Talal Syed
Content marketing & SEO strategist for early to mid-stage startups
Bio
I help early to mid-stage startups generate pipeline from content & SEO. Here's a quick rundown of what I've done so far: ✅ Grew a media company from 1 to 17 million traffic per month & increased revenue by 11x. ✅ Launched and scaled content marketing programs for multiple SaaS startups. ✅ Built marketing function from scratch & doubled ARR in 9 months at a YC startup. ✅ Owned marketing for cohorts & programs at On Deck (driving millions of $$$ in revenue). And what I'm doing right now: – Content marketing strategy that drives pipeline, not just traffic. – End-to-end programmatic SEO strategy and execution. – Execution support for marketing leaders at Series A and above companies.
Expertise
Content marketing
I've worked at one of the leading SaaS content marketing agencies around and have helped multiple VC backed startups start and scale their content marketing engines – connecting efforts to revenue rather than vanity metrics.
Copywriting
I'm a former professional journalist and editor and I've written copy for everything ranging from landing pages and ads to in-product, socials, and Product Hunt launches.
Growth marketing
Growth isn't about hacks, it's about process. I've helped multiple startups become rigorous about their growth process so they can rapidly experiment, learn, and iterate to find their big growth levers.
SEO
Aside from fixing on-page and off-page SEO issues that are stopping you from getting more traffic, I love helping startups find ways to get more users through SEO – from launching tools, building side projects, to leveraging programmatic SEO.
Toolkit
Google Ads
6 years of experienceI've helped multiple startups get started with Google Ads the right way but for folks with larger budgets (six figures and above), there are better mentors on the platform.
Ahrefs
11 years of experienceAhrefs is still one of the top tools around but it's gotten more expensive over time so it's probably not a good idea to use it unless you're serious about content marketing & SEO.
Google Analytics
15 years of experienceI'm still in mourning over the demise of Universal Analytics and moved to other analytics tools since I disliked GA4 so much but I'm (very) slowly coming around.
Zapier
6 years of experienceI love Zapier. I've used it a ton at every company I've been at and built workflows on top of it. Their new AI looks neat and I'm sure it's going to make it even more accessible.