Frequently Asked Questions
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What types of businesses can I help?
My business is ideally suited to the small business owner whose business caters to his local market. I help these business owners get their business all over Google so that more customers find them. The industry really doesn’t matter. I have worked with websites in the restaurant industry, photographers, manufacturers that sell globally, local craftsmen, home improvement people, trucking companies, real estate people, jewelers, travel industry businesses, bed and breakfasts, all types of wedding related businesses, various retail stores, service businesses of many different types like plumbers or repairmen. I can help you whether you have a retail store, office space or just a home office that you operate from. I am certainly not afraid to take on new projects in new industries. In fact, I look forward to working with different types.
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Are there are any kinds of businesses you won’t work with?
I am only looking to work with companies that sell products and services to people or other businesses. There are some types of business models that I will not work with. Those include affiliate websites, drop shipping only websites, Made For Adsense websites, Ebooks, gambling related websites or multilevel marketing websites.
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Can I hire you for just one thing or for just a couple months worth of work?
Yes. I would be happy to just help you form a solid strategic plan if that is what you would like. We can just do other things if that is what you would prefer. Contact me and we can discuss what you are interested in. Then I can let you know for sure.
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Do you work for companies outside of the United States?
At this point I have decided to only work with United States based clients. All of my work is done in English.
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Do you use anyone else to do your work or are you a one man operation?
I have a small team of assistants for generating content, articles, links, etc. These are close associates of mine. I have other assistants for certain aspects of my business operations. You will be dealing directly with me personally though.
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Where do you get links from?
The place I get links from depends on the job. In general, I do not buy any links. I only get links that can be obtained through other means. That way, the search engines should not punish you for buying links. There are however certain places where the search engines (Google to be more exact) recommend that you do purchase a link. I would recommend such sites for you and would help facilitate the purchase.
Other than that, the links I obtain will come from different places for each job. My skills allow me to find the best places to acquire such links. This is what allows me to charge for my services. It is also what separates my work from what you get with most SEO link farms.
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How fast can you get my site to rank number one in Google?
That is impossible for me to answer until I look at your website. Then I have to analyze your competition to see why they are ranking higher than you. Then I have to find ways to do what they are doing even better than they are doing it. This process usually takes a while. This is why I only work with companies that understand Rome wasn’t built overnight. If you promote your site regularly, you will eventually achieve top rankings or near top rankings and you will stay there once you are there. Everything depends on the competition in your industry as well as how well your current website is built. Actually, there are a lot more factors than that. Each situation is different.
I will not promise you position one rankings and certainly will not guarantee it. I do expect you to get excellent results as long as you are willing to do what it takes. I promise to do my part.
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What kind of results could I expect to achieve with your service?
If you hire me to promote your business, over a period of time you can expect to receive hundreds and eventually thousands of properly SEO anchored backlinks from various United States based websites. You can expect to see many articles published about your business. You can expect to see articles published about your industry at many various media outlets that will reference your business as being a credible company in the industry. Some of what you see will look like press releases. You will also find that there are bloggers talking about your business and mentioning yours by name.
You may notice people are saying great things about your business online. This publicity will cause a noticeable increase in the number of new customers your business gets. I am quite confident of this unless you have a unique scenario. The amount of increased business depends on your industry, how well your website converts traffic into sales as well as the buying habits of your customers in general.
You should notice that your website is climbing higher and higher in the search results until it reaches a level where you are on an even competition with whatever other businesses in your industry are doing. Our goal is for your website to get more traffic from potential customers than any of your competitors get.
The results you witness from my efforts will be experienced on a gradual increasing level until you get near the top of the search results for the right keywords. If your competition is weak, then you could expect to take a top or near top position in the search engines for your specific keywords in a relatively short period of time. If your competition is stronger, then it will take longer to get enough promotional boost to overtake the leaders.
Ultimately the goal is to bring ever increasing amounts of highly qualified visitors to your website so that you can convert those people into customers. The kinds of results you see are going to be determined by a lot of different factors.
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Are your rates negotiable?
The short answer is no. I charge a very fair price for my time. It is affordable for most businesses including a one man or one woman business. There is a lot more work to do up front for new projects. But, we can spread my payments out over a period of time so that you can better manage your cash flow.
I am also open to ideas and proposals. If you have a unique idea or opportunity and want to propose it to me, please feel free. I am a businessman and will consider all potential opportunities for a win/win relationship. If you are proposing a unique situation you would need to be very clear about what you want from me and what specific benefit there is for me.
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Other things you should know -
I do not work with every business that wants to hire me. In fact, I turn many of them down. I have learned through experience that some types of businesses are not a good fit for me. Therefore, I only work with clients where I believe there is going to be a mutual benefit. If I don’t think I can get good results for you, then I will decline taking the work. My service is ideally suited for businesses who cater to one specific local market.
