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Have your clients canceled because you didn't show results?

by FBN
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I'm new in the offline market, and have made a list of questions I had before going full force.


Have you ever had clients cancel because you didn't provide results?
What's your approach to this (them canceling)?
Do you offer free months because of this?
Did you slack on the SEO?
Did your SEO outsource go MIA?

I'm sure seasoned veterans get up to a number, and once one client cancels, they get replaced. Let's just say that you have all your clients with 1 outsourcing company and that company goes belly up or MIA, all now all your clients cancel. What's your experience with this?


These are just a few that I had, if anybody can share their experiences. I am currently working on my personal business websites and plan to offer monthly SEO, outsourcing it.

Do you have a good outsourcing company you can share?

I keep getting denied by the one person I want to work with.

Sorry for the long post.

Thank you all
#canceled #clients #results #show
  • Profile picture of the author Kung Fu Backlinks
    I would like to offer something I learned the hard way...

    When I started SEO for offline businesses about a year ago, I found a good SEO provider I could outsource to; however, I made the mistake of buying their cheapest packages, so while results came, they came too slowly. Yes, I pocketed more money, but the results were so long in coming, I spent a lot of time making the client feel better. Of course, I could have spent this time landing new clients or having fun.

    So the lesson I learned? Get results for clients as fast as possible. If this means less profit for you in the beginning, so be it. At least your client will be thrilled with page 1 within 2 months and you can breathe easy collecting your checks in the following months. That scenario is much better than squeezing every last penny of profit you can for 3 months and then losing the client because you didn't get results fast enough.

    I hope you find that helpful.
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  • Profile picture of the author FBN
    Very helpful. What I'm currently doing is testing different outsourcing companies/individuals on my current business websites. Once I see results I will choose that individual/s that I want to work, and I'll have a better idea of how long it will take.

    Thank you Kung Fu
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    Great advice Kungfu!
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Check out the post I made in my sig about the approach I use. This basically guarantees the client won't quit, but obviously you do have to be able to produce verifiable results.

    Give them an offer they can't refuse.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kung Fu Backlinks
    You're welcome, and thank you. Glad to help!
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    That was a good post John, thank you.
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