Potential Client Found me on Google!?

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by vgal, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. #1
    So, after I was able to think clearly this morning I opened my email. I had an email from someone unknown. It turned out to be a lady asking if I write individual articles, and what my rates were.

    I had no idea who this person was. I answered the email and her questions, and also asked kindly if she would mind sharing with me where she heard of me so I could thank them if it was a referral.

    She replied a quickly, and said "I actually found you on Google". Hmmm.

    I only put my site up 2 weeks ago at most. I've done no promoting other than commenting on blogs when I find something that evokes me to reply. I visit and drop, and return drops for a short time each day for Entrecard. However, I've done no SEO - have not even got the structure for links up on permalink (I still have "%ag430" lol or whatever.

    Oh, I did do like two social bookmarks yesterday. Yes only 2. I don't try to spam things, and just thought I would take a step and do one or two of them. But surely, just doing them 2 yesterday did not put me on Google.

    Is it possible the found me on Google do you think? Or maybe from somewhere else, but they just don't remember where they seen it - or maybe someone posing as someone else for some odd reason?

    As I said, it is a very new site with no SEO so to say... little to no promotion.

    Just a bit surprised and thought I would share, and look for feedback on what it was that may have led them to me...

    Regards,
    V
     
    vgal, Mar 8, 2008 IP
  2. jhmattern

    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    I've had sites listed on Google just a day or two after going live, and that's without doing any link-building other than possibly linking to it from one of my other sites or a forum sig. It doesn't take much. My business writing site started bringing in Google referrals almost immediately, because it was ranking in a top ten spot right away for all but one of my target keyword phrases (and without any special attention to SEO). So yes, it happens, and it's very likely that she found you just as she said she did.

    Now go spend some time on SEO and choosing keyword phrases with more natural traffic, and you'll get a lot more referrals that way. ;)
     
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  3. 0lgi

    0lgi Notable Member

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    Personally I believe that someone can find you from the Google. Are your details correct on your domain names!? If yes then a quick whois will find your email and thats it !
     
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  4. vgal

    vgal Active Member

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    Thank you for the replies so quickly.
    jhmattern - I have not even figured out how to use meta and such for keywords on WP (this was my first WP site). Yes, I installed the all in one SEO. I have no other sites I linked to it from (or anyone else having links coming to me as I know of.. oh one person I offered link to had a directory and they may have added me...)

    I very much appreciate your input, and I aspire to be as successful as you one day.

    However, right now, I can't afford to hire SEO. I can't take time to work on it myself, because we need income day to day into Paypal. We have the worst of luck! Two.. and looks like going on three transmissions on 3 cars in 2 years time. We start to pull ahead.. and BAM!

    To 0lgi: my site is not on my own domain yet. Yes I know, that when I am able to buy one all these links or word of the mouth will be fruitless; I will have to start all over again. I just don't have the option of doing so at the moment. Please don't be the kind to take for granted "It only cost x or xx.. you have to do that" because if so, you have never been a situation such as ours... especially with little toes running around.

    Regards,
    V
     
    vgal, Mar 8, 2008 IP
  5. erichs2050

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    yes,i just set up my website actually 3days ago. but index by google already.you can check it
     
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  6. Stephen Dean

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    I rank number one for "digital scarcity" with a site that didn't exist until Thursday of last week! And I was ranked #1 on Friday.

    If the lady typed in a long tail keyword, it's very possible your site came up. Most stat programs will tell you what search terms were used to find you.

    Stephen Dean
    stephensblog.com
     
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    pallmall Peon

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  8. webgal

    webgal Peon

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    It could be your site is so basic and naked that the content was very open to the search spiders. (I am not criticizing as I've not seen it) I'm just basing that on your description. It is possible.

    Go to statcounter.com and get a free account. That way you can see if someone found you on google when they say they did and you won't have to guess.
     
    webgal, Mar 10, 2008 IP
  9. vgal

    vgal Active Member

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    Thank you webgal for that suggestion. I do have the plugin stats but it does not seem to be working at all...
     
    vgal, Mar 11, 2008 IP
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    webgal Peon

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    I love statcounter. You will be amazed. And while I need the larger account for some things, for my site the free version is just dandy.
     
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    Well, I have several blogs going; one for a women's group I'm a member of, the other two to help a friend's website.

    But I don't even know how you SEO a blog; I've just been using keyword tools to find out some key phrases people look for for a particular topic and try to write the posts with keywords and put relevant tags which are also keyword relevant.

    So, when you figure all that stuff out, you let me know....

    :p
     
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    PearlyWrites Peon

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    Congrats vGal! Isn't it a great feeling when you ask a potential client where they found you and they say, "A Google search!" I had one guy last week answer, "The Internet." It took a lot to not respond sarcastically back to him. He was local to my area and I do go out and network locally so I always ask to track what form of advertising is working the best.

    (If my sentences are off, I am on a lot of cold medicine and probably shouldn't even be on the computer right now.) :)

    Great job and congrats and always a reason to celebrate!
     
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    ebp Banned

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    If you're on shared hosting, maybe Google indexes your website faster because you're on the same IP as some other websites? If that were the case, I'd like to be with a PR10!:D
     
    ebp, Mar 17, 2008 IP