How to start SEO business and make over $100

An interesting piece of advice I was given
yesterday told me that I could start my own
SEO business and make money for under
$1,000.
As long as I was spending my money
correctly, I could be a consultant, outsource a
lot of the work, and end up making money
online.

If you are anything like me, then you are
asking yourself: “Is this ethical?”
That really depends on the business. If you
are charging people a lot of money and not
bringing results then you will lose clients. So
honestly, you must have a process that
works at a competitive price if you really
want to make money.

All in all, you need to first have a strong
background in SEO. Luckily I have been
blogging and doing SEO for the past 6 years,
so I know most of the basic principles and
even little tips that help a website rank.

Therefore, I would actually be able to start this
business because of my experience.
But what if you don’t have Little or NO
experience in SEO? Can you start this
business?
I will recommend you to take some SEO
training from a reputed institute, work for
6-12 months either in a company or for
yourself to understand everything that help
to rank any website in search engine.
Then you will be in a position to start a great
SEO business that sells quality services.

Make Money with SEO
Business – First Steps

These are the first steps I recommend taking
if you want to seriously set-up your own SEO
business. If you are missing any of these,
then fix that before you get started.

1. Understand all on-page and off-page SEO
optimization techniques. You must be able to
properly
perform
an SEO
audit,
keyword
research,
competitive analysis, and know how to get
quality links quickly.
If you don’t feel like you are proficient in
these areas, then do some research.
There
are great sources of information so you can
easily learn whatever it is you desire about
SEO.

2. Understand how to develop targeted traffic
to a website .
If you have clients paying you
money for your services, then you need to be
able to increase their traffic. Not only traffic,
you must be able to grow their business
because that is their ultimate aim.

3. Know where
to find your
customers .
Some SEO
businesses are
able to rank
high in Google
for search
queries, others
pay for
advertising, and some others use outlets like
the Warrior Forum to find their target
customers.
Either way, you need to identify channels
where you can find customers and convince
them to go with you. Freelance sites are also
a great platform to find clients for your SEO
business.

4. Get some websites ranking for certain
keywords. If you can show case studies
where you got 5 different websites to rank
for keywords then that would be perfect to
show your customers.
You need some type of hook that will make a
potential customer trust you. Plus, if you are
able to get these keywords to rank then it
shows that you are cut out for the business.

5. Understand social media marketing .
Websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest,
and Google+
have become
extremely
popular for all
web
businesses. If
you can
incorporate
social media
marketing
with your SEO, you can not only charge more
but you can also deliver better results.

If you do not feel confident about some of
the things I mentioned above, then go do
some homework. You do not want your SEO
business to fail right off the bat because you
are not properly informed.

Next Steps – Getting

SEO Software and
Tracking Tools
Okay this is where your initial investment will
probably come in. In order to properly own an
SEO web business, you must be able to go
through all the information in your clients
websites.
Below I have listed some of the best SEO
tools for 2016. You must have a software or
program that can hold all the information you
need in one place.
Top SEO
Software
and Tools
(in no
particular
order)
1. SEO Moz
2. Raven Tools
3. SEO Power Suite
4. Hubspot
5. Ahrefs OR Majestic SEO

Most of these cost from $99 – $399 per
month. I know that seems steep but the
services they offer can definitely help pay you
back before you know it. I would hold off on
purchasing these until you have a website
and general business plan.
You will probably need a back link software
as well. Most of these can actually have
negative effects on your SEO efforts, but you
just need to know how to use them correctly.
One website that offers tools for backlinking
is Tynt. Many large companies use their
services and you can definitely use them too.

Top Link Building Softwares, Services
1. GSA Ranker
2. BuzzStream
3. ScrapeBox
4. Link Research Tools
5. SocialMonkee

These all vary greatly. You will need to
spend some time and efforts into researching
them and figuring out which one is right for
you.

I have heard different things about
automated software, but one thing remains
the same: NEVER USE AN AUTOMATED
SOFTWARE FOR FIRST-TIER LINKS.

You should only use things like SENuke XCr
and Magic Submitter to submit second tier
links.

I personally set-up about 20 second-tier links
that I continuously ping and pass on link
juice to my own blogs. That way, I do not
have to worry about negative rankings from
low quality first tier links.

Bad Link Finder: Use Link Detox to find all
the bad links that are negatively affecting
your clients website and remove them. Low
quality links can seriously harm your Google
rankings.

Best Fiverr Gigs for Links: Before you get
mad at me for considering Fiverr, realize that
there are actually some high quality gigs that
are worth the money.
Some SEO
businesses are
able to use their
own efforts and
Fiverr to make
$50,000 every
year.

If you do some research, you can find so
many website owners ready to provide a
guest post link on their blog in just $5. There
are many others who can provide manual
social bookmark links or other quality links
for $5.

You can also buy hundreds of other mass
link building services for your 2nd & 3rd tier
link building requirement.
If you do not want to do the work yourself,
then I am going to give you another option
below, and that is to just outsource
everything.

Outsource Everything – SEO Reseller

Programs: There are several different options
for starting your
own SEO
business, and
one is to just
outsource
everything.
You can send
people to an SEO
Reseller Program after they visit your
website. Therefore, you would only really
need to focus on increasing your traffic and
conversion rate.

Programs like INeedHits , Hubshout , eBrandz
are some of the great reseller programs
where you can redirect all your SEO
customers or manually outsource your SEO
business.

Conclusion – Make Money SEO

In conclusion, there are different ways that
you can make money with SEO . Starting an
SEO business for companies online or offline
can help you create a passive income.
Depending on how you go about the
business, you might need to spend a lot of
time to get started. I have listed below the 5
things you really need to focus on when
starting and then continuing your SEO
business that earns you profits.

1. First focus on a business plan. Decide how
you will be doing your SEO and how you will
get the work done.

2. Decide on prices and where your focus will
be. You can try to find clients offline or find
clients through people’s blogs.

3. Come up with a plan on how you will get
more clients. Also, you should be able to get
the most money out of your clients.

4. Find out ways to make money besides
strictly SEO work. You might want to try to
sell software or information products.

5. Set-up a monthly payment structure. If you
can charge $300/month and offer high
rankings then you will make tons of money
as long as you fulfill the high rankings
promise.