Jake Ward

Started an SEO agency in 2019. Making $20M/yr for Contact.so clients. Also building: Mentions.so Byword.ai Kleo.so

I’m 27 with 4 businesses and no home.

Here’s how I got here:

Age 0-15:

Spent early life growing up in a hippie commune.

Raised by an incredible single mother who wore both hats. Gave everything to support me.

Overly shy and didn’t speak much.

Seen as a problem by a teacher who suggested there was something wrong with me.

Age 16:

First job stacking supermarket shelves.

Completed high school with bang-average grades.

Started sixth form college.

Age 17:

Quit sixth form college after 3 months due to illness.

Doctor said I was 24 hours away from dying.

Spent my 17th birthday in hospital, tubes everywhere.

Became an apprentice at a print marketing agency. Learnt my way around Adobe’s design suite.

Started doing bits of design work on the side.

Age 18-19:

Discovered search marketing to help get more clients for the print marketing agency.

Became obsessed with SEO. Spent my free time messing around with the websites I built.

Age 20:

Wanted to take marketing more seriously. Quit my job to start a marketing degree.

Quit after 2 weeks.

Started an apprenticeship at an SEO agency where I managed 25 clients and attended college part-time.

Quit after 9 months.

Realised traditional education sucks. I learnt 100x more (and quicker) through self-education.

Went all-in on learning and building whilst living at home with my mum and 2 young siblings.

£0 income.

Age 21:

Got my first 2 freelancing clients on Upwork. They referred me to other clients.

Built a 6-figure business by the end of the year.

Age 22-23:

Started a podcast side project and quickly reached 300,000 listeners per month. Sold it for 5 figures.

Bought and sold 5 websites.

Maxed out my freelancing capacity.

Age 24:

Founded Content Growth and built a team to help companies turn their blog into a 7-figure sales channel.

Started posting on LinkedIn.

Grew revenue by over 200% in 6 months.

Age 25:

Co-founded Byword and launched a platform to help marketers generate articles at scale for SEO.

Sold my belongings, moved out of London and started travelling the world.

Merged Content Growth with Contact Studios to take the SEO agency to the next level.

Helped my mum quit her 15-year corporate job.

Age 26:

Lived out of a suitcase and travelled around 16 countries.

Grown the userbase of my SaaS tools to over 130,000.

Helped multiple unicorn companies scale their SEO with our 25-person team at Contact.

Age 27:

Continuing to levelling up, exploring, following my curiosities, collaborating with great people, and helping family and friends along the way.

Founder

We help software companies get more qualified traffic, sales and revenue through conversion-focused SEO and content marketing. Turn your blog into a 6 figure sales channel.

POV: Building a startup with your friends in London.

I met Lara Acosta on LinkedIn 3 years ago:

- Under 10,000 followers each
- Glorified freelancers grinding it out solo
- No team, no investment... we just had time

But a lot has changed since then:

- 500K+ combined followers
- Multiple 7-figure businesses
- DMs with people we want to talk with
- Inbound opportunities we have to turn down
- Speaking gigs, partnerships, collabs flowing in

All because of posting daily LinkedIn content.

This platform is undefeated for those who want to build a profitable online business in 2026 organically.

And yes, LinkedIn has changed massively since we started 3 years ago.

The algorithm's different. The audience's expectations are different. The competition's different.

But we just spent the last 3 months figuring out what actually works today.

The new playbook for 2026:

- How to get more reach and views
- How to grow your authority organically
- How to get inbound leads from content

All still just through content. And we're going live showing you exactly what we found...

So if you want to know what's actually working on LinkedIn right now, Lara and I are running a free webinar next week (22nd Jan).

It's called "Content to Clients" and we'll walk through the exact strategies we're using in 2026.

We're only letting 1,000 people in, so RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/eUMHYExB

I’m the dream SEO content-writing guy for your website’s blog or business/brand. I write reader-centric + rank-worthy SEO articles & blogs. | SEO Content Writer | Website copywriter. 💱

If you don’t have a website for your business or hate organic growth…DON’T read this about section, there’s nothing for you. 

And if you have one, you’re my kind of people, and I love you.

So…you own a business/website, and after trying so many paid stuff, you finally realize that you need sustainable organic growth.

You have two options; 
1. Hire an SEO specialist from Fiverr for keyword research & strategy, and then hire someone from Upwork to write the content, and then find someone who can upload and manage all the website headaches. 

2. You hire Saiqic. And meet a Saiqo who knows all of this shit on a bigger-picture level. Got an SEO specialist and a website developer/manager in one place. You communicate everything to one person (that’s me; Saiqo). It’s smooth. You will get SEO (on-page, off-page, technical) + content strategy + writing + website management in one place. 

The problem with option #1? You waste a lot of time (you’ll be talking to 4 different people)  and money (yes, paying individuals is costly). And it really takes longer to get the results.

The problem with the 2nd one? I can’t think of any ATM. Can you? 
Worst thing that can happen is you won’t get the results we promise you in the first 2-3 months. And that’s when Saiqoz (Me & my little team) work for free UNTIL you get the promised results. 

And I don’t promise something I can’t deliver. 

So…
Win-win. 

Now, if you have any questions about the Saiqic process (or why the name’s Saiqic) or even why your website impressions/traffic is down since last month…talk to me. I love talking about this stuff.

Shafiq Saiq(o)

We launched Saiqic in mid-Nov 2025… 
Saiqic is a full-stack, non-typical SEO content agency

Non-typical because we meet our clients where they are
We don’t force them to sign 3-4 month contracts
We don’t upsell them services they don’t need 
We don’t charge an arm, a kidney & lung 

& Most imp…none of us is a businessman
We’re 5 freelancers, experts at doing our own shitt
& we work like a team so smoothly that our client thinks that’s only ONE person doing the whole thing. 

& believe me, we’re offering services that 1000s of other agencies are offering…but still there is so much gap…so much friction & so much confusion that Saiqic can remove & solve. 

We don’t have a shiny USP that we can shout. 
Except ‘You've tried GPTs; now try Saiqic”  ofc hehe. 

So yes…
I'm going to build Saiqic in public 
& I beg lots of prayers from you. 
+ Follow Saiqic. & visit Saiqic(.)com

#Mrsaiqo
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Saiqo running Saiqic. I grow businesses with SEO + content & get results across Google & LLMs in 60-90 days using my Saiqic method. If not, I keep working for FREE until it does.

Saiqic has got soldiers…I call them the Saiqic Crew, and this post is their intro

Asad Ullah: Co-founder of Saiqic. The man behind all the web dev & design stuff for Saiqic & our clients. Got 13 years of experience. Knows PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap like he back of his right hand. 
Don't work on Sundays. 

Saba Yaseen 🇵🇸: Senior SEO Content Writer & On-Page SEO Expert. The girl behind content execution, strategies & on-page SEO. Her writing mind is sharpest past 9:00 PM.  5+ years of experience. She knows how to write content that Google ranks & humans love to read. 

Fartash Shahzaib: Wholistic SEO expert. SEO is his only GF till now. He would love to talk to you until you're talking about SEO. Got 5+ years of experience. Can work 16+ hours per day. He says that the spike on the GSC graph is the only dopamine hit he craves for.

More than the titles & everything…
I'm just in love with their work ethics & values. 

So…
Look guys…
Saiqic is NOTHING without you guys. 
It's just a child that needs you. 

We don't know what's going to happen, but we'll be dedicated & honest with our work & everything we've got to do together. I'll be there for you, sometimes backing you up, sometimes at the front, sometimes helping you & sometimes looking for your help. 
Saiqic is NOT my agency. It's our agency. It's because of YOU. & we'll work hard to make it successful inshallah. 

Let's get to work. 

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You've tried GPTs; now try Saiqic

“We need 10k traffic on our site in 2 months with 30 blog posts."

Ok, Teddy…why do you need 10k traffic?

“I’m not sure. We'll monetize.”

Emm, Ok. Let me see how's your site looking. 
409 blog posts. 15 categories. Random topic selection. Hell loads of technical SEO issues. 60% content is outdated. 30% is irrelevant. 10% are generic posts. Less than 2k traffic. 

Teddy, before you publish new content, you should optimize & update your site. 
 
“No, 3 other writers are working & publishing new content…and we only have budget for 1 more SEO writer.”

Is there any SEO specialist or strategist?

“No. Writers research the KWs and write content & publish on the site.”

With this approach, you won’t get even 5k traffic in the next 5 years :)

And then Teddy ghosted us 

Yes. This was an actual conversation. 
And yes, this is actually happening in 2026. 

#Mrsaiqo
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“SEO is dead in 2026,” 
Yes. 
If you made a bot write your homepage. 
And service pages & all the core pages 
Then you asked a bot to give you topic ideas
Then you begged the bot to write for you
And then one day, you published 15 blogs 
& you waited for 15 days & nothing happened. 

SEO is dead.  
It was never alive for you this way anyway. 

Otherwise, it’s very much alive & still the best way to grow your business organically.

Hire Saiqic. & we’ll prove it. 

#Mrsaiqo
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This is what actually changed in SEO in 2026

Search behavior. 

In 2023, a user would search on Google; 
"Best home repairing services near me."  


In 2026, a user would most probably ask GPT; 
"I need a reliable home repair service for plumbing and electrical work, reasonably priced, well-reviewed, and available this week. Suggest to me the best repairer around in [location].” 

You see…a 4-word query is now a 30-word prompt. 
The user is specific & detailed & clear. 
Looking for the exact answer. 

And that's what you need to satisfy now.
You need to know your end user/customer inside out. 
You need to know your services like the back of your hand. 

That's "search intent” in traditional SEO. 
& we need to master it in 2026 more than ever. 

I'm scared & excited for this evaluation. 
& I'm prepared to serve my clients with the best. 

#Mrsaiqo
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Ranking #1 on Google shouldn't be your goal anymore. 

If you're ranking at 1st position against a keyword 
But the content is not for your deal visitor = it's useless. 

If you're ranking against a high-intent keyword 
But the keyword is not relevant to your business = it's useless. 

If you're ranking 1st against a relevant keyword 
But the content is low quality, cringe = it's useless. 

I can go on & on, but you get the idea. 

So what should be the goal?
Your business + revenue growth via organic traffic. 

How?
A solid SEO + content strategy. 
SEO that clearly tells Google + LLMs what you do & in front of whom they should rank you. 

Content that inserts your authority + provides value to your ideal customers. 

It's not rocket science. 

& if it is for you, then drop me a message & I'll solve this problem of yours. 

#Mrsaiqo
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You've tried GPTs; now try Saiqic.

Look, I use AI all day…
For content drafts, for keywords, for non-witty ideas, for sounding like a philosopher when I’m quarreling with my best friends, for how to hunt a client, and for all the trivial things you can think of right now…and I trust it somehow in this stuff.

But I don’t trust it when I’m developing an SEO content strategy for a client. 
A client who paid me a fortune so that they can grow their business. 

& I don’t trust it because I promised my client that this is the only way to establish their long-term organic presence. 

So this is when I trust my brain, my saiqoism, and rely on everything that I learned in the past 5 years. 

And if you are a business owner, want to establish your business organically, and don’t have experience in SEO content….
PLEASE DON’T TRUST ANY AI. 
You’ll waste your time, energy, and money…

I hope the AI hype the world created in 2025 will die in 2026. 
& we’ll get our foundations right. Once again.

#Mrsaiqo

You’ve tried GPTs; now try Saiqic.

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