SEO consulting is a multi-million dollar business, from freelance consultants to international agencies with 100s of people. Practices, fees, and services vary widely, but many of the core challenges of consulting remain constant.
How much should you charge? What's the best way to present client deliverables? How do you win that pitch? Finally, how about best business practices for your consultancy? What about recommended SEO agencies?
We've collected some of our best articles and resources on SEO consulting. Additionally, you'll find the latest posts on SEO consulting from our blog below.
Win That Pitch: How SEO Agencies Can Land New Business : Nothing spells success like D-A-T-A. (okay, that doesn't actually spell success, but you get our drift.) Discover techniques to wow your potential clients and secure that next contract.
Sins of an Agency: Parting Ways With Our Biggest Client : How do you navigate parting ways with your biggest client? An agency owner shares their first-hand experience.
How to Choose a Good SEO Company : With literally 1000s of SEO companies to choose from, how do you find one right for your business? Rand Fishkin helps with a few simple criteria.
How to Make Money with SEO : Only a portion of business actually make money on the web. Find out how to help yourself and your clients with this key business objective.
How to Become a Successful SEO Consultant with Luke Carthy : Considering a career as an SEO consultant or looking to grow your existing consultancy? In this MozPod episode with eCommerce growth expert Luke Carthy offers valuable insights to help you succeed.
One of the best ways to be an effective consultant is to make your recommendations as actionable as possible. But a full SEO review often raises a LOT of potential issues and their solutions, which can be intimidating to clients. Clients and managers will be much more likely to implement your recommendations if you propose clear, concrete action plans that prioritize steps based on expected cost and benefit.
From spending time answering a client's questions to accepting additional out-of-scope tasks, consultants are presented with a great many opportunities to derail their projects. By creating plans for the pitching, strategy, and execution stages, you can mitigate the risk and stay on track.
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You could offer the best SEO recommendations in the world, but if your advice is not presented and communicated in the right way, your hard work may not pay off. In today's post, learn what makes the difference between a site audit being left on the shelf, compared to a document that can potentially turn a business around.
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If you are a consultant, part of your job is managing your client's attitude and behaviors, even when times get tough. Craig Bradford shares his tips to prevent sunny situations from turning blue, and offers advice for providing a cure if problems arise.
2013 will be here tomorrow! Let's take a look at some resolutions for the new year that online marketing consultants will need to consider in the coming year.
On the agency side of SEO, B2B sales is the drive of our business engine. In-house, we're often pitching up the chain to get budget and buy-in for our work. Whichever side of the SEO line you fall on, it's time to start leveraging the psychology of irrationality for your pitches and success.
I have lived, breathed, eaten, slept, celebrated, and advocated small business internet marketing for the last eight years. Until recently, not even I realized how large the disconnect between the search marketing industry and the small business community is, and just how massive the market opportunity is for the consultants and agencies who can bridge the gap.
Whether you're working in-house or at an agency, speaking the language of clients and addressing their specific needs is the driving key to success behind any SEO project. Ron Garrett outlines common themes when working with new clients and shares his tips for successful campaigns.
Building a solid foundation and gaining "likeability" with your clients can sometimes be the difference between a failed or successful project. Check out these five tips to help boost client relationships and build partnerships that will last a lifetime.
Do you have a deployment SEO strategy? Geoff Kenyon shares why creating and implementing a deployment SEO strategy is important for your entire team, plus sheds some light on how to create one of your own.
It’s common for potential clients to have unrealistic expectations or to have been misinformed somewhere along the way about SEO. It's time to take a stand and make it your job to educate potential clients about myths and realities of their web marketing needs.
As an industry, SEO is constantly battling the bad rap of being tactless and unethical. We decided to take a true, calculated look at the quality of today's SEO consultants by going "undercover" and conducting a study to find out where all of this negative noise was coming from.
Almost a month ago (time flies, doesn't it?) I had the opportunity to share a story at MozCon about SEO Project Management (seoPM) with guidelines to enhance the management of the SEO process and achieve more effective results. Since I know you're all quite busy and may need a reminder on the topic, I wanted to check in to see if you're really following the guidelines I shared... in a very fun way, of course.