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Laurens Mauquoi presentation "How to biuld an international in-house SEO team" during Power of Content Marketing Conference in Warsaw, May 2014

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Berlin, May 2014

How to build an international in-house SEO team

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Who is Tirendo?

Tirendo – #1 shop for your car

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- Online sales of tires, car parts and accessories - Berlin based e-commerce - Active in 12 countries, including Poland - Belongs to the Delticom-Tirendo group - Largest online retailer of tires in Europe

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Who am I?

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Laurens Mauquoi – Team Lead SEO Off-page

- Joined Tirendo in October 2012

- Content Marketing and Social Media

- Set up the SEO team in its current form

- Speaks 7 languages fluently

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The next steps

Agenda

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1. What does it mean to build an in-house team? - Challenges of going international - Advantages of doing SEO in-house !2. How to build an in-house team?

- Structure of the team

- What profiles should you be looking for?

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What does it mean to build an international SEO team?

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Building an international in-house SEO team

What does this mean?

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1. Different countries, different languages !

2. Different mentality and culture !

3. More workload than you think

Going international means a lot of challenges

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Building an international in-house SEO team

Different countries, different languages

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Europe means 28 countries!

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Building an international in-house SEO team

Different countries, different languages

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The EU counts 24 official languages.

You want to reach your costumers in all these countries?

!You need websites in different languages!

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Building an international inhouse SEO team

Different mentality and culture

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Lack of international culture

There is a German A Swedish A Polish culture

You need to understand these cultures:

!1. To reach your customers

2. To work with partners

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Building an international in-house SEO team

More workload than you think

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Doing SEO internationally means:

!1. Having a website in different languages

2. Working with partners in all countries

3. Content marketing in different languages !!!!SEO is an ongoing process -> always new pages, features and partners

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Advantages of doing SEO in-house

Why do SEO in-house?

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The advantages are clear !1. Control the process and the quality -> Important in times of Google updates !

2. Better international scalability -> Something worked in Poland, let‘s try it in Germany

!3. More durable -> recruiting, schooling and working with the same people

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How to build an in-house team?

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How to structure the team

The classical structure

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Head of SEO

Responsible France

Technical

Linkbuilder

Content

Responsible Poland

Technical

Linkbuilder

Content

Responsible Sweden

Technical

Linkbuilder

Content

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How to structure the team

The Tirendo structure

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TL Onpage

DE/AT/CH FR NL/BE PL IT

TL Offpage

DE/AT/CH FR NL/BE PL IT

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How to structure the team

Advantages

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1. Less people

2. Scalable

3. Very flexible

4. Easy to implement 5. Can be done at an early stage of the company

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How to structure the team

Two keys to success:

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Work divided by skills means:

!Advantage for the SEO:

▪ SEOs can specialize ▪ in what they are best at

▪ in what they like most doing

!Advantage for the company ▪ SEO is faster on a certain level !

Division by Skills

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How to structure the team

Two keys to success:

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Native speakers:

▪ Understand the culture and the language ▪ Can relate to the life of the partners ▪ Will get a better overview of the local SEO scene ▪ Are able to get better deals !

And there is more potential!

!If your native speakers are any good, they can enter the local SEO scene!

Native Speakers

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How to structure the team

What makes a good SEO?

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Profiles should depend on the type of SEO

The Content Guy

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The Linkbuilder !!

The Technical Geek

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How to structure the team

What makes a good SEO?

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The Content Guy

!- Affinity for languages - Creativity - Structured thinking !

BackgroundJournalism, literature, cultural studies etc. !

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How to structure the team

What makes a good SEO?

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The Linkbuilder !- Open and good with

people - Negotiation skills - Creativity - Structured thinking !BackgroundBusiness development, sales !

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How to structure the team

What makes a good SEO?

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The Technical Geek

!- Structured thinking - IT knowledge - Affinity for technical

stuff !Background

IT, UX, mathematics etc. !

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How to build an international in-house SEO team

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Thank you for your attention

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Laurens Mauquoi laurens.mauquoi@tirendo.com +49 30 20 99 36 131

!Tirendo Holding GmbH

Zinnowitzer Straße 810115 BerlinGermany !!

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