I'm Emil Sandström, an SEO and growth specialist with over a decade in digital marketing, focused on organic growth for e-commerce and affiliate projects. I prefer remote collaboration with founders and small teams to drive technical SEO, content strategy, link-building, and data-driven reporting. My approach blends technical audits and keyword research with hands-on execution alongside developers and writers, aiming to unlock topline growth and measurable ROI. I've helped clients achieve 60%+ revenue growth in six months, recover lost rankings after competitive updates, and build scalable WordPress-based sites and data-driven affiliate platforms.

Emil Sandstrom

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I'm Emil Sandström, an SEO and growth specialist with over a decade in digital marketing, focused on organic growth for e-commerce and affiliate projects. I prefer remote collaboration with founders and small teams to drive technical SEO, content strategy, link-building, and data-driven reporting. My approach blends technical audits and keyword research with hands-on execution alongside developers and writers, aiming to unlock topline growth and measurable ROI. I've helped clients achieve 60%+ revenue growth in six months, recover lost rankings after competitive updates, and build scalable WordPress-based sites and data-driven affiliate platforms.

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I’m Emil Sandström, an SEO and growth specialist with over a decade in digital marketing, focused on organic growth for e-commerce and affiliate projects. I prefer remote collaboration with founders and small teams to drive technical SEO, content strategy, link-building, and data-driven reporting.

My approach blends technical audits and keyword research with hands-on execution alongside developers and writers, aiming to unlock topline growth and measurable ROI. I’ve helped clients achieve 60%+ revenue growth in six months, recover lost rankings after competitive updates, and build scalable WordPress-based sites and data-driven affiliate platforms.

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Language

Swedish
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Freelance SEO Specialist at Search Spark, Viseo, Visca Web and others
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2024
Ran organic growth and customer acquisition for e-commerce and affiliate clients, from technical audits and keyword research through content and link building. Increased revenue by 60%+ in six months for an e-commerce client by improving rankings across thousands of high-value keywords through search-intent and content work. Built SEO roadmaps from technical audits and keyword analysis, then implemented them together with developers and writers. Recovered lost rankings in competitive markets, including a US sports-betting site hit by Google's Helpful Content Update. Handled local SEO on Google Search and Maps for dozens of small businesses in trades such as plumbing, construction, hotels and auto repair.
Affiliate Site Portfolio Manager at Varena Media AB
January 1, 2017 - Present
Built and managed a portfolio of niche and authority affiliate sites on WordPress, owning strategy, content and link acquisition. Scaled one site from 0 to 25,000+ monthly visitors in eight months through technical optimisation, topical authority and backlink work. Grew Djursajten.se (pets and wildlife) into one of Sweden's most visited sites in its niche within a year of launch. Built Hälsokost 4 Life, a health-food price-comparison site, using WordPress, web scraping and affiliate APIs, with data handled in Python and Pandas. Ran large-scale backlink campaigns, acquiring hundreds of high-authority domains via outreach, press and partnerships.
WordPress Developer (freelance) at Search Spark
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2022
Designed and built 100+ WordPress sites across many industries, applying technical SEO, UX and CRO to improve site performance and conversions.
Growth & Outbound at Konvelo, BHONG
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Built outbound and lead-generation systems for two companies: targeting, sequences, messaging and the tooling behind them. Ran multi-channel campaigns (cold email, LinkedIn, landing pages, video sales letters), generating 60+ qualified leads across the campaign, with four meetings booked and two high-ticket deals closed in the first week. Built automations with Make.com and the OpenAI API to move leads between Smartlead, Heyreach, Slack and Breakcold CRM. A/B tested email copy, subject lines and landing-page conversion paths.
SEO & PPC Account Manager at ClearSense
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015
Managed B2B client relationships and delivered SEO services, Google Ads management and WordPress development.

Education

Coursework at Umeå University
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019
Nanodegree in Data Science at Udacity
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
Spanish language studies at Umeå University
January 1, 2026 - June 17, 2026
Upper Secondary School Diploma, Science track at Minerva Gymnasium
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Education

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