Zach Chahalis

Background

About Zach Chahalis

I am currently the Vice President, SEO and Content for Apartments.com and the Apartments Network (part of CoStar Group). In this role, I lead the development and implementation of our SEO and content marketing strategy supporting Apartments.com and related websites. I am also a freelance digital marketing consultant specializing in enterprise/ecommerce SEO strategies, website replatformings/migrations and website marketing analytics and tag management. I am also the co-founder of the ATL SEO Organization helping to connect and unify SEO professionals in and around the Atlanta, GA area. Previously, I was the Director of SEO for iPullRank, leading day-to-day agency efforts, client management, strategy development, and client implementation. Before that, I was Director of Inbound Marketing, Analytics, and Insights at Global Payments, where I was tasked with leading SEO, Paid, and Website Analytics efforts. Previously, I spent several years agency side with Search Discovery (now Further) managing SEO strategies for clients including GameStop, Michaels Craft Stores, CoStar, Ashton Woods/Starlight Homes, Extended Stay America, Genuine Parts Company/NAPA, Chick-Fil-A, Coca-Cola, CPI Security, Golden Corral, Neenah Paper, 1Password, Emory University and the University of Georgia. Previously, I was with Response Mine Interactive in Atlanta, GA where I was lucky enough to work with amazing clients such as American Home Shield, Carter’s, Hoveround, LD Products, Liberty Medical, PaperStyle, Protect America, Terminix, and TruGreen. I graduated from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree concentrating in Marketing Analytics, Finance and Real Estate. While at Emory University, I spent two amazing years as a Resident Advisor working with freshman and sophomore students. I am also the recipient of the 2013 Emory Marketing Analytics Consultancy Academic Achievement Award and the 2013 Jack Mangham Experiential Learning Award. I am always interested in hearing from former colleagues, classmates or just intriguing digital marketing folks so feel free to contact me if you would like to connect. Specialties: • Search Engine Optimization (Primarily focused on Technical SEO) • Paid Search, Display and Social Strategy • Marketing Analytics • Social Media Strategy • Content Marketing • Reverse-Engineering Backlink Profiles • Site Performance Analysis • Usability and Website Testing