Blogging and SEO VA

Hey hey! We’re looking for an experienced, motivated and most of all positive and fun virtual assistant to join our growing team, and we're so excited to hear from you!

About Us

We are a boutique digital publishing company that runs a number of websites, primarily in the travel and photography industries, as well as operating a small SEO agency working with a number of niche clients. We’re a small team of co-founders, managers and writers from around the world, and have a tremendous passion for travelling, business and helping people. We promote a healthy work/life balance within our company, and want all members of our team to grow both personally and professionally.

Skills

Having worked with a number of incredible VAs over the years, it's time to find our next rockstar! We need a virtual assistant with the following skills and knowledge to join our team:

• Highly proficient in Wordpress
• Excellent written English (very important)
• Copywriting and editing
• On-page SEO
• Admin support
• Topical research
• Keyword research
• Very high attention to detail
• Affiliate marketing (Amazon, tour companies, booking agents and other platforms)
• Proficient in Google Docs and Sheets
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to follow (and develop) SOPs
• Image research, selection and optimisation
• Critical thinking, decision making, and able to work autonomously
• Highly regarded if you have experience using SurferSEO and Ahrefs
• Bonus if you have experience with Canva/Photoshop/Illustrator
• Bonus if you have experience using Google Data Studio, GSC and GA
• Extra bonus if you have proven experience in link building and off-page SEO

Tasks

The tasks for the right VA will primarily be based around creating, editing, updating, optimising and managing SEO content on a number of ---------- addition there will be general administrative tasks such as conducting general research, reporting, data entry, etc. We use Asana for project management and email/Slack/WhatsApp for communications. Here are the various tasks that we are needing help with:

• Content uploading, formatting and editing to Wordpress (articles provided)
• Review existing articles and checking formatting/grammar is consistent, information is up to date and relevant, business opening hours are correct, etc
• Using SurferSEO to optimise and update new and existing content
• Copywriting (either creating/updating fresh individual sections on existing articles, or writing whole new articles)
• Finding relevant affiliate products, creating links, inserting into articles, and creating attractive call to actions
• Finding suitable images for content using free and paid stock photography sites
• Conducting research for new articles, different business opportunities and competitor analysis
• General research for the occasional non-business enquiries (travel planning, lifestyle stuff, etc - not often)
• Creating and designing reports using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google Data Studio

Benefits for Working with Us

We are a small yet productive team operating remotely around the world. While getting the job done is of course important, we want everybody on our team to enjoy their work and feel as though they are continuously learning and growing. The right candidate will become a tea ---------- mber and talent, not just staff.

• Ongoing training in copywriting, SEO, website management, business development, strategy, etc
• Make your own hours! Need a morning off? Don’t like working weekends? No problem! As long as the work is getting done, we don’t mind exactly when you do it. We want you to have a positive work/life balance and to feel happy and refreshed whenever you clock on
• Work with a very friendly and uplifting management team - we care about all of our team
• If you don’t understand something, that’s ok! Let us know and we’ll happily help
• Promotion and upskilling possibilities for the right candidate

Selected applicants will need to undertake an interview and take on a number of trial tasks so we can ensure both parties are happy with work output, quality and environment. Also, my name is Jarryd. Please use my name in your application because any generic "Hi there", "Hi hiring manager", "Dear sir/madam" etc will be automatically disqualified. Other than that, I'm very friendly!

Thank you very much, and we look forward to hearing from you!