My interview with the Search Engine Journal went up today. Todd Mintz creatively called me the SEO Auteur thanks to my film background. It was a great interview that sheds some light on:
- How SEO has evolved over the last decade
- Making the transition from an in-house SEO to a full-time independent SEO consultant
- How I differentiate my SEO services
- The power of User-Generated Content for SEO purposes
- How to leverage social media to drive SEO
- What domainers need to know about SEOs, and vice-versa
Read the whole interview here: Dustin Woodard Search Engine Journal Interview

I’ve been beta testing my new career as a 100% freelance SEO consultant after a decade of working in-house for some of the most successful Seattle-area web companies. So far I’ve limited my clients to “by referral only”, meaning I haven’t actively sought out any business & only considered companies who were referred to me by close friends.
Been holding onto this domain for a while, knowing there might come a day where I decide to put my SEO experience of over a decade to use as a consultant. More details to come, but I wanted to let you know that something is brewing…