Vahe Arabian
Digital Marketer

Vahe Arabian

SEO expert from Outrider Australia & OMD.

About

Vahe Arabian has over ten years of experience as a SEO and content strategy specialist in Australia. His past roles were aligned in the startup phases of SEO companies, where he has played a vital role in shaping, contributing, and taking the initiative of developing processes and mentoring staff. He now helps publishers grow digital media properties using SEO & content strategy, with results.

Employment

7 roles
Oct 2016 - Present 9 years 8 months
SEO
Independent
  • Helped audience developers by encouraging others in sharing knowledge, experience, and practical advice by acting to bridge the gap between startups and established companies.
  • Led up all the efforts, including editorial, product, and audience development for the site, and consulting efforts.
Sep 2015 - Apr 2017 1 year 7 months
Head of SEO Research & Strategy
Online Marketing Gurus
  • Was responsible for the SEO strategy formulation and contributed heavily to the growth of the online marketing campaigns.
  • Determined the strategic direction of content campaigns for the company.
  • Verified that these strategies are in line with the business’s overall goals and objectives in order to attract the anticipated social value.
  • Conducted relevant SEO research on the business’s content and took a data-driven approach in the creation of audience profiles that in turn form the basis of SEO strategies.
Mar 2014 - Sep 2015 1 year 6 months
SEO Manager
Online Marketing Gurus

Online Marketing Gurus is an Australia-based digital agency specializing in SEO, Adwords and social media advertising.

  • Conducted keyword research to guide content teams and reviewed technical SEO issues and recommended fixes.
  • Optimized website content, landing pages and paid search copies and directed off-page optimization projects.
  • Gathered data and reported on traffic, rankings and other SEO aspects and worked with social media and PPC teams to optimize campaigns.
Jan 2012 - Sep 2012 8 months
SEO Analyst
OMD Australia
  • Performed keyword research in coordination with client business objectives to optimize existing content and uncover new opportunities.
  • Provided SEO analysis and recommendations in coordination with elements and structure of websites and web pages.
  • Recommended and implemented strategies for content development in coordination with SEO goals – general and keyword specific.
Feb 2011 - Jan 2012 11 months
SEO Executive
Outrider Australia

Outsider Australia is a search engine marketing agency offering digital marketing services such as SEO, PPC advertising, social media marketing and landing page optimization.

  • Prepared SEO documentation for client’s websites – best practice wireframe reviews for SEO website design, website audits, competitive analysis, external link analysis, metadata/content optimization, keyword research and Google places listing optimization.
  • Developed reports on client’s rankings/traffic using organic dashboards.
  • Researched new SEO tools and trends, i.e. Google Panda algorithm update impact and implications.
  • Executed linking strategies for client websites – directory/article submissions, PR, PDF optimization, and syndication.
  • Assisted in improving and developing SEO processes and procedures.
  • Helped with social media observations reporting using Radian 6.
  • Performed project task checklist review using Basecamp.
  • Created a “Google Webmaster Tools” website review document template used for client reporting.
Dec 2010 - Mar 2011 3 months
SEO Consultant
Ozzy Tyres

Ozzy Tyres is an automotive company providing wheels and tires online and Australia-wide.

  • Benchmarked initial website traffic and SEO metrics.
  • Visited the client regularly to discuss deliverables and provided regular project updates via email or phone.
  • Coordinated website migration from a custom CMS to a WordPress CMS.
  • Communicated with multiple freelance web developers involved in the project to ensure that the website was built in an SEO-friendly manner.
  • Provided SEO best practice recommendations for WordPress. This meant providing developers with the necessary SEO extensions and reviewing the website development process. A custom extension was also created for the gallery.
  • Performed keyword research and initial meta data and content optimization.
  • Created and optimized Google places listings for their multiple stores.
  • Delivered some SEO copywriting and managed website and image sitemap XML creation and submission to Google, Bing, and Yahoo Webmaster Tools.
  • Developed Robots.txt file creation and provided initial training using WordPress for staff.
Feb 2009 - Jun 2010 1 year 4 months
SEO Marketing Executive
Lead Creation
  • Prepared on-page SEO analysis and recommendation documentation such as pre- website evaluation and search term reports.
  • Crafting off-page SEO documentation- competitor analysis and analyzed web analytics dashboard reports using Google Analytics data.
  • Performed industry research and documentation regarding search engine optimization, video optimization, profile optimization, social bookmarking, RSS syndication and local SEO practices.
  • Managed and monitor database using Microsoft Access.

Education

Jun 2018 - Dec 2010 0 months
Bachelor of Business, Major in International Business & Submajor in Strategic Marketing
University of Technology Sydney

Portfolio

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