Teach me simple SEO tricks

A SERP tracker, ie. the actual rankings. Track the keywords that he/she is trying to optimize.

Traffic depends on the rankings and the number of searches. It's hard to say how soon. Depends on your current situation, the competition, and the resources you have.

I use Moz keyword tracker which comes with other products at $99 a month. If you're interested in rankings only and don't require deeper insights, then keep an eye on all keywords with Keyword Position

I would say it depends on the competition of the keyword and the size of the audience you are publishing to (people who have already liked your page and signed up to your blog etc) and the strength of your headlines too.

When I am searching for something I don't always click on the first website that comes up instead I always look for the headline that hooks me in and if there is a good written description under the web title offering me exactly what Ii am looking for then I am in.

To see solid results install Google analytic and make sure you have access to your website visitor and website/keyword search referral stats these will tell you what is working and where your traffic is coming from.

Ask the person you hired.

Don't worry. There is nothing difficult in the startup of Search Engine Optimization. If you want to pick this career easily then, start advertising site on social media e.g Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. You have to buy a guide of SEO for checking the difficult tricks. You can create backlinnks on different articles and blogs for getting traffic.

Use something like pro rank tracker to track the movement in rankings for free.

You also need to keep a close eye on the QUALITY of the backlinks being built. You a toll like ahrefs.com to look at all your backlinks - are they from quality English websites or low quality foreign sites? You can also track this in Webmaster tools (search console).

Try to check his history of achievements from the past clients and the strategy plan for your website. You must know the needs of your website to implement the right SEO needs for the site.

Thank you very much for your contributions. I have tried writing and it brought few but useful visitors and i am still writing. Thanks again for sharing with me your valuable experience about SEO. i love you all.

try ahrefs and see the newly creted backlinks

There aren't any tricks in SEO. Quality content and good backlinks is all it takes to rank

It is best if you check some articles regarding red flags when employing an SEO expert (just to be on the safe side). However, SEO can be very tricky when it comes to measuring success. There is no guarantee in this profession and it is very hard to make any predictions given its competitive nature and constant Google updates. As HKDigital said, you can track your main keywords and see how they are ranking. However, the best tell is if your sales\services increase in popularity and you haven't changed any other aspect of your business.

Ask his plan strategy and previous works and achieved........

Moz keyword tracker is a good point to initiate your SEO campaign

You need to figure out which keywords he is working on then you need to figure out what position these keywords are in. If you are short on money then you can use a few free rank trackers that have good accuracy.

CuteRank (has free version)
RankTracker (has free version)
SerpFox (has free version)

I recommend you upgrade so you can get the full benefit of having a rank tracker like exporting the information and what not.

Next you need to have him write out a monthly progress report basically telling you what he has done for that previous month and any rank changes that have occurred. Now some people might want to say that he needs to give you a link report showing you where he placed the backlinks.... I agree to some extent. For instance i run a few private blog networks (as in they are mine and i alone use them, nobody else) so i wouldn't ever give out this information to any of my clients for my safety. I'm sure if you have valuable link sources you wouldn't give out the location either. But he needs to still send you something that he did for that month. Even if it's just social media optimization (brand building, not for SEO obviously) you want to know that your money is actually going to good use!

But as i said earlier the best way is to just track your rankings. If he gets you progress then that is good! As long as he isn't doing anything shady like blackhat tactics which everyone has different opinions on what they classify "blackhat"

Anyways that's all the advice i think i can give right now. Good luck and i hope this works out for you.

Thanks!

If you want to measure the website success and it's traffic you can use ahref and moz.com to ensure how it's going. I basically depends on both 2 and works best for me.

Just curious, but have you discussed with your SEO expert what he is going to be doing? Turning traffic is the big goal, sure, but what strategies will the expert use to accomplish this?

If you know about the specific strategies the expert will use, then you will have a better sense (or exact means) to measure his progress. Chances are that the expert will use a handful of strategies - especially at the start. Ask for a launch plan that describes the strategies he will be trying, a time frame to start seeing results, and from there on out, keep the conversations going. If your SEO guy can't provide you a plan, then he is probably not an expert (or at least a professional).

No any trick but use quality content

You have to start with On page optimizations with authorized link buildings activities .

Don't hire search engine optimizer in starting of career.
You can start from social media. I don't think you don't know about social media. Just advertise on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. It'll be little helpful for you and then, start learning Black Hat SEO and Whte Hat SEO.

Create a blog. Identify keywords relevant to your services/products. Create blog posts targeting those keywords. Repeat