Comments on: You can’t hire top SEOs

By: Tomas Kapler

Tomas Kapler — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:31:36 +0000

I quite disagree – we are one of the 3 biggest SEO companies in Czech Republic, we got many companies on first pages, and customers can still hire us. The reason is quite simple – we do not want to spread our focus. Yes, we can beat any company on any keyword, but for us it is much better to work with 3 or so companies and put them on top 3 positions, and get some provisions for this.

By: Catfish

Catfish — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:53:39 +0000

The opportunity to work on Fortune 500 brands is very rewarding and offers different challenges than smaller SEO projects. And the money is good and the income security when you have a family is also appealing. I get a lot of personal satisfaction by making a big impact on huge companies that are worth millions and sometimes billions of dollars.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:22:47 +0000

@Tad: Yes I suppose there must be a time when you *need* the instant cash flow that can be provided by consulting or working for an agency, that takes away time that could be spend on more profitable personal projects.

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:01:00 +0000

Basically you are right. The problem is once you start client work while you are still not that good you just can’t turn it off. You need plenty of time to work for your projects which you don’t have as clients will flock from everywhere. My website sucks, I have a weird name, I turn down many if not most offers and still I got far too many clients to work for myself.
Sadly client work does not pay that well, so I can’t just say I will work the next 6 months for myself only.

By: Altaf

Altaf — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:46:59 +0000

I completely agree with you.

If you are competent enough to rank higher for some specific keyword then I you shud do SEO for yourself but I think there are number of kws for same service at different location. As well you can’t go in all sectors to you can & shud optimize websites of different country & different sector. As all know exceptions are always there.

By: SlightlyShadySEO

SlightlyShadySEO — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:27:12 +0000

You’re quite right in this.
The only reason(as I see it) to do consultations/seo work for someone other than yourself is if the business would require too much work to run. Like if I can rank for “home loans”, but I do not feel like actually offering home loans, then it all comes down to what would make more: an affiliate program, or doing it as a consultation?
In many cases, the affiliate program is worth more. Once you have that kind of volume, you can negotiate betwen companies for whose affiliate program you’ll be using and get incredible commissions.