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Technological Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota - AI & Organic SEO Audit Proposal
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Digital Marketing Proposal · July 2026 · Confidential

Technological Leadership Institute
AI & Organic SEO Audit Proposal

A practical visibility foundation for graduate program discovery, qualified inquiries, admissions meetings, applications, and enrollment.

Prepared for
University of Minnesota TLI
Prepared by
Search Influence
Primary focus
AI SEO · Organic SEO · Content Strategy
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Overview

What’s inside

A focused proposal for building stronger AI and organic search visibility, then turning findings into a usable content plan.

01Goal & Approach

How the work connects search visibility to enrollment-oriented actions.

02Scope of Work

AI and organic SEO audit, entity and keyword strategy, and content strategy.

03Roadmap & Content Strategy

Prioritized audit recommendations plus content guidance TLI can use across program pages and blogs.

04Investment

Baseline scope, recommended add-on, and total investment.

05Next Steps

Finalize priority programs and prepare for kickoff.

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Goal & Approach

Goal: Drive qualified enrollment demand by improving search visibility

Give TLI a practical plan for improving how priority graduate programs are found, understood, and supported by content that leads toward inquiries, admissions conversations, applications, and enrollment.

Audit

Identify organic, AI visibility, technical, content, entity, authority, and conversion gaps.

Target

Map priority pages to keyword, entity, audience, and topic opportunities.

Prioritize

Organize recommendations by impact, effort, and whether TLI, CSE, or central teams need to act.

Operationalize

Turn findings into a practical roadmap Rocio and Alex can keep building from.

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Scope of Work

Baseline audit and keyword research, plus a content strategy add-on that turns findings into a reusable plan.

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Scope of Work

Onboarding & Goal Setting

Confirm the goals, stakeholders, access, timelines, and reporting expectations needed to start the engagement cleanly.

Priorities & Existing Strategy
  • Priority programs and pages
  • Target audiences and enrollment goals
  • Existing keyword lists, landing pages, and content plans
Access reality
  • Available dashboard exports
  • Google Search Console or search query data if accessible
  • Known CSE/central ownership constraints
Success Metrics & Milestones
  • Inquiry, meeting, application, and enrollment signals
  • Available implementation capacity
  • Timeline aligned to admissions deadlines and review cycles
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Scope of Work

AI & Organic Visibility Audit

The audit evaluates how TLI is interpreted, surfaced, and referenced across traditional search engines and AI-driven search experiences.

Audit and analysis

Search Influence will provide specific, written recommendations across the organic SEO and AI search factors most likely to affect TLI visibility.

Recommendations will identify near-term opportunities and longer-term initiatives to improve AI search visibility, strengthen organic performance, and reinforce TLI’s authority.

Written recommendations tailored to goals and resources
Baseline organic performance and AI search readiness

Current search visibility and organic traffic trends.

Entity, keyword, and content alignment analysis

How programs, services, and brand entities are defined and connected.

Content structure and interpretability review

Headers, page organization, FAQs, and conversational content opportunities.

Internal linking and topical authority assessment

Whether content reinforces clear subject-matter relationships.

Technical SEO and accessibility review

Crawlability, indexing, sitemaps, and structural elements that affect ingestion.

Authority, backlink, and citation analysis

Trust signals across on-site and off-site sources.

Off-site content and brand presence review

Third-party platforms that influence search and AI understanding.

Local search visibility and localization signals

Applicable local signals where they matter for priority areas.

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Scope of Work

Audit Consultation & Next Step Guidance

Turning insights into action: the audit is designed to be practical and actionable, not a document that sits in an inbox or on a to-do list.

Review the findings

Meet with TLI to review findings, answer questions, and align on priorities.

Support implementation planning

Include follow-up time for clarification and guidance as the team evaluates and begins applying recommendations.

Equip the team

Structure the audit to support implementation whether changes are handled internally, by CSE/central teams, or with outside resources.

Your AI & Organic SEO Audit will answer
3 key questions:

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Content & Relevance: How should content be structured, written, and connected to better reach and engage users across organic and AI search?

2

Authority: How can entity clarity, trust signals, and citations be strengthened to improve visibility and credibility in search results?

3

Technical: How can site structure, accessibility, and technical foundations be improved to support visibility across search engines and AI-driven search experiences?

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Scope of Work

Entity & Keyword Strategy

A focused mapping effort that turns research into clear page, topic, and content priorities.

Research

Research priority entities, topics, and supporting keywords using professional SEO tools and available search performance data.

Group & map

Group keywords by topic to reflect user search and AI interpretation, then map entities/topics/keywords to target URLs.

Recommend

Identify new page recommendations and align content focus to reinforce relevance, authority, and topical coverage without cannibalization.

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Recommended Add-On

Roadmap of Prioritized Audit Recommendations

A practical ordering of the audit recommendations so TLI can understand what to address first and what can wait based on team size and resources.

Roadmap focus Turn the written audit into a clear sequence of priorities.

The roadmap stays tied to the audit findings and keyword research, keeping the add-on focused on prioritization and guidance.

01What to create or update first

Identify the recommendations that should move ahead because they most directly support enrollment goals.

02What can wait

Separate lower-priority recommendations from near-term work so the team has a manageable path forward.

03Why it matters

Connect priorities back to search visibility, AI search readiness, and the program discovery journey.

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Recommended Add-On

Content Strategy Guidance

Guidance TLI can apply to its program pages and supporting blog content after the audit and keyword research are complete.

Reusable program page direction

Recommended program page structure TLI can apply across master’s and certificate pages, including H1/H2/H3 guidance and content blocks.

Blog best practices

Guidance on how blogs should support program pages, avoid keyword cannibalization, answer prospect questions, and use faculty/industry expertise.

Blog topic recommendations

Recommended blog/content topics across six priority programs: three master’s programs and three graduate certificates.

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Investment

Recommended investment

Baseline audit plus the recommended content strategy add-on.

Baseline Audit + Keyword Research
$8,600

AI and organic SEO audit, keyword research, findings review, and prioritized recommendations.

Future Implementation Support
TBD

Optional content implementation, technical support, dashboard buildout, or ongoing optimization if TLI wants SI to move beyond recommendations.

Recommended package reflects $8,600 baseline audit and keyword research plus $6,850 content strategy add-on.

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Next Steps

Recommended next steps

Confirm the priority programs and begin gathering the inputs needed for a clean kickoff.

Confirm prioritiesSelect the master’s and certificate programs that should anchor the audit, keyword strategy, and blog topic recommendations.
Share available inputsGather dashboard exports, search query data, current keyword lists, priority landing pages, and content planning materials.
Prepare for kickoffAlign on stakeholders, access, timelines, review process, and implementation constraints before analysis begins.
Thank you
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