Hiring for SEO Outreach

[MarkAse]

Hope everyone is having a nice Labor Day!

We're a family owned wine club startup and have been handling SEO in house since things didn't go well with a previous SEO company (and sure we've done plenty of bad stuff along the way as well).

In any case, we're writing a blog, including video entries etc.  I've been handling basic email outreach about posts (ie if I write a winery profile, asking the winery to link to it) but don't really have time to handle more significant outreach than that.

Can anyone make some suggestions about where to hire someone for an outreach job like this? It would undoubtedly be part time and Elance didn't give us anyone we were comfortable with.

Thanks in advance!

[GPainter]

http://moz.com/community/recommended

[rayvensoft]

You don't necessarily need to pay SEO salary for your outreach effort.  I have a VA in the Philippines that does this for me.  I gave them the outreach template and guidelines for who to reach out to, and they take care of it.  If/when they get a response they forward it to me and I take if from there.  This has worked pretty well for me - not just for SEO but for building business relationships - and is a lot more cost effective for small businesses like mine than hire an SEO company.

I hope this helps.

[Alex_Moravek]

I think the issue of hiring a SEO agency is like real life, it all depends on what my objective value. 
I also paint my house but if I want a professional job I call to a painter.

..greetings Alex

[JVRudnick]

Hire someone Mark that you're "comfy" with would be my answer....

Email me for more info....I've a couple of CA contacts you might want to consult on this for candidates too!

[MarkAse]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and links-

Jim-you're the best....seriously!