At £75 even a free lancer with a good track record of having optimized a few sites successfully will not accept the job – even in India. (more…)

Hey Shaun

Well being based in Russia you can probably guess we’ve had our share of these types of emails ;0) Sad thing is – you couldn’t even buy a decent Indian/Russian SEO at that rate either, but people seem to look at India/Russia etc. and assume wages are very low there. They are lower, but not *that* much lower people! (more…)

Great post Shaun! I wish all small business owners understood this concept. I am running into the same issues. As small business owners get more and more savvy with SEM, they are realizing that SEO is probably a better long term solution for their traffic needs instead of PPC. (more…)

We’ve all been there Shaun. I used to spend large parts of my day answering phone calls for SEO and the most important task was weeding out the people who either didn’t have the budget or were going to be more hassle than they were worth. (more…)

Seems to be the way things are going now a days people want everything for cheap. I get lots of enquiries for websites and singing lessons (i’m a singing teacher too) but as soon as price is mentioned you never hear from people again, which in my opinion is just rude. (more…)

Maybe it’s because were in a small backwater market (Topeka Ks, USA) or maybe it’s because were a small 2 person outfit but for whatever reason about 75% of our inquiries are of this nature. (more…)

My approach to “we can’t afford it” for SEO, webdesign, content creation, etc… is to also offer training. Some people will pay a few hundred dollars for a couple hours of my time. I go over the basics or whatever, so they feel like they can do it themselves. (more…)

They just don’t get it, do they? The long term benefits of DIY search engine optimization. (more…)

Shaun – might it be possible to come up with a greatly reduced package that could be made available to someone who only had £75 per month, on the proviso that they sign up for 12 months+? (more…)

This post is ringing clear for me at the moment! (more…)