The internet doesn’t stand still and what may have been popular and successful a few months ago can currently be less relevant and out of favor with search engines like Google. The secret is to forecast what will be popular in the future to ensure that your website stays at the top of the search engine’s ranking pages. We attempt to read those future signs while making sure to keep up to date with the latest developments in design, coding and SEO techniques so that we can steer our clients in the proper direction.
Whether you’re new to search engine optimization or a company whose SEO efforts require a refocused, strategic approach, Smart SEO Designs can help. We specialize in all levels of search engine marketing and will assist you with making your website relevant to both search engines so that you can increase your websites rankings and traffic, as well as to your users to improve leads and conversions.
While we can’t go into specific details as to our exact methods, what we can tell you is that the methods we employ are completely white hat so as to ensure lasting results.
Before we start your service there are three major steps that we take to ensure that we can generate the results you want to achieve.
STEP 1 [Free Consultation]
The first step in the SEO process is to understand what your aims and ambitions are for the site as well as the search keywords or phrases that are relevant to your business and for which you want your customer base to find you for. We then analyze your competitor’s websites and the degree of difficult in securing first page rankings for your preferred keywords. If we don’t think we can get you results, we just won’t take on the project. In addition, if we take your project on and we can’t give you the results discussed up front in 90 days, then you’ll get your money back! That’s how confident we are in the service that we are providing!!
STEP 2 [On Page Optimization]
Prior to starting your campaign, we’ll take a look at your site and send you a report that will recommend potential fixes that should be made to get the most out of our SEO services.
STEP 3 [Pre-Campaign Checks]
We create a ranking table that confirms your websites ranking prior to using our services.
It’s only after we’ve taken these initial measures and have come upon an agreement with you, our client, that we begin to start our SEO campaign. We do ask that if you want to use our services that you stay with us for at least 90 days. We are looking to develop partnerships that will help our clients grow for the long term. Anything less than 90 days is a waste of time for both yourself and Smart SEO Designs.
PRICING
There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ answer when it comes to pricing. SEO is unique to each website, competitive environment, business goals, etc. Furthermore, SEO is ever changing and to ensure that we’re ahead of the curve, we are constantly reviewing our methods and tweaking our optimization methods. With that being said, a survey by SEOMoz showed that majority of firms charge anywhere from $76 – $200 an hour and another independent study of over 150 SEO companies showed that firms in the US that charge by the month don’t take clients for less than $750 a month.
Those companies that offer monthly turnkey packages without going over your objectives or website are most likely outsourcing or using automated link building. While this might work in the short term, it can lead to devastating consequences down the road. One only needs to Google ‘penguin algorithm update’ or ‘panda algorithm update’ to see that those businesses that engage in poor link building end up losing their rankings and getting penalized.
All the content that we build is handwritten and all the backlinks that we get are manual – we message bloggers, speak with webmasters, and compile reports to figure out the best link targets to help grow your website and turn it into an authoritative property. Like any other type of marketing, SEO is an investment that can pay multiple dividends when done properly. Investing more in SEO will allow us to allocate the necessary time to your project to ensure that you get the best rankings possible.