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Scaling A Small Agency

Intermediate & Advanced SEO

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I have reached a placed where I now have several clients and we're charged closer to the $2k/month mark for our SEO services. We normally partner with the client's inhouse copywriter or content person so that's a piece we don't have to take on in house...however we do provide content strategy for their person to execute.

I'm now at a place where I want to scale and offer link building but quality link building services. I do it all myself and I really can't keep up with the time management and amount of labor that goes into quality link building. We're not looking to outsource or pay $10/hr for link building as I know we won't get the quality and impact our client's want.

Can anyone speak to hiring people for SEO/Link building purposes for a small SEO agency? Right now it's myself and 2 interns, but even the interns don't fully know SEO. Just trying to figure out how best to proceed with scaling and how much to pay a part timer we bring in house. Also....how on earth do you all manage link building projects for multiple clients. I hope the $2K I'm charging is a fair rate...I feel like I should be charging more.
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