SEO companies proposing SEO work to SEO companies
Title confuse you? I hope it did but read it a few times and it should make sense and yes it is very true. First off, I get multiple emails on a daily basis asking to outsource work, usually from companies in India but it seems people on our own shores are starting to get into the act as well.
SEO company seeking an SEO company
It’s getting so bad that I even get emails from other so-called “SEO companies” with the typical jargon talking about how they know the secrets to traffic or I’m not ranking for x keywords and they can make it happen and I can expect this amount of business. Do plumbers get emails from other plumbers asking if they can fix their sinks? More often than not I just delete the emails but occasionally I take the low-road and write them back because I just can’t resist and they need to hear it from someone.
As a tip for any local business owner out there or just any potential SEO customer in general, delete these emails and please, please don’t buy into the BS you read in these emails and here’s a few popular things to look out for.
Our SEO company is so good we don’t have a website or phone number
1. Getting an email from an SEO company that is so great they don’t even list there business name or phone number and have a gmail account. Do you need a bigger red flag?
We are number one of Google for a phrase that no one searches
2. I love this one. An SEO company that gives you an example of popular keywords they rank for saying they are in the top 5 out of 300,000 results or even 1,000,000 results. This doesn’t mean anything and please don’t be fooled by certain first page rankings, do your homework. Use a little thing called a Google Keyword Tool and do some research on the keywords they’re giving you. This is a free tool and you can find it by simply typing “keyword” into Google and it’s numero uno. What this tool does is give you rough estimates of how many times a month people search certain phrases on Google. It’s not the end-all be-all of keyword search tools but gives a good frame of reference. I can almost guarantee any phrase they give you will return little to no data about how many monthly searches are done for said keywords and most likely they will all be in their domain name. If you ever have any questions about the validity of another seo company please ask, I’m not bias and will give you my honest opinion and have done so in the past and saved a number of people quite a bit of money.
We will submit your site to thousands of places
3. Receiving the numbers emails that shrink up your trousers a little bit thinking about how many places your business will be present around the web. These emails promise you 10,000 directory submissions, 5,000 social bookmarks, hundreds of articles and hundreds of this and that and first page rankings in 1 month for only $500! What a great deal right? Not so much. Your $500 will get you a few irrelevant links and on the longshot they actually submit your site to that many sources they will without a doubt be linkfarms/spam sites/spam directories and you’ll most likely end up banned but the first circumstance is the most likely.
I could go on about all the different types of scams and fraudulent emails there are out there but what really sucks about this is when a legitimate company, although rare, actually tries to reach out to a potential customer with a great service to offer and are often time shunned without a chance because they believe it’s just another scam because of the other 99% of the emails they receive or past experiences of getting screwed by other so-called great SEO companies.
If you ever receive these emails or have a question about potentially hiring a company and have come across this blog post let me know and I would be happy to give you some tips/questions to ask the company to make sure you’re doing your due diligence. Thanks for reading and no I don’t want to outsource my services so stop emailing.
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Todd Helvik
Thanks for checking out the blog. I'm the one behind this little Phoenix Marketing Agency and truly love what I do. If you need some seo, web design or branding help or just have some questions don't hesitate to contact me.
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