the Fight for Resources
  • [6:38] Developing Relationships with Your In-House Team
  • [8:40] Helpful Content Update 
  • [10:21] Can You Trust Google?
  • [11:53] SEO is Always Changing
  • [13:30] How Do You Help Each Department in Your Organization
  • [15:33] How Does Seasonality Impact SEO?
  • [17:00] Consumer Behavior This Holiday Season
  • [20:10] How To Manage Up as an In-House SEO
  • [22:30] Advice for Working with an Agency
  • [25:20] Rapid Fire Rankings 🔥

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This Week's guests

Areej AbuAli

Title: Head of SEO

Business: Papier

Bio: Areej AbuAli is the Head of SEO at Papier. She’s worked client-side and agency-side across the property, health, fashion, travel industry, and eCommerce. She’s also the founder of the Women in Tech SEO community, a support network aimed for women in the Technical SEO field, to discuss, share and learn from one another.

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