The SEO effort so far….

My friends on eLance have done quite a bit of work in a short period of time. Here’s what been completed:

Blog Submissions 80
Article Submissions 62
Directory Submissions 100
SE Submissions 100
Business Listings 30
Feed File Creation Submissions 20
Social Media Optimizations 10

Now, I’m not sure about you, but there is no way I could have done all that – EVER! That is far too tedious and time consuming for me to do myself. I would say that this is money well spent.

Remember we are optimizing for 10 keywords and focusing on the long tail (if you aren’t familiar with the long tail, search for Seth Godin). So, we are targeting searches that are very specific and likely to drive only pertinent visitors to my website. The website has lead capture, and a call to action on every page. Either way, the user will get entered into my system to be monitored, tracked, and cultivated over the long term. My system gives them useful information that they want and can use, leading ultimately to a relationship with my company. The conclusion would be: when they decide to buy, I will be the obvious choice given our lasting relationship, and expertise on the subject.

How is this so far? Is this system easy to create, or difficult? Let me know what you think! Comment now!!

Cost Effective Internet Marketing

Almost all of the writing I have done up till now has surrounded around free ways to drive traffic to your site of choice. But, you may have realized that some of the work is tedious and time consuming. If you have the time, Great! But, what happens when your busy making money with you’re business, and you have no time for “driving traffic”? Well, I have a solution for that too!!

Hire a team! Wait, don’t run for the hills…. I don’t mean to hire a staff, I really mean for you to outsource your work. How do you find someone that’s capable of doing what you want, and affordable enough that you can use them? Easy! Try eLance.com. You will be surprised to find out what is available to you. Any kind of work you need done, you can find a willing party here!

One of the best things about elance is the reviews. You don’t have to take anyones’ word for it. You can read actual user reviews. You can also see how much money each company has made, and how many jobs they have performed. You simply post your job description on the site, and proposals come rollin in. I have posted three jobs on the site so far. Each job has had a least ten proposals. You can then ask all the questions you want to ask. Reviews the proposals in detail. See your exact costs. Then finally award the contract for service!

I have just awarded a search engine optimization company a monthly contract to drive traffic to one of my sites. They are doing everything from beginning to end and it is very affordable! As this project continues, I will update this blog with the results I see.

I am sure there are other services available. Check them out and comment back here letting me know which one is your favorite!