News SEO Playbook
4.9 (4)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Grow your audience exponentially – learn how to design a robust editorial strategy with proven SEO tactics at its foundation.
News SEO Playbook
4.9 (4)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Grow your audience exponentially – learn how to design a robust editorial strategy with proven SEO tactics at its foundation.
Course overview
Advanced course on setting up SEO-based editorial strategies and workflows
By the end of the course, you will not only have the theoretical knowledge of how to set up a winning editorial strategy, but you will have the practical skills to design and implement one! Your Capstone Project will be designing an editorial playbook of your own. Every strategy taught in the course has been developed based on the specific needs of news media publishers. The tactics that you will learn have been implemented on dozens of publisher sites, resulting in short-term wins and long-term success.
Who is this course for
01
SEO specialists of publishers of all sizes
02
Editorial operations leads at medium and large news publishers
03
Digital and audience development leaders at medium and large news publishers
Outcomes and resources
Instant implementation of learnings
Following each session, you will be equipped with practical insights and best practices that you can implement as you go.
Ready-to-use templates
No need to develop internal templates and processes. Access the many templates shared in the course, make a copy, plug in your own data and you are set to go!
One-on-one support
Following the completion of the course, you will be able to schedule up to three one-on-one sessions with the instructor to review your implementation progress and identify the next step(s).
Short-term wins and long-term growth
The learnings in this course will enable you to achieve a number of quick wins and see almost immediate improvements in organic traffic while also setting up a scalable long-term strategy that will continuously deliver results.
This course includes
Interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
24 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
3 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
News SEO Playbook
Course syllabus
Week 1
Technical SEO – Part 1
Technical SEO – Part 2
Technical Audit Template
Week 2
Content SEO – Part 1
Content SEO – Part 2
Week 3
Week 4
Post-course
Tactics – Part 1
Tactics – Part 2
Metrics
Wrap-up
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A 6-week course that will give you the practical knowledge you need to set up winning editorial strategies and optimized workflows based on proven SEO strategies.
Meet your instructor
Vahe Arabian
I’m Vahe, the founder of State of Digital Publishing and SODP Media. Like other publishers I work in the trenches to build and grow content and media properties. I also create insights, resources and a community that fosters knowledge sharing and industry collaboration.
I’m a 15-year SEO & audience growth veteran, content strategist for publishers, and explorer of digital media and technology trends.
In my vast experience of working with digital publishing companies, I have helped publishers of all sizes exponentially increase their reach through concise SEO strategies and effective editorial workflows that reflect their business and monetization model.
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Running editorial teams and workflows - learn from The NYT's The Athletic and They Got Acquired
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- Alexis Grant, Founder and CEO of They Got Acquired
- Claudio Cabrera, VP - Newsroom Strategy and Audience of The Athletic
- Andrew Kemp, Managing Editor of State of Digital Publishing
Follow along as they share the fundamentals of effective editorial strategies and workflow management.
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Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Q&A sessions
Share experiences, challenges, and brainstorm solutions with a group of peers