What Should Be Monthly Salary of an SEO Manager?

Nelapsi

11 years ago

$77,000 a year

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rafiseo Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Nelapsi

$77,000 a year

hmm.. almost 6500$ per month. Do you think its fair amount? Someone asked me to pay approximately 7K per month. 84K per year. At source tax gonna be 40%. So he is actually going to get almost 4200 Per month. By the way $77,000 looks pretty fair to me.
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webdesigndevelopment

11 years ago

Hi,

Rafi, you didn;'t mentioned from which country you are. If you are from india you should give approx. 50,000 Rs. per month for SEO manager

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rafiseo

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by webdesigndevelopment

Hi,

Rafi, you didn;'t mentioned from which country you are. If you are from india you should give approx. 50,000 Rs. per month for SEO manager

No not from India. Actually Im looking for salary ranges in USA and Australia. 50000Rs means almost 925 USD per month! I dont think any real SEO will work for this compensation. But probably socio economic status of India will make this salary attractive?

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Khushnoodpk

11 years ago

Realy Indians, Pakistanies and Bangladeshi seo experts make seo very cheap

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MikeFriedman

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Khushnoodpk

Realy Indians, Pakistanies and Bangladeshi seo experts make seo very cheap

He is talking about hiring an actual SEO, not a second rate backlinker.

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Nelapsi

11 years ago

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

He is talking about hiring an actual SEO, not a second rate backlinker.

Second Rate? You actually think that highly of them, for me 2nd rate is a old fashion mexican sweat shop

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Hossain

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Khushnoodpk

Realy Indians, Pakistanies and Bangladeshi seo experts make seo very cheap

Cheap is not always good. Specially for SEO. True SEOs are not going to work 500$ monthly. I didnt find any SEO expert(!) in India who is going to neglect 500 USD offer even as SEO Direcotr!

Originally Posted by Nelapsi

Second Rate? You actually think that highly of them, for me 2nd rate is a old fashion mexican sweat shop

whats wrong? Do you really think there are good SEOs available in India or Pakistan? Let me know if you understand difference between an SEO and a Link Builder (who probably do forum posting and blog commenting?)?

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Nelapsi

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Hossain

whats wrong? Do you really think there are good SEOs available in India or Pakistan? Let me know if you understand difference between an SEO and a Link Builder (who probably do forum posting and blog commenting?)?

You are taking this thread way to seriously.. *laughs*

How about I let you know when I want something from McDonald's drive thru?

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rafiseo Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Nelapsi

You are taking this thread way to seriously.. *laughs*

How about I let you know when I want something from McDonald's drive thru?

hmmm smelling of another percussion!! Guys I just wanted to know your opinion to get an idea. Dont start like 3rd world war. lolz :p
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- Hossain 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by rafiseo
  
  hmmm smelling of another percussion!! Guys I just wanted to know your opinion to get an idea. Dont start like 3rd world war. lolz :p
  
  Lol! Ok I am going to keep me mute on that issue. :p
  
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GFI

11 years ago

I don't know exactly amount but If I guess so almost 60k per month.

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Warock

Banned 11 years ago

Where can I find a SEO job in singapore?

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pinakin 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Warock

Where can I find a SEO job in singapore?

You can try freelancing sites and microjob sites
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195SEO

11 years ago

I currently manage and SEO company and i earn approximately 55k per year. So anything in the regions of that i would say was fair. Depending on the size of the company.

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Warock

Banned 11 years ago

Where ... I want to find a SEO job....

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Nelapsi 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Warock

Where ... I want to find a SEO job....

You have one huge problem... as a SEO Manager, you need to be the one answering questions not asking them all the time.
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Abbeysmith

11 years ago

If manager have all SEO strong knowledge base and he is update all latest google (panda update, etc) effect on the ranking, than he deserve good salary minimum 750$ per months.

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kimseo

11 years ago

In North America , That position should get somewhere between 70k to 90k

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rafiseo

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by kimseo

In North America , That position should get somewhere between 70k to 90k

I see. Thanks for reply.

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paulgl

11 years ago

So, if you make 5K a year, and spend 70K a year on SEO.....

I can't even believe the responses here.

The only one that can answer this question is you. How
much more money do you expect to make? If you pay
$1000 a month, and get $500 back, you are losing $500
a month....

Sure, there are no guarantees, but any SEO expert worth
hiring will have parameters to gauge success.

You cannot take on an employee "just because." They
have to be worth something to the bottom line. Only you
can come up with a figure.

I mean seriously. If your company nets $50,000 a year, why
would you pay $70,000? If your company nets a mil, you
might want to pay that. Only you know your targeted ROI.

I'd probably take on a person who works as a percent of
increased income. Give them a 6 month trial or something.

Paul

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rafiseo Banned 11 years ago

Hey Paul, I personally think 6k/month is ok for an IM expert only when I would be able to earn 2-3k per month from my SEO department. The only reason why I started the thread is I just wanted to know a fair compensation for that guy. There are numerous so called SEOs. So a real SEO would ask for handsome salary indeed. Can you let me know if I am right or wrong with my calculation?

Originally Posted by paulgl

I'd probably take on a person who works as a percent of
increased income. Give them a 6 month trial or something.

Paul

Yes I am thinking about this. Thanks for your recommendation.
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- MikeFriedman 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Warock
  
  Where ... I want to find a SEO job....
  
  You have to know how to perform SEO before you can get a job doing SEO.
  
  Originally Posted by kimseo
  
  In North America , That position should get somewhere between 70k to 90k
  
  I would say in most cases, that is probably a pretty fair assessment, assuming there is also some kind of discretionary budget they access to for expenses which could be anything from directory listings, to content writing, to buying new domains for projects. If they are expected to pay for all of that out of pocket, then that is a decent wage for a few clients. Anything more than a few clients, and they'll be losing money.
  
  And also, what Yukon said above.
  
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kimseo

11 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

So, if you make 5K a year, and spend 70K a year on SEO.....

I can't even believe the responses here.

The only one that can answer this question is you. How
much more money do you expect to make? If you pay
$1000 a month, and get $500 back, you are losing $500
a month....

Sure, there are no guarantees, but any SEO expert worth
hiring will have parameters to gauge success.

You cannot take on an employee "just because." They
have to be worth something to the bottom line. Only you
can come up with a figure.

I mean seriously. If your company nets $50,000 a year, why
would you pay $70,000? If your company nets a mil, you
might want to pay that. Only you know your targeted ROI.

I'd probably take on a person who works as a percent of
increased income. Give them a 6 month trial or something.

Paul

Sorry to say but if one's company is making $50,000 a year. He/She should not hire any employee (atleast not fulltime).

what i said before (70k to 90k) was for a medium size company with decent turnover

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yukon

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by rafiseo

Most recently I have opened an SEO wing in my web development firm to diversify my business and earning source. Just wanted to know how much should I pay to my SEO manager? His rolls are..

1- Train link builders and content creators
2- Get orders from clients
3- Plan and develop strategies for traffic generation including complete White Hat SEO.
4- Develop new backlink and traffic generation packages.
5- List building and email marketing.
6- Misc..

Any idea?

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Number 2 is a bad idea:

2- Get orders from clients

Keep in mind, you don't want that employee to handle 100% of the SEO business, otherwise he'll soon realize he can do without you, since he's generating clients.

You need a sales guy & an SEO guy, don't let 1 guy do both jobs, otherwise your employee turn over rate will be huge.

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rafiseo

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Number 2 is a bad idea:

Keep in mind, you don't want that employee to handle 100% of the SEO business, otherwise he'll soon realize he can do without you, since he's generating clients.

You need a sales guy & an SEO guy, don't let 1 guy do both jobs, otherwise your employee turn over rate will be huge.

Yeah I was thinking of it. So I am going to hire a marketing guy on commission basis. Otherwise actually my SEO Manager is going to start a new fir within 2013.

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MikeFriedman

11 years ago

Originally Posted by rafiseo

Yeah I was thinking of it. So I am going to hire a marketing guy on commission basis. Otherwise actually my SEO Manager is going to start a new fir within 2013.

Also, most SEO's don't know squat about sales. They are awful salespeople. In fact, most SEO's I have met, you would never, ever want even talking to a client or prospect.

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rafiseo

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

Also, most SEO's don't know squat about sales. They are awful salespeople. In fact, most SEO's I have met, you would never, ever want even talking to a client or prospect.

Hmm... I should hire a guy who knows how to collect orders and communicate with clients but the guy shouldn't have any clue on SEO strategies. On the other hand SEO manager will just process orders collected by us.

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MikeFriedman

11 years ago

Originally Posted by rafiseo

Hmm... I should hire a guy who knows how to collect orders and communicate with clients but the guy shouldn't have any clue on SEO strategies. On the other hand SEO manager will just process orders collected by us.

Ideally you would like to have an SEO with decent people skills to be able to communicate to clients, and a salesperson with a little knowledge of SEO, or at least how to explain what SEO is and why a client needs it.

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MarcCPASAW

11 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Number 2 is a bad idea:

Keep in mind, you don't want that employee to handle 100% of the SEO business, otherwise he'll soon realize he can do without you, since he's generating clients.

You need a sales guy & an SEO guy, don't let 1 guy do both jobs, otherwise your employee turn over rate will be huge.

And so will your client turnover as the SEO will take the clients with him as he leaves.

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Hossain

11 years ago

Originally Posted by rafiseo

Most recently I have opened an SEO wing in my web development firm to diversify my business and earning source. Just wanted to know how much should I pay to my SEO manager? His rolls are..

1- Train link builders and content creators
2- Get orders from clients
3- Plan and develop strategies for traffic generation including complete White Hat SEO.
4- Develop new backlink and traffic generation packages.
5- List building and email marketing.
6- Misc..

Any idea?

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I did a quick google search and found it.

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/w...obs-Guide1.png

Hope that will give you an overview on how much you can/might/should offer..

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11 years ago

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Nelapsi

11 years ago

For me.. if I was running this business.
Sales/Client Interaction: He or She would need to have a smooth telephone voice and if I planned on doing business in the USA needs to have english as a first language. Must be internet savvy too, I don't care if they can do it but they must be able to speak it.

SEO Manager: Runs the SEO building show and I would limit the interaction between this person and clients. Mostly because I want to focus on the SEO skills and less concerned about social skills but also if this person becomes to much of a keyhole in your business what are you going to do if they leave and take it with him or her?

The besides the business security this offers you, it additionally provides you with the ability to sell and do SEO at the sametime.. not sell or SEO.

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Dustin Blevins

11 years ago

I agree with everyone else on the business part of it. Your seo guy does not need to be your sales guy. The business I run has a similar aspect. If I were to let the workers do the sales as well they would soon start to think that they could go off and do it on their own.

They may or may not be able to really do it, but if I had them working sales / client interaction as well, I would have a horrible turn over rate.

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MikeFriedman

11 years ago

By the way, you should have some sort of non-compete clause with them too so that if they ever leave, they cannot take your clients with them.

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Fraggler

11 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

I'd probably take on a person who works as a percent of
increased income. Give them a 6 month trial or something.

Good luck hiring someone in the real world on that promise with that job description. They aren't there to generate income; they're there to perform SEO. I can't imagine someone wanting their salary based on how someone else in the company performs.

Not every role in a company directly generates revenue. There are many roles which are needed to get the job done.

Originally Posted by yukon

You need a sales guy & an SEO guy, don't let 1 guy do both jobs, otherwise your employee turn over rate will be huge.

I agree with that to some degree. The SEO guy can help train the sales go to learn what SEO can offer a potential client but I think the roles are too specific.

Originally Posted by rafiseo

Yeah I was thinking of it. So I am going to hire a marketing guy on commission basis. Otherwise actually my SEO Manager is going to start a new fir within 2013.

Create a work culture where your employees want to work and you want have an issue with them running off. Not everyone is cut-out for running their own business. If they are doing a great job then reward them.

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

Also, most SEO's don't know squat about sales. They are awful salespeople. In fact, most SEO's I have met, you would never, ever want even talking to a client or prospect.

Offsite whitehat SEO is largely based on marketing so I'd avoid hiring someone who doesn't like talking to people.