Approached by Local Construction Company to Do SEO...How Much Do I Charge!?

Hey Guys,

I was approached by the owner of a local construction company who is a friend of a friend of mine, and heard that I do online marketing and SEO in my spare time.

He gave me his business card and wants me to contact him in regards to helping his company's website rank better in the search engines for certain keywords.

Problem is, I've never done work for people outside of my own promotions!

I don't know what to charge, or what I should ask...

The owner himself is worth approx $1,000,000 so money shouldn't be too big of a concern, however I haven't asked what his budget is yet.

I just took a look at the company website, and it consists of a "fancy" flash movie on page load, and then a small flash page saying what the company does, and how to contact them (by regular mail of all things!)

So I can tell if I do decide to help him out, it's going to require an SEO overhaul of the website since I know flash doesn't rank for anything keyword wise (I think?)

Off the top of my head I'm thinking of these services to offer:

Keyword Analysis and Market Research - Including Current Site Analysis ($1,000 cost)

Keyword Marketing and SEO Optimization - Articles, Web 2.0 links etc. ($2,000)

...What else should I be offering as services?

Am I pricing too low? What do most people charge for SEO consulting / contracting work?


I just recently launched my own product on ClickBank which I planned to begin marketing solely for the next few months, however if I take this SEO job, then I obviously won't have much time as I do have a full-time shift work job.


Anyone have thoughts or comments on this please!

~Dexx

 

it would be grate if u post the site link .....

Then people can help you.

 

The site is just a one page flash site, with no backlinks.

I'm more curious as to what people would charge if they were approached with a similar situation, and what services would be good to provide (other than keyword research, and building the backlinks etc.)

 

i think your strategy is sound BUT i think it will ultimately fail due to it being a single page Flash site. i would absolutely insist on them having a new site created - can you offer that? you can even include SEO in the price (within reason).

 

if u want to hire me then send me pm i will do well in seo since last 5 yrs.

 

Sorry, I should have mentioned that one of things I'd be suggesting is having me build them a properly optimized site.

Possibly using a CMS such as Joomla which they can easily update themselves later.

 

Yeah atleast $3k, but ask yourself how much extra business this is going to bring them.

Personally if you're redesigning the website too, and it looks good $5k

 

It seems to me that the client wants to build his web content, as in expanding upon the one page that is currently available. The best advice that I can give is to call the client and ask him to tell you exactly what he is looking for, after the call tell him you need time to digest the information and craft an accurate quote and then come up with the answer then. It might not be what you were looking for, but I believe it's the only way to price this project.