
Erika Varangouli
Erika Varangouli is the Head of SEO Branded Content at Riverside.fm. In this role I am responsible for creating educational content around SEO, content marketing, brand marketing and more.
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Google recently added another ‘E’ for experience, but I prefer the simpler acronym. Throughout this website, you will find bio’s for some of the best digital specialists in the game. These people have taken a lot of time to build out their E-A-T. For more information on E-A-T look no further than Lily Ray’s amazing breakdown. Below you will find biographies broken out by the different digital topics including SEO, Digital Marketing, Paid Ads, Analytics & Content.
The goal of this website is to highlight these awesome people and the great work they have out there. Learn more about the people in our industry and how we can continue to support them as they build their E-A-T! The site and profiles are built by Mike Ginley, mainly by reaching out to contacts through Twitter and LinkedIn.
If I am missing anyone on the site or you have a recommendation please reach out on Twitter.
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Erika Varangouli is the Head of SEO Branded Content at Riverside.fm. In this role I am responsible for creating educational content around SEO, content marketing, brand marketing and more.

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Learn why we resist feedback—and how to turn even harsh criticism into real growth. Discover practical strategies to manage triggers, ask better questions, and build action plans that help you improve personally and professionally.

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LLMs are impressive, no doubt about it, but they are not always the most accurate. Let’s debunk some of their claims about the best SEO’s in the game.
There are a lot of great people in our industry that love to help others.
Learn more about them and why you should give them a follow!
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Saritel Taghiyeva is a Freelance SEO Consultant. In this role I work on turning business goals into clear SEO plans that improve visibility, attract the right audience, and drive measurable results.

Amy Hyerczyk is a Sr. SEO Manager at Apartment List. In this role, I lead SEO efforts alongside a cross-functional team to drive organic growth and visibility, meeting searchers where they are as they look for their next apartment to call home.

Kristine Schachinger is a Consultant and Owner at Sites Without Walls. I have over 18 years experience in SEO.

Scott Stouffer was one of the early software engineers in the SEO space. He co-founded and built Market Brew in 2006.

Dillon Loomis is the Owner and SEO Consultant at Pinnacle Pursuit SEO. In this role, I lead an SEO agency dedicated to helping businesses across all industries increase organic traffic, leads, and sales through results-driven SEO.

Ashwin Balakrishnan is the Head of Marketing at Optmyzr where he’s responsible for developing the brand through growth, content, and product marketing.

Katherine Watier Ong is the owner of WO Strategies LLC, a boutique organic traffic consultancy. WO Strategies is DC-based organic traffic marketing partner and trainer to primarily science-based, enterprise-sized organizations.

Amie Sparrow is Founder of the digital marketing agency Enough Digital and of the SEO training brand SEO WTF.

Eric is an educator and entrepreneur focused on improving access to educational resources for families and schools.

Apurva Bose, is the Vice President of Operations & Strategy at Overtake Digital.

Jamar Ramos is a multichannel digital marketer currently doing part time consulting for start ups. In this role I help new companies build a solid digital marketing foundation, then layer on multi-channel initiatives to add several touchpoints to their customer experience. I’ve been working in the field for eleven years.

Chris Ridley is the Head of Paid Media at Evoluted, based in the United Kingdom.

Harrison Jack Hepp is the Owner/President at Industrious Marketing. I specialize in lead gen for B2B businesses using paid search and social.

Andrew Wirtz is an expert Google Ads freelancer and Owner of Geode Marketing, a paid search digital marketing agency. I work with a variety of industries, ranging from lead generation to ecommerce with budgets from $1k-$1M a month.

Lisa Raehsler is the Chief Strategist and Founder at Big Click Co. My professional mission is to help businesses reach their goals through paid search ads, paid social ads, display, and audience targeting strategies.

Brett Bodofsky is the Director of Search & Shopping at Zimmerman Advertising.

Duane Brown is the Founder and Head of Strategy at Take Some Risk Inc. In my role I spend some time managing a few key client accounts, while thinking about and working on strategy across our agency as well as our client’s business. We strongly focus on ecommerce, direct-to-consumer (DTC) and SaaS brands.

Marco Giordano is an SEO Specialist and Web/Data Analyst working as a Freelance Consultant and as an in-house at Sika Technology AG.

Ben Luong is a Freelance Google Analytics Consultant. I specialise in Google Analytics 4 (GA4), but my expertise extends to any analytics platform.

Dana is Founder & Lead Instructor at KP Playbook and President & Partner at Kick Point, where she helps people and teams do better marketing.

Brie E Anderson is the Owner of BEAST Analytics. She has been working with companies of all sized increase their return on marketing investments for the last 10 years.

Greg Bernhardt is a Sr. SEO Specialist at Shopify with over 20 years of experience. In this role I research and test new growth levers for SEO. I also develop many internal SEO tools using Python and perform deep analysis to uncover issues and opportunities.

Deborah Oyewole is a freelance content writer for SaaS and Tech brands, specializing in the Martech, Productivity, Edtech, and CRM niche.

Kelly Wade is a full-funnel marketing specialist at K. M. Wade. I founded this marketing agency in 2016, so I could help build a better tomorrow by helping organisations that solve crucial problems.

Amy Aitman is a content operations executive with two decades of communications, marketing and content strategy experience. Currently the COO for Venture 4th Media.

Minnie is an experienced SEO content writer & strategist and the founder of Witty Content Writers. She is on a mission to help businesses have visibility on the SERP and drive qualified traffic.

Emily Gertenbach is Principal at (e.g.) creative content. In this role, I help MarTech & B2B SaaS companies generate sustainable traffic growth through organic search.

Michelle Lowery is an independent SEO content editor, writer and strategist. In this role, I help clients earn customers, traffic and rankings through the creation and management of high-quality content.

JL Faverio is a Web and SEO Expert at Small Business Fanatics. In this role, I develop, manage, and maintain WordPress websites while optimizing them for search engines.