- Experience with Google and Bing's services, including Analytics and Webmaster Tools - Experience with Google's Keyword Tool - Proven success in link building and viral strategies - Strong understanding of content marketing - The ability to deploy an effective local and long-tail search strategy - A deep understanding of mobile strategy and how it relates to SEO - A solid grasp of how blogging, press releases, social media, and related strategies go hand-in-hand with SEO - Experience in building inbound organic search traffic and improving SERPs - A background in creating reports showing web analytics data and site evaluations - A functional understanding of HTML and CSS - The ability to work with back-end SEO elements such as .htaccess, robots.txt, metadata, site speed optimization, and related skills - An up-to-date, working knowledge of current, past, and projected trends in the SEO industry - Familiarity with the best tools in the trade - Fair writing skills and communication skills. Should be able to create and modify content for various promotional activities such as bookmarking, sharing etc.