Affordable SEO?

[ChrisHolgate]

Hey,
I love the resources available to me through Moz.com and although I've found it's possible to make a half decent attempt at improving our site using these tools. I have however got to the point where it would be nice to have a second opinion as my view on our site and what can be achieved is no doubt somewhat stale.

Obviously asking the community through Q&A is a start and I have benefited greatly in the past from your advice but I wouldn't expect anybody to give our site more than a two minute glance for free. As such I'm hoping to locate someone that I can pay to talk things over with just to get some fresh ideas and perhaps a list of tasks that my staff and I can continue to undertake over the coming months.

I appreciate that Moz has a list of recommended SEO companies however these all seem to be targeted towards larger brands and I can imagine a relationship with one of these companies being less personal than I would like. Asides from going through lists of users and checking out their profiles individually, is there a resource that lists the smaller independent on Moz.com and if so where can I find it?

Alternatively are their any external resources that might help me to find someone that would be a good match?
Thanks for your help.

Chris

[KeriMorgret]

Have you considered contacting some of the people and companies on the recommended list, and ask if they can refer you to an individual who would be more in your price range? Many people in this industry do have a list of people they can refer out to if they're not the best fit for the job.

[GregB123]

Hi Chris,

I have a couple of small ecommerce sites and ran into the same problem with MOZ Recommended list. They are wonderful intelligent folks - but way too pricey for small businesses.

What I did was search the Forum for questions that sounded like they matched the problems I was experiencing. Then started a list of who answered them in a way that sounded intelligent, that I could understand, and that were polite. You can then check the profile of the MOZ members who answer questions in a way you like. Some will run small SEO firms, or work for small firms. Then put together a Request For Quote (RFQ) and send copies to 3 or 4 of your favorites.

It really does not take that long. Just an evening searching and reading the Forum, then an afternoon to write the RFQ.

After that I did have a hard time choosing just one - I wanted to work with them all but the budget did not allow ;-(

Good luck!

[ChrisHolgate]

Hi Keri,

Thanks for your response; I did think about contacting a couple of them even though I didn't think that we would be a great match together just to see if anything came up.

Then I figured if these guys are used to earning $500 an hour then it didn't seem fair to take up their time in this way if I knew we probably wouldn't end up working together!

[ChrisHolgate]

Hi Gregory,

That's a nice idea, I think I'll give that a go.

I think all I want at this point is for someone to take a couple of hours every month to take a look, see what work we've done, provide some fresh ideas, point us in the right direction and then leave us alone for another month while we work on the points given along with integrating our own ideas.

Thanks again