Automating SEO with Experimental Strategies That Drive Growth
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Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast
32 min
2 speakers
5 chapters
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In 2025, more than 60% of SEO teams reported integrating automation tools into their workflows, citing improvements in efficiency, faster insights, and increased scalability. But where do we start and how should we be looking at evolving our overall processes? This is the Voice of Search podcast. My name is Tyson Stockton, and today I'm joined by Tom Mencell, VP of Organic Performance at Crowd. Tom will be diving into how SEOs team can automate effectively using experimental strategies that drive measurable growth. Tom, welcome to the podcast.
Thanks for having me. Excited to be here.
No, I mean, I feel like uh the world of SEO's been kind of in a little bit of uh Almost like a frantic state, I would say. Like uh you talk to some and it's more exciting, you talk to others and it's fear, doom, and gloom. I guess one how are you feeling? Like where where's kind of your perspective at on these shifts in the environment that we're facing?
I'm feeling I'm feeling excited by it. Um I think all of these all of these changes that have come over the last you know two years, uh it's arguably been more disruptive than the last kind of like 25 years of of search. And I think you know that gives us an exciting challenge, right? To change what we've been doing, move into new areas, which I think is going to broaden. Our scope as SEOs. I think we're going to be talking to, you know, more departments within an organization. We're going to have more influence, certainly. And I think that that does pose some challenges, right? You know, naturally around things like measurement, where the value trade of search engines coming to your website, crawling your content, and then sending new traffic in exchange for that.
That's definitely going to change. But it's about how we overcome those challenges and I me personally, I feel very excited and and energized by that.
Which I share I share that total like sediment of it where it's like, yeah, there's a lot of uncertainty and yes, we have to like change and evolve, but that's always been a pillar of our industry and what we've I mean, really one of the things that attracted me to search was the fast pace and the change and the challenge of the new. And so it's like, yeah, this is a more amplified version. But we have this great opportunity of having the eyes and ears of upper management. It's like I've had more conversations with people outside of SEO about SEO in the last 12 months than probably like ever in my career, which is like, okay, now the spotlight's on. But at the same time, it's like, W for so long we've been complaining as almost being like forgotten in the corner and stuff.
And so it's like now is, you know, kind of that time to lean into it and step up into that kind of more focal point in the company.
Yeah, a hundred percent. And, you know, therein lies massive opportunity, right, to to drive change and real, you know, tangible commercial results for a for a business.
Why are more than 60% of SEO teams adopting automation tools in 2025?
Um, so I I absolutely agree with that, Tyson. I think, you know, SEO's always been in a bit of a silo in in the corner. Um, but I think to my earlier point now around, you know, the f the future of search. the different teams and specialisms that are going to impact um the value that we can deliver for a business. I think it's a really exciting time to be working with those stakeholders and and broadening our skill sets as well, right? Um which is which is super exciting.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:45
2
Why are more than 60% of SEO teams adopting automation tools in 2025?
3:45–7:17
3
How does Tom Mansell describe the current state of the SEO industry?
7:17–16:46
4
What emerging search experiences are reshaping the SEO landscape?
16:46–30:07
5
How can SEOs use AI‑driven topic clustering and competitive analysis at scale?
30:07–32:11