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Sounds great. I have a private fb group with some smart guys (and gals) in that are in the same business you are. You are (both) welcome to come check it out
There is a lot of us but they are smart and helpful and I would love to make it better. Good luck!
good question. I had the same thing happen w one of my clients. it was a 250% increase but only for two days. hopefully somebody jumps in w a possible answer.
Matthew
I love Moz and the community and all the tools here. I admit I haven't rolled around in all the new things rolled out a few months ago.
I thought there were more changes on the way but I wasn't sure if those already happened and I missed them or if I need to be patient?
Affiliate program, client reporting?
Thanks for any response. Have a great weekend!
Matthew
I'm sorry, I'm not clear what your question is.... I would imagine everybody's % of organic traffic varies depending on how they promote their business. Myself it is about 40% organic, 20% direct, 30% referral and 10% campaign. I would REALLY like to increase my campaign (email marketing) so I am less dependent on Google.
You should be teaching a CLASS on building a following on Social Media - holy cow! Those are some fantastic numbers! 
Mind sharing a couple tips on how you built that kind of following!? How long did that take you if you don't mind me asking?
I am new to guest posting myself but just joined MyBlogGuest and just learned of an enormous list of sites to guest post on if you are interested (cant vouch for this list but there is 500 of them to check out) http://www.buzzblogger.com/500-places-to-syndicate-your-content/
All my best,
Matthew
I have tried numerous tools, my team of freelancers, (fiver I admit) and a couple people from Upwork and still not getting a GOOD response to - How much search volume is there for "home builders" JUST in WIchita, KS (for example) I get local results like that are challenging because a lot of them show no search volume.
Am I missing something? Can recommend a resource? I would be really grateful!
I am trying to figure out a nice long (ideally) list of keywords for 'plumbers, wichita ks', 'dentist, wichita ks' - Local service businesses and everything I try shows next to nothing.
Thanks for ANY advice!
Matthew
WOW - That answer alone was worth $500 bucks.
I used to think Moz was rich and full but man, there is so Much new stuff! I love it! I still need to explore everything.
Does anybody know if its going to be an option for our clients to log in and see just their account?
are changes in the works for reports we can pull and send to clients?
thank you!!
Matthew
I have struggled with the best way to charge my clients FOREVER it seems and I think I finally have decided on how to proceed! ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
(I have read the seomoz blog posts about the subject, the Art of SEO and Search Engine Optimization Secrets book and tons of blogs, etc).
I got into this business because of what I was able to accomplish with my party rental companies website and what I had studied and read for months and months.
Without knowing any better I tried to get into SEO and online marketing and fell straight into designing websites and subcontractors and hosting and everything EXCEPT seo work! sound familiar? I CAN'T be the only one this happened to
I have regrouped and finally gotten my FIRST pure SEO client. They agreed to pay me $3,000 over 6 months for JUST recommendations with monthly reporting on traffic, # of links, etc.
My plan is to charge clients X amount of dollars broken up over 6 months - $2-5k. (that will include monthly reporting) for a list of recommendations. (on page, link opportunities, design suggestions, kw suggestions, email campaign, on and on). NO MORE $400-500 FOR A WHOLE WEBSITE - INCLUDING CONTENT CREATION! (I was stupid enough to do this - TWICE!
I like doing it this way so I can focus on giving them maximum value right from the get go and not slowing spoon feeding my knowledge out to them or them getting burned out after 2 months and not wanting to continue because they haven't seen a miracle yet.
I will justify the clients investment by dividing that lump sum by $75 an hour (low for some of you I know) and track the time I spend researching links, their competitors, their on page, etc. and include it in my monthly report.
I plan to give my first client their report in a few weeks and it will be pretty comprehensive but not EVERY thing I can think of but enough to impress. They are welcome to pursue the links I found, make the site changes, etc themselves OR I will be happy to have ALL my recommendations implemented for them for a reasonable, fair amount. If they want me to do it I will explain my staff will be doing the work and it will be $25 +/- an hour vs. $75
Sorry for the long post and thanks for hanging in there if you read this far!
I would love any suggestions or flaws with my plan!
Thanks in advance and have an AWESOME week!
Matthew
Dana,
That's a GREAT idea! I never thought about fixing or offering to do something small for free. I might head in that direction all together. I have spent to much time on my pretty packet to toss it now and my new bride will kill me if I don't at least try this approach but if it doesn't work like I hope I will try that one!
Thanks for the great response.
Matthew
All I can say is good luck. I have tried all of them you mentioned plus webceo and AWR (advanced web rankings) and found all of them lacking in 2 or more major ways when it comes to an "seo tool". Some are cost, some are confusing, some are difficult even for me to understand much less a client, some look at KPI indicators that make sense only to them, many price based on # of keywords you are tracking and if you have many clients (especially ones focused on local traffic) it can really drive your cost up, many of the 'tools' they use are essentially worthless.
Hands down, by leaps and bounds, NONE of them compare to Moz in any way in my opinion.
My only desire in exploring other options is, maybe like you, I wish Moz allowed either A) the ability for clients to log in and see their information (and only their stats) or the ability to download a cohesive monthly report without having to cut and paste and cobble one together.
Just my two cents....
(If you haven't tried webceo it is my favorite simply as a reporting tool. You can schedule reports to clients once a month and give them the ability to log in and see their stats).
Matthew
I normally use open site explorer to identify links that competitors of my clients have and sometimes this gives me what I call 'some low hanging fruit' to go after. (and of course links that are more challenging to get)
I don't know why this didn't occur to me sooner. If my client is a chiropractor why not look at the links for 50 or 100 of the top rankings chiropractic sites all over the US? This would HAVE to uncover a wealth of blogs to comment on that have good authority, great industry associations, publications, forums - a whole wealth of items.
It made me wonder how many people use site explorer like I have been (top 3-4 competitors that your client has) or identifying links pointing to LOTS of competitors? How do you use it?
Couldn't you almost base an entire link building campaign using OSE? Why would this be a bad idea if not?
Just some random thoughts. THE WEEKEND IS ALMOST HERE - Have a great day everybody!
EXCELLENT RESOURCES! thank you for the links!!!
Overall impression is very good.
Biggest thing I see missing is an ABOUT page. This is SO important. I use crazy egg to show all my clients how important their ABOUT page is. For most of my clients its the MOST popular page on their entire website. People want to see a story and the real people behind the business who care about what they do and the people they serve.
You have courses and contact us above the fold but maybe something a little softer like you see on this site - http://www.rovepestcontrol.com/ encourage them to ask a question would likely help w bounce rate.
The phone and email in the footer aren't clickable.
The headers in the footer. You can barely see them.
Need more relevant and helpful content
Videos are great. I would get those on the homepage for sure. Increases time on site and will help with bounces for sure.
I would add a REASON to join the mailing list.
Just a couple thoughts. Good luck!!!
Matthew