John Blust
Search Engine Optimization Manager
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Blust is an SEO and web strategy leader with four years of experience driving organic growth across SaaS and startup environments, now serving as Search Engine Optimization Manager at New Relic. He built dbt Labs’ first holistic SEO program, delivering 37% YoY organic growth and spearheading content and technical initiatives that generated tens of thousands of monthly sessions. Known for translating engineering audits into prioritized fixes, he collaborates closely with product, engineering, and community teams to align content with product value. A hands-on contributor to docs.getdbt.com, John pairs content-first instincts—he cheekily calls himself a “certified content snob”—with front-end and configuration changes to improve discoverability. Based in Philadelphia with a BA in Philosophy, he combines analytical rigor and creative voice to turn content into measurable pipeline and sustained traffic gains.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy at West Virginia University
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
docusaurus10
react10
css9
documentation8
git7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:96 reviews, 481 commits, 90 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:John's commits primarily involve modifications to the documentation website, `docs.getdbt.com`. They have made changes to the site's configuration files, including the `docusaurus.config.js` and `sidebars.js`, and have also updated the homepage and CSS styles. The user's work encompasses integrating a new feature and updating various aspects of the website's content. These changes suggest involvement across different components of the site, and show that the user is able to work with the technologies used to build the website.
code-behind
dgreen161/docs.getdbt.com
May 2022 - May 2022
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
code-behind
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