Nebojša Rakić | Freelancer Resume

NEBOJŠA RAKIĆ Link Building Expert & SEO Specialist- Novi Sad, Serbia ¯ Nebojša Rakić EXPERIENCE SOFT SKILLS Link Building Specialist Learning Potential Digital Silk Flexibility November 2020 – September 2022 Responsibility Working with Digital Silk and Design Rush link building team was a great experience. This job motivated me to deliver exceptional results, as there were more than 20 people in our link building team and I delivered 30% of total number of links each month, for both company websites and for client websites. Our team made sure we would hit our set goals each month, which would ultimately improve the website traﬃc and organic keyword rankings. Professionalism Multi Tasking Work Under Pressure Willingness To Improve STRENGTHS On-page SEO Oﬀ-page SEO Key Responsibilities: Link building • Working on link building for Digital Silk and Design Rush website GMB Optimization • Working on link building for client websites • Doing extensive research and ﬁnding websites and prospects which would be a perfect ﬁt to get a backlink from • Doing Outreach collaborating with the webmasters and editors in order to ﬁnd the best place for our link placement • Making sure we deliver exceptional results to our clients • Monthly reporting on the progress making sure client’s expectations are met Organization Local SEO Google Search Console Google Analytics EDUCATION Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Faculty of Technical Sciences • Achieving goals that we have set before starting our link building Sept 2012 – July 2016 Software Used: LANGUAGES campaign • Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Google Sheets, Backlink Checker, Hunter IO, Snov IO, Boomerang Serbian ○○○○○ English ○○○○○ Key Achievements: German ○○○○○ • Creating at least 100 links per month, for Digital Silk and Design Rush website • Creating at least 50 links per month for client websites • Client websites experiencing steady improvements in organic traﬃc and signiﬁcant improvements in organic keyword rankings • Signiﬁcantly improved my link building experience, especially when it comes to innovative outreach strategies and ﬁnding diﬀerent ways to connect with high-authority websites • Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which were later used for all of our clients SEO Manager & General Strategist Propel Digital Media Solutions February 2020 – July 2022 Working with PDMS, and especially with the owner, Chris Castillo, was an amazing experience. Chris is one of the nicest guys I have ever worked with, and also one of the most knowledgeable people that I have worked with. We have worked together on diﬀerent client websites and implemented innovative SEO strategies that had an amazing impact on their rankings. Key Responsibilities: • Taking care of all On-Page SEO, for PDMS website and for over 10 client websites • Taking care of all Local SEO (Google My Business) for PDMS and for over 10 client websites • Doing Keyword Research & implementing creative SEO strategies according to speciﬁc client’s needs • Creating Content Maps & Content Strategies • Crafting the content for the website pages & writing the blog articles • Deﬁning SEO strategies & implementing them across the websites • Doing Oﬀ-Page SEO & taking care of all our link building needs • Tracking the progress, results & delivering monthly reports • Tracking the sources of traﬃc and the success rate of conversions • Optimizing our Google My Business proﬁles with diﬀerent creative strategies and tracked the results • Finding relevant local directories and listing the businesses there Software Used: • GSC, GA, GTM, Screaming Frog, Yoast, Rank Math, Ahrefs, SEMRush, PSI, GMB, WordPress Key Achievements: • Client websites experiencing steady improvements in organic traﬃc and noteworthy improvements in organic keyword rankings • Signiﬁcantly improved my On-Page SEO experience, and tested many innovative SEO strategies, and objectively measure the results • Worked in many client niches (dental, law, accountant, SaaS, etc.) and got familiar with diﬀerent strategies depending on the type of niche • Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which were later used for all of our clients Link Building Specialist SureOak August 2019 – March 2020 It was a pleasure working with the creative and passionate SEO team at SureOak. It’s one of the best teams I have ever worked with, that encourages you to improve as much as you can and learn new things every day. Weekly calls helped us share our thoughts and progress, and make sure everything is running smoothly. We would make sure each of our client link building campaigns were going well, and showcase the results that we accomplished that week. We would also share any new SEO updates and make sure we are up-to-date with the latest SEO trends, especially when it comes to Oﬀ-Page SEO and link building. Key Responsibilities: • Doing an initial, detailed Link Building Analysis and Competitor Analysis which helps us deﬁne the link building strategy, check the current state of the website and deﬁne our goals and expectations • Creating & Implementing link building strategies for client’s websites • Doing extensive research and ﬁnding websites and prospects which would be a perfect ﬁt to get a backlink from • Doing Outreach & collaborating with the webmasters and editors in order to ﬁnd the best place for our link placement • Making sure we deliver exceptional results to our clients • Monthly reporting on the progress & making sure client’s expectations are met • Achieving goals that we have set before starting our link building campaign Software Used: • Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Google Sheets, Backlink Checker, Hunter IO, Snov IO, Boomerang Key Achievements: • Created 30 links per month for each of our clients • Client websites experiencing steady improvements in organic traﬃc and signiﬁcant improvements in organic keyword rankings • Signiﬁcantly improved my link building experience, especially when it comes to initial analysis, competitor analysis & creating the link building strategy from scratch • Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which were later used for all of our clients SEO Specialist 543 Design March 2014 – December 2019 Working with 543 Design, and especially with the owner, Jamie Twigg, was one of the most pleasant work experiences in my life. Jamie is an amazing guy, and I’m proud I had the chance to work with him for such a long time. We worked together on every aspect on his websites, and also worked on over 30 client websites, designing & creating them, and doing any SEO work that needed to be done. Key Responsibilities: • Taking care of all On-Page SEO, for 543 website and for over 30 client’s websites • Taking care of all Local SEO (Google My Business) for 543 and for over 30 client’s websites • Doing Keyword Research & implementing creative SEO strategies according to speciﬁc client’s needs • Creating Content Maps & Content Strategies • Crafting the content for the website pages & writing the blog articles • Deﬁning SEO strategies & implementing them across the websites • Tracking the progress, results & delivering monthly reports • Tracking the sources of traﬃc and the success rate of conversions • Optimizing our Google My Business proﬁle with diﬀerent strategies, such as adding detailed keyword optimized descriptions and services, relevant pictures, getting excellent client reviews, interlinking the GMB with client websites, implementing creative local SEO strategies • Finding relevant local directories & listing the businesses there Software Used: • GSC, GA, GTM, Screaming Frog, Yoast, Rank Math, Ahrefs, SEMRush, PSI, GMB, Weebly, Duda, WordPress Key Achievements: • Client websites experiencing steady improvements in organic traﬃc and noteworthy improvements in organic keyword rankings • Signiﬁcantly improved my On-Page SEO experience, and tested many innovative SEO strategies, and objectively measure the results • Worked in many client niches (dental, law, accountant, SaaS, etc.) and got familiar with diﬀerent strategies depending on the type of niche • Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which were later used for all of our clients Link Building Specialist BitDegree June 2017 – February 2019 It was both a pleasure and a challenge doing link building for BitDegree. My job was ﬁnding suitable opportunities for collaboration regarding link building and ultimately getting high-quality and high-authority backlinks. Each of these opportunities had to satisfy our rigorous criteria and meet our requirements, such as niche relevance, quality of the website, minimum DR (Domain Rating)/DA (Domain Authority), Organic Traﬃc, Alexa Ranking, and other factors. The team and I have worked on 5 diﬀerent client websites, creating over 100 monthly links for each of the clients. During this time, I have had a chance to signiﬁcantly improve my link building skills, learn new thing, and most importantly, test new strategies and objectively measure their success and the results that those strategies can bring. Key Responsibilities: • Oﬀ-Page SEO • Email Outreach • Link building • Creating link building strategies, implementing them and tracking the results and success rates • Providing the clients with monthly reports that showcase our progress • Finding relevant opportunities, besides creating editorial links, where we can market our content • Finding niche relevant and local business directory websites for our clients, and listing their business on those websites Software Used: • Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Backlink Checker, Bright Local, Hunter IO, Snov IO, Boomerang Key Achievements: • Created at least 20 links per month for each of our clients • Client websites experiencing steady improvements in organic traﬃc and signiﬁcant improvements in organic keyword rankings • Collaborated with over 500 webmasters and website editors of relevant, high-authority websites • Signiﬁcantly improved my link building expertise and learned to simultaneously work on multiple link building campaigns • Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which were later used for all of our clients Search Engine Optimization Specialist KTByte March 2016 – June 2017 I was working as an SEO specialist for KTByte, computer science camp and academy that provides kids live coding classes. I worked on the KTByte website, and helped the rest of the team make sure the website is improving in the right direction. We had meetings twice a week to discuss progress, next steps, plan of action and ﬁgure out the best way of solving any problems. Key Responsibilities: • Taking care of all On-Page SEO • Taking care of all Local SEO (Google My Business) • Doing Keyword Research & using that keywords in suitable places • Creating Content Maps & Content Strategies • Crafting the content for the website pages & writing the blog articles • Deﬁning SEO strategies & implementing them across the website • Tracking the progress,results & delivering monthly reports • Tracking the sources of traﬃc & the success rate of conversions • Optimizing our Google My Business proﬁle with various diﬀerent strategies • Finding relevant local directories and listing our business there Software Used: • Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Screaming Frog, Yoast, Rank Math, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Page Speed Insights, Google My Business Key Achievements: • Website Organic Traﬃc increase of 220 • Google My Business Local Organic Traﬃc via Maps increase of 450 • Improved the Page Speed Insights metrics signiﬁcantly, improving the load time of the website by more than 2 seconds in the process • Solved technical problems on the website and set up proper tracking for Google Analytics • Optimized & Reworked the content around the site • Created 20+ blog posts relevant to the keywords that we were targeting