This is the definition of the blind leading the blind, a new client came to us and gave us the conversations of themselves and their old website designers, that proves when you dont know about a service just because someone offers you something a bit cheaper and is critical of a higher quote you shouldn’t assume they are better. For the record both website design companies dont have a long record of promoting websites and have no outstanding SEO results to demonstrate their abilities.
If you want us to update and promote your website come and let us show you what we have done for other companies and what we can do for you, we will give you realistic goals and not claim to get you ‘To the top of Google’ without even knowing or saying what you will be ranking for (unlike the ‘professional’ website design and SEO company below).
[Tilbury Website Owner] I need a link to another business on my links page assuming you can do this or can I do it myself? I am not getting many leads after having my site redesigned and promoted by a Tilbury Website Design company so could do with promoting the website a bit, could I come over to you as I see you have loads of highly ranked websites in Google? Had a company call me yesterday, could get me to the top of Google for £8500 my current website designer seems unable to comprehend how important it is for me to get enquiries and clients from my website. To say I was shocked is an understatement at the quote and my own website designers attitude.
[Website Design Company] I think adding the logo and links are a bit above your skill level and you could break your own site if you do it wrong so it would be better if I do it for you. Unbelievable quote of £8500 to get you to the top of Google? I could do it for you for less of that. Are they in the real world? Getting sites to rank highly is an expensive exercise and does take a bit of money, but £8500 seems steep.
I could do it for £7000 and it will take me between 6 months and 12 months. It’s a 15 hours a week job for quite a few months to get those sorts of results. Then after the initial high ranking we have to keep you there and that means an on-going SEO maintenance package. Everyone of your competitors is trying to get on page one of Google, so keeping you within the top 3 and keeping the competition away is an on-going job. SEO isn’t cheap, but website owners who want these sorts of results have to think, if we got you to the top 3 and you got 3 new jobs a week worth £3000, would it be worth paying an SEO £300 a week to keep you there?
There are many cheaper ways to get new business, but it takes time. I am currently getting clients for a mortgage broker in Brentwood. He pays me a retainer of £250 a week and I get a commission of 10% on any loan he processes. I go out and look for leads for him. I do web searches looking for people who are looking for a mortgage or wanting to refinance. I spend 5-6 hours a week doing my magic and then I pass on what ever I find. I am currently getting him between 3 and 5 new leads a week. This is just one example, but I wanted to show you that anything is possible, but it takes a lot of time to do and you can learn to do it yourself and save your money or you pay someone like me to do it for you. It’s a return on investment calculation you need to make. But, don’t even think about the £8500 option as no one can guarantee a number one spot on Google and that estimate for your SEO might be the initial cost as there is always a need to have an on-going service.
Most firms will not accept payment of results. I do both, flat fee SEO or pay for results.
[Tilbury Website Owner] Thanks for the reply, as you say, it is above my skill level! I am also looking for some work in Thurrock all this week. Please add the details from y testimonials to the website and also add something about my new services that we spoke about. I have been working on my home and will have some before and after photos that I could forward to you later on. The problem is, there is always someone willing to take your money and spend it on SEO and advertising, they all claim to be the best, but never willing to get paid on results only.