SEO since before SEO was a thing
Online marketing strategist, speaker, trainer, and the experienced bridge between marketing & technology. I use logic, data, and a large slice of common sense to grow the right traffic.
The short version
As an SEO practitioner since before SEO was a "thing," I solve large-site challenges, mid-sized site issues, and small-site considerations to grow traffic that actually moves the business.
I've led teams of 15+ search marketers — mentoring, inspiring, and teaching — and many now lead their own teams at large enterprises. I've sat in agency leadership, driven client retention, and delivered a superior SEO product while keeping teams growing. And I've presented at search and marketing conferences around the globe, mixing an appropriate amount of English humour with genuinely useful takeaways.
More about GrantWays to work together
Mid-to-enterprise strategy: technical audits, content frameworks, and roadmap prioritization that integrate with your team and tech stack. No fluff — the "why" and the "how," not just the "what."
Got SEO strategy?Entertaining, informative talks on Google updates, content that connects, entity search, big-site SEO, and GEO (the AI hot topics). Custom decks, real takeaways, a little English humour.
Looking for a speaker?I know agencies — from the inside and the client side. Better processes, clearer communication, and useful deliverables for your department, in-house team, or clients. The agency<>client interpreter.
Need a trainer?A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.
Don't take my word for it
"Put 10 SEOs in a room and you'll get 10 different opinions." Leverage the mistakes I've made, the tests I've run, and the successes I've been part of.
He's amazing — unbelievably smart and insightful about all things digital, and he gets to know the audience in advance, then delivers with fantastic energy and humour!
A natural connector and a relentlessly positive influence. He sets high-level growth strategy, then rolls up his sleeves to do the 'dirty' work.
I've seen Grant speak several times at Digital Summit — thoughtful, humorous, and I always left with actionable takeaways I could actually implement.
From the blog
Sunshine around the Brighton Centre, great talks, mediocre fish and chips, old friends and new ones. Brighton never fails to deliver a good beer and conversation.
Read more →A "new" correlation for celebrity and popularity — first cooked up as an April Fools gag at The Search Agency in 2013. There is no CoolRank. But perhaps there should be.
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An AI-powered choose-your-own-adventure in a city where tacos are currency. My first Waymo, a talk on what AI knows about your brand, and the Gandalf of conferences.
Read more →Looking for ideas, a second opinion, or a different perspective on your online business? I'm available for hourly consulting or retainer projects.
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