What more to do for such a client

[mageclub]

Hi.. We have taken a automobile spare parts clients SEO deal. 4 keywords to work on and competition is not that great also. So looks good.

For the first 2 months, we have finished doing its social bookmarking, social blogging , few directory submission and thre complete onsite SEO.

Now for the new months, what should be the new plans ?

What all things we can do for those 4 keywords ?

I mean, what more methods to promote ?

For this month, I have a new plan. Find all the related websites and send a personalized email to all asking them for a Link exchange.

Tell me more.

[MarieHaynes]

I'm going to be a little harsh here.

Does this website know your level of experience?  Are you charging them appropriate to your level of experience?

The methods that you have used so far are not likely to make a huge difference in today's world of SEO.  And, depending on how you are going through with this campaign you have the potential to do harm.  Be very careful about what anchor text you are using.  Overdoing social bookmarks and directories can cause a site to be affected by Penguin.  See http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/are-seos-destroying-small-businesses-a-penguin-story

Reciprocal linking done on a large scale can get a site penalized.  A few reciprocal links are not going to get a client penalized but are not going to be terribly effective as compared to one way links.

If you are not certain what else you can do for SEO, it's totally ok to ask questions and learn what works to rank sites these days but be careful that you are not doing your learning (and making mistakes) on someone else's dollar and with someone else's livelihood.

[Debdulal]

ohh sorry did I mention the URL -

http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.co.uk/en/uk/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

take your time, read this first ..

[Debdulal]

Please please do not kill that website. Whatever, you are doing is killing the website. As the website is in automobile industry, there are loads of things to do. Do you have a social media marketing plan ready? What about the local seo strategy? How is the online structure of the website? Do you have a content driven marketing plan? Are you reaching out to your targeted audience by blogger outreach? Are you utilizing the power of email marketing? What you are doing in the engagement front? What plan do you have to improve the usability of the website?

[bradkrussell]

Agree wholeheartedly with Sean here.

Link exchange?! Instead of writing emails to webmasters, write meaningful, useful content in this niche. Examples would include auto spare parts guides (how to install, what to look for etc), comparison guides between brands/products etc etc.

[IainReloadMedia]

Well said Sean

Iain - Reload Media

[Sean_Dawes]

Let me just start with saying...stop and take a step back.

Above you mention a bunch of outdated (directory submission) or just bad techniques (link exchange).  I suggest you take a look at the SeoMoz beginners guide first to see what is all involved in SEO and than start from the ground up

http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

[SEO5Team]

Hi,

If your on site optimization is done properly then your focus going forward should be on the 2 activities listed below:

• Link Building

• Social Media Optimization

Some posts below that you might find useful in your SEO planning:

Building a Monthly SEO Action Plan

Noob Guide to Online Marketing

Noob Guide to Link Building

6 Month Link Building Plan