Just a little experience from me with an outsourcer

by nik0 Banned
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I got someone on Skype, it looked like he was looking for SEO'ers but it turned out that he wanted to do SEO instead, okay fine but I already have a team that I am happy with.

However I was thinking I could use someone who would only build "relevant" links, find relevant forums to post on (his English was decent enough), post on relevant high quality blogs perhaps, find relevant web directories. I told it all very clear and repeated it at least 10 times.

So we agreed and I send him $50 on Paypal with the message, consider this as a case study, build what you can and keep in mind I will place large orders when I am happy with what you give me so deliver based on the idea that you had a big amount of work.

Guess what I got?

- 150 social bookmarks (most are PR0-PR1)
- 50 article directory links (most are PR0-PR1)
- 4 relevant links on forums, guess what member profile links

I swear you that I couldn't explain it more clear and I also said very clearly that I did NOT want normal links, like the ones he did.

His argument: I thought your site needed these links cause it had very few links. What a total dickhead.

Moral of the story, give people tiny test samples of like $10 instead cause you can say it a thousand times but still they are so insane retarded to come up with this crap.

And then those people are surprised they can't find work
#experience #outsourcer
  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    Moral of the story - don't pay for anything until the job is done right!
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    • Profile picture of the author nik0
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      Originally Posted by pdrs View Post

      Moral of the story - don't pay for anything until the job is done right!
      If I was on a tight budget I would have done that indeed, however I just wanted him to prove his self and motivate him right away, we had a good chat and he had IN MY OPINION a good idea of what I wanted, LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author eurekapsycrille
    I must admit, I've been through that kind of level (the one you said dickhead) of knowledge when it comes to SEO. I can't forget the big turning point of my career when my previous client told me that I was a total IDIOT.

    I think perhaps if we were talking in person that time, he would surely slap the report right straight on my face because of his anger to me.

    To that, yeah it's a good idea if you will give a short try those who claim themselves to be "experts".
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    • Profile picture of the author nik0
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      Originally Posted by eurekapsycrille View Post

      I must admit, I've been through that kind of level (the one you said dickhead) of knowledge when it comes to SEO. I can't forget the big turning point of my career when my previous client told me that I was a total IDIOT.

      I think perhaps if we were talking in person that time, he would surely slap the report right straight on my face because of his anger to me.

      To that, yeah it's a good idea if you will give a short try those who claim themselves to be "experts".
      Lol nice story, but it wasn't even about knowledge really, I told him very clearly what I wanted so I was pretty stunned when he came up with that.

      Oh well, he ruined a big chance for him self cause he was jobless and I would pay more for this kind of work then I would pay standard VA's. It just surprises me how easily people throw away opportunities.
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    Internet Marketers do not do SEO, stick to employing VA staff that are not internet marketers and you will be fine
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  • Profile picture of the author faysal969
    Find some one who has previous work experience. Take some test and watch their previous feedback and comment by employer. Then make a clear schedule of work and negotiate the cost. Then assign a short assignment. then if you find him/her useful then assign larger tasks.
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