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Iftikhar A.

Scriptwriter | SEO & Blog Writer | AEO/GEO Expert | Content Strategist

🏆 Top 100 Upwork freelancers worldwide by completed projects (1,970+ projects) 💰 Top 0.2% worldwide by lifetime earnings 🤖 SEO/AEO/GEO specialist: content built to rank on Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews 🎬 YouTube scriptwriter for finance, health, documentary, and faceless channels ✍️ AI content editor: turning AI drafts into expert-quality, fact-checked content Your content now has two audiences: the people reading it, and the AI systems deciding whether to show it. For 10+ years, I've delivered content for brands in healthcare, finance, SaaS, tech, and education with a 100% Job Success Score. 🔍 SEO, AEO & GEO CONTENT Ranking on page one is no longer enough to find traffic. Content now also needs to be the source AI search tools quote. Every article I deliver is built for both: ✅ AEO (Answer Engine Optimization): question-led headings, direct answers at the start of each section, and FAQ blocks that answer engines can pull cleanly ✅ GEO (Generative Engine Optimization): clear definitions, cited statistics, comparison tables, and well-defined entities that AI tools can understand and cite ✅ E-E-A-T signals: first-hand insight, expert input, sources from studies and official bodies, and clear author and date details ✅ YMYL content: health, medical, and finance topics written with the accuracy and sourcing Google expects when a reader's money or wellbeing is at stake ✅ Search intent research, keyword mapping, internal linking, and on-page optimization ✅ Content strategy: topic clusters, content briefs, and editorial calendars Formats: blog posts, pillar pages, long-form guides, website copy, product pages, ebooks, case studies, and press releases. 🎬 YOUTUBE & VIDEO SCRIPTWRITING A video is won or lost in its first 30 seconds. I write scripts structured to keep viewers watching to the end: ✅ Hooks that earn the click and hold the viewer ✅ Retention structure: open loops, pacing, and pattern breaks that reduce drop-off ✅ Voiceover-ready timing, with word counts matched to your video length ✅ B-roll and visual cues for your editor ✅ Title and thumbnail text ideas with every script Niches: finance, documentary, true crime, history, health and wellness, tech explainers, and faceless YouTube channels. Also: YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels scripts, plus UGC ad scripts. ✍️ AI CONTENT EDITING & HUMANIZING AI drafts are fast, but readers notice when nobody edited them. I turn AI-generated drafts into content that reads like an expert wrote it: ✅ Rewrite generic, repetitive phrasing into a natural, human voice ✅ Fact-check every claim and replace invented statistics with real, sourced data ✅ Add real examples, expert perspective, and E-E-A-T signals ✅ Match your brand voice and restructure for readability and SEO ✅ Ongoing bulk editing for agencies and content teams 🏢 INDUSTRIES Healthcare and wellness, finance and FinTech, SaaS and B2B tech, education, real estate, lifestyle, and entertainment. Send me your website or YouTube channel link, and I'll reply with three content ideas built for it before we discuss anything else.

🇵🇰Karachi, Pakistan$40/hr100% JSS4.96 (1265)Since Jun 2011

Earnings and projects

MRR
$3k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#12,587 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#1,365 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$3.6k

Last 6 months: $18k

World#9,702 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#1,066 / 52.9k
Total earnings
$899k

Billed in all: $905k

World#759 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#38 / 52.9k
Per project
$456

$221 in the last 6 months

World#191,310 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#20,646 / 52.9k
Projects, last 6 months
82

Across 85 contracts

91% fixed9% hourly
World#322 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#78 / 52.9k
Projects in all
1,972

Across 2,129 contracts

91% fixed9% hourly
World#92 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#18 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$905k+$3.6k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$900k$902k$904k$906kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.99% in News Writing

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  8. #34AI Content Editing1,630 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #4Top 2%