John Shehata
Audience Development & Growth Strategist/Consultant

John Shehata is the CEO and Founder of NewzDash, the enterprise SEO company specializing in enterprise audience growth, SEO and News-SEO SAAS tools.

John Shehata is a highly experienced audience growth consultant with over 25 years of expertise in the digital marketing space and search engine optimization (SEO).

His professional career includes working with numerous top-tier national, international, and fortune 500 companies.

John Shehata was recently recognized as one of The 10 Most Influential SEO Experts of 2022 by USA Today Listwire.

John’s previous leadership roles include serving as the Global Vice President of Audience Development Strategy at Condé Nast. In this capacity, he led a team of over 100 experts responsible for SEO, Social Media Strategy, Audio Growth, Organic Partnerships, Innovation, and Email Strategy for all 60 brands across 11 international markets.

Prior to that, John Shehata was the Executive Director of Search, Social Media at Disney ABC TV Group. He led SEO and social strategies for ABC News, ABC TV, Oscars, and Disney Channels, and worked closely with all TV shows, such as GMA, Nightline, 20/20, World News, and others.

Prior to Disney, John served as the director of SEO and Social Media for Advance Local, where he established and led the SEO and Social Media teams for all their digital brands and trained all the news sites and newspapers edit teams on best online search/social practices.

At Advance Local, Shehata established SEO for 35 local Newspapers and 15 local news sites.

Apart from his impressive leadership roles, John Shehata is also the founder of newzdash.com, a leading News & Editorial SEO platform that helps publishers boost their traffic and visibility in Google Search Top Stories and Google News. John also launched the first News-SEO Conference, NESS , which has an average attendance of 700+ attendees from 56 countries.

John Shehata is widely recognized for his SEO strategies for News and Technical SEO. He has built multiple SEO products, written several articles, and continued to speak at conferences that focus on SEO and Social Media.

John Shehata’s extensive experience and expertise in the digital marketing space and search engine optimization have made him a highly sought-after consultant. He continues to work with top-tier companies to help them grow their audience and improve their online visibility.

In addition to his work as a consultant, John also stays active in the SEO community by speaking at conferences and sharing his knowledge and insights through his writing. His contributions have helped shape the industry and have made him a respected voice in the SEO and digital marketing communities.

In 2014, John founded NewzDash.com and Gddash.com in 2021 to help News-SEOs and Edit teams boost their visibility in Google News and Discover.

John provides regular training to NYU Journalism Institute students and is a frequent speaker at many international conferences.

John launched NESS in 2021; the first specialized SEO Conference for news publishers. It has over 700 attendees from 55 countries.

Throughout his career, John optimized 100s of news and enterprise sites like:

ABC News, Good Morning America (TV), ESPN, Vogue, GQ, New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Oscars, Reddit, Disney, Fandom, Game Spot, The Sporting News, and many more.

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