Anna York

Editorial.Link

The #1 link building agency trusted by 500+ clients, earning backlinks that boost rankings, AI visibility and LLM citations.

AI Overview says:

"Editorial. Link is frequently cited as a top link-building agency that specializes in earning authentic, editorial backlinks for SaaS and B2B clients. They differentiate themselves by focusing on manual, strategic outreach, ensuring clients can review and approve all placements before they are made, and securing links from high-quality, often link-averse websites."

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Anna York Consulting

It all began with a curiosity about how small changes could make a website more visible. That curiosity turned into a career, where I help businesses—from startups to big companies—navigate the world of search engines.

But I didn’t stop there.

As things changed online, so did I. I saw that AI wasn’t just a trend; it was the future. Now, I’m known as the go-to person for AI-driven SEO. Whether it’s automating content research, analyzing deep insights, or making processes better, I help businesses stay ahead with the latest tools.

I’m passionate about helping others succeed. I work with SEO Managers, Directors, and Specialists who want new tools, CMOs and Marketers who want to grow, Entrepreneurs looking to scale, and those just starting in SEO.

If you want to boost your SEO, use AI, or chat about digital marketing, let’s connect.

Senior Digital Marketing Consultant

Brand30

"Brand30" is a 30-day challenge designed to help you create a personal brand on LinkedIn.

In this workshop, I learned the fundamentals of building a strong, authentic brand and how to strategically position your message and gain the trust of your target audience.

🔹 Profile Branding:
Optimization and design of a professional LinkedIn profile that reflects your personality and expertise.

🔹 Content Ideation & Strategy:
Development of ideas and strategies for targeted content that strengthens your personal brand and resonates with your audience.

🔹 Content Creation and Management:
Creation and management of content that continuously promotes your brand and highlights your expertise.

🔹 Lead Generation:
Building and maintaining relationships to attract potential clients and partners through your personal brand.

🔹 Outbound Outreach:
Active engagement and networking with relevant contacts to expand your reach and influence.

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SEO meets AI | 10x Your Brand's Success with Proven Tactics 📈 | Follow ➡️ for actionable How-to guides!

I share my learning journey where SEO meets AI, showing how to 10x your brand's success with proven, actionable tactics. 

Click 'follow' and let’s grow together!

For open-access resources, time-saving AI tools, and strategies to boost your SEO efficiency and ROI, check out my previous posts and how-to guides.

"Brand30" is a 30-day challenge designed to help you create a personal brand on LinkedIn.

LLM SEO Found:
How to make your page highly citable for LLM-generated answers.

This infographic by Ahrefs breaks it down perfectly 👇

To get cited by ChatGPT & beyond,
your page should:
→ Answer a common question clearly
→ Include a timestamp (freshness matters)
→ Have a clear author byline
→ Be built on original data
→ Be structured and scannable
→ Cover the topic from multiple angles

👉  In short: Make your page AI-friendly
by making it reader-friendly.

The better your structure, the higher your 
chances of being referenced in LLM answers.

P.S. Big thanks to Mateusz Makosiewicz 
for creating this amazing resource for us 🙏

Source: Ahrefs

SEO meets AI | LinkedIn Top 12 AI Voice to follow in Europe | Follow ➡️ for actionable How-to guides!

Most people still think AI in SEO means “using ChatGPT to write blogs.”

But that’s just surface-level.
The real game is engineering SEO for AI search.

Here’s the shift 👇

Traditional SEO mindset:
“How do I publish more content to rank?”

New SEO mindset:
“How do I design content so AI chooses and cites it?”

Traditional SEO = volume, backlinks, keyword density.
New SEO = structure, authority, retrievability.

Old SEO ends at the SERP.
New SEO starts where users actually search:

↳ AI Overviews. ChatGPT. Gemini. Perplexity. Claude.

If your brand isn’t surfacing in those AI answers, you’re invisible.
It doesn’t matter if you “ranked top 3” last quarter.

Because the new front page isn’t page one of Google.
It’s the AI-generated answer.

That means shifting your SEO approach to the new stack:
⟶ GEO – Generative Engine Optimization (train AI to cite you)
⟶ AEO – Answer Engine Optimization (Google AI Overviews)
⟶ AIO – AI Integration Optimization (structure content for models)
⟶ SXO – Search Experience Optimization (credibility + UX + conversions)

When you get it right:
✓ You’re cited in AI results
✓ Your brand becomes the “default answer”
✓ Trust compounds across channels

When you don’t:
⟶ Rankings won’t save you
⟶ Traffic collapses overnight
⟶ Competitors own your AI visibility


SEO isn’t about chasing clicks anymore.
👉 It’s about being retrieved, cited, and trusted by AI.

That’s the new game.
And it’s already happening.

P.S. If you want a high-resoultion of this copy, just comment "LLM SEO" and I'll send it over asap.

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Most brands think they’re winning search.
Until they realise they’re only winning half of it.

There are two discovery channels now:

Google Search → where you rank
AI Search → where you get recommended

And here’s the uncomfortable truth:

You can dominate SERPs
and still be completely invisible
when buyers ask AI for help.

That’s the visibility gap no one’s measuring.
→ Ranking ≠ being suggested
→ Traffic ≠ trust
→ Keywords ≠ prompts

You don’t lose to competitors anymore.
You lose to whoever AI decides to recommend.

This is why Semrush One exists.

One place to see what:

→ AI says about your brand
→ Models recommend (you or someone else)
→ Prompts you appear in or miss entirely
→ Your visibility looks like across Google + AI

Traditional SEO stays critical.

AI search adds a second layer that didn’t exist before.
Semrush One is where both layers meet.

👉 Want the real picture?

Check your brand across Google + AI in one scan.

See where you show up.
See where you disappear.
See what AI really thinks of you.

P.S. Proud Semrush Partner

AI Search and Traditional SEO 

InvoZone

Summary: Leading GTM execution, sales strategy, and strategic partnerships to scale revenue, optimize pipeline, and expand market footprint across regions.

Achievements:
- Scaled revenue from $5M to $18M in 12 months by launching a data-driven GTM strategy and leading a 12-person sales org targeting high-growth SaaS verticals.
- Closed $4M+ in enterprise deals by navigating complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles and delivering consultative solutions tailored to client pain points.
- Reduced CAC by 35% through AI-enabled sales automation, ICP refinement, and outbound process optimization across regions.
- Expanded into 3 new markets in under 9 months, establishing strategic partner ecosystems and local GTM frameworks to drive early traction.
- Built a high-performing sales team across 10+ countries, driving 120% quota attainment through enablement, forecasting accuracy, and CRM optimization.
- Generated 30% of new ARR through partner-led GTM initiatives, co-selling motions, and joint value proposition frameworks with tech alliances.
- Improved pipeline velocity by 45% by redesigning sales stages, automating follow-ups, and aligning marketing and SDRs with enterprise AE efforts.

Head of Business Development

Summary: Drove mid-market and enterprise B2B sales efforts while supporting GTM execution and account expansion strategies.
Key Contributions:
• Boosted revenue by 60% YoY by identifying high-potential accounts and closing $2M+ in net-new SaaS contracts.
• Built scalable outbound sales campaigns using ICP targeting, sales automation and lead scoring models.
• Developed partnership opportunities with technology and reseller partners, contributing 25% to new business.
• Improved win rates by 35% by leveraging consultative sales techniques and aligning proposals with buyer pain points.

Business Development Manager

-Defined user personas, ideal customer profile, and streamline processes. 
-Discovered new platforms, channels, and markets to increase company's market share.
-Generated and qualified leads; successfully converted them into business opportunities to build a new revenue stream for the company. 
-Strategise and refactored sales strategies overtime to find the right market fit. 
-Developed a Sales engine from scratch.
-Trained sales reps.

Senior Business Development Executive

InvoGames

Head of Sales Marketing

InternetNow Teknologi Sdn. Bhd.

- Developed and implemented data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality. 
- Raised product awareness and knowledge among prospects and effectively communicated customer feedback with management to prioritize business and information needs.
- Assisted in driving InternetNow's revenue growth through outreach emails & cold calls, social and video with a focus on setting Demo's with prospects for the sales team.

Sales Development Representative

Best Events Productions

- Planned and coordinated sales-driving, brand-building for Best Events Productions on LinkedIn and direct marketing.
- Managed development of event proposals, detailed time-and-action plans, and execution strategies.
- Actively managed business bookings, record denials, make network referrals.
- Maintained a strong relationship with customers to fully understand their business needs while offering a very high level of customer service.
- Assisted in the preparation and monitoring of sales, department and budgetary reports as and when required.

Sales Marketing Executive 

Worthy Book

- Managed to form marketing collaborations for the firm’s corporate clients with various merchant brands, from different industry verticals which added further value to the clients business.
- Acquired and retained potential merchant brands for company's corporate client; "Digi Telecom" to support MyDigi Rewards campaign.
- Formed collaborations with potential merchants to reward Public Bank Quantum MasterCard / Visa Credit Card members.
- Effectively managed Content Management System (CMS) for MySamsung Members App.

Sales And Marketing Associate

Empowering businesses through ever evolving growth landscape | $25M+ Impact and Counting 🚀

I’m a global sales leader with over a decade of experience scaling revenue engines for SaaS, B2B tech and service companies from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 clients.

I architected a $30M+ revenue engine by deploying data-driven GTM strategies, streamlining sales cycles through a combination of AI-enabled sales automation and performance-based forecasting models, all while building and leading a 40+ member sales org across 10+ countries.

Whether it’s quota design, CRM strategy, RevOps alignment or sales enablement, I form consultative partnerships with C-level execs to create predictable, measurable growth through market expansion of global teams with enterprise clients.

If you're looking to:

* Build predictable pipelines
* Navigate complex sales cycles
* Enter new markets
* Scale GTM operations

Let's connect!

Asfand Rafiq

Half the industry is asleep.

Meanwhile, Salesforce just showed us a glimpse of the future.

4,000 jobs gone.
45% of support wiped out.
AI doing nearly 50% of the conversations humans used to handle.

If that doesn’t wake you up, nothing will.

I watched the same pattern inside a software development firm built on outdated habits:

Too many steps.
Too much manual work.
Too little impact.

So I rebuilt the sales engine:

One funnel.
Automated touchpoints.
Reps focused only on revenue moves.

Outcome?

Higher conversions.
Cleaner pipeline.
Less dependency on headcount.

If you want to stay relevant:

Cut the noise.
Automate the drag.
Prioritise what actually drives revenue.

Those who adapt will grow.
Those who don’t will be replaced.

Global Sales Leader | Strategy-driven GTM | Scaled Teams & £25M+ ROI

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