I want to hire an seo expert or normal experienced seo who can optimize my blog. I need more targeted visitors. where can i get him and how much will they ask.
LOL. Seo Market is hot. Why do you feel that can't help you here. DP is great places in the world. I got many new things from here. Your blog is good. It can easily get large amount of real traffics. Start blogs comments posting to thousand other blogs. There are many new people, will get your blog and can collect backlinks also in same time, means "kill two birds with one stone". If you need more help. Don't worry. Clear your point.
I recenly got some SEO work done on my site and it cost 550: this included: 1200 Directory submisions 5 Articles written and submited to 100 Article sites 1 Press Release written and submited to 100 PR sites 100 Social bookmarking Not sure if it was the greatest deal but at least it was worth it becaue it increased my SE traffic significantly.
Depends on your budget or what you want really. We need to know the targeted phrases, how far you want to take them, and how much money you can burn. BTW mike, you paid too much. I offer something similar to them (without social bookmarking) for a fifth of the total price you paid.