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bio website socketapp.com
location Vancouver, Canada
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accepted How can I evaluate a link building company?
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comment How can I evaluate a link building company?
Solid advice and great suggestions - I'll definitely check them out. Thanks very much.
Jun
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comment What is the best way to spend an initial budget of $1000 on SEO?
Thanks for your comments - you make some good points. We've given careful consideration to having a free trial but settled on going with a 30-day money back guarantee instead. Our theory is that if people are interested in the product and see the value, they won't mind giving a credit card, especially if they can get their first month back if it doesn't work for them. That said, we plan on trying this first and measuring the results, and may consider offering a free trial down the road to compare findings.
Jun
16
comment How can I evaluate a link building company?
Fair point. I can agree with you to some extent, e.g. where the "link building" company is buying paid links in a link farm or submitting your site to useless/irrelevant directories. However, it seems a company like backlinkbuild and their blog network (basically they write articles and variations thereof and seed them out to blog networks with links to your site) may be more legit. Perhaps you could recommend some ways to "make your site better" to improve SEO and drive organic traffic? Take a startup's monthly marketing budget of $500-1000/mo. as an example.
Jun
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asked Are press release distribution sites such as PRWeb or MarketWire worth paying for?
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awarded  Commentator
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accepted Sales quoting - what tools do you use to generate and manage quotes, and how much time do you spend?
Jun
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comment Where do Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) hang out?
Thanks for the recommendations.
Jun
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accepted Where do Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) hang out?
Jun
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comment How to narrow a specific target market from a larger overall market? (B2B SaaS)
Thanks for your answer - your point about building the product around customer needs was right on the money. We've been having a lot of success with the beta and have gotten some great feedback that will help us better understand our market.
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accepted How to narrow a specific target market from a larger overall market? (B2B SaaS)
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awarded  Scholar
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comment What is the best way to spend an initial budget of $1000 on SEO?
Good advice for getting started with a minimal amount of money. Thanks.
Jun
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accepted What is the best way to spend an initial budget of $1000 on SEO?
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asked How can I evaluate a link building company?
Jun
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comment What is the best way to spend an initial budget of $1000 on SEO?
DIY is great in theory, but for someone trying to focus their time on running a business, it doesn't always make sense. I've spent quite a bit of time learning SEO and on-site optimization, but to really be successful time needs to be spent building quality links. I don't think that's a valuable way to spend my time.
Jun
11
comment What is the best way to spend an initial budget of $1000 on SEO?
We used to have a page on our company website for our product (with minimal info and no easy way to "sign up"). We set up a PPC campaign for about $100/mo. and found a few keywords that resulted in quality traffic (low bounce, high pages/visit, time on site). Since then, we've built a full website around the product (in my profile if you're interested) that is much more optimized to convert. We should probably explore the PPC route a bit further with our new site before we put too much time into SEO. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts/suggestions regarding our site/targeted keywords.
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revised How to narrow a specific target market from a larger overall market? (B2B SaaS)
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