APMG International: Embedded SEO Consultancy for a Global Certification Body
Multi-year external SEO partnership covering internal team development, technical strategy, and some of the most competitive keywords in professional training.
The Client
APMG International is one of the world's leading examination institutes and accreditation bodies, offering globally recognised certifications across disciplines including change management, agile project management, and project management. They operate across multiple countries and work with some of the largest organisations and training providers in the world.
The Work
My work with APMG spans several years as an external SEO consultant. The primary focus has been building and developing the capabilities of their internal team, upskilling them to read data more effectively, cut through noise, and make confident, evidence-based decisions. Alongside the mentoring element, I provide deep expertise in the areas where a specialist makes the biggest difference: technical audits, competitive analysis, content strategy, and ongoing optimisation.
APMG now ranks for some of the most competitive keywords in the professional development space, including "change management" and "agile project management", terms with significant commercial intent and fierce competition from established institutions globally. More recently, the strategy has evolved to account for the shift in how people search. We are now actively optimising for AI-generated results, ensuring APMG's content is structured to appear in citation-based answers and generative search responses, not just traditional rankings.
Years as embedded external consultant working alongside their internal SEO team.
Strategy now adapted for generative search and AI citation alongside traditional rankings.