I am looking into starting a link building service to get some instant cash for my time. I have a pretty nice understanding of what it is, and what I must accomplish when I do this. I have done it for my own sites, but have never done it for clients. My question is, what do customers generally look for when working with someone? I see that they usually want a report from previous clients but obviously I do not have that. Tell me what I should be aware of. How much do you usually pay? What do you expect from the service they provide you?
I've used providers over at ODesk before because I have my own site list. I've paid between $2-$3 per hour with an average of 5 profile links or 8 blog comments being made. I'd check the listings over at Odesk, if your potential clients are aware of the outsourcing possibilities I am afraid it is going to hurt the price you are able to charge. If they aren't, then paying $1 a link or so is possible. If I were looking to hire you I'd want to know three things. 1) Guarantee of the type of links created with URL's given for each link. 2) Guarantee of the # of links created per hour. 3) An example of your success in link building.