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

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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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                                        • WSPL
                                          WSPL last edited by

                                          I'm in-house, and SEO wasn't originally part of my job description.

                                          Basically, anything online is now my domain. I'm sure I'm not the only one who prefers to control all aspects of online presence?

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                                          • Serpstone
                                            Serpstone last edited by

                                            Freelancer.  Some days I wish I was in an agency though. On the other hand, when the wind is behind you there is no better way to be! (IMHO of course).

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