Working on a clients website is sometimes like being Paris Hiltons lawyer
So, I awake to the news that Paris Hilton is being sent to prison for 45 days. Hands up who thought it was inevitable.
OK, you an all put your hands down now.
So how is this similar to search engine optimising a clients website?
Being an SEO consultant can mean taking money for advice which you know will be ignored. You can tell some clients that their titles need to be descriptive relative to the content of the page till you are blue in the face. But as long as you are paid for the advice do you really mind that they ignore it.
I havn’t met one successful SEO consultant who hasn’t had a client like this. Sooner or later though, they might be asking why their competitor is wiping the floor with them.
Not only is it bad SEO it’s bad business and if your client behaves in this manner, how much longer will they be around. The question is, do you really care as long as they hand over the readies.
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May 12th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Im having to tell a client this at the moment, its not easy
May 12th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Don’t you just wish you could pull out a huge smelly trout and slap them in the face.
I’m thinking that wouldn’t be professional.
May 12th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Sometimes they just take too long, if something is having a negative effct on their rankings and I think I know how to fix it I need it done within 24 hours not next week or the week after.
May 13th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Education of the client plays a huge part to enable us to work effectively.
May 22nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I like to them this, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” That way, there is no mistaking that what I am saying is true. Of course, at that very moment I become their “former webmaster/SEO guy.” *Sigh* It isn’t easy.