This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here.
Pratik Dholakiya is only 27 years old, lives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India with his family and might be one of the most well respected SEOs in India. This is because of his efforts to promote solid, ethical, and technical SEO within his region. He has flown around the world with the goal of not just educating those who know less than him in the space but also with the agenda how helping to shape the reputation of the SEO industry in India.
I've met Pratik in real life and he is a really nice and good person - which is one of the values I look for in people.
Pratik is a frequent contributor to all the known SEO blogs in our space. He has spoken all around the world on SEO at some large and small conferences. He is active on social media sharing his knowledge and insight. He is also super friendly, easy to talk to, fun and energetic. Oh, and I did I forget to mention, he runs his own SEO and marketing agency?
Dhanaji nominated Pratik and wrote:
Read his blog at every platform possible. He was written almost every big SEO/Marketing platform. Think that he's only man in India who contributing nicely to this industry. Learns a lot of info from this man.
Pratik Dholakiya Bio: Pratik Dholakiya is the is the Founder of Growfusely, a content marketing agency specializing in content and data-driven SEO. Pratik has been in the SEO field for over a decade now and enjoys speaking about SEO and Content Marketing at national as well as international conferences. Pratik’s work has been featured on Moz, Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, Search Engine Journal, and Content Marketing Institute to name a few. Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Journal have recommended him as a must follow ‘SEO’, and Onalytica has named him one of the top content marketing influencers four years in a row.
Favorite thing about the SEO community? Friendly, caring and honest people. We have some of the best forums & groups where you can go anytime to get any advice and you’ll not be disappointed by the feedback. I also love the approach of giving without expecting.
One piece of advice to the SEOs out there? There are two things -
1. Be the master of what you do. For example, If you want to focus on technical SEO, then master it. And so on.
2. Anything that you learn, get your basics and fundamentals extremely clear.
Favorite things in general? My favorite color is Red. I love eating Indian, Mexican and Italian food. I enjoy running (have completed 5 half-marathons so far), working out at the gym and I also wish to learn & play tennis.
What you want to be known for in the SEO space? A passionately curious SEO who is willing to help newbies to learn and do better SEO, so they can help others do SEO better.
To learn more about Pratik check out his company site, personal site, Twitter profile or LinkedIn profile.
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here.
