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    Are you an in-house SEO or an Agency/freelancer SEO ?

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    • DTOSI
      DTOSI last edited by

      Agency

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      • eyepaq
        eyepaq @GeorgeAndrews last edited by

        I work in an agency. Never been to the other side (in house that is...)

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        • JohnW-UK
          JohnW-UK last edited by

          Freelancer and Run my own sites

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          • StreamlineMetrics
            StreamlineMetrics last edited by

            Agency for client work while running some of my own personal projects on the side.

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            • rrsmondo
              rrsmondo last edited by

              in-house

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              • AVSFencingSupplies
                AVSFencingSupplies last edited by

                In-House

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                • MagicDude4Eva
                  MagicDude4Eva last edited by

                  In-house. I think a nice follow-up question for agencies/freelancers would be how they work with clients marketing-/technical teams to improve SEO (and how do you overcome organisation barriers in this case).

                  I always found that SEO agencies (at least in South Africa) work too removed from clients and rather focus on link-building without any measurable metrics.

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                  • DHS_SH
                    DHS_SH last edited by

                    In-house and freelance in spare time

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                    • AndrusPurde
                      AndrusPurde last edited by

                      I've got all boxed ticked - I'm inhouse a couple of days a week, I occasionally freelance and I've also started on my first serious niche site effort to learn faster and make an extra buck. Wonder how many more multi-role people are here?

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                      • somes
                        somes last edited by

                        In-house for my own sites and freelance for local firms.

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                        • InMarketingWeTrust
                          InMarketingWeTrust last edited by

                          1. I'm a freelancer to big agencies (30%)

                          2. I do consulting under my own brand (69.8%)

                          3. I work on my own sites (.2%)

                          Makes me look like I go by every SEO opportunities. Call me easy, but call me maybe...

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                          • eyepaq
                            eyepaq last edited by

                            @all: Are you happy with the position you currently have ? (in house, agency or working on your own projects).

                            Or are you stuck but you would like to move ? (from in house to agency, from agency to in house and so on )

                            Really curious about the level of "happiness" with current positions in the community - and again, it's mainly about the Q and A community as I've seen a lot of activity on the blog from people that are not present here..

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                            • VisualCity
                              VisualCity last edited by

                              Agency

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                              • CatalystSEM
                                CatalystSEM last edited by

                                Agency SEO but have worn all hats.

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                                • cbielich
                                  cbielich last edited by

                                  In House - Agencies are Drama 🙂

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                                  • RobertFisher
                                    RobertFisher last edited by

                                    Agency,

                                    In-house is so... boring 😉

                                    Back at ya Cesar

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                                    • eyepaq
                                      eyepaq @CatalystSEM last edited by

                                      @Catalyst Online: So you you've seen how green the grass is on both sides of the fence. So Is Cesar or Robert that's right ? (drama vs boring)  :))

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                                      • eyepaq
                                        eyepaq @InMarketingWeTrust last edited by

                                        The biggest revenu is coming from # 3?

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                                        • danatanseo
                                          danatanseo last edited by

                                          I am in-house

                                          Level of happiness - 9.0 out of 10

                                          Desire to experience the agency side of life: 7.0 out of 10

                                          What would it take to get me to move from one to the other? - $30K above my current salary (which isn't really that high)

                                          Anyone, anyone, Bueller?

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                                          • Citires
                                            Citires last edited by

                                            In-house

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