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Just wondering what other sites you guys use other than fivesecondtest.com to test out design changes, etc. I found a few but none of them looked even close as good as five second test.

Those are just short 30 minuets on a SEOmoz tool. David is referring to the webinars they had from other people that lasted about an hour or more. They uploaded one about every month.

Example: http://www.seomoz.org/webinars/online-reputation-management-branding-for-serp-domination

Yeah, it does seem like a nifty took that could benefit us in the marketing / web design industry with communicating what we need done in a simple and understanding form.

Just as the title says, has anyone used bugherd.com for SEO purposes? I was thinking it could be used to show client changes that need to be made regarding the website.

Example could be if you are looking at a CRO prospective, you may want to change/add some graphics or text to improve conversions.

It seems like a nifty tool to show the changes you want made and to keep track of them. It integrates with basecamp also

I think you misunderstood that way EGOL is using the word screen. He is using it like:

Screen: The evaluation or investigation of something as part of a methodical survey, to assess suitability for a particular role or purpose.

That's what you're doing, your screening websites to find mistakes / errors.  Just thought I would clear that up

This is the way we bill for our time:

(1) Have a face to face or phone meeting with the potential client. You really need to have a long conversation about what the client’s wants / needs and what their expectation is. Without this, you’re most likely not going to achieve what the client's looking for and will cause major problems down the road.

Go over how the company had been doing the past (x) years. Look into their Google analytics if they have it set up so you can get a sense of traffic / conversion rate. Talk to the client about their customers and find out what "drives" the customers to your clients business. This will help with getting some keywords down.

Pro Tip: From my experience, 80% of the business owners are great at just that, overseeing their business but have a false idea of what SEO is and how it works. Make sure if they are telling you to rank for X keyword, you’re not just taking their word for it and instead actually researching what the client’s NEEDS to be targeting. Also talk in the terms of ROI and not "ranking", owners understand this alot better.

(2) From that initial meeting, I will give the client a proposal that goes over (in broad range) what needs to be done along with a "recommended" monthly retainer that is broke up in hours. Once the client is on board with us, we will create a detailed timeline (we use Bacecamp for this) that shows what we are doing to the website onsite and offsite. Yes we do the actual work

Example: If I recommend to a client that we spend 20 hours per month at $60 an hour than their monthly retainer would be $1200. I also let them know that if they want to see faster results, we can add more hours per month but this is the minimum recommendation for this particular client.

Your going to need to dig into learning SEO before the tools will be helpful to you. As Brian mentioned. Go to http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo and read that from beginning to end. This will give you the SEO basics.

Used SEOmoz pro off and on for years and this is the first time anything major like this has happened.

What OS are you using?

"When I am commenting on blogs to get links"

Stop right there!! You should not be commenting on blogs for the sole purpose of gaining links. This in no why helps the community that you’re participating in as I am sure the comments being left are of low value. Commenting on blogs to get links back to your website is a tactic people used 5 years ago and should not be used this day in age.

Now, Blog commenting does come in handy when you actually have something with value to contribute and can show a community you know your stuff on your given Nitch. I definitely recommend using blog commenting this way to gain more exposure for yourself / brand but only if your comments really do add value.

I agree with Shane 100% but I would just like to point out something. I have read a few articles about applying the rel=author tag to websites / service / product pages (instead of just articles). From what I gathered it seems most people actually found drops in visits to their website after the Google plus picture started showing up with their SERP snippet.

It seemed users may have been skipping them because it looked like an article or blog because of the portrait image. You may want to do some more reading on this subject or if you go this route, track your visits closely.

I agree with the two posts above. Also, here is a great example of a unique, interactive inforgraphic:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-seo-project-management-jedi-challenge-may-the-seopm-force-be-with-you

Not without permission to do so.

Agreed, plus the answer that you marked as good really is the best answer for this question

In short, you can't.

You can have them sign contracts but even than it would be more of a hassle than what its worth to get your money if they decided not to pay.

Best bet: If you’re doing ongoing services, do a monthly retainer and have them pay for each month upfront (that’s what we do). Almost all of our clients are set on monthly retainers at the beginning of each month.

If you don’t do much on-going work, you can always ask for 50% upfront and 50% at the end or even the full amount upfront. The biggest thing to do is get to know your client first. If you get the gut feeling that it’s going to be hard to collect then (a) don’t even bring them on at a client or (b) get the money upfront.

There is a lot I can say on this subject but I am going to sum it up in one sentence.I know it’s a generic answer but that’s kind of a generic question

Google can and will penalize (punish) websites for breaking any of their rules that they deem worthy of doing so.

The font you choose for the website will only display if the user has that font on his/her computer. If they do not, the web browser will default to another font. In almost all cases you should use one of the Generic fonts listed in the link below. Website speed will not be affected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_family_(HTML

There is no "secret sauce" in SEO, Just hard work and knowing what you’re doing. If your blog is not well established I would look into guest blogging with other blogs in your industry so you can build up your name / followers.

If you’re doing blog commenting for the sole purpose for gaining thinks than you should stop. This is just spam and does not contribute to anything.

Now, commenting on blogs can be a really good way to connect with other people in your industry and get your name out there. This also works well if you want to become a guest blogger on a site. Start commenting on their blogs with useful insights and you can gain a personal relationship with them. Other people might also start following your blog because of your helpful / informational comments.

Also, Page Rank is only updated every 3 months.