Is it possible to partner with a US SEO Firm?

proimpulse · 12-15-2003, 01:48 PM

I went to google and contacted the 3 top SEO firms I found there.

All of which either gave me a lame answer, no answer or (in one case) was down right offensive.

I hate to sound like a grump on my first post to this board but is it even possible to hire a professional SEO firm in the USA? (Or even get one to call you back?)

When I decided to look for an SEO to partner with I figured it would be simple...

Would it be better to just hire a staff or 6 or more for optimization and pay them a salary?

John Scott · 12-15-2003, 01:58 PM

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Would it be better to just hire a staff or 6 or more for optimization and pay them a salary?

Not a bad idea. You'd probably do best doing it in house, if you have the basics down.

proimpulse · 12-15-2003, 02:16 PM

Why is is so darn hard to get an SEO firm to work with you?

I, Brian · 12-15-2003, 02:18 PM

Is it really??

What are you actually asking from them??

John Scott · 12-15-2003, 02:21 PM

We do SEO - but it isn't cheap. If people are not wanting to do business, it is usually because:

1. the money isn't good, or

2. the business is an adult business.

proimpulse · 12-15-2003, 02:22 PM

All I am asking is they work with our clients and offer us a business to business rates. We do business to business rates for other web design firms.

Seems I can't even get any to email or call me back...One woman did email back but said it would be 4 to 6 weeks after my client sent her $2500 (for her report) and she would give me 10% discount.

proimpulse · 12-15-2003, 02:26 PM

We don't do any type of adult sites, casion sites, viagra or any of that stuff.

I have one client now that spends $600 a month on ad words and overture...tell me that's not a waste of money.

I planned to offer SEO services starting at $250 a month and going up depending on what they want.

A lot of the sites we do now rank well but we want that extra edge.

Am I not in the ball park on pricing?

John Scott · 12-15-2003, 02:35 PM

$250 a month might be ok. You might want to contact a member here - Mel.

http://www.internet-marketing-resear...ewprofile&u=66

proimpulse · 12-15-2003, 02:46 PM

That sounds good.

I said $250 as being the low end, some will go $300, $400 and higher per month.

I have one client now that has done over $250k in sales in the last 7 months without professional SEO so I can imagine what he could do with it.

The bottom line is we have been a full service shop for the last 5 years but in the past most of the sites we were doing were information site and sites that were interactive but not selling products.

In the past year 95% of the sites we have done and are currently doing are ecommerce.

I just feel if we are going to do ecommerce sites we need to do our best and get results for our clients.

John Scott · 12-15-2003, 02:50 PM

Really effective SEO is expensive labor intensive. We start at $3000 per year, but sometimes - depending on intensity of competition - we charge as much as $10,000 per keyword.

We also like to be paid up front. I suspect many of the better SEO's are in the same ballpark.