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How Do I Edit a Clients Website?

by LarryS
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I've been doing online marketing for more than a year now, selling physical products, CPA offers etc. but now I would like to try the offline market. My question is this, even though I've created more than 70 of my own websites and had many of them rank on page 1 of Google, when I get a client, how would I get into their website to do the SEO or other changes they may need? I could build a site for them if they didn't have one, but I don't know how to alter an existing site.

I know nothing about Wordpress or html cpanels or whatever that technical stuff is. I'm strictly a WYSIWYG drag and drop site builder kind of guy. Since I have no interest in trying to figure out html, I would be hiring someone to do that work (probably one of you warriors), but what would I need from the client for me to be able to add keywords and meta descriptions and all that good stuff?

Thanks,
Larry
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryS
    In English, does that mean that I get a website address from the client and then some sort of password? I have no idea how FTP works. As I mentioned, I would outsource this to someone but I would like to know what I need to be able to have the outsourcee? edit the client website.
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    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      You need the client's hosting info (where they hos, username, password). If you're dealing with wordpress, you'll need their admin password and the url. You can access the dashboard by adding /wp-admin after the url.

      You need the FTP to upload files.

      Originally Posted by LarryS View Post

      In English, does that mean that I get a website address from the client and then some sort of password? I have no idea how FTP works. As I mentioned, I would outsource this to someone but I would like to know what I need to be able to have the outsourcee? edit the client website.
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  • Profile picture of the author pethanks
    You must learn first the basics of website development. You can also study topics related to websites development.
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  • Profile picture of the author rahulbatra
    You can take help from you tube videos. There is lot of stuff regarding SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author newbie2011
      Originally Posted by rahulbatra View Post

      You can take help from you tube videos. There is lot of stuff regarding SEO.
      It takes very long time to locate a good video. Could you please suggest any good one?
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  • Profile picture of the author angelawang
    You have to learn the basics Knowledge of website development. You can also study the subject related to the web development.
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  • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
    I don't know how to alter an existing site.
    Keep it simple! Be a consultant. Create a document specifying the exact changes you recommend, and then it's up to the client's current webmaster to implement the changes.

    That is what I do.

    Marcia Yudkin
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    • Profile picture of the author T.R. McCarroll
      Have to strongly agree with Marcia...

      This can be a dangerous spot if you are actually tweaking someones website
      without having any tech knowledge. And that include WP even though it is pretty hard
      to screw one up.

      Either hire a pro from this forum or use your customers webmaster.

      You are not in the tech business but the consulting business.

      T.R.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        You do not appear to have the knowledge to edit someone else's site - and it could be a bad result.

        Stick with consulting - and if the client wants you to make changes let them know you have someone who can do that and outsource it. Before making that offer, find an outsourcer you can trust who knows what he is doing.

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    • Profile picture of the author HeyAdMan
      Originally Posted by marciayudkin View Post

      Keep it simple! Be a consultant. Create a document specifying the exact changes you recommend, and then it's up to the client's current webmaster to implement the changes.

      That is what I do.

      Marcia Yudkin
      Hi Marcia!

      Everyone seems to have a different idea about what it means to be an offline consultant. Some say you don't need to know how to do any of this stuff while other say you do.

      In the way you speak of consulting does this mean that you are asking questions initially about their business and then later get back with them after you have created a mind map or something and sell that to them showing what needs to be done?

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      • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
        Everyone seems to have a different idea about what it means to be an offline consultant. Some say you don't need to know how to do any of this stuff while other say you do.
        You need to understand the marketing rationale for what you're selling extremely well and you need to be able to explain that to the client. That's really what they are paying for - your problem-solving ability, not the service per se.

        In the way you speak of consulting does this mean that you are asking questions initially about their business and then later get back with them after you have created a mind map or something and sell that to them showing what needs to be done?
        Consultants are not sales people. They solve problems. They begin by having an intelligent and probing conversation about the client's situation and only then do they suggest the solution for the client's problem and sell them on it.

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  • Profile picture of the author theprofitguru
    Your best solution would be to outsource this task. If you try to do it without the knowledge and experience needed you could do some real damage to your client's site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jimian
    Yeah, i run across the same problems sometimes. Everybody uses a different platform. If i can't get in and do it myself, i try to work with the website designer. BUT... they feel you're tinkering with THEIR property and get all hissy-fitted about it sometimes.

    Plus, they usually don't know squat about SEO and feel belittled. It's a tender walk i find most times.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryS
    Thanks DABK for the info. That's exactly what I was looking for.

    Hey Jimian, I have heard this a few times, myself. But mostly what I get is that the client doesn't want to work with the original site designer anymore because they weren't getting the expected traffic so now they want to hire someone more knowledgeable about actual marketing and getting them sales. So I don't need to worry about upsetting the original designer. I know what needs to be done to a site to get it to rank and to bring in traffic, I just don't know how to do it with a Wordpress site.

    As I had mentioned, I AM planning on outsourcing the html work to someone else but I wanted to know what info I needed for that person to access the clients site.

    Thanks for the help warriors!

    Larry
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  • Profile picture of the author MrCruzin
    You would use a program like Filezilla to upload to the FTP.

    A couple questions though you mentioned you have done sites. Any site you make FTP is the main way to make them so I am not sure how you made some without ever using one.
    How did you upload your sites?
    Wordpress is the best system for setting up sites. It has many features and functions clients would want.
    Why have you not learned wordpress?
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    • Profile picture of the author LarryS
      Originally Posted by MrCruzin View Post

      You would use a program like Filezilla to upload to the FTP.

      A couple questions though you mentioned you have done sites. Any site you make FTP is the main way to make them so I am not sure how you made some without ever using one.
      How did you upload your sites?
      Wordpress is the best system for setting up sites. It has many features and functions clients would want.
      Why have you not learned wordpress?
      I use WYSWYG type site creators. Specifically Quik Biz Sites and Weebly. There is no FTP uploading involved. The sites are created on their servers.

      I know I will get lots of flak for saying this but I totally disagree that Wordpress is the best system for setting up sites. It is not intuitive at all and I like seeing what I'm designing while I'm doing it. Hence the drag and drop that I prefer. I have all the features that I want and need with Weebly without having to purchase any additional plug ins or themes that Wordpress users always seem to be doing. If I'm in the middle of designing a site and decide that I want it to have two columns at the top and three in the middle, it's a simple matter of dragging a "double column" icon into that spot and continue working. No need to purchase a new "theme" from somewhere. And if I want to add a photo, I simply drag the photo icon to where I want it, click on the icon to upload an image and I can resize it by dragging on a corner, add a border around it, link it to a website, email, pdf file or anything else I want to do all while seeing it right there on my website page. No need to go to a cpanel or somewhere where I can't view the changes. To me Wordpress is like working in DOS instead of using Windows. And I'm a Mac person!

      But that's just my opinion and I know I'm in the minority. Different strokes as they say....
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  • Profile picture of the author henrywolf2010
    You said you create your own websites. Just create one, rank it, and redirect to your clients' website.
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    • Profile picture of the author LarryS
      Originally Posted by henrywolf2010 View Post

      You said you create your own websites. Just create one, rank it, and redirect to your clients' website.
      Hey Henry,

      Yeah, that would be the way I would suggest to a client but I would want to be prepared if they said that they want to keep their existing site and just tweak it.

      I'm currently building several different niche sites for my local area and once they rank and start getting emails and phone calls, I will decide whether to sell the leads or lease out the sites.

      Larry
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