Simon Schnieders, Founder of Blue Array, One of UK's Most Popular SEO Agencies
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Simon Schnieders is an entrepreneur, SEO expert, investor, advisor, and mentor for businesses across various verticals. He is the Founder and CEO of Blue Array, UK's most popular & largest specialist SEO agency, a B Corp offering a unique approach 'consulgency®' services (a hybrid of consultancy & agency). Clients include startups, scale-ups and incumbents such as Simply Business, RAC, Funding Circle, Floom & many more.
Simon Schneiders Interview Questions
00:00 - 04:00 Introduction
04:01 - 07:14 Simon's background
07:15 - 11:09 Dealing with personal challenges
11:10 - 17:35 Simon's journey into the world of SEO
17:36 - 20:08 Working with big brands establishing Blue Array
20:09 - 27:11 What is Blue Array's vision for the SEO industry?
27:12 - 36:43 The SEO industry in the current age of AI
36:44 - 42:20 Work done by Blue Array in the field of SEO education
42:21 - 46:33 The concept of consulgency
46:34 - 55:18 How Blue Array leverages AI
55:19 - 59:22 Simon as an angel investor and mentor
59:23 - 01:01:20 Closure
Simon Schneiders Biography
Simon Schnieders is an entrepreneur, SEO expert, investor, advisor, and mentor for businesses across various verticals. He is the Founder and CEO of Blue Array, UK's most popular & largest specialist SEO agency, a B Corp offering a unique approach 'consulgency®' services (a hybrid of consultancy & agency). Clients include startups, scale-ups and incumbents such as Simply Business, RAC, Funding Circle, Floom & many more.
Blue Array also published the Amazon best selling Mastering In-House SEO series, compiling contributions from 26 leading in-house SEO experts on topics ranging from successful case studies, getting tactics and strategy implemented, community building, and much more. Some of the events organised by Blue Array include ReadingSEO & LondonSEOMeetup, the capital's largest monthly SEO meetup. The agency also provides e-learning via the Blue Array Academy, an SEO training course with certification.
As an SEO expert, Simon has led in-house SEO teams at major companies like Zoopla, Mail Online, European Directories, and Yell.com.
Simon is also an angel investor and advisor to companies like ClickMechanic.com, Baked In, SonicJobs, and SafeBuy. He mentors at startup accelerators, including 500 Startups, MassChallenge UK, Wayra, Techhub, and Mayor’s International Business Programme, which is designed to fit very specific international growth ambitions to fast-growing, post-revenue companies in London.
Simon is a BSc in Business and Computing from University of Surrey. Outside of work, he serves as the Trustee of the homeless charity "New Beginnings" in Reading, UK. The organisation is dedicated to the prevention and relief of poverty and financial hardship.
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