Last year I bit the bullet and started hiring and have now built a team of about 10 link builders and writers. It was hard letting go, but if you follow certain rules and deploy a strict process it can be highly rewarding. A lot of people don’t want the hassle of working for themselves, [...]
UK SEO Company Goes Bust
I first heard about Lattitude having problems from Dave Naylor’s blog The Telegraph is also reporting the story. I’ve worked with the Lattitude guys before and chat with the seo guys on a regular basis and I can say they know how to cook it. They didn’t go down because they were bad at seo, [...]
Why SEO is Search Engine Scamming
Danny Sulliven has a post on Searchengine land called, Dear Fox News: SEO Is Not Search Engine Scamming (Unless You’re Scamming Yourself). It’s the kind of post where I read the first few paragraphs, think yeah yeah yeah and then go back to watching the Cartoon Network. But lets go back to Fox News, which [...]
How Much Money Should an SEO be Paid?
I know how much I should be paid, but how much should an agency seo, or an in-house seo be paid? As a freelance my fee is dictated by the market, I set it too high and I get no takers, too low and I am swamped. But what about those who work in organisations? [...]
Only Bad SEOs Work In-house?
Since I announced I was going to help other SEO professionals get work at seo agencies and as in-house seo’s it’s been a crazy 24 hours. After making the SEO Job post and twitter I have been amazed at the response. We’ve been swamped by quite a few CV’s from some very talented people who [...]