Our 2015 Small Business Festival presentation: SEO for startups

Going back a few months now, Optimising were lucky enough to be invited back to speak at the [Victorian Small Business Festival](http://www.business.vic.gov.au/events-workshops-and-mentoring/victorias-small-business-festival).

The festival is a chance for small business owners to learn more about many aspects of running their business in an open environment, for free!

![Lachie presenting at the 2015 Victorian Small Business Festival](/img/blog/2015-sbf-lachie.jpg)

The Optimising team gave two presentations at this years festival:

SEO for Online Startups

This session focused on the basics of SEO that a new online business would need to take care of.

Advanced Link Building Techniques

This session focused on some of the more advanced link building tactics we use internally for our clients, and provided actionable techniques that attendees could implement in their own businesses.

For the 2nd year in a row, both sessions sold out very quickly, with 100’s of people on the waiting list - we’re sorry we couldn’t fit you all in!

James Co Founder OPT

James Richardson

Co-Founder

James is Co-Founder of Optimising who’s worked with everyone from national retailers and franchise groups to fast-growing eCommerce brands. He’s as interested in how AI engines send traffic as he is in old-fashioned rankings, and spends a lot of time testing how brands show up across search.

 

He started out running sports fan sites and early eCommerce stores, picked up a few senior sales and marketing roles at ASX-listed companies, then decided to build the kind of SEO agency he actually wanted to work at. Outside work, James is usually being out-negotiated by his three daughters, hosting very serious pretend tea parties, or supervising yet another cubby house build in the lounge room.

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