Is 500 a month too much for SEO?

My ad: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1537490

I want to charge 500 a mo but getting no offers. Actually, I got one offer but he or she is slow to make a final decision. I have two sites on the front page of Google for competitive terms. My ad has been up for one day.

I know that one person are charging 2,500 a month for link building. Others are charging 300 a mo. How much should I charge for competitive terms and how much for non-competitive terms?

I really want to get this business off the ground but the problem is the price. I figure it would take a few months to do the work (quicker for certain sites).

 

Wait a few days. Your ad had only been up one day, right?

Good luck!

 

So how about the price? Is it too low? Too high? My ad isn't so good and I had one negative comment about the price.

Should I lower my price, accept downpayments etc..? On the other hand, should I keep the current price and make no concessions?

 

How can you ask such a vague question and actually expect to get an answer that is even remotely correct? Whether it's too high or low obviously would depend on your level of experience, your track record (proven results complete with references other than yourself), what you will do for that amount of money (if link development then what types of links?), and how many hours per month you plan to spend doing it on behalf of the client. That would buy them 4 hrs per month of my time... But might get them 125 hrs or more from someone in India.

 

One person was complaining about 500 a mo on my ad thread. 4 hours of your time? My price must be low then. The question I'm asking is "What will people pay (generally)?".

I am a beginner but I have two sites ranking for competitive terms. Since I'm a beginner I have to lower the price somewhat.

 

Wait and still if you wont get any customer for next couple of days the try again by lowering the price.

 

Simple - charge what you believe you services and experience are worth. If you are scared the client will be unhappy with the results and ask you for a refund, you're charging too much. If you believe the client will make more money than you are charging them for your services, tweak your prices accordingly.

On a side note - a wise man (a guy I met down the pub) once told me - "if you're not willing to work for nothing at some point of your life, you will never make anything"..... it as some of the best advice I was ever given!

 

Your rates should match the target of your potential clients. It should be flexible. 500/month is a decent pay for an SEO campaign which doesn't involve very competitive niche.

 

You would really have to prove yourself for someone to pay that much for services. If your new to this then start a bit cheaper until you can build enough case studies to show future clients. And Never do any Black Hat it just ruins your name.

 

hey why dont you join any affiliate program to get business and it will work more than clients check that one you will get many offers from it

 

Hi Jason,

We are charging that amount for our part time service 4hours/day. If you're interested please hit me up, we might be able to help.

 

The first thing you need to understand, is that people are going to complain about your pricing. They do this because they don't know what's involved with the work we do. You need to know that your rate is fair for the amount of work you're doing. Don't sell yourself short, but don't charge more than you're worth. If I'm charging a client $2,500/mo, they have a large site targeting competitive keywords. They have to get what they pay for, and that's all that can be said about it.

As a beginner, I don't feel that $500/mo is too much. You should start out at that rate to build your customer base, once you have your business built up, charge new clients more, and keep your current clients at the same rate. If you have a company that's on the fence about using your service, then you didn't present yourself well. You should have them excited about SEO, enough so that they won't be able to sign a contract fast enough. Don't market yourself as a beginner, that's the best way to ruin a business venture. People don't want beginners, they want experience, and if you when you have the experience, and a proven track record of successful campaigns, people will pay whatever you ask.

 

Affiliate marketing is tough. The Guitar Lesson niche requires 1000's of visitors a day for sales. I can only get 200 - 250 daily visitors. You can't get more visitors than that from search engines. Iv'e looked at the keywords there is only a few keywords "Guitar Chords", "Guitar" "Guitar Tabs" etc that get more hits than "Guitar Chord Charts", "Guitar Chord Chart". But I don't think targeting them will get more people. I could try long tail keywords. But overall I think I'm going to convert it to a totally free site. But I'm adding more video due to negative reviews from a musicians. So I'm adding high quality You Tube Vids.

Jobs? "Jobs in My Area" should be producing at least 200 visitors a day (and that's a 10 percent return) from wordtracker data but it only gets 50 a day at best (The site description is good too). But it's good traffic and they do click on the search box. However, it isn't enough. So I got a new site in the works called JobBoardSite.com (singular not plural). So If I target "Job Boards" I might get more people. But it still isn't enough. Probably I could only double my 30 - 45 dollar monthly payout. I could try some service where people upload there resume for 5 dollars a resume. However, it might be difficult to get people to upload a resume though easier than getting people to buy something.

Maybe affiliate marketing in the future but it doesn't pay the bills now.

 

Are you and your skills worth $500/mo? If your questioning that... your probably to high. You charge what your worth. People will pay it if they agree.

 

how much do you think the person can make money if the site comes on first position?SEO pricing also depends on that.And yes of course,analyze the competition and also the number of links it took to beat the competitors.

 

I only want to say:"link buliding is a black hole".

 

Would you mind explaining what you mean by this?

 

500$ a month for seo is only worth it to people that are going to make much more money than that from your service. It's all about Target Market and getting your offer in front of the right people. I don't know if Digital Point is such a great place to sell expensive services, it seems more for people "on the cheap".

 

My new ad

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1543872

Bad salesmanship? Should I stick to the original?

 

for me you have to lower the price to get that project, there are lots of cheaper services out there so much lower than your price especially those indians who offers very affordable prices.