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Chris Byrne

Freelance International SEO / PPC Consultant for London area since 2008 | Ask me a question!

Chris Byrne
Guildford United Kingdom
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
Please contact me to discuss your project via info(at)seouk.tk or 01252 757562. Let me know how you found me, including the exact search term if possible! I usually work remotely, but am happy to work on site if it suits.

FAO RECRUITERS. I am NOT available for full-time (permanent) contract work. I'm freelance and fully intend to stay free(lance) for the forseeable future! If you add me on Linkedin please add a message specifying why you are contacting me. I report recruiters who contact me on Linkedin r.e. full-time (permanent) contract work as spam (for all the difference that makes)!

I'm based on the Surrey / Hants borders with easy access to London, Reading, Cambridge, Bournemouth & Oxford. I offer a worldwide service,

If you connect with me on Linkedin you can see my testimonials.

I focus on the London area but am based in the South East UK on the Surrey / Hants borders with easy access to London, Reading, Cambridge, Brighton, Oxford & beyond. I usually work remotely, but am happy to work on site if it suits.

The brightonseo 2013 UK SEO Salary Survey states freelancers have longer professional experience (av. 5 years) than agency staff. I've twice the professional experience of the average agency / in-house SEO staff member according to this survey.

I've worked on / for the following in my SEO / PPC career: 2 subsidiaries of WPP, Yamaha Music, Travel Weekly Group, Robert Dyas, FreeAds, Heals, ITV, Lloyds Banking Group & Starcom Mediavest. My work is often under non-disclosure agreements. I worked on a site with online sales of c.£15 million p/w in 2012 and on 3 sites for an international financial institution in 2013-2014. I consulted on a PPC campaign on a site with sales of £10M in 2012..

For over 5 years I've delivered ('white label') board level business intelligence reporting & SEO / PPC specialist services internationally on a freelance basis. I've worked on sites affected by the Google 'Panda' & 'Penguin' updates (not as a result of my work) including one with an Unnatural Link Warning & penalty (now lifted) and one with what appears to be 'Negative SEO' from a competitor.

Expertise & Specialisms:

  • Web content audit / structure analysis
  • Ebusiness Strategy
  • Onpage SEO using a CMS
  • Conversion Rate Optimisation)
  • Adwords
  • Ebay & Amazon
  • Best Practices / Disciplines for web content
  • Blogger Outreach / Content Strategy / link building

I have worked as a Certified Adwords Professional & have managed / advised on PPC ad campaigns with variable budgets of up to £1K per day.
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Freelance SEO Specialist Consultant / Trainer

SEO Surrey London UK
Since November 2008
  • I have now been established for over 5 years in my own business working as a Freelance Integrated Digital Marketing & Content Strategy Consultant / Trainer specialising in 'organic' international Google SEO & link building services. I offer independent advice.
  • Some of my current work is working to 'undo' or mitigate the effects of the work of "SEO professionals" who did not follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines. As a result the sites they "optimised" are affected by the Google 'Panda' & 'Penguin' updates with issues such as Unnatural Link Warnings & algorithmic penalties (causing a drop in rankings) from Google and devalued links. At time of writing I also manage the SEO team for one of my clients.
  • I have easy access to the South UK area inc. Woking, Reading, Brighton, Bournemouth & Portsmouth.
  • Various clients in the London, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire and Hampshire, UK and overseas areas have selected me to consult on or train them in SEO-related matters including Mediacom (UK's largest media agency & part of GroupM / WPP), freeads.co.uk (one of the top 500 sites in the UK according to Hitwise), Travel Weekly Group, ITV, Lloyds Banking Group & Horwath Clark Whitehill..
  • I've worked on sites of all sizes including one with online sales of c. £15 million per week (at time of writing 3.2012) & on a site for an international financial institution in 2013..
  • Expertise:
  • ('Whitelabel') On-Page/Site Google SEO Audits & Strategic Recommendations
  • Hands-On SEO Changes to Sites/Pages
  • Keyword Research
  • Content Creation Suggestions
  • Content Development
  • Content Promotion / Viral "Pushes"
  • Link Building & Link Building Recommendations
  • Social Media Marketing Recommendations
  • Google Analytics & Webmaster Tools Reporting
  • On-Site Training
  • Integrated Digital Marketing & Advertising Specialist Consultancy
  • Content Strategy
  • Sales / Marketing
  • Google Penguin and Panda updates
  • I am not able to list all the brands / companies I have worked on by name due to non-disclosure agreements.