Zach Chahalis - Experienced International Conference Speaker
Why I Speak At Conferences
While some SEO speakers are out there to get paid or to land new business, I take a different approach. My true passion is in educating my fellow SEOs and analytics colleagues. I take pleasure in sharing my experience and knowledge with others.
I am an experienced conference and webinar speaker comfortable talking on a wide range of topics from SEO and content marketing to team management, leadership and analytics.
Upcoming Speaking Events
Digital Summit Tampa
March 17-18, 2026
When clicks disappear, what becomes of your SEO strategy? Join the debate that every marketing leader must hear.
The search landscape is shifting beneath our feet. The latest data shows that a rising share of queries end without a click. Users are finding answers directly on search result pages or in AI-powered summaries, bypassing your website altogether.
What does this mean for your brand, your visibility, and your ability to measure impact? Is this the end of traditional SEO or the birth of a new frontier?
Why it matters?
- In the U.S. alone, results show that fewer than half of all Google searches now lead to an organic website click.
- As zero-click searches rise, brands that rely on traffic as a success metric face an existential threat, yet smart marketers are finding new ways to win visibility.
- Whether you see AI-driven search as a threat to your traffic or an opportunity to claim first-mover advantage, the time to act is now.
Past Speaking Events
Sitebulb Webinar Series December 2025
The Search Matrix - Advanced SEO Training In The Age of AI
On-demand 3-part technical SEO x AI training series, delivered by iPullRank's Zach Chahalis.
From crawlability and entity mapping to visibility tracking and optimization, discover how to make your sites truly AI-ready.
SEOcharity - SEO For Paws
September 2025
Schema Mastery: Enhancing E-E-A-T Signals with Structured Data
Structured data is a powerful tool in the SEO arsenal, but when strategically combined with E-E-A-T principles (Experience, Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness), it can significantly enhance how search engines interpret your content. In this talk, I guide you through advanced Schema.org implementations that support E-E-A-T, helping you gain a competitive edge in the SERPs.
Digital Summit - Minneapolis 2025
Breaking Down Departmental Silos to Unlock More Effective, Results-Driven Decision Making
In this session, you’ll explore the essential leadership strategies needed today to build a high-performing digital marketing team, foster a collaborative culture, and align cross-functional teams to drive maximum impact. We’ll go through proven frameworks to position your team’s work for greater visibility, encourage other teams to champion your successes, and effectively communicate wins to leadership.
Pubcon Austin June 2025
Hyperlocal Content from a National perspective
Matt Crain and I explored how to approach hyperlocal content creation in 2025. My session focused on my experience creating a content strategy for Apartments.com that scales from a national audience to a hyperlocal target.
From Tickets to Impact - How SEO and Dev Can Work In Harmony
SEOs and developers need to work together but they're often butting heads because they come from different perspectives and experiences. My presentation focuses on how to build a long-term lasting relationship between SEO/Product/ Engineering so that you can work as a cohesive team to accomplish your organization's goals.
SEO Week 2025
DemandSphere Meet-Up - April 29, 2025
Ian Laurie, Jori Ford, and Zach Chahalis formed a panel, moderated by Ray, to discuss Technical SEO & the role of LLM’s in SEO followed by Q&A
Sitebulb Marketplace SEO Webinar
April 17, 2025
Robyn Lodge (SEO Lead at Zoopla) and Zach Chahalis discuss all things marketplace SEO with Patrick Hathaway of Sitebulb. Topics ranged from advanced crawling/indexing techniques, handing marketplace listings, the benefits/use of structured data, internal linking strategies, hyperlocal content approaches and the impact of AI on marketplace SEO
Botify Connect
Austin 2024
Zach Chahalis, Sharanya Srinivasan, and Dave Marks join Jordan Long of Botify to discuss all things website replatformings.
Pubcon Pro 2024
Las Vegas
Zach Chahalis presents "Don't Get Left Out In The Rain" describing how to make your SEO replatforming/migration process a success. He also shares tools, tips and tricks to elevate your next replatforming
Barbados SEO 2023
Barbados
Drawing from extensive experience, Zach Chahalis unveils a treasure trove of strategies to streamline the process, mitigate risks, and minimize search engine indexing fluctuations. Learn how to adeptly communicate the impact of replatforming decisions to clients, enhancing your ability to navigate and optimize transformative business transitions. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to delve into the keys to successful migrations and benefit from Zach’s wealth of knowledge.
