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Clients Requesting Spreadsheet of all Links

by taurasmark
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Hi Peps,

I'm brand new to this site, or to any internet marking related forum for that matter.

I have a few questions; I was hoping someone on here could think up a good excuse to get around not having to log each article submission and link in a spreadsheet for submission to a client.

Is this a common request?

What do you all think about it?

Any tips?

Surely by submitting a speadsheet of all links is detrimenal to business?

Many thanks in advance
#clients #links #requesting #spreadsheet
  • Profile picture of the author Paul Gram
    It's definitely a common request and something you should easily be able to give when building links for people.
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    • Profile picture of the author taurasmark
      Originally Posted by Paul Gram View Post

      It's definitely a common request and something you should easily be able to give when building links for people.
      Thanks for your reply Paul...Yes easy, I agree but would you not say it's like teaching the client how to do things for themselves ?
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
        It's only showing them the result.

        As a client, I'd expect it.
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  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    Originally Posted by taurasmark View Post


    Surely by submitting a speadsheet of all links is detrimenal to business?
    Sorry, but I don't quite see your thought process whereby submitting of all links might be detrimental to business...:confused: In fact, if I paid you to submit (for example) an article to 50 places, I would most certainly be very suspicious of your ethics, if you failed to show me how you had spent the money I have paid you.

    Even people offering their services on Fiverr for a meager $5, email you proof of completion.
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  • Profile picture of the author taurasmark
    Guys, thanks a lot...points taken on board

    Lists it is then....
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  • Profile picture of the author Sojourn
    The customers who would use the lists in order to do the work themselves are probably not the ones you want long-term anyway.

    A great deal of the benefit of outsourcing is simply not having to do the work yourself and the clients who come to you with that objective in mind are probably ideal. If they take your list and use the tactics to internalize the work, so be it, but most will want you to do more (if you're effective) and they simply want proof that you're doing the work you say you're doing.
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    • Profile picture of the author taurasmark
      Originally Posted by Sojourn View Post

      The customers who would use the lists in order to do the work themselves are probably not the ones you want long-term anyway.

      A great deal of the benefit of outsourcing is simply not having to do the work yourself and the clients who come to you with that objective in mind are probably ideal. If they take your list and use the tactics to internalize the work, so be it, but most will want you to do more (if you're effective) and they simply want proof that you're doing the work you say you're doing.
      Some good advice, thanks for all the input
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by taurasmark View Post

        Thanks for your reply Paul...Yes easy, I agree but would you not say it's like teaching the client how to do things for themselves ?
        I hate to break this to you, but submitting articles and backlinks isn't exactly rocket science or brain surgery. If they really wanted the skill internally, they'd have tasked someone already on the payroll to learn it.

        Odds are, they are hiring you because you have already climbed that learning curve and it's more cost effective to pay you than bring the task inside.

        Getting that spread sheet, as people noted, is simply (verifiable) proof of completion. And it serves as an insurance policy should some of the work turn out to be marginally dark hat and need to be reversed...
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  • Profile picture of the author pacelattin
    Yes, almost all link building SEO clients want this.

    Then again I don't believe in LinkBuilding anymore, i only know a few peopel who wont eventually get you google slapped.


    Originally Posted by taurasmark View Post

    Hi Peps,

    I'm brand new to this site, or to any internet marking related forum for that matter.

    I have a few questions; I was hoping someone on here could think up a good excuse to get around not having to log each article submission and link in a spreadsheet for submission to a client.

    Is this a common request?

    What do you all think about it?

    Any tips?

    Surely by submitting a speadsheet of all links is detrimenal to business?

    Many thanks in advance
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  • Profile picture of the author stodog77
    I personally don't give backlink reports, just ranking reports and traffic analysis every 30 days. What is more important? The customer seeing the increase in rankings and traffic, or getting some backlink report that they won't even go through anyways? Results are far more important than a backlink report.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lilach
    It's a very personable thing. Some clients expect it and want it, other's won't.

    One of the issues you need to consider is if you weren't providing it before, how much will it cost you to include.

    For example, in my old business every client wanted a timesheet. Each month those timesheets would take 30 minutes to roughly complete. However when you have 60+ clients, that's a lot of time and if you're not factoring that into your cost you're going to miss out.

    Going forwards, I now don't provide this, only for one client. The other's instead get an activity update where they can see the growth and conversions - this actually works really well and they receive it each week without fail.
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