Discuss the fun task of marketing a t-shirt shop. Where to advertise, local marketing tips, word of mouth, press releases, search engine marketing, keyword advertising, magazines, etc.
After trying to do the SEO work myself for a little while now and just spinning my wheels I have finally decided to outsource. My only problem now Is whether the company I chose Is best for me or not.
I have had numerous emails with this company and spoke with them on the phone. How do you know they are not just telling you what you want to hear? I would only be paying them $250. a month and I worry because I am not one of their top clients that I won't get the attention I need. I don't know why I am so reluctant to go forward with this.
How do I really know If they are actually putting In the work? I have been told that they will send me data every month to let me know where I was and were I am currently In search standing and what not. Supposedly $250. pays for 7 hours a month of dedicated SEO work. Does this sound right?
Thanks for any help or advice, I know most of you feel SEO can be done yourself but trust me I tried and would rather just pass the buck. I need to make my first payment by later today so please try and reply If you have anything for me. Thanks!
$250 seems a lot per month, it really depends on what the company will do for you.
Get you to page 1 for a given phrase - dead easy for a lot of phrases.
Improve your Google ranking - easy for a while.
Are they whitehat? Are they buying links or linking to dodgy neighbourhoods?
I'm always uneasy about paying for something that I can't see (lawyers/accountants/seo etc.).
Here Is what I was told when asked what can be done for the search word "Funny T-Shirts"
We will work hard within the parameters of what would normally be a maintenance level of service. We are targeting a phrase, 'funny t-shirts' that is highly competitive and over the course of 6 months, I would be impressed if we reach the first page for that specific phrase. I am pretty sure we will reach the second page, and will definitely achieve first page rankings for other 3-word phrases that we will target as milestones to achieving our primary goal. I would then expect that we would be able to maintain or increase the level of service and start to make serious achievements in terms of first page and top 5 rankings in Google.
Our secondary goal in providing services is to demonstrate what it like for a web entrepreneur to have a trusting, professional relationship with a web solutions company, and to earn referral business from you.
I'm not sure if 7 hours a month can get you moved to the second page for such a competitive keyword. Good luck, though! Definitely let me know how it goes!
PositiveDave speaks the truth. Always have a link back to your website on any forum or social networking website you use. This is solely up to you. No SEO wizards are going to go into your accounts and add links to your signatures and profiles to get Google props.
You can do seo by yourself if you have time coz seo take time so much. If you need to hire some company, I recommend you to check their profile first. Also, check their clients and their feedback.
I think doing SEO yourself is the best way. If you can dedicate maybe a hour or so per day, you can add your site to several directories,blogs, and link exchange. If you can you can also maybe write an article once a week. I figure most people who have websites and are starting out actually sit there everyday and try and figure why the website is not getting business. So if there is time for that, then you can dedicate that same time to SEO.
Since we've sort of veered off into self-SEO, I just want to add that if you're set up with Google's Analytics and Webmaster tools, you can really monitor and do a lot on your own. Both of those are free.
Since we've sort of veered off into self-SEO, I just want to add that if you're set up with Google's Analytics and Webmaster tools, you can really monitor and do a lot on your own. Both of those are free.
Agreed.
Definitely recommend using these two whether you are going to SEO yourself or hire someone to do it for you. No use spending time or money if you aren't going to track the results.
7 hours a month is nowhere near enough for seo, i'm trying to do my own and i put in 2hours a day, also i'd be expecting at the very least 30hrs for $250
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