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Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories?
Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines?
Do you offer any online marketing services or advice to complement your organic search business?
What kind of results do you expect to see, and in what timeframe? How do you measure your success?
What's your experience in my industry?
What's your experience in my country/city?
What's your experience developing international sites?
What are your most important SEO techniques?
How long have you been in business?
How can I expect to communicate with you? Will you share with me all the changes you make to my site, and provide detailed information about your recommendations and the reasoning behind them?
Answers:
1. We can provide a list of all our satisfied clients and include contact info to speak to them directly. We are looking to build trust with our potential clients.
2. Google sets the rules and we follow them.
3. We offer online marketing as a part of the service contract you sign-up with you're obviously coming to us for your marketing needs. We do not take that for granted.
4. As our experience has proved it to get properly branded and located on any search engine it will take approximately 3 months for the SEO project to really show results. Anybody that tells you different is not being truthful. The first month usually consists of keyword and where you currently stand reports. The second month usually consists of content submissionsand company branding. Third month is when you will really start seeing results, afterwards our job is to keep you there andahead of competitors.
5. My experience in the SEO industry has been unbelievable! I started in the website design industry while in highschooland during my later years I dipped into SEO. I've successfully proven time and time again that I can give our client'sorganic results and host their PPC campagins. I choose not to use PPC because I want my work to speak for me andorganically.
6. My experience is international and as along as you use the proper keywords for the market you're targeting the resultsare outstanding!
7. I've worked with clients all over the US anywhere form FL to PA.
8. The one SEO technique that is VERY vital in beginning anycampaign, is website optimization. Making sure that your website is working properly and everything functions as it should.
9. I've been in the SEO industry for 8 years now.
10. As for contacting me and receiving monthly reports, you will be getting my email address and a contact number.
