Posted by rishil There has been a spate of posts recently that talk about spammy SEO agencies offering guarantees , trying to con webmasters into linking to them. Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/david-trattnig/262091025/ As a small business SEO/SEM, how do you deal with competition by these guaranteed page one results type SEOs? There are two elements to this situation: one is protecting your current client roster, and the second is gaining the right new client.

Posted by rishil I promised in my last post that I would disclose a link building strategy that small businesses have access to but tend to over look. Note that most small businesses may not need hordes of links to target the niche keywords that we identified via our Keyword Discovery Process . Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiggywinkle/141187362/ Full Disclosure: Personally I dont think any of the ideas below are revolutionary.

Posted by rishil As I have often stated, I work with many small clients, especially in the medical field. There are few problems associated with this market, none of them unique, but they're a pain to deal with for the revenue that you make on taking on small clients. 1. Explaining SEO Its hard enough to explain SEO processes to CEOs and corporate managers who understand the purpose and benefits of SEO,

Posted by rishil I work with mostly small independent sites with little or next to nothing budgets, and I help them turn things around )if possible(. My biggest success story was a client who had 1 or 2 patients a week through word of mouth, and then grew to an average of 50 referrals through monthly online marketing, as well as a huge established practice.