SEO, What do you charge ?

[RiverWire]

One of my friends (offline) has taken a sudden interest in what i do and while ive given him the low down its still hard to get him started, Ive basicly told him to go out and buy his first first site, not as an established site, more like Buy your domain (but think about long term sites not something for a year or two) Buy vBulletin, VBseo , get someone to make a cracking Template etc.

If you've guessed he wants a forum, infact a gaming forum.

Now all in all he could get all that and get going for less than £250.

He's asked me to do the seo on it but ive told him i can help give him advise but i havent got the time to do anything else as my current clients and my sites are as much as i can do at the moment. (with having a job aswell)

SOOOOO ive said id ask around to see what you'd charge a month to SEO this forum ? with how many keywords this would be for etc

Dont worry this isnt a job interview it just so he can see what he can expect, and of course at the end of it i may recommend someone

Please post in the forum so we can make a decent thread

[KingPin]

That a pretty board question to ask how much because I operate 4 different types of packages for my clients.

The lowest package is £1,000 per month and the highest is £5,500 per month, these are just "out of the box" packages but it can be more if they want something more custom to fit their needs.

All of my clients are on a 12 month rolling contract.

I know and have heard of media companies charging on the hour for like 8 hours SEO, I don't know how that works but hey.

KP

[arora]

Good heavens! that's some quote!

Where do the small businesses go - if they want a "Seo Expert"?

I never thought - it will be so much! Thank God - i do my own!

Is it only me - or that's the general quote for SEO's!

I guess, i am in the wrong field & shd. learn to be a professional SEO!

Originally Posted by KingPin

That a pretty board question to ask how much because I operate 4 different types of packages for my clients.

The lowest package is £1,000 per month and the highest is £5,500 per month, these are just "out of the box" packages but it can be more if they want something more custom to fit their needs.

All of my clients are on a 12 month rolling contract.

I know and have heard of media companies charging on the hour for like 8 hours SEO, I don't know how that works but hey.

KP

[KingPin]

According to my clients I'm cheap!! maybe I should put my prices up?

I'm just lucky enough to work with FTSE and Fortune 500 companies.

If I had a small business come to me I would probably do it at half the cost. For me SEO is not about the money, it's in my blood and I love it.

I work for charities for free and I donate 25,000 per year to Cancer Research.

KP

[arora]

KP,

I must say you are RICH - if you can afford to donate 25,000 POUNDS!!!! per year to CR.

Most guys, i know don't earn more than that!

[KingPin]

I'm in a lucky position to be able to do that. If I never had the money I would still do charity work for them because my Mum died of Cancer.

Anyways, this is going of topic.

How much would you charge Arora?

KP

[arora]

KP,

I am NOT a professional SEO - i do it cuz i cannot afford good seo's like you! :-)

I didn't know about seo - till i joined the seo contest! Foolish - you might say - but hey i always wanted to learn seo - i have to learn html soon - as soon as i can get some time to do it!

I actually believe, you have to charge appropriately! What u can do in 10 hrs has been learnt over a period of time with lots of effort gone into it - so it has to be paid in appropriate terms ( read money). If you are good & u r able to command good price & companies are happy to pay for it & satisfied with your work - then sky is the limit!

See Aaron Wall - he states on his blog - he takes work only if the budget is more than 20,000 USD/ month.

So, i would charge appropriate to my reputation and result delivery statistics!

[RiverWire]

If I had a small business come to me I would probably do it at half the cost. For me SEO is not about the money, it's in my blood and I love it.

You are a lucky man i deal with the smaller companys and go only just under half, after all most of my client are from my area of the country and norfolk isnt flooded with money like london etc. It gets me a good income even though i only do it part time.

[smeagain]

I charge £15 per hour for SEO work. Seems fair to me in this part of the world. My county has the lowest average wage in the country. I work mainly for small businesses, mainly Startups. I live OK and they can afford the service. I also think in that price range, I work with far nicer people. Lets face it, SEO is not brain surgery.

[arora]

I don't think, even Brain surgeons, charge £5,500/- on a per month basis. It is usually a one off cost!

Most of the folks go to NHS anyway - with the waiting list so low nowadays - pvt. practise is v low except in London, Manchester & other big cities or if you have health insurance & want to go down the PVt. treatment route only!

Originally Posted by smeagain

I charge £15 per hour for SEO work. Seems fair to me in this part of the world. My county has the lowest average wage in the country. I work mainly for small businesses, mainly Startups. I live OK and they can afford the service. I also think in that price range, I work with far nicer people. Lets face it, SEO is not brain surgery.