How do I find a great SEO Mentor?
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I've had good experiences growing with Mentors. I don't mind paying the high rates as it has always left me with a good return.
What I'd be looking for:
- Someone to give me direction
- Someone to correct and provide advice on a strategy that I have come up with
- Someone to provide answers when I'm stuck
- Someone that I can grow with
It would help if the mentor has good knowledge of and can help with how social media, blog writing, email marketing all ties in to a good SEO campaign. Ultimately we want to be able to help our clients reach more people any way possible.
With this I feel I can take the next step and start offering these services in a way that works for our business and more importantly allows us to meet the needs of our clients.
But finding an SEO mentor is proving harder than I thought. So does anyone have any tips on where to find a mentor? Who is actually doing it now and would be a good option?
And what would the rates be? I was thinking in the $100-150 range. Is this reasonable for an SEO mentor?
Any help here will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Daniel. -
Thanks guys I'll be in touch.
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Hi Daniel,
You're welcome to PM me with your questions.
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Hi Daniel,
My advice here would be to learn the basics through online resources. Subscribe to things like DistilledU, which is a great online resource and can take you through all of the basic steps in barely any time at all. Make sure that you follow all the major blogs and are always dedicating some time to reading up on SEO related stuff.
The next stage can then be looking for a mentor. Personally, I would suggest reaching out to well-known industry SEOs to see if they would be interested in doing it; you will often find that having a mentor that is currently working within the industry will give you the most value.
I personally do this kind of thing and have had most of the people that I mentor simply get in touch with me after reading some of my content. The way I charge is through an hourly rate for my time, hence why I suggested learning a lot of the basics through online resources (because it will be a lot more cost effective). Alongside this, you need to decide on what it is you want to get from the mentor - do you want to get an overall view of SEO or would you like to focus on a specific area? for example, link building, technical SEO, local SEO, etc.
If you want some more info on how I can help then drop me a private message through Moz, or just email me (my email is visible in my profile). Bare in mind that I'm based in the UK though
Hope this helps!
Matt
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