This document provides advice for those wanting to enter the SEO business. It discusses establishing a solid foundation by building expertise, defining scope, and prioritizing customer service. It recommends optimizing one's website, running PPC and content campaigns, and using tools like analytics and tracking to prove strategies. Getting started clients involves prospecting lists, outreach, and tracking results. New clients should receive keyword research, onboarding documents, and initial onsite optimizations. Systems for invoicing, project management and continual learning are also important for business growth. The overall message is to invest in one's business and clients.
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2. So You Want to Be in the
SEO Business?
Learning from the school of Hard Knocks
Chuck- Expert in Training
4. What is Your Foundation?
What are you building your
business personality around?
Your expertise
Your scope of products
Customer service
Making money for your clients
Being a star
Creating jobs for others
5. Our Foundation
Making others successful
I believe that people will start out doing
business because they are convinced that you
will do a good job but they will keep doing
business with you because they trust you and
like you.
-Chuck
6. So How Do You Start?
Build an outstanding website
Have an outstanding, helpful, relevant blog on your site. Keep it
current.
Have Hubshout optimize your website and dont be cheap. Dont
expect your customer to buy big if you dont.
Do a PPC campaign (even it is a small one). You wont sell it if you dont
own it.
Have an email or Newsletter strategy. Make it helpful. Freshen your
list and keep it current.
Build a social strategy
In other words, PROVE YOUR OWN THEORIES!
7. How Do I Get Clients?
Make a list
Start a PPC campaign
Start an SEO campaign
Start an email campaign
Work the phones
Cold Call
Track your results and improve on your methods
8. So you got a hot one! Now what?
Now What?
The Proposal
9. Now You Have a Client!
Now What?
Start them out right!
10. Start Them Out Right!
Keywords
Analytics
Tracking
Dash board
Writer Instructions
Blog
Onsite SEO review
New content
Make yourself a check list
11. Getting Your Clients Through
Infancy
Never underestimate how
important the first three months
are to a new SEO client
When you get them
successful, Ask them for referrals!
12. General Things to Be Successful
Polish Your Pitch
Use the Tools That Are Given To
You
Build systems that will support
your growth.
13. Use the Tools That Are Given To You
Online proposal tool White papers
Phone tracking system Webgrader
Marketing collateral Premium Writer Service
Photo archive Custom newsletter service
Free pre-written nurture Lead tracking
emails
Reputation monitoring
Search News
Account Manager
14. Establish a Good Back End
Invoicing
Contact manager
Credit Cards
Project Manager
Build systems that will grow with your
business
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