oblivion19
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keep us updated on what he talked to u about.... got me curious... btw: m a dentist too..
Forced into offline SEO...my dentist left a msg
- Thread starter ajcomputerdoc
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I am sure many people have said this already, but here it goes.
Get together a list of services that you would be willing to offer them and then let them pick and choose what they want. If you want to buy yourself some time you could probably show him maybe a general list of keywords/searches and tell him that you have to further evaluate the competition in the area. Just like comps on houses you do need to know who else is in the area, if they have web sites ect.
I know hard core sales people would probably scoff at this tactic and just go along and do things on the fly, but if you find yourself that unprepared, then your going to have to do something. And telling them that you need to look at the competition and see what is going on in the local area sounds believable. That's because it's partially true.
Get together a list of services that you would be willing to offer them and then let them pick and choose what they want. If you want to buy yourself some time you could probably show him maybe a general list of keywords/searches and tell him that you have to further evaluate the competition in the area. Just like comps on houses you do need to know who else is in the area, if they have web sites ect.
I know hard core sales people would probably scoff at this tactic and just go along and do things on the fly, but if you find yourself that unprepared, then your going to have to do something. And telling them that you need to look at the competition and see what is going on in the local area sounds believable. That's because it's partially true.
bananaman5000
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Worse comes to worse, charge him lets say $1000, then go on Freelancer.com and hire Indians to do it for $400 and keep the difference.
ShiftySituation
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Definitely go with what someone else said and ask him what his budget is per month... Then tell him you will work out a business plan and and get back with him. Keep in mind that he can probably go a few hundred more per month on his budget. With that in mind, make him a business plan for his budget and then make him a slightly better plan for a few hundred more. If he doesn't know what is really going on and has never paid for SEO service before, hit him at 1,400.00 a month and tell him that is your basic price. If he says that is over his budget, then he can come up with a number because he is know in the ballpark figure of what a service like this costs.
Once you know what his budget is, pay someone like me 80% of it and I'll manage the entire project which will be out sourced to people on BHW that I've dealt with personally and know that they do quality work. Don't tell him once he hits number 1 for a particular keyword that he has a good chance of staying there, you want him to keep paying you every month to keep him at #1, which you will just keep 20% and pay 80% for the management fee... You could definitely do this on your own though for a great experience but I'm not giving up any out source references. You'd have to get the bad with the good and then keep working with the good. Don't go with xrumer blasts only, maybe one good one to start but you want to pay for quality blog link wheels which will last a lot longer than xrumer blasts and look better in the long run.
For the phone call, he doesn't need to know and probably doesn't want to know the technical details. One thing you can do is get Market Samurai and figure out the best local keywords like; Chicago Dentist, Chicago Dental Work, Dentist in Chicago, ect... and let him know that these are the most searched keywords and these are the ones that you will focus on and get him to #1 for each and every one. Tell him it takes about 3 months to get to #1 depending on the competition, this way you have enough time to get your ducks in a row because it shouldn't take that long for someone that has done it before.
You can simply send him a screenshot of a Market Samurai graph each month so he can see the progress of of each keyword.
Now if he doesn't have a web site, tell him that there is a 1500.00+ price tag on you creating the site and then out source that as well. Also include in the hosting price and how much per month that will cost him.
My free extended helping hand... If you want some reference pages to send him to, I have a brand new one literally bought the domain and built the site less than 2 weeks ago (which if the whois is updated, you can show him how new the site is) that is at #2 for 2 keywords (Broad match) and at #1 for one of those keywords (Phrase match). You can give him my email address too and I'll put in a good word.
Once you know what his budget is, pay someone like me 80% of it and I'll manage the entire project which will be out sourced to people on BHW that I've dealt with personally and know that they do quality work. Don't tell him once he hits number 1 for a particular keyword that he has a good chance of staying there, you want him to keep paying you every month to keep him at #1, which you will just keep 20% and pay 80% for the management fee... You could definitely do this on your own though for a great experience but I'm not giving up any out source references. You'd have to get the bad with the good and then keep working with the good. Don't go with xrumer blasts only, maybe one good one to start but you want to pay for quality blog link wheels which will last a lot longer than xrumer blasts and look better in the long run.
For the phone call, he doesn't need to know and probably doesn't want to know the technical details. One thing you can do is get Market Samurai and figure out the best local keywords like; Chicago Dentist, Chicago Dental Work, Dentist in Chicago, ect... and let him know that these are the most searched keywords and these are the ones that you will focus on and get him to #1 for each and every one. Tell him it takes about 3 months to get to #1 depending on the competition, this way you have enough time to get your ducks in a row because it shouldn't take that long for someone that has done it before.
You can simply send him a screenshot of a Market Samurai graph each month so he can see the progress of of each keyword.
Now if he doesn't have a web site, tell him that there is a 1500.00+ price tag on you creating the site and then out source that as well. Also include in the hosting price and how much per month that will cost him.
My free extended helping hand... If you want some reference pages to send him to, I have a brand new one literally bought the domain and built the site less than 2 weeks ago (which if the whois is updated, you can show him how new the site is) that is at #2 for 2 keywords (Broad match) and at #1 for one of those keywords (Phrase match). You can give him my email address too and I'll put in a good word.
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Codythebest
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- May 29, 2009
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So if I get it right, you give your computer tech biz card but you have no clue about computer?...Amazing...
ShiftySituation
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Computer tech has nothing to do with SEO...
edgematch
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- May 24, 2010
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Better than watching an action-thriller-drama flick. Frankly I am so much curious about tomorrow. Please keep us updated. And this is a gift from me:
ajcomputerdoc
Newbie
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he does have a website done by prositesdotcom
CyrusVirus
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- Aug 20, 2009
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for some odd reason. i don't think they need you to rank their site for anything, im thinking they want you to come in and fix a computer or 2 for them... it is a computer technician card, not a Web Marketing. IMO
ajcomputerdoc
Newbie
- Aug 29, 2010
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i dont know what he wants/needs but this is him:
drrichardrosendotcom
pretty nice it seems
drrichardrosendotcom
pretty nice it seems
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meathead1234
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flexpaydude
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Lol, now watch about 50 people from BHW email him offering their services
lmao, no doubt. there's another prospect for my financing program...j/k
areevezcash
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- Dec 24, 2009
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sell him a better web address
LoboRsxS
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ShiftySituation
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You really messed up OP so I guess this is lesson 1 learned. You posted his domain which is leading the wolves to the sheep, not good on your end and maybe the end of your SEO carrier.
sunshyne
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ajcomputerdoc
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I only repair and build computers...