Medius Organic Growth Opportunities
1. Readiness Assessment
1. Readiness Assessment
2. Competitive Analysis
2. Competitive Analysis
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
4. Appendix
4. Appendix
Readiness Assessment
Current Performance
- You rank for ~9k organic keywords and drive ~19k monthly organic visits (traffic value ~$267k/mo), supported by an Authority Score of 44—a solid mid-tier authority with room to grow versus category leaders.
- Most organic traffic comes from educational AP content and glossary definitions, led by “full process accounts payable cycle” (~3k visits; 16%), AP vs AR best practices (~2k; 8%), and glossary pages like “what is accounts payable” (~1k; 7%) and “what is e-invoicing” (~1k; 6%).
- Top keywords skew informational/top-of-funnel: “expense management” (135k volume), “accounts payable” (27k), “automatic payment program” (22k), plus AP automation and e-invoicing variants—indicating strong awareness capture but lighter bottom-funnel coverage.
Growth Opportunity
- The market ceiling is high: the leader (Tipalti) gets ~221k visits/month vs your ~19k and ranks for ~110k keywords vs your ~9k, suggesting a large, addressable gap in keyword breadth and content depth.
- You can expand systematically from winning topics (AP cycle, AP vs AR, AP automation) into higher-intent clusters like “accounts payable automation software,” “invoice capture/ocr,” “purchase-to-pay software,” and competitor/comparison queries to capture more demo-ready traffic.
- Your backlink base (~178k links from ~3k referring domains) is strong enough to support faster scaling—especially by building more solution-led pages and tightly interlinking blog/glossary hubs to product pages.
Assessment
You have a credible organic foundation, but you’re operating far below the category’s search demand based on the competitor gap. The biggest upside is expanding keyword coverage beyond top-of-funnel definitions into repeatable, high-intent solution and comparison content. AirOps can help you build and refresh this content systematically at scale to close the visibility gap.
Competition at a Glance
Analysis of 2 direct competitors (Basware and Tipalti) shows Medius is competing in a market where organic visibility is heavily concentrated with one clear leader.
Among these sites, medius.com ranks #2 for both monthly organic traffic (18,946 visits) and ranking keywords (9,444)—ahead of Basware (7,499 visits; 6,590 keywords) but well behind the top performer.
Tipalti is the market leader, with 221,176 monthly organic visits and 110,380 ranking keywords, creating a large visibility gap driven mainly by much broader keyword coverage and overall reach. The current landscape positions Medius as a solid mid-pack contender with a meaningful lead over Basware, while the primary competitive pressure is closing the significant scale advantage held by Tipalti.
Opportunity Kickstarters
Here are your content opportunities, tailored to your domain's strengths. These are starting points for strategic plays that can grow into major traffic drivers in your market. Connect with our team to see the full traffic potential and activate these plays.
Create a massive library of static integration landing pages that map specific ERP versions and modules to localized invoice workflows. This strategy captures high-intent users searching for technical implementation details between their existing ERP and automation solutions.
Example Keywords
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance invoice approval workflow
- SAP S/4HANA vendor invoice processing
- Oracle ERP Cloud invoice coding automation
- NetSuite invoice workflow integration
- JD Edwards invoice matching workflow
Rationale
Buyers often search for how a solution specifically interacts with their ERP's data objects and modules. By providing granular workflow guides, Medius can capture traffic from users in the active evaluation phase of their digital transformation.
Topical Authority
Medius already ranks for broad ERP solution terms and has a significant footprint in AP process education, making it a credible source for deep technical workflow documentation.
Internal Data Sources
Leverage support.medius.com ticket patterns, success.medius.com documentation, and product brochures found in the /media/ directory to provide differentiated, technical accuracy.
Estimated Number of Pages
8,000+ (Covering ERP list × module/version × country/region × workflow scenario)
Develop a comprehensive library of landing pages targeting industry-specific invoice challenges and sub-vertical operational needs. This play shifts from generic software descriptions to solving vertical-specific pains like multi-site routing or logistics exception handling.
Example Keywords
- invoice workflow software for multi-site manufacturing
- vendor invoice intake for hospitality groups
- invoice exception handling for logistics and 3PL
- duplicate payment prevention for healthcare organizations
- intercompany invoice workflows for multi-entity retail
Rationale
Finance leaders search for solutions that understand their specific industry constraints. Tailoring content to these niches allows Medius to rank for lower-competition, high-conversion long-tail queries.
Topical Authority
The domain already has established industry pages for manufacturing and retail; expanding this into thousands of sub-vertical pages leverages existing topical signals.
Internal Data Sources
Utilize existing case studies, the 'Financial Census' narrative data for industry benchmarks, and internal SME quotes from implementation consultants.
Estimated Number of Pages
3,000+ (Covering 30+ industries × 100+ sub-verticals × specific pain patterns)
A localized directory of country-specific requirements for digital invoicing, VAT reporting, and continuous transaction controls (CTC). This encyclopedia positions Medius as a global compliance leader for multinational enterprises navigating complex regulatory shifts.
Example Keywords
- PEPPOL requirements Germany
- CTC mandate France
- digital VAT reporting UK
- KSeF requirements Poland
- Fatoora compliance Saudi Arabia
Rationale
Regulatory mandates are a primary driver for software adoption. Providing the most up-to-date, structured compliance data captures users at the 'readiness' stage of their journey.
Topical Authority
Medius already has a glossary for mandates and specific French e-invoicing content, providing a foundation for global expansion in this high-authority domain.
Internal Data Sources
Incorporate compliance team briefs, partner network data from the Medius Partner Finder (e.g., Pagero), and Trust Center security statements.
Estimated Number of Pages
1,000+ (Covering 200+ jurisdictions × multiple requirement types)
A technical directory mapping payment methods, file formats, and bank connectivity requirements to operational finance guides. This play targets treasury and finance operations teams looking for specific technical reconciliation and payment rail data.
Example Keywords
- ISO 20022 pain.001 file requirements
- camt.053 reconciliation mapping guide
- SEPA Instant operational checklist
- ACH returns codes explained
- BACS file format requirements
Rationale
Payment execution is a critical part of the AP lifecycle. Technical content regarding bank formats and reconciliation attracts a sophisticated buyer persona involved in the final stages of vendor selection.
Topical Authority
Medius already has a payments solution footprint and ranks for multi-currency processing, making this a natural extension of their financial operations expertise.
Internal Data Sources
Use Medius Payments product documentation, bank connectivity letters, and support portal data regarding reconciliation failure modes.
Estimated Number of Pages
5,000+ (Covering rails/formats × countries × ERP context)
A massive operational library focused on identifying, resolving, and preventing invoice exceptions. This play targets the 'day-to-day' pain of AP teams, providing runbooks that naturally lead to Medius's automation and control value propositions.
Example Keywords
- price variance on invoice resolution
- quantity variance invoice workflow
- missing GRN invoice checklist
- invoice tax mismatch investigation
- unmatched invoice triage sequence
Rationale
Exception handling is the most labor-intensive part of AP. By ranking for these 'how-to' queries, Medius captures users exactly when they are experiencing the pain their software solves.
Topical Authority
The domain's top-performing content is already centered on AP process education (e.g., the AP cycle blog), making this a highly relevant topical expansion.
Internal Data Sources
Mine support.medius.com for common 'why did this fail' patterns and success.medius.com for canonical resolution workflows.
Estimated Number of Pages
30,000+ (Covering exception types × industries × ERP contexts)
Improvements Summary
Rewrite the top glossary pages (e-Invoicing and eProcurement) to win definition snippets and PAA results with a 40–60 word definition block, structured H2/H3 sections, and 6–10 FAQs with FAQPage schema. Add comparison tables, real examples/diagrams, stronger reviewer + source citations, and a light “How Medius helps” section near the end to connect definitions to next steps.
Improvements Details
Prioritize https://www.medius.com/glossary/what-is-e-invoicing/ for “what is e-invoicing”, “electronic invoices”, and “electronic invoicing system”, adding sections on XML/UBL formats, validation/audit trail, PEPPOL, and a clear internal link to the mandates page. Expand https://www.medius.com/glossary/what-is-eprocurement/ around “e procurement system” and “what is e procurement definition” with system capabilities (catalogs, approvals, supplier portal, PO/receiving, 3-way match) plus KPI callouts; add “vs” sections like e-Invoicing vs PDF vs EDI and eProcurement vs procure-to-pay. Create an AP & Procurement Glossary hub and add contextual internal links from high-authority solution pages and top blog posts using descriptive anchors (e.g., “what is e-invoicing”, “eProcurement system”, “invoice approval workflow”).
Improvements Rationale
Search demand is concentrated on e-Invoicing and eProcurement, while low traffic share suggests many terms sit in positions ~11–20 where better page structure and snippet targeting can raise CTR and rankings. Internal links from authoritative solution/blog pages and a tighter hub-and-spoke glossary improve topical authority and crawling paths, helping these definitions compete in large result sets. High CPC on adjacent software terms indicates users often move from “what is” intent to product evaluation, so a definition-first page with a low-friction next step matches that behavior without turning the page into a sales pitch.
Appendix
| Keyword | Volume | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| best seo tools | 5.0k | 3 |
| seo strategy | 4.0k | 5 |
| keyword research | 3.5k | 2 |
| backlink analysis | 3.0k | 4 |
| on-page optimization | 2.5k | 1 |
| local seo | 2.0k | 6 |
| Page | Traffic | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| /seo-tools | 5.0k | 100 |
| /keyword-research | 4.0k | 100 |
| /backlink-checker | 3.5k | 80 |
| /site-audit | 3.0k | 60 |
| /rank-tracker | 2.5k | 50 |
| /content-optimization | 2.0k | 40 |
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