This episode of Opinionated SEO Opinions focuses on people management and SEO with two brilliant guests, Glenn McMurry (https://www.linkedin.com/in/glen-mcmurry-2b69011b/ ), Director of Organic Acquisition at Bumble, and Areej AbuAli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/areejabuali/), Founder of Crawlina (https://www.crawlina.com/) and Women in Tech SEO (https://www.womenintechseo.com/).

Our guests shared their insights on being a part of various team structures and navigating the challenges that come as an SEO moves up the career ladder. Here are the questions covered in this episode:

03:02 Q1: What team structures have you been a part of? What did the team dynamics look like, and what worked/didn’t, in your experience?
20:53 Q2: What are the biggest challenges when moving from independent contributor to management? How do you move from SME to Manager with minimal pain?
32:27 Q3: How do you manage teams where you don’t have personal experience as an SME in that field?
37:52 Q4: What recommendations do you have for getting managerial buy-in to grow the SEO team?
41:38 Q5: Do management best practices differ for remote SEO teams? How?

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