# 7 SEO Tasks You Can Start Automating Today \| Ep\. \#260

**URL:** https://www.singlegrain.com/episodes/marketing-school/7-seo-tasks-you-can-start-automating-today-ep-260/  
**Published:** 2017-04-17  
**Updated:** 2017-12-06  
**Author:** Selena Templeton  
**Summary:** In Episode \#260, Eric and Neil discuss the 7 SEO tasks you can start automating today\. They drop tried and true tools that will help you automate SEO tasks—eliminating the risk\.\.\.  

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In Episode #260, Eric and Neil discuss the 7 SEO tasks you can start automating today. They drop tried and true tools that will help you automate SEO tasks—eliminating the risk for human error and streamlining your workflow processes.

### Time Stamped Show Notes:

- 00:27 – Today’s topic: _7 SEO Tasks You Can Start Automating Today_
- 00:33 – First is to use [Ahrefs](https://growtheverywhere.com/ahrefs) for link alerts 
    - 00:47 – It shows the new links that have been acquired by your competitors
    - 00:56 – The link alerts can be sent to you
    - 01:15 – Eric shares an example of how to link build depending on your niche
    - 01:36 – [Buzzsumo](http://buzzsumo.com/) is a tool that can be used for link building, too
- 01:43 – Second is to use [IFTTT: If This Then That](https://ifttt.com/) to automate social sharing 
    - 02:00 – You can also time it
- 02:15 – [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) is quite similar to IFTTT 
    - 02:22 – You can hook your blog RSS feed to your Slack
- 02:47 – SEO is like Formula 1 racing where fine tuning is essential
- 03:03 – One of the best WordPress plugs is in [Yoast](https://yoast.com/)
    - 03:17 – If you have WordPress multi-channel, Yoast automatically generates the site maps for each domain
- 03:42 – You can also use Zapier to hook in your RSS feed to your spreadsheet 
    - 04:07 – Your content writers can internally link to the links that you have
- 04:45 – Sixth is to sign-up for an SEO product like [MOZ](https://moz.com/) and [OnPage](https://en.onpage.org/)
    - 05:01 – It will automatically notify you when something is off with your SEO
- 05:28 – Track your keywords using [Authority Labs](https://authoritylabs.com/)
- 06:18 – Go to [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com) and set up alerts there
- 06:39 – That’s it for today’s episode!

### 3 Key Points:

1. Automating SEO tasks eliminates room for human error.
2. SEO requires fine tuning and consistent tweaks.
3. Tracking your keywords will help you improve your ranking.

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