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Curious about SEO for my dental practice website

by SFD
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Hello, I have been reading some information on this site about SEO and I am familiar with how it works. Recently I have been talking to SEO management/consulting companies about SEO campaigns for my dental practice website. Many of the companies are asking around $2,000 a month, but from what I see on here it seems a bit pricey. I am willing to allocate a budget of around $500-$1,000 a month for SEO. I am hoping that a few members here will point me in the right direction on how I should allocate my budget. Thank you for your time and any information would be greatly appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author TotalWebsiteControl
    Sent you a PM.

    Look forward to hearing from you
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  • Profile picture of the author shakir
    2k per month? and also ready to pay upto 1k/ month.. but should be careful SEO is a life time process.. So paying link this for the life.. is not practical.. Better is make a strategy and offer for onpage and content updation some fixed about and say some payment after getting a position in SERP for your targeted keywords.. Many SEO comp are giving this offer.. check carefully..
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  • Profile picture of the author retsek
    A good SEO will identify keywords for your practice, recommend local directories and inclusions, develop a content and marketing strategy and a whole lot more than just "building" links on sites that are exploited and abused.

    With a budget like that, your money and the reputation of your practice is probably best placed in the hands of SEOs like these:
    http://www.seomoz.org/article/recomm...seo-consulting

    You'll no doubt get alot of PMs, I'd ignore them all.
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    • Profile picture of the author SFD
      Originally Posted by retsek View Post

      A good SEO will identify keywords for your practice, recommend local directories and inclusions, develop a content and marketing strategy and a whole lot more than just "building" links on sites that are exploited and abused.

      With a budget like that, your money and the reputation of your practice is probably best placed in the hands of SEOs like these:
      Recommended List of SEO, Social Media, Content, Hosting and Web Marketing Companies | SEOmoz

      You'll no doubt get alot of PMs, I'd ignore them all.
      Yes, one thing that I am really concerned about is hiring some one that is going to build a lot of links and have a potentially negative impact in future.

      I have already received several PM's, but what is the best way to determine who is going to do a good job? It seem's like every one of the companies that I have talked to and have run an analysis say that they do not guarantee any results and want to lock you into a 1 year contract.

      I know that I will not see great results over night or even in the next month, but my goal would be to setup a long term strategy that will get us toward the top for several key words in my area over the next 6-18 months. Am I being realistic with this goal?
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      • Profile picture of the author retsek
        Originally Posted by SFD View Post

        I have already received several PM's, but what is the best way to determine who is going to do a good job?
        You can ask what type of links they will attract/generate for your site. If they mention ANYTHING like Link Wheels, Social Bookmarks, forum profiles, article directories, Web 2.0 pages, Blog comments, or Mass Directory submissions -- you AVOID them.

        I'm not singling out any one of these things. But you can see the underlying pattern to all them. They are easily obtainable, cheap and are not editorial links. For the kind of money you're willing to pay, those cheap tactics don't cut it, and while they may work now ...they'll likely come back to harm you.

        Originally Posted by SFD View Post

        I have already received several PM's, but what is the best way to determine who is going to do a good job? It seem's like every one of the companies that I have talked to and have run an analysis say that they do not guarantee any results and want to lock you into a 1 year contract.
        Yes, no guarantees is standard. Some providers allow payment by performance. You can ask for that, and go on a month by month basis.
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      • Profile picture of the author deezn
        Originally Posted by SFD View Post

        Yes, one thing that I am really concerned about is hiring some one that is going to build a lot of links and have a potentially negative impact in future.

        I have already received several PM's, but what is the best way to determine who is going to do a good job? It seem's like every one of the companies that I have talked to and have run an analysis say that they do not guarantee any results and want to lock you into a 1 year contract.

        I know that I will not see great results over night or even in the next month, but my goal would be to setup a long term strategy that will get us toward the top for several key words in my area over the next 6-18 months. Am I being realistic with this goal?
        For your own site? Long term? Build your own network.
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        • Profile picture of the author SFD
          Originally Posted by deeznuts View Post

          For your own site? Long term? Build your own network.
          Yes, for my own site. I am not exactly sure what you mean by build my own network. Will you please explain what you mean?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dentist
    Hi,

    I am one of the owners of dental marketing company with specialty in SEO for dentists and many successful projects. I left you a PM with more information. PM me if you are interested.

    Thank you,
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  • Profile picture of the author Vivers
    Originally Posted by SFD View Post

    Hello, I have been reading some information on this site about SEO and I am familiar with how it works. Recently I have been talking to SEO management/consulting companies about SEO campaigns for my dental practice website. Many of the companies are asking around $2,000 a month, but from what I see on here it seems a bit pricey. I am willing to allocate a budget of around $500-$1,000 a month for SEO. I am hoping that a few members here will point me in the right direction on how I should allocate my budget. Thank you for your time and any information would be greatly appreciated.
    Hi there,
    Should not be to difficult as you will be going after local clients I would assume. Not nation wide. So tell me what area your in, your website so I can check on your content and what keywords you need to be ranked for so the phone rings of the hook! I think a $500 or maybe slightly more a month budget is totally reasonable for local search SEO. And never do a contract IMO. Just go month to month with whomever you choose. Make sure you are using a company that does everything manually and wont get you there too fast only to be slapped by google. You hear about this all the time and it really can hurt a company like yours with the phone ringing and all of a sudden it ends! I bet in 6 months I could have you ranked high page one ( even top spot ) for your most searched keyword! And the key is you will stay there!

    Good luck with whomever you use.
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    Originally Posted by SFD View Post

    Hello, I have been reading some information on this site about SEO and I am familiar with how it works. Recently I have been talking to SEO management/consulting companies about SEO campaigns for my dental practice website. Many of the companies are asking around $2,000 a month, but from what I see on here it seems a bit pricey. I am willing to allocate a budget of around $500-$1,000 a month for SEO. I am hoping that a few members here will point me in the right direction on how I should allocate my budget. Thank you for your time and any information would be greatly appreciated.
    For local keywords there is really not much needed, companies will easily charge $500/month but it can be done for much less, obvious it depends a bit in which city/region you are located but I bet I'll rank you for your main keywords within 3 months. If you send me over your keywords I can even make you a guaranteed quote where you pay a one time fee AFTER I got you results and then a small fee of $50 or $100/monthly to maintain your ranks.
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  • Profile picture of the author aygabtu
    Originally Posted by SFD View Post

    Hello, I have been reading some information on this site about SEO and I am familiar with how it works. Recently I have been talking to SEO management/consulting companies about SEO campaigns for my dental practice website. Many of the companies are asking around $2,000 a month, but from what I see on here it seems a bit pricey. I am willing to allocate a budget of around $500-$1,000 a month for SEO. I am hoping that a few members here will point me in the right direction on how I should allocate my budget. Thank you for your time and any information would be greatly appreciated.
    Once they know you're a dentist, boom! They hit you with a high price. Ever notice any work you have done at your office is far more than what you pay to get done at your house?
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    • Profile picture of the author nik0
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      Originally Posted by aygabtu View Post

      Once they know you're a dentist, boom! They hit you with a high price. Ever notice any work you have done at your office is far more than what you pay to get done at your house?
      EXACTLY, it makes totally NO SENSE to pay $500 or more a month to rank a local dentist site. Lately I quoted a site for $2000/month to rank him for 50 dentist + CITY keywords. That's $40/month per city.
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