The average SEO agency charges $2,500/month.

Big companies spend $20,000+ on SEO tools alone.

Are you low on budget?

Or even completely broke?

Here's how I’d rank on page one with ZERO budget using AI.

A thread 🧵 First thing’s first - a disclaimer.

Free doesn’t mean easy.

If you want to skimp on heavy costs associated with content production/link-building, you’ll have to sink in a ton of your own time.

Clear?

Good!

Let’s dive in.

My 21-Step Epic SEO Blog Post Checklist

We've used this checklist to rank 100s of blog posts.

Suck at SEO?

Copy-paste our process!

(An Epic Thread 🧵) Psst, before we dive in.

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80% of websites get ZERO organic traffic.

Not because SEO is hard.

But because most people have NO IDEA what they're doing.

Here's my battle-tested 7-step SEO strategy to take you from 0 to 10,000+ monthly visitors.

(I've used this exact process to rank 100+ blogs on page #1) Step 1: The Foundation

Here's EXACTLY what you need to start (and why):

- GA4: Track real-time traffic, user behavior, and conversion data
- GSC: Monitor your search performance, indexing issues, and mobile usability
- SEMrush or Ahrefs ($$). Spy on your competitors, find new keywords, find link-building opportunities, and more.
- RankMath or Yoast (Free/Premium). Auto-generate your sitemap, get real-time content optimization suggestions, and more
- WP Rocket ($49). Caching, lady loading images, and overall improving website load speed.

Struggling to rank on Google?

Steal my 3-Month SEO Plan!

(We use this to generate 10,000s of clicks for our clients)

1️⃣ Month 1: Foundation
2️⃣ Month 2: Content Scale-Up
3️⃣ Month 3: Link-Building Sprint

(A Thread 🧵) Month #1. Foundation Phase

First things first - you need the right tools in your arsenal.

Here's what I use daily:

1. SEMrush: The All-in-One SEO tool.
2. Google Analytics: It shows you exactly where your visitors are coming from and what they're doing on your site.
3. Google Search Console: The most accurate tool for tracking ranking data
4. RankMath: My favorite on-page optimization tool.
5. Claude AI: With the right prompts it can be a great writing assistant.

60+ backlinks from a single blog post...

Without sending a single outreach email.

Want to know how we did it?

Steal the EXACT strategy 👇 This strategy works across almost any niche (as long as your site has authority & isn’t hyper-competitive).

The key?

Target keywords that journalists and bloggers search when they need data or quotes, like:

- Sales statistics
- SaaS trends
- Remote work statistics

AI-generated content SUCKS...

Unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Here's my 12-step process for writing SEO blogs with ChatGPT.

(These AI-written posts drive 1,000s of clicks / month) Step #1. Google your keyword, and review the top 3 ranking articles.

- Check the total word count on each of them
- Take the longest word count from the top 3 articles
- set that as a target for your own post

5 Semrush Hacks for Busy Marketers

(Bet you didn't know about #4) Semrush Hack #1: Find Low-Difficulty, High Conversion Keywords

Input a seed keyword into Semrush.

Examples of Seed Keywords:

10 AI-Powered Hacks to Triple Your SEO Traffic

(My team uses these prompts daily) (1/10) AI Hack #1 – Keyword Research with AI

Prompt:

“You’re an SEO doing keyword research for the [Niche] niche. Come up with 15 seed keywords.
Examples of seed keywords:
- Cold calling
- Cold outreach
- Sales
- Lead generation”

My Ultimate Guide to AI SEO.

Most AI SEO tips are BS.

"Just publish ChatGPT articles bro..."

Yeah, that WON'T work.

Here's what you should do instead👇

(A Thread 🧵) AI is changing the (SEO) game.

With the right SEO tool, you can:

- Generate quality content fast
- Send mass-personalized outreach emails
- Streamline a ton of ongoing SEO processes

Zero Budget Guide to Link-Building.

The average backlink can cost more than $300.

Here's how to build 100s of backlinks, for FREE.

A thread 🧵 (1/13) Link-building is expensive.

- Average backlink costs around 300 USD
- Marketplace links can cost 300 - 600 USD
- Outreach links can cost 150-300 USD / link

But what if you're just starting out?

Do THIS to build links, for free.

You’re WASTING MONEY building backlinks.

90% of backlinks sold on the internet don’t actually work.

Want to build links that actually have an impact?

Follow my 10-step backlink vetting process 👇 1. Link Seller Check

Google doesn’t trust websites that sell backlinks.

Fortunately, there’s an easy way to determine whether a website is regularly selling links using @EditorialLink.



Run your link prospects through here, and cut out ones that directly sell links.editorial.link/link-type-clas…

Link-building is HARD.

But it doesn’t have to be.

Want to rank better on Google?

Follow my 7-step process for building links in 2024 👇

(We’ve used this process to build 100s of backlinks) 1. Start with a competitor backlink audit.

- Input target competitor through Semrush or Ahrefs
- Go to Backlink Analytics
- Apply the filters from the below screenshot
- Extract all these links into a CSV file
- Manually eliminate all low-quality backlinks
- Find the backlink gap between you, and your competitor

Want to build 100s of backlinks?

Steal them from your competitors!

Here's our process for stealing competitor backlinks 👇

(A thread 🧵) Before you do any type of link-building work, you’ll need the right foundation.

First off, buy the right tools.

We love to use Pitchbox - a tool that basically automates 90% of link-building work. It does everything, from prospecting, to creating personalized email copy using AI.

If you use Pitchbox, you’re pretty much set with tools.

In case you’re looking for a budget option, you can get:

- Saleshandy for outreach
- Scrapebox for prospecting
- Hunter io for finding contacts
- Basecamp or Asana for project management

There's a backlink farm epidemic.

90% of backlinks built by agencies or freelancers...

Are backlink farm trash.

Want to avoid spending 1,000s on crappy backlinks that don't work?

Here's how to spot a backlink farm in 11 steps. 1. What's a backlink farm?

A link farm is a type of website that’s created for the sole purpose of selling backlinks.

Usually, link farm backlinks are sold by LinkedIn spammers, or clueless marketing agencies that want to sell SEO services.

Want to rank on Google FAST?

You'll want to target long-tail keywords.

Here's my 9-step process for finding long-tail keywords.

These keywords are easy AND convert well.

A thread🧵 (1/9) What’s a Long-Tail Keyword?

A long-tail keyword is a keyword that has:

- Low to medium search volume
- High buyer intent
- More characters

Regular keyword: cold calling

Long-tail keyword: cold calling scripts for car sales

Here’s how to rank your SEO landing pages in 6 steps

(We’ve ranked a client's landing for a 250k/month volume keyword) Step 1. Create an SEO-friendly landing page template you’ll re-use for most of your keywords.

Whatever your niche is, chances are, you have a ton of potential landing page keywords.

If you’re in the personal injury space, for example, your landing pages could target:

Here's how to rank your personal injury law firm...

On the first page of Google in 5 steps.

(I analyzed 10+ personal injury sites ranking page 1) 1. Push out your practice area pages ASAP, ideally month 1 of SEO work.

The faster you publish the practice area pages, the faster they're going to start climbing rankings.

Be comprehensive - the best-ranking personal injury law firms have 20+ of these pages.

Your competitor ranks number 1.

You're somewhere on page 2.

Want to outrank them?

Steal your competitors backlinks in 10 simple steps.

(I've built 1,000+ links for my clients w/ this tactic) (1/11) Setup the foundation for outreach.

- Buy an outreach tool (I recommend Pitchbox)
- Buy 5-10 outreach domains (you don't want to risk your main domain)
- Setup 5-10 emails w/ Office 365
- Warm up emails w/ TrulyInbox

13 SEO lessons I wish I knew 8 years ago

(They’re going to save you YEARS of trial/error) 1. Always give your writers content outlines. Most writers aren’t SEO pros. If you want to make sure they write content that ranks, you need to give them detailed instructions.

"Can I beat a competitor with 30k to 70k backlinks?"

Yes, yes you can.

Your competitor does NOT actually have 30,000 - 70,000 backlinks.

Semrush and Ahrefs both pick up a TON of spammy backlinks that don't actually impact your rankings.

Here's how to find the REAL number: 1. Run a competitor through Semrush backlink analytics You'll get the fake number, as seen on the screenshot below.

That's around 53,000 backlinks.

Average cost per backlink being 300 USD, does that mean your competitor has backlinks worth $15,900,000?

Looking for link prospects is easy.

Instead of spending 15+ hours tracking down sites…

I just steal them from our competitors like a ninja. 🥷

This is probably the fastest way to start building links TODAY.

So, save yourself some time and steal my process now. 🧵 Or…

If you want to save even more time, DM me “links”!

We’ve built 2,000+ links and counting this year for clients.

If you own a 6-7 figure business looking to dominate your search…

Claim your free SEO consultation by DMing me now!