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So I'm in a bit of an interesting situation. I want to do great SEO for all my clients, but I currently manage 18, each demanding 10 - 20 hours per month.

Is anyone out there able to manage a ton of clients and keep them all happy? What are the most effective strategies you use? I'm currently focusing almost exclusively on copywriting for all of them, simply because I don't feel like I have time to effectively test different strategies.

Anyone have any advice?

I can't say 100%, but it looks like El Cajon is still in San Diego County, which might mean it's close enough to still count. Again, you might want to get a second opinion, but I don't think it would be too much of a problem using your actual zip code with San Diego. For instance, where I am (Maryland) there are several small towns that people just incorporate into the bigger city while keeping their unique zip codes.

You could also check "See Search Terms" which is located in the keyword tab - this will show you what searchers types in when they got the impression.

This is a tricky one - you're more likely to come up for the smaller city if you're far from the city center, but it's not as likely to get as many searches.

I'd suggest using whatever address most commonly appears on the web. One thing Google really relies on is a consistent NAP - Name, Address and Phone Number. If your website says San Diego, and you have other local citations (directories, etc) that say San Diego, go with San Diego - that should help boost all your local rankings.

Haha, vastly different service areas so no worries

The reason I want to use the same keywords is because I want to test out not including cities in my tracked KWs to see if this makes to On-Page reports more relevant - I'm getting a lot of Fs because I don't like to use [keywordphrase + city] as an exact match when i write copy.

Anyone got any suggestions?

I have a few clients in similar industries across the country and I'm wondering if it's possible to track the same keywords (for instance, air conditioner repair, faucet replacement) across more than one campaign, or if I'll had to reupload the same keyword list for each one.

Thanks!!

This is great, thanks everyone! I've read a lot of SEOMoz, but focused mostly on content-related information. Guess I'll have to get serious and get back into it

What is this ...book...that you speak of? Just kidding, I'll check that out. Thanks for the tip!

I've been working as a copywriter for about a year and a half now and I feel like the more advanced SEO topics (rel= tags, .htaccess files, etc) are a bit over my head. Is there a website where I can read up on all of these things?

I have a basic understanding of them but I couldn't talk about them for very long, and I want to become more well rounded as a search marketer.

Thanks!!