Guru Needed

[monicapopa]

Hello,

We are interested in finding someone experienced in SEO, who is willing to take a look at my work that I am doing for my employer, on an ongoing basis. This would help me ensure that I am on the right track and we are doing the right thing.

Even tough I have some knowledge with SEO, I am  still novice in the field. I also have background in marketing and management. I believe by having someone to mentor, would help me to grow professionally, as I feel very passionate about SEO, but to also deliver good work to my employer.

I believe someone's experience, reviews and suggestions about our campaigns can help, and I would not expect someone to give out their time freely. Therefore, if required we could talk about a financial agreement.

Thank you for your time, and looking for your replies.

Monica

[Bryan_Loconto]

Monica, you should see if EGOL will be your guy! I believe it states in his Moz bio that he LOVES that type of work.

Juuuuust kidding!!! But seriously, he made some great points!! Best of luck

[JVRudnick]

ABSOLUTELY great Egol advice here.....especially on the 'variance' you'd find by filtering thru common counsel for the 'style' that you like for you and yours....

Read...learn...test...then rank...and repeat!

[EGOL]

Ask LOTS of questions here.

Pay close attention to who gives good and generous answers.

You will see that different people have different answers and different styles.   Different answers does not mean that one is wrong but a lot of the answers that you receive will not be "best answers" in general or not be the  "best answer" for you.  Still, different answers are informative.

Seeing a diversity is important.

After you have asked LOTS of questions you might realize that someone has a style that you like and gives answers that you believe are valuable - and get lots of thumbs-up from members.  That is when I would select a person for paid consultations.

All of the people who I have paid for consultations have first demonstrated to me in forums that they know their stuff and have respect of their peers.  After this type of screening of consultants I have not been disappointed.   However, if I would have hired people without this screening I would have been disappointed many times.  Why?  Much of the free advice given on forums is bad advice or not good advice for you.

Read the profile of anyone who you consider hiring.  Some are available for clients.  Some are not.  Go to their website if they list one and look at it critically.   You can get fantastic assistance from many of the members here, but be careful to be sure that you get the right person for you.

Good luck.

[GPainter]

Hi Monica,

Don't forget you can always ask on here and it wont cost a penny, if however you don't want to share all the secret shenanigans you can also PM people if you wanted advice, best to ask first though!  I've seen your site before where you've posted problems etc. so hopefully it can still work for you and the bonus is you get even more experts to help!

All the best.

[Bryan_Loconto]

Hey Monica

Great decision!! A "professional" second set of eyes is always the best approach regarding online marketing. I would suggest that you go through the Moz Recommended companies and call around to find the best fit.

Also (if you haven't already) check out this WBF about the topic. Hope this helps you find the right fit!

Cheers!