#56: The Perfect SEO Career Path (With Nitin Manchanda From Botpresso)

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Episode #56

Join Olga Zarr, your host on the SEO Podcast by #SEOSLY, as she dives deep into the world of SEO with special guest, Nitin Manchanda. Nitin is an engineer turned SEO expert who has honed his skills since 2012. His innovative approach to SEO, with a particular focus on scalability and automation, has propelled him to success in this ever-changing industry.

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Episode #56 notes

Here are detailed notes from Olga Zarr’s interview with Nitin Manchanda:

Introduction

• Olga interviews Nitin Manchanda, founder of SEO agency Botpresso based in Berlin, Germany.
• Nitin started his career in 2012 as a software engineer but got pulled into SEO and loved it.

Early SEO Experience

• Started in SEO at Indian e-commerce company Flipkart with no prior knowledge.
• Ran experiments on small sections of site to prove SEO value before expanding.
• Built “magic pages” filtering products by attributes that quickly ranked.
• Applied learnings to solve issues like duplicate product pages across gender categories.
• Grew SEO team and capabilities at multiple Indian startups.

Enterprise SEO at Trivago

• Joined Trivago in Germany as Product Owner for SEO with 55 markets.
• Learned patience – changes rolled out gradually to avoid negative user impact.
• Promoted to Global Head of SEO with full ownership of SEO.
• Built programmatic SEO tools leveraging engineering team.
• Graph theory algorithm achieved 99% internal link coverage.

Transition to Consultancy

• Wanted to start own consultancy Botpresso. Began as solo consultant in COVID.
• Quickly realized need for team to meet demand and avoid blocking clients.
• Now 16 fully remote employees, focused on enterprise and international SEO.
• Loves solving challenges at scale – $5M+ SEO revenue/month for clients.

Management Philosophy

• Aims to make Botpresso best employer – fun, growth, work/life balance.
• Policies like birthday leave for parents, annual offsites, celebrating festivals.
• Regular learning sessions, invites external experts as speakers.
• Rewards high contributors with trips to conferences like Brighton SEO.

Conclusion

• Nitin enjoys staying involved in hands-on SEO in addition to management.
• Recommends being open about failures and mistakes to help others learn.

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