{"id":2596,"date":"2015-12-09T11:27:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T11:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kvr.dishasingh.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/09\/dont-get-fooled-17-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-seo-company\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T06:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:16:53","slug":"dont-get-fooled-17-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-seo-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kvrwebtech.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/dont-get-fooled-17-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-seo-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Get Fooled: 17 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an SEO Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pretty scary, <em>right?\u00a0Hiring SEO help can make or break your company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A good SEO will get you on the path to making tens or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quicksprout.com\/2015\/03\/16\/how-to-make-100000-a-month-within-1-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hundreds of thousands of dollars per month<\/a>, but a bad SEO could cripple any existing search traffic you get.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to choose carefully, and that\u2019s what I want to show you how to do today.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking about hiring an SEO company, I\u2019ve put together 17 questions that can help you make the right choice.<\/p>\n<p>You should ask these questions <em>before<\/em> hiring anyone so you know exactly what to expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neilpatel.leadpages.co\/leadbox\/144877473f72a2%3A1608bbe48346dc\/5681461390737408\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-leadbox=\"144877473f72a2:1608bbe48346dc\">Download this printable checklist<\/a> of 17 questions to interview a SEO company\/individual.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you don\u2019t need to ask <em>all<\/em> of these questions, but I\u2019ll explain why each is important so that you can decide if a question is relevant to your situation.\u00a0<span id=\"more-31274\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Types of SEO help<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Before we get into the questions, I want to go over the different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightlocal.com\/2014\/09\/11\/local-seo-survey-2014-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">types of SEOs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Individual SEO consultants &#8211;<\/strong> these are freelancers who offer their SEO services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SEO companies\/agencies &#8211;<\/strong> these companies have teams of SEOs and standardized SEO processes for the most part. They typically work with businesses of a decent size (with budgets of at least a few thousand dollars per month for SEO).<\/li>\n<li><strong>In-house SEOs &#8211;<\/strong> if your business is very large or is growing rapidly, it often makes sense to hire an in-house SEO team. You can set it up yourself or hire an SEO consultant to help put things into place and come up with an initial strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The questions in this post are primarily for the first two types of SEOs.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of variation in freelancers and SEO agencies. Some are great, others are terrible.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here\u2019s what I can say:<\/em>\u00a0a great SEO will <a href=\"http:\/\/biznology.com\/2015\/03\/3-red-flags-identify-unsavory-seo-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">never charge low prices<\/a>. If you\u2019re hunting for a discount, chances are you\u2019ll end up with an SEO who cuts corners and hurts your site in the long run.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Please browse the fowling link to read the complete and original post:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quicksprout.com\/2015\/08\/24\/dont-get-fooled-17-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-seo-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quicksprout.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty scary, right?\u00a0Hiring SEO help can make or break your company. A good SEO will get you on the path to making tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, but a bad SEO could cripple any existing search traffic you get. It\u2019s important to choose carefully, and that\u2019s what I want to show&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kvrwebtech.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/dont-get-fooled-17-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-seo-company\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don\u2019t Get Fooled: 17 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an SEO Company<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t Get Fooled: 17 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an SEO Company- KVR Webtech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pretty scary, right?\u00a0Hiring SEO help can make or break your company. 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