On-Site SEO Training Courses and Seminars

Canada's largest and most experienced search marketing firm, now offers SEO training courses at your place of business. Learn from those who actually "do" SEO, and do it for Canada's largest companies, and not from those who merely "read" about it, or work only with SMEs. SEP's client list reads like a virtual who's who of Canadian Fortune 500.

SEP is consistently ranked the top SEO firm (and Paid Search firm, Local Search firm, and Link Building firm) in Canada by clients, and consistently ranks amongst the top SEO companies on Google for the ultra competitive terms:
- seo
- search engine optimization
- internet marketing

SEO Training Courses Offered:
Not all companies have the same training requirements. Accordingly, SEP has created various training programs to satisfy the different needs of most large companies. Below are a list of the in-house SEO training courses offered by SEP:

1. Editorial Staff SEO Training (8 Hours):
This training session is most commonly given to firms in the media space, and is designed for those creating the content itself. They are typically writers, reporters, columnists, on-air personalities and the like, who ultimately have their content/communications appear on corporate websites. These individuals typically have little or nothing to do with the technical elements such as site design and navigation.

Attendees of this session should leave with a very good understanding of how to create content that caters to Google's algorithms.

Topics include:

    1. What is SEO?
    2. The Benefits of SEO
    3. Choosing Keywords
    4. Ranking Factors
    5. Writing for the Web
    6. Types of Content

      a. Resource/Educational
      b. News
      c. Editorialized
      d. Entertaining

    7. Testing Content
    8. Image Optimization
    9. Video Optimization
    10. Helping Content Get Shared
    11. Techniques to Attract Attention
    12. Tracking/Interpreting Analytics and Results
    13. Tools of the Trade
    14. Workshop

2. Technical/IT Staff SEO Training (8 hours):
For those responsible for IT or the technical elements of websites, they require different course content. SEP has therefore structured a training program to speak to these groups and individuals, and their respective responsibilities.
Summary topics include:

    1. What is SEO?
    2. The Benefits of SEO
    3. Choosing Keywords
    4. Ranking Factors
    5. Choosing a CMS: Features to Look For
    6. Framesets/IFrames
    7. Internal Navigation
    8. Directory/File Depth
    9. Canonicalization
    10. Redirects
    11. Splash Pages
    12. Page Naming Conventions
    13. Auto Page Titling Options
    14. Headings
    15. Meta Tags to Use and Why
    16. Cookies and Session IDs
    17. Site Maps
    18. Robots.txt
    19. Page Load Time
    20. Other Coding Considerations
    21. Validating a Site in Google Webmaster Central
    22. Adding Google Analytics – Its Not Just Drag and Drop
    23. Effective Conversion Tracking
    24. Why Add RSS Feeds
    25. Social Media Optimization
    26. Tools of the Trade

3. Marketing Group SEO Training (4 hours):
At SEP, we often get calls from marketing groups wondering how they can become more informed about search as part of their function. For these marketing types and groups, SEP has structured a training session that speaks to the factors they can typically affect within an organization.

    1. What is SEO?
    2. The Benefits of SEO
    3. Choosing Keywords
    4. Ranking Factors

      a. In-Page Elements
      b. Off-Page Elements

    5. Assessing In-Page Elements

      a. Page Titling
      b. Meta Tags
      c. Internal Navigation
      d. Page Indexing

    6. Evaluating Off-Page Elements

      a. Site Authority
      b. Anchor Text
      c. Quality of Links
      d. Quantity of Links

    7. Online Mentions
    8. Link Building

      a. Suppliers/Clients/Complementary Business
      b. Article Syndication
      c. Reciprocal Linking
      d. Directory Submissions
      e. Press Releases
      f. Blog Commenting
      g. Guest Posts
      h. Widgets
      i. Awards
      j. Badges
      k. Research Competitor’s Links

    9. Link Buying
    10. Attracting Links with Content

      a. Writing for the Web
      b. Types of Content

        1. Resource/Educational
        2. News
        3. Editorialized
        4. Entertaining

      c. Testing Content
      d. Image Optimization
      e. Video Optimization
      f. Helping Content Get Shared
      g. Techniques to Attract Attention

    11. Choosing an SEO Firm
    12. Common Scams to Avoid
    13. Tracking/Interpreting Analytics and Results
    14. Tools of the Trade
    * This session is run through IAB Canada.

4. Comprehensive SEO Training (8 Hours):
For those firms where online marketing responsibility resides within one particular group, SEP has a full day training program to train on all elements of SEO. This session is ideal for smaller organizations

    1. What is SEO?
    2. The Benefits of SEO
    3. Choosing Keywords
    4. Ranking Factors
    5. In-Page Factors
    6. Technical SEO
    7. Writing for the Web
    8. Types of Content
    9. Testing Content
    10. Image Optimization
    11. Video Optimization
    12. Content Development
    13. In-Page Tools
    14. Off-Page Factors
    15. Off-Page Factors Ranked
    16. Securing Links
    17. Building Content
    18. Building Links
    19. Buying Links
    20. Tools of the Trade
    21. Competitive Intelligence
    22. Tracking Results
    * This session is run through IAB Canada.

Don't delay. If you're looking for the most comprehensive SEO training programs in Canada, by the most experienced SEO company in Canada, then contact us today!