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Is outsourcing SEO/IM affordable?

by Jayson L
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I need fast results in generating leads for my business and am looking to outsource my marketing and seo. It scares me because, who can I trust and not get taken advantage of. I don't have a lot of money to work with, due to a decrease in sales and desperately need to get things to pick up. Any advice?
#affordable #outsourcing #seo or im
  • Profile picture of the author Preben Frenning
    If you are able to do it yourself, you should.

    Many IM's charges a lot for it, but it brings results though. I don't know "who you can trust and not", but I'm sure you will be able to find someone here

    Why not check the "warriors for hire" forum? I've also seen quite a few outsourcing WSO's like this.

    I would recommend you to learn a bit about it, so you know what to look for, and how much it's worth.

    Was that helping? Any more questions?

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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Douglas
    I own an SEO outsourcing service but honestly it's difficult to get fast results with SEO unless you already have an established site or if there's not a lot of competition for the keywords you're targeting.

    If you want immediate results, consider pay per click or some other paid advertising. However, you must have a good idea of your conversion stats and ROI.

    PPC gets you faster results, but once you stop paying, the traffic stops. An investment in SEO may take longer but you'll get long term benefits for your site.

    Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
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  • Profile picture of the author Preben Frenning
    @Ron Douglas - If you take advantage of social networking and social bookmarking sites, "short-term" SEO works pretty fast, right?
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    • Profile picture of the author Ron Douglas
      Originally Posted by Preben Frenning View Post

      @Ron Douglas - If you take advantage of social networking and social bookmarking sites, "short-term" SEO works pretty fast, right?
      It still depends on many factors such as keywords, competition, site relevance, etc. For a newer site, we recommend going after long tail keywords first to get some traffic and build up your site. Then you can go for the more competitive terms once your site is more seasoned.

      The good thing about marketing content on popular user-generated content sites is (if your content is good) you can get traffic directly from those sites in addition to the search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author nossie
    Build linkwheels and bookmark your pages. With these 2 linkbuilding tactics you can raise to the top in very low competitive niches in a short amount of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Preben Frenning
    @Ron Douglas - Yeah, that was what I meant.

    If you find long-tail keywords and for example submit a story to digg, it usually shows up quite fast, as well as you can get traffic from digg itself as well.

    Then eventually, when the website starts to get established and gets some authority, the site itself will show up.
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  • Profile picture of the author tex001
    Anyone have any idea of the cost of using outsource services?
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