Sagar Khandekar

  Ahmedabad, India   https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarkhandekar/

 +918866430594         [email protected]

Skills

Technical SEO Skills


  • Robots.txt and Sitemap Optimization
  • Structured Data Markup Implementation
  • Canonical URLs Implementation
  • Website Speed Recommendations
  • Google Analytics, Search Console and Tag Manager  Setup and Goal Tracking
  • Custom Report Creation

On-Page Optimization


  • Website Audit
  • Keyword research
  • URL Mapping and Optimization
  • Competitor analysis
  • Meta Title, Description and Heading Tag
    Optimization
  • Web Content Suggestions
  • Image ALT Optimization
  • URL Redirections
  • Internal linking

Link Building Activities


  • Gust Post Outreach
  • Local Citation Listing
  • Broken Link Building
  • Competitor Backlinks Analysis
  • Business Listings
  • Google My Business
  • Medium
  • Quora
  • Reddit

SEO Tools


 Google Analytics    Google Search Console    Google Tag Manager    Google Keyword Planner

   Ahrefs      Screaming Frog       SEMRush      Ubersuggest

   HTML      CSS      WordPress      Wix

Work Experience

Sr. SEO Specialist  •  Growfusely

August 2021 - Present

  • Perform keyword research to grow and manage a targeted keyword portfolio while seeking new content opportunities.
  • Provide new content recommendations for website blogs and other content marketing strategies.
  • Perform SEO Audits to find out essential SEO errors and create a report to arrange necessary fixes. 
  • Produce engaging content in a variety of forms, such as meta titles, meta descriptions, heading tags.
  • Carry out proper research and find websites that are relevant to creating outreach marketing campaigns with the objective of obtaining links from authoritative and highly ranked websites.
  • Collaborate with content teams to give guidance on organic content structure, keywords, and reports.

Sr. SEO Specialist (Remote)  •  Neil Patel Digital India

December 2020 - July 2021

  • Managed on-site and off-site SEO for company clients.
  • Researched keywords using various SEO Tools such as Keyword Planner and conducted analysis to determine potential value to gain most search engine traffic.
  • Conducted searches such as evaluating competitor websites to incorporate best practice and create marketing strategy to ensure optimal results.
  • Developed title tags, description of meta tags and highlighted and added relevant links to the site.
  • Creating monthly SEO strategies and plans for client projects.
  • Handled client relations with assigned clients, providing feedback, reports and updates weekly.

Sr. SEO Executive  •  TatvaSoft

November 2019 - December 2020

  • Planning and devising on-page & off-page optimization for in-house websites.
  • Audit websites for SEO errors and arrange necessary fixes.
  • Conducted Keyword Research, Competitor Research and Analysis.
  • Titles, Descriptions, Schema, Image Optimization, Internal Linking, content alteration.
  • Achieved links from well-known publications like HubSpot, Hackernoon and Readwrite through outreach marketing campaigns for in-house website.
  • Work with a content team to create SEO-driven content.
  • Follow blogs to keep myself updated such as Search Engine Roundtable, Neil Patel Blog, MozBlog, Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land and many more.
  • Consult, train and support peers on basic SEO, keyword research and mapping techniques, on-page SEO, link building campaigns, and content creation.

Jr. SEO Team Leader  •  Blurbpoint Media

April 2016 - November 2019

  • Develop SEO strategies for multiple clients of different countries and industry clients  based on keyword research, keyword strategy, competitive analysis, domain authority, current rankings, and other factors that contribute to developing a successful SEO campaign. 
  • Led a team of 5 — with the goal of increasing the websites organic visibility. This included working and coordinating directly with the Content, Social Media and Development Team.
  • Achieved 1st Position on the Google Search Page for selected keywords for all the clients in 3-6 months with ranking in Local Pack and Knowledge Panel.
  • Increased organic traffic of clients' websites ranged from 20% to 80% by fixing on-page issues, content optimization, niche related link building.
  • Increased project budget by 60% from its initial budget for clients.
  • Prepare search engine ranking and traffic reports to assess areas of potential improvement.
  • Managed and trained the Link Building team, monitoring daily objectives and meeting weekly to assess performance.
  • Promoted from SEO Executive to Jr. SEO Team Leader

SEO Executive  •  WebIndia Inc.

January 2015 - April 2016

  • Learned and Implemented On-Page SEO on assigned client websites.
  • Optimization of meta tags, titles, and meta descriptions.
  • Executed Link Building activities assigned by the Team Leader.

Education


North Maharashtra University

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer

2009 - 2013