What'd you tell people about SEO when they ask "How do you do that?"

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Does anyone have any funny one-liners they give when people ask in regards to SEO, "hey how do you do that??!?"

I used to give this long drawn out technical response. Now, my conversation usually goes:

Q: So what'd you do for a living?
A: SEO.

Q: I've always wondered, how do you do that?
A: Links.

(short pause with silence)

Q: Links?
A: Lots of good links.

Q: Thats cool.
A: Yep.

-end conversation

I try really hard to keep it short and sweet. Otherwise it could end up being a 3 hour conversation.

It could be someone at a bar, family member, marketing director, etc. People usually expect some magical answer that I just don't have. You either know what works really well, or just kinda well.

Would love to hear how you guys respond to:

What'd you do for a living exactly?
How do you do that? (referring to SEO)
#how do you do that #people #seo #whatd
  • Profile picture of the author Microsys
    Well, if you want to sell yourself, you could always mention things like outreach, branding etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    "I shovel bits and pixels."
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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  • Profile picture of the author pianopro
    "I make people more money"
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  • Profile picture of the author anoopsparx
    you should talk about business promotion not website promotion. Before making the call try to find out deficiencies about their website and who are competitors and problem of that business industry. Now create a strategy for business marketing and promotion on paper after that call the clients and explain them, Why they need to hire SEO and how do they promote the business/website.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamestella
    I will let them help to Increase ONLINE RETURN OF INVESTMENT WHICH IS 100 times what they spend on their website.
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