SEO / Web Developer. To Employ or Farm Out ?

[birminghamtelecom.co.uk]

Hi there. Its been a while since I have posted here (4 years or so) so I apologise if I am breaking any forum rules.

I have a company which has grown significantly over the last few years. I am pretty good at SEO etc etc as i have spent the time doing online courses etc but the problem is I just dont have the desire or the time to throw at it any more.

I want to employ an individual on a full time or contract basis to work on growing our link building for our main site with a view to getting our other websites done following this. In total we have about 70 websites which are all targeted at different areas of the country.

I need to know what the best way of going about this is. I get ALOT of calls offering me link building and SEO etc but I dont tust half of what I hear and I am now happy to just pay a monthly fee and be ripped off.

If I wanted to employ someone on an annual salary, where would the best place be to look? Is it worth doing this or should I just find someone on here qualified to work for us ? Could you drop me some replies? I dont mind giving out more details but I thought they wouldnt allow links or phone numbers etc. Regards Bri

 

[Truemanbrown]

Have you thought about setting an arrangement with a firm specialising in SEO whereby you would share the fees.

Obviously, you would have to spend time vetting the potential partner company to ensure that you got the right one.

 

[birminghamtelecom.co.uk]

Thanks for the reply. Could you elaborate on what you mean by sharing the fees? Usually they just say its £500 a month

 

[domains]

What sort of niches are your sites hitting at the moment?

Are you looking to gather Social Grace or increase sales of the current sites/products?

...oh and welcome back

 

[birminghamtelecom.co.uk]

basically, we sell phone systems for small business and we are also extremely good with repairing existing phone systems, office moves etc etc so pretty much we are trying to hit anyone falling into that area. I really do want to employ someone full time who can sit in the office and get on with it but I am open to offers.

 

[domains]

So any particular aims or targets you are looking at with the sites, can see clearly the marketplace you are in, however there are some points that would increase your footprint / socializing standpoint without fulltime work.

Are all 70 sites in the "project" queue or are you looking to push the "online telecoms" & "installs" side a bit at a time?

 

[marketingquotes]

Have you thought about setting an arrangement with a firm specialising in SEO whereby you would share the fees.

Obviously, you would have to spend time vetting the potential partner company to ensure that you got the right one.

Not heard of many SEO companies willing to share fees - most opt for paying customers

 

[Truemanbrown]

Not heard of many SEO companies willing to share fees - most opt for paying customers

There are a few around who would do it. Easy way of bringing in more money without too much effort.

 

[marketingquotes]

I cannot remember which thread it was in, but I do remember it went something like this:

'there are thousands of SEO companies around - how do you choose the right one? - a good SEO company will be booked up and give you a date in the future that they can start work'

 

[InternetMarketingPlatinum]

I cannot remember which thread it was in, but I do remember it went something like this:

'there are thousands of SEO companies around - how do you choose the right one? - a good SEO company will be booked up and give you a date in the future that they can start work'

Not too far in the distant future though I would hope. I would expect a very good SEO company to have a scalable business model.

Always choose a SEO company by reputation and results.

 

[JDX_John]

Choose a SEO company by searching for SEO on Google?

I'd say if you have enough to keep someone full-time employed for the foreseeable future, that might be a better bet. They will gain an excellent understanding of your business and goals, and since you employ them you can also contribute training so they continue to improve.

 

[marketingquotes]

Choose a SEO company by searching for SEO on Google?

So would you (if you were looking for anything on the web) ignore the adverts and other sources and just go with what google pulls up?

Glad everyone does not do this - otherwise all the business would be yours and the rest of us could loose out

 

[JDX_John]

Well I didn't say specifically look at search results, OR adverts. Anyone who can get on page 1 or/and in the ads is probably good at what they do... and far too expensive.

 

[marketingquotes]

Well I didn't say specifically look at search results, OR adverts. Anyone who can get on page 1 or/and in the ads is probably good at what they do... and far too expensive.

Really?

Maybe it is nothing to do with them and just the SEO company they are using?

If a furniture manufacturer is on page 1 at the top - it does not mean they are the best of the best at furniture manufacture, just that the SEO company they are using has got them onto page 1 (by wh or bh methods).

 

[JDX_John]

Go back and read the title of this thread.

 

[marketingquotes]

Go back and read the title of this thread.

Farm out, no in house, no farm out, no both - oh help, I am now so confused!

 

[birminghamtelecom.co.uk]

I know ! I was hoping for some advice on where to look or what to do. I actually paid £150 for 7 days access to Fish 4 Jobs yesturday so I could browse CV's but not really that great to be honest.

 

[marketingquotes]

I know ! I was hoping for some advice on where to look or what to do. I actually paid £150 for 7 days access to Fish 4 Jobs yesturday so I could browse CV's but not really that great to be honest.

It goes on budget mainly - if you have funds, then employ someone - as you will be paying salary + tax etc.

Farming out - it will be less and no employment commitments.

Have you had anyone review your website in order to see how much SEO is needed?

 

[jake.mason]

I used someone that was recomended to me by someone else. I got burnt first time round so I was very worried about doing it again.

Basically I had a new website that never had any SEO attempted on it so it was easy to see how they preformed.

I paid £500 for the following "page one of google within 3 months for 5 key phrases or our money back" now we pay £100 per month and they top up the SEO efforts where needed. We get a full report every 28 days with the efforts and changes they have made as well as a full report. I have had the methods checked and it is all above board.

Some may laugh at what we paid and some may may not believe it... I don't know but anyway, it worked and it was very cost effective for us. We no longer bother with PPC etc for that site and it does just fine.

PM me if you would like more info....

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I used someone that was recomended to me by someone else. I got burnt first time round so I was very worried about doing it again.

Basically I had a new website that never had any SEO attempted on it so it was easy to see how they preformed.

I paid £500 for the following "page one of google within 3 months for 5 key phrases or our money back" now we pay £100 per month and they top up the SEO efforts where needed. We get a full report every 28 days with the efforts and changes they have made as well as a full report. I have had the methods checked and it is all above board.

Some may laugh at what we paid and some may may not believe it... I don't know but anyway, it worked and it was very cost effective for us. We no longer bother with PPC etc for that site and it does just fine.

PM me if you would like more info....

Some phrases are easy to rank for. I just did a quick job for someone who wanted page 1 for 3 phrases (2 of which were single words), it cost a single payment of £400, it is all relative to the degree of competition.