Startups don't have marketing budgets. They have a product, a domain, and the need for customers. SEO is the highest-ROI channel for this stage — it costs time but not money, and the traffic compounds. Here's the playbook.
Month 1: Build the Content Foundation
Target: 15-20 articles covering your product space. Comparison posts, how-to guides, definition pages. Use an AI blog writer to produce these in hours, not weeks. Submit your sitemap to Google. Set up Search Console.
Month 2: Expand and Interlink
Target: 35-50 total articles. Add internal links between related content. Submit to free directories and launch platforms. Start seeing first impressions in Search Console.
Month 3: Optimize and Distribute
Identify which articles are getting impressions. Improve them — add more detail, update stats, add personal experience. Cross-post to Medium, Dev.to, and social media. First organic visitors arrive.
The Startup SEO Stack (All Free)
- Content: SEO Spark — AI blog posts in 60 seconds
- Analytics: Google Search Console + Vercel Analytics
- Keywords: Google Keyword Planner (free inside Google Ads)
- Distribution: X/Twitter, Reddit, Hacker News, Medium