SEO: How do you charge?

[RedEvo]

Frankly the majority of the businesses we deal with would laugh if I asked for shares in their business instead of payment.

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Frankly the majority of the businesses we deal with would laugh if I asked for shares in their business instead of payment.

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True for an established profitable business this is probably true in most cases.

Hence why I always looked for companies that were start ups or not doing significant internet business.

Again why although many seem to disagree ,I always state that the product is the most important thing for success in any business.

Earl

 

[James Greg]

Why?
Surely the proof of the pudding is where their client websites rank?

Every company puts in efforts for their own self.

Just wondering about the specifics of your statement

If I told you the keywords, would that be sufficient evidence, for instance we rank Page 1 Position 1 organic for "seo adwords company woking" on google.co.uk from UK locations. But honestly, to achieve that is virtually no more effort than any one with a bit of common sense can achieve.

Or would you reject an SEO company that isn't in the top 10 organic (out of 33,000,000 search results) for a generic keyword like 'SEO Company'. Which frankly tells you that they have a digital marketing budget many times bigger than your local small (but expert) firm has. And you know who actually pays for large marketing budgets, eventually, of course.

Personally, I believe you should select your SEO consultants based on their expertise, communication skills & honesty, not their marketing budget. But then I am biased.

I agree its not always possible to maintain your position in the highest competitive keywords but I guess it would be really good to have your mark in some keyword. One can not always get ample business just by word of mouth or always pay in advertising to attract business. After all that’s what you are trying to offer the client.

In that case there are only about 10 companies in the entire world worth contacting.

I guess if we start looking on such strict terms it surely would get down to just 10, but I realize it would just be people like me. I think it would be better to consider their credibility too. You could surely ask for references.