119K clicks. 5.11M impressions.
Three months of consistent SEO on an established site. 2.3% CTR, position 19.7. This is what steady, compounding SEO looks like.
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The reason your SEO career hasn't taken off isn't what you think.
It's not that you're not smart enough. It's not that SEO is too technical. It's that you've never actually done it — on a real site, with real stakes, with someone who's been doing it for over a decade sitting in your corner. Not another course. A mentorship. That's what changes everything.
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Self-paced. Real client work. Direct access to me, start to finish.
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Real Client Site
Real Mentor
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120M+ Pageviews
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₱3,500
Self-Paced
Former SurferSEO
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Real Client Site
Real Mentor
Real Results
120M+ Pageviews
Certificate + Referral
₱3,500
Self-Paced
Former SurferSEO
Start Anytime
Let's be honest.
You've been "learning SEO" for months. So why does it still feel like you have no idea what you're doing?
Here's the truth nobody in the SEO space says out loud: most of the content teaching you SEO is built to keep you consuming, not to make you competent.
You finish a video and feel like you learned something. You start the next one. You read the article. You bookmark the thread. Then someone asks you to actually fix a site — and you freeze.
Because there's a massive gap between understanding that metadata matters and knowing how to rewrite 95 pages of titles and descriptions in a way that actually moves rankings. Between knowing backlinks are important and actually finding real opportunities, qualifying them, and building a system to win them.
That gap — between knowing about SEO and being able to execute it — is the exact distance between where you are now and the salary, the client, or the rate you actually want. And every week you sit in it is a week someone else is building the portfolio, landing the client, and getting paid for the work you could be doing.
The fix isn't another course. It's doing the real work — on a real site, with a real mentor, with real consequences if you get it wrong. That's this.
Who you're learning from
10+ years. 120 million pageviews. And a former seat at SurferSEO.
I'm Mikel Resaba. I've spent the last decade doing what most people are still watching tutorials about — building content systems, recovering lost traffic, ranking sites from zero, and working inside one of the most widely-used SEO tools in the industry. Here's what that looks like in practice — real screenshots, real sites:
Zero to 14.4K clicks in 90 days.
A brand new site, built from scratch, ranking at position 12.5 within three months. No shortcuts — just the right structure, the right content, the right targeting from day one.
Flat to 15.6K clicks — near overnight.
Impressions flat near zero through November 2023. Then the work kicked in. By February 2024: 1.38M impressions and 15.6K clicks a month.
43x click growth on a single keyword.
“Business plan examples for students.” 3 clicks one month, 132 the next. That's what keyword research and proper on-page optimization actually does.
268K impressions from 15K. In one quarter.
A site barely registering in search went from 47 clicks to 1.47K, and 15.1K to 268K impressions. CTR doubled. Position climbed from 48.8 to 11.6.
This is the kind of work you'll be doing as my mentee. Not simulated. Not theoretical. The exact same process — on a real client site, with me checking your work.
The Mikel on Demand SEO Mentorship
Not a course. A mentorship. There's a difference — and it's the whole point.
A course talks at you. A mentorship works with you. You'll spend this program on a live client website, with an SEO strategist who's generated 120M+ pageviews looking over your shoulder, correcting your work, and showing you how it's actually done. You don't leave with a certificate you can't back up. You leave with skills you can prove.
Real Client Work
You work on a live site from day one. Every task you complete has a real outcome — a page that ranks higher, a title that earns the click, a backlink that builds authority. This isn't a sandbox. It's the real thing, with real consequences.
Real Mentorship
This is the part courses can't give you. Step-by-step SOPs, video walkthroughs, weekly task assignments, and direct access to me throughout. You'll never stare at a screen wondering what to do next — and when you get something wrong, I'll tell you, and show you how to fix it.
Fully Self-Paced
No cohort. No deadline. No fixed timeframe. You move as fast or as steady as your life allows — finish the work when you finish it. Built for people with jobs, side projects, and real lives. Start the day you're ready.
The Curriculum
Everything you need to go from stuck to hireable. Taught through real work.
This is the full SEO stack — the exact skills agencies hire for, clients pay for, and employers look for. Covered end-to-end, on a real site.
01
SEO Audits
The skill that gets you in the room.
On-page, technical, and schema audits from start to finish. You'll learn to crawl a site, find what's broken, prioritize fixes, and communicate findings clearly. Most people who call themselves SEOs can't run a proper audit. You will.
02
Keyword Research & Content Strategy
The difference between traffic and the right traffic.
Find what people are actually searching for, map it to the right pages, and build a content plan that compounds. Free and paid tools covered. Strategy included — not just mechanics.
03
Metadata & On-Page Optimization
The fastest wins in SEO — if you know what you're doing.
You'll write real meta titles and descriptions for real pages. Learn the rules, the psychology, and the nuance behind what earns the click — then fix every structural on-page issue quietly killing rankings.
04
Backlink Building
How authority is actually built.
Not link buying. Not spam. Real, sustainable backlink acquisition — finding opportunities, qualifying them, and building the kind of off-page profile Google rewards. The same process agencies charge ₱20,000+ a month for.
05
AI-Powered Content Writing
Work smarter than everyone still writing manually.
AI isn't replacing good SEOs — it's giving them leverage. You'll leave with a system for producing optimized, high-ranking content at scale. Prompts, workflows, quality control — all of it.
06
Traffic Recovery
The most in-demand, highest-paid skill in SEO right now.
Every site hit by a Google Core Update needs someone who can diagnose the damage and build a recovery plan. You'll learn exactly how. This is the skill that turns junior SEOs into senior ones.
Your Outcomes
When you finish, you have something to show for it.
Not just a certificate. Not just new knowledge. A real, demonstrable skill set — backed by actual work on a real site.
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A Certificate That Actually Means Something
Verified by Mikel on Demand, backed by real work. Put it on your CV, your LinkedIn, your proposals — and actually back it up when someone asks.
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A Personal Referral From Mikel
When you go after your first job, retainer, or agency role, a referral from someone with 10+ years and 120M+ pageviews carries real weight. You'll have it in writing.
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Lifetime Access to Every Mikel on Demand SEO Resource
Every template, framework, SOP, and tool from the library — yours to use on every client and project you take on after this. Forever.
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A Real Portfolio of Work
Not exercises. Not mock case studies. Real audits, real strategies, real results from a live client site. That's what separates you from the hundreds of applicants who only have course completions.
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CV Review + Interview Coaching
Before you wrap, we review how you're presenting your skills and position you for the income level you're targeting — job, freelance client, or agency role.
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A Possible Full-Time Opportunity
Top mentees are considered for a full-time role. Show up, do the work, and there may be a seat waiting.
All of this. One flat fee.
₱3,500. One time. No upsells, no hidden fees.
Less than most people spend on a course that gets them nowhere — except this one puts you on a real site, with a real mentor, with proof at the end.
₱3,500
one-time · full mentorship · lifetime resource access
Because I mentor every person personally, I only keep a handful of seats open at a time. When they're full, applications pause until one opens up.
What Mentees Are Saying
These reviews are from Week 1. They weren't even halfway done.
The people who said these were exactly where you are now when they started.
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★★★★★
"I am overwhelmed in a positive way... amazing how you prepare your learning materials in a way that it will be easy for beginners to follow. You're teaching us to communicate — very different from the popular coaches I've seen on social media."
Carmel
Batch 1 Mentee
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★★★★★
"The Best Training and Internship. Super galing na mentor, I love your style and personality. Thank you."
Batch 1 Mentee
Week 1
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★★★★★
"Coach Mikel makes it easy for her trainees to do a certain task through a video walkthrough so everyone can follow. She sees to it that we are following through constant follow up."
TwinMama
Batch 1 Mentee
They had no idea what they were doing when they started. They just showed up.
How It Works
Simple. Flexible. Starts when you're ready.
1
Apply
Fill out the application form. Tell me about yourself, your background, and what you want out of this. I read every application personally.
2
Get Accepted & Claim Your Seat
If you're a good fit, you'll hear back directly. Confirm your spot and send your fee — and you're in. Start as soon as you're ready.
3
Do the Work
From day one you're on a real site with real tasks. SOPs, video walkthroughs, weekly assignments, and direct access to me the whole way. Move at your own pace. Come out the other side with skills, a portfolio, and a referral.
If you're still on the fence
Let's get honest about the things holding you back.
Good. This is built for beginners. What matters more than experience is that you show up and do the work. No prior knowledge required — just a willingness to learn by doing.
That's exactly why it's self-paced. There's no deadline and no cohort to keep up with. Protect a little focused time each week and move at the speed your life allows. Fast or steady — both work.
One freelance SEO project — just one — can earn you ₱5,000 to ₱30,000+. This gives you the skills to land it, the portfolio to prove it, and a referral to back it. ₱3,500 isn't the cost. It's the investment that makes the cost irrelevant.
You tell me early — that's the rule. I'm hands-on and responsive. The mentees who get the most out of this are the ones who ask questions. You won't be left alone to figure it out.
A course teaches you. This makes you do it. You'll finish having actually audited a site, built a keyword strategy, written optimized metadata, researched backlinks, and produced AI-assisted content — all on a real client website, with me checking your work. No course does that.
Because real life doesn't run on someone else's schedule. You move as fast as you finish the work. Some people sprint, some go steady — both reach the same finish line with the same skills.
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The version of you that gets paid for SEO starts here.
You don't need more content to consume. You don't need another course on the pile. You need to do the actual work — with someone who's done it at scale, on real sites, for real outcomes.
That's this. Whenever you're ready.
Fill out the form. I read every application personally and reach out directly if you're a good fit.
No commitment until your spot is confirmed and payment clears. Seats are limited.
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