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SEO Services: Were You Forgotten?

By Lee Roper
Oct 1, 2008
You may think that in the world of search engine optimisation (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), the bigger firms are the best way to go. After all, the big firms must be the better, more reputable ones to get big in the first place right? Well, not necessarily no. Lets try to understand why this is the case.

Consider the case of a large firm with several hundred clients who all have specific needs from their marketing campaign. Even with lots of staff, managing so many clients search engine optimisation needs can be troublesome at best. While at first you may receive a good service and see your websites profile increase dramatically, gaining you more traffic and hence more business, you may end up paying them a recurring monthly fee for little to no extra benefit as their other, newer clients take priority over your company. Older clients may receive nothing but the occasional tweak to their adverts and a progress email.

A lot of businesses are quite content to carry on like this since they do not understand the internet marketplace and believe that the firm are still doing their best to promote their site, so they continue paying fees for search marketing and gain nothing in return. For a large corporation, losing the occasional client who does realise they are not getting value for money isnt really a big deal as small fluctuations in their profit margins dont really affect them.

An independent search engine marketing consultant will usually only work with a few clients at a time and can devote the time, care and attention necessary to ensure that each client is receiving the very best service for their money. The best search marketing consultants will work closely with you to understand your company and what you are trying to achieve and will put all of their knowledge and resources into helping you to succeed online. For an independent search engine marketing consultant, every client is just as important as every other and all will receive the same level of service.

Another benefit to working with an independent search consultant is the one-to-one support and communication available. With a big firm, you may end up talking to a different person every time you call, or may wait substantially longer for a reply to that email you sent, but not so with an individual. You can speak directly to an independent consultant about your SEO and marketing strategy and stay in the loop the whole time. This gives you not only much better value for your money and a better service, but the peace of mind that comes from knowing your online marketing is being dealt with professionally.
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