Key Takeaways
This roadmap breaks down the exact tactics I’ve used to drive revenue through SEO for SaaS companies. It focuses on the 80/20 rule – the 20% of actions that deliver 80% of your results.
You’ll learn which high-impact content types convert best, how to optimize feature pages, and why most SaaS brands waste time on low-impact SEO tasks.
This roadmap provides the exact tactics I’ve used to grow revenue, leads, and traffic for SaaS brands through SEO.
I’ve written a more comprehensive guide on B2B SaaS SEO strategy.
But this one focuses on the main tactics that actually drive results.
The key theme is the 80/20 rule.
These strategies are low-effort, high-reward.
They’re designed to maximize your impact without wasting time on tasks that don’t move the needle.
Setting Your Strategic Foundation: Goals, KPIs, and Revenue Forecasts
Before diving into tactics, you need clear targets to measure success.
Effective SaaS SEO starts with establishing specific, revenue-focused KPIs.
For a typical B2B SaaS, your KPI framework might include:
- Organic traffic to high-intent pages (up X% quarter over quarter)
- Organic demo/trial sign-ups (targeting X per month by Q3)
- Organic visitor-to-lead conversion rate (improving from X% to Y%)
- CAC reduction from organic channel (targeting $X less than paid channels)
Create a simple forecast connecting these metrics to revenue.
For example: 5,000 monthly organic visitors → 2% conversion to trials → 20% trial-to-paid → $10,000 MRR per month.
This clarifies the direct path from SEO investment to revenue growth.
Know Your Buyers First: ICP Research
SEO success happens when you deeply understand who you’re targeting.
Without this foundation, you’ll waste resources on irrelevant keywords and content.
Interview your current customers and sales team to answer:
- Who influences and makes purchase decisions for your solution?
- What specific pain points trigger their search for solutions like yours?
- What buying objections commonly arise during evaluations?
- Which industry terms and phrases do they use when describing problems?
Document these insights as buyer personas before starting keyword research.
This ensures every piece of content speaks directly to real buyer needs.
Before We Even Begin, Understand What to Focus On and What to Avoid
SEO comes with hundreds of possible tasks.
Most of them won’t actually move the needle.
It’s easy to get stuck on activities that burn time but don’t deliver results.
If you want SEO to drive meaningful outcomes, you need to invest your time and resources wisely.
This is where the 80/20 rule comes in.
Focus on the 20% of tasks that drive 80% of your results.
Not every tactic deserves your attention.
Ask yourself: Will this task actually make an impact?
Will updating this meta description change anything?
Or would your time be better spent improving an article that’s already driven conversions?
Adopt this mindset for every tactic you go after.
How You Can Apply This Roadmap
B2B SaaS brands can approach this roadmap in a few ways.
Think of it as a mini checklist for proven SEO tactics.
These are the strategies I’ve seen consistently drive results for B2B SaaS companies.
But to get the most value from this roadmap, keep a few things in mind:
1. Start with a Clear Understanding of Your Goals
Before you dive into anything, take some time to understand your SEO goals.
Do you want to increase organic traffic, revenue, or brand authority?
Once you have a solid understanding of your overall goal, applying this roadmap will be much easier.
This roadmap is specifically meant for increasing revenue, but it can also apply to brand building.
2. Don’t Tackle This Roadmap All At Once
As mentioned with the 80/20 rule, start with the tactics most likely to hit your goals.
Look at the roadmap below.
Identify the actions that will move the needle first.
Roadmap Action #1: Take a Look in Google Search Console for Technical SEO
One of the first steps in any SEO roadmap is diving into Google Search Console (GSC).
GSC is a free tool that shows how your website performs in Google Search.
It also highlights if anything is preventing your site from appearing in search results.
Start with the Page Indexing report.
This report shows which pages are indexed and which are excluded.
Sometimes, excluded pages are ones you actually want Google to index.
Common reasons for indexing issues include:
- Noindex tags on the page
- Disallow rules in your robots.txt file
- Crawled and Discovered, Not Currently Indexed
- Canonical Issues
Beyond indexing, check the Crawl Stats report.
This report reveals if Google is struggling to crawl your site—and why.
Roadmap Action #2: Optimize Your Feature and Benefit Pages (for both the User and SEO)
Once you’ve gone through Google Search Console, you should then focus on optimizing your feature and benefits pages.
These pages are absolutely necessary for B2B SaaS companies, so it’s not something you’ll want to neglect.
Not only do they work well for the user considering your product, but they can also bring in high-intent searches from people looking for your solution.
Start by reviewing the UX of your feature and product pages through the lens of the user.
Ask questions like:
- Am I including the right information here?
- Are benefits and use cases clearly shown?
- Are there visual elements like screenshots and videos we can add?
- Does the page genuinely educate the reader on what your product does?
In the same sense, when you optimize these pages, I’d put more weight into UX than SEO, maybe about a 75%/25% split.
So it usually looks like this for me:
- Sneak in the solution keyword as the title tag
- Sneak in the solution keyword in the H1 (but have a larger tag for the user)
- Make your page as comprehensive around your product as possible (don’t get caught up in adding keywords directly to your page).
The key really is to focus more on UX and have SEO as a secondary bonus.
The real purpose is to educate your audience about what your product does.
Make Features Product-Led, Not Just Informational
Transform feature pages into conversion tools by including:
- Interactive product demos embedded directly in the page
- Step-by-step screenshots showing the feature in action
- Downloadable templates that showcase the feature’s capabilities
- Customer quotes specific to each feature’s impact
- Clear CTAs tailored to that feature’s unique value proposition
This approach differentiates you from competitors who simply list features without showing them in action.
Roadmap Action #3: Build Out Pages With High Conversion Intent
For B2B SaaS companies, you should always start your content with topics with high conversion intent.
Luckily, this looks pretty similar across most industries, so it will usually look like this:
Product Comparison Content
These pages or articles directly compare your SaaS product to other competitors.
Give an honest review.
Show the benefits and differentiators that make your solution the better choice.
Don’t use it as an opportunity to trash your competition.
Be honest about the pros and cons of your product compared to the competition.
Alternative Content
My personal favorite type of content for SaaS is alternative content to capture hesitant buyers.
You’re basically creating a roundup of alternatives compared to your competition.
If someone is close to buying, alternative content will help persuade them to buy your product if they hit a hesitation point in the product they’re considering.
Best X Software Listicles
You’ll also want to create listicles on the “best software” for your industries and product use cases.
This works great in the initial solution-aware stage when users are considering products.
You want to position yourself as the best option when they first find you in that category.
Find “Missing” High-Intent Keywords
Use competitor gap analysis to discover high-converting keywords your site is missing:
- Input your top 3 competitors into Semrush’s Keyword Gap tool
- Filter for keywords where all competitors rank but you don’t
- Sort by buyer-intent terms (comparison, alternative, vs, best, etc.)
- Prioritize based on conversion potential, not just search volume
Example: A project management SaaS might discover they’re missing “Asana vs Trello alternatives” – a perfect opportunity for a comparison page highlighting their solution.
Roadmap Action #4: If You Have an Existing Content Profile, See How You Can Optimize Them
If you already have an established content profile, the next step in your SEO roadmap is to audit your existing content for quick wins.
By doing this, you can find some low-hanging fruit opportunities that can increase traffic and visibility without creating brand-new content from scratch.
Use data to find these pages.
Look for pages that have:
- Generated conversions or leads in the past
- Earned a good amount of organic search traffic
- High intent keywords
For these pages, find out why they’re underperforming.
See whether users are actually reading your content, if your content is ranking, or if conversion rates are low for that page.
Data will be best for guiding what to optimize and how to optimize it.
When you’re updating older content, focus on:
- Updating and expanding your content to make it more comprehensive
- Optimizing title tags and header tags
- Enhancing visual elements like images, videos, and infographics to improve engagement
- Using internal links to point to other pages
- Adding more CTAs to help drive conversions
Implement a Content Refresh Cadence
Create a systematic approach to refreshing content based on these triggers:
- Traffic drop of 20%+ over 30 days
- Conversion rate decrease of 15%+ month-over-month
- New competitor outranking you for target terms
- Product updates making content outdated
- New search features appearing for your target keywords
For each refresh, follow this mini-playbook:
- Analyze SERP changes – what’s Google now prioritizing?
- Update statistics, screenshots, and examples
- Check internal linking for topical authority
- Re-launch with a distribution plan (social, email, etc.)
Set up a Looker Studio dashboard tracking content performance to make this process systematic rather than reactive.
Roadmap Action #5: Interview Client Facing Teams and Your Customers to Build Out MoFu Content
After building your conversion-focused pages, the next step is targeting middle-of-funnel (MoFu) content.
While MoFu pages don’t convert as well as BoFu content, they’re a key opportunity to educate your audience.
The goal is to guide prospects further along their buyer’s journey by showing how your product solves their challenges.
To build effective MoFu content, start with your client-facing teams and existing customers.
These people deeply understand your ICP’s pain points, challenges, and buying triggers.
Ask your client-facing teams questions like:
- What are the most common objections you hear from prospects?
- What information do leads typically ask for when evaluating a software solution?
- What specific features or use cases do clients love most?
Use their insights to inform your content topics.
For each piece, ask: Can we position our product as the solution to this problem?
If someone searches for a specific pain point, your content should show them how your tool solves it.
Roadmap Action #6: Build Out Link Assets That Will Help Build Authority For Your Site
Link building for SaaS is tough, so I usually opt for more link earning.
Creating systems for earning links so we can stop spending hours on manual outreach.
It just makes life so much easier.
Here are a few things you can start with when creating link assets.
1. Statistic Articles
Statistic articles will likely be the best and easiest way to earn links for your site.
By creating roundups of industry-specific statistics, you can capture searches of people looking for data to include in their own article.
If they include your data in their article, it will likely come along with a citation, so a backlink.
2. Thought Leadership Content
Thought leadership in SaaS is actually pretty easy to pull off.
Especially if you have a C-suite team that has a presence on social media.
If they can share industry perspectives that actually act as thought leadership, they will likely gain reach on social media and your website.
3. Create Industry Reports
You can also publish research reports which honestly do the best for link earning.
This is usually a full roundup of original data that hasn’t been shown before.
It will be the most time-intensive, but these reports are the true link magnets when it comes to earning links.
Research reports also work great for brand building too.
Roadmap Action #7: Build Out Sales Assets That Will Help Convert Your Organic Traffic
The thing with B2B SaaS companies is that organic traffic isn’t enough.
Traffic might seem like a solid metric, but it doesn’t always lead to conversions.
For this roadmap to pay off, you need to invest in sales enablement content.
This type of content addresses customer needs, builds trust, and positions you as the right choice.
Key assets include:
- Case studies
- Product comparison sheets
- Social proof (testimonials and reviews)
- Video demos
- Pricing information
Roadmap Action #8: Ship One How-To Video Per Quarter With Optimization
Video SEO presents a massive opportunity for SaaS brands in 2025.
YouTube remains the second-largest search engine, yet most SaaS companies neglect it.
Create and optimize quarterly how-to videos following this framework:
- Select a high-intent tutorial keyword from your GSC data
- Look for questions getting impressions but low CTR
- Create a 5-7 minute walkthrough showing your product in action
- Focus on solving a specific problem
- Include your UI but make the content valuable regardless of product
- Optimize for discoverability:
- Add schema markup to embedded videos
- Create a full transcript for both ranking and accessibility
- Timestamp key sections in the description
- Include related video links in end screens
- Repurpose into multiple formats:
- Extract short clips for social media
- Convert transcript into a blog post
- Create downloadable templates shown in the video
Think About Your AI Search Strategy Too
As AI overviews dominate SERPs in 2025, optimize your content to appear in these snippets:
- Structure content for multi-source AI citations:
- Use clear, definitive statements about your product category
- Include specific data points with your brand name nearby
- Break processes into numbered steps
- Answer common questions explicitly
- Create multi-format content packages:
- Combine text, video, and interactive elements on key pages
- This increases the chance of appearing in multimedia AI overviews
- Monitor your visibility in AI results:
- Use tools tracking AI answer inclusion
- Note which content formats and structures get featured most
This approach ensures your brand stays visible even as traditional organic clicks decline.
Building a SaaS SEO Roadmap in the Easiest Way Possible
For your SEO roadmap to work, focus on low-effort, high-reward activities.
Most other tasks in SEO are just distractions.
Every successful B2B SaaS SEO strategy relies on two things: strategy and consistency.
Double down on what works and optimize as you go.
When you do, your ability to drive revenue through SEO becomes far more effective.