How to choose an SEM or SEO company
Firstly here are a list of questions you should consider when looking for an SEO or SEM company
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How long has your company been trading and what's your core business? |
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We have been trading 10 years and our core business is SEO |
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How long has your company been specialising in SEO? |
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We started research into SEO in 1996 and started specialising in 1997 (before that it didn't exist) |
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How experienced are you and your team? |
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Well as you can see from the previous question we have 8 years experience. |
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What technical expertise do you have? |
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James & David or our 2 propeller heads as we say, they have been with us since day one. |
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Can we see examples of position reports you have for your clients? |
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Yes, we would want to show you. |
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Where are you based and can we meet at your offices? |
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Yes, we have boardroom and conference rooms (and a neat little pub next door right on canal) |
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Can you advise us on the best SEE solution for our site? |
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Yes, we offer a full consultancy and advice service, as a client you can ask for any help. |
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How do you intend to communicate or liaise with our online partners and suppliers? |
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Directly through you and no other way. |
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Is there any long term contracts we need to sign? |
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No,we only ask that you don not use any other SEO company at the same time. |
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Do you use any sub contractors and will you use them on our campaign? |
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Some of our programmers have subbed to us for 8 years, we don't use other companies only workers. |
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Do you have any references we can see, or could we speak to current clients? |
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Yes we have references in hard copy, and our clients will speak to you. Including the chairman at East Lancs Chamber. |
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Do you use IP cloaking? |
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NO |
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Will you be building doorway pages for me? |
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NO - we build pages on your site with more content though. |
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If you set up any new domains will we own this and will they be registered to us? |
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If there is a requirement for any more domains they will be registered to you. |
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If needs be can you turn of our SEO if we decide we don't wish to continue? |
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No we cant, once we start and have positions for you it would take months from them to drop without maintenance. |
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Are we allowed to assist you with each stage of the process? |
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You can join in as much as you like and you can sign of each stage to be sure you are happy |
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Are there any secrets to what you do and how you do it? |
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No, its a simple case of we have the knowledge,the know how and the expertise as professionals |
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How many clients do you have and how long have they been with you? |
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Well, a very lot,and some since we started, take a look at our clients list page. |
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How many companies do you promote in our industry sector? |
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We only promote 3 companies from any industry sector otherwise we competing against ourselves. |
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Will you sign a legal document indemnifying my brand from damage? |
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Absolutely! |
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Do you Guarantee positions? |
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No we don't, unfortunately that it is impossible. Do not believe anyone who says they can. |
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How often do you submit our site? |
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We don't, once the site has been crawled there is no need to submit your site. + we don't use any automated submitters |
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Can we not do our own SEO in house? |
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SEO is a very specialist subject and requires a diverse knowledge of engines, marketing, technical, and site building. |
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And finally... How long before we see some results? |
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You will see ppc results within about 3 days however natural listing can take several months. Timescales for search engine optimisation will be discussed when we start. So pick up the phone and call us to discuss your site now
TEL: 08707 605 629 |