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The FreelanceLeads blog.
SEO, cold outreach, and the systems that turn freelancers into 6-figure agencies — written by people who actually do this work.
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Outreach
How to find SEO clients as a freelancer (the honest, 2026 way)
Cold DMs are dead. Job boards are saturated. Referrals dry up. Here's the system I use to add 3-5 SEO retainers a month — without paid ads or LinkedIn grind.
Wali Shah
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Apr 25, 2026
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9 min read
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Local SEO
The Local SEO Checklist for 2026 (47 items, ranked by impact)
A no-fluff checklist of every local SEO action that actually moved the needle this year — ordered by the % of rankings impact, not how easy they are to do.
Wali Shah
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Apr 4, 2026
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14 min read
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AI SEO
Optimize for AI Overviews: how to show up in Google's AI-generated answers
Google's AI Overviews now show up in 60% of searches. Here's the exact playbook to make sure your content gets cited as a source — not buried below the fold.
Wali Shah
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Mar 14, 2026
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11 min read