This is a guest post by Antonio Coleman from TrafficColeman.com
Some people just don’t get it after all the time being online; reading major blogs that are talking about seo and not really understanding what you’re reading.
You are out there looking for those answers to major questions..like does seo work and can it work for a person like me?
The people who ask questions like this have an augment but most of them are asking just to find a reason not to use seo. Some people feel that seo is not achievable because its something everyone is not doing so it must not be worth your time. Many people are the monkey see monkey do type of people who do as others do. They don’t think for themselves at all when it comes to marketing.
Many of them look for answers from people who are getting traffic from doing things other than seo. Like social media or some form of PPC, which is good but I think getting free traffic is better.
In my seo marketing series I try to at least break it down to people so they can understand it in a an easy language terms but most people still fall under the following…
Too Lazy
They say if you want to get something done then never give it to a lazy person. These are the people who say it’s too much work to try to rank for one keyword.
They say that its better to spend a little money on adwords than to fight through the wars of seo marketing. So for this reason we see most of them give up before even building the first link or posting the first article on e-zine articles.
Not a Believer
Some people simply don’t believe seo is something you can gain free traffic from. I had a person tell me that they think Google sells their top rankings at a price and if you know how to do it then you don’t need seo.
Before I fell out off my seat I had to break it down to them and say this is the reason they have Google adwords, which is where people can spend money to gain traffic and rank above the ‘normal’ search results..
There is no way in the world they are selling top spot because they’re looking for a level playing ground and want competitive results coming back.
Stuck On Facebook
The Facebook marketers are the ones that get caught up in the environment which is Facebook now. They feel like Facebook is the king of traffic and no one can tell them different. I feel what they are saying but it’s not smart to put all your eggs into that basket of social marketing.
It’s true you can get tons of free traffic from Facebook and gain many subscribers if done right. But the thing is that you are limited and it’s not a search engine so don’t treat it as one..at least as of now. So Facebook is great but its worth doing a little seo if you really want to target millions.
Not Focus
One big thing about the internet is that you can get sucked up in all of this marketing talk. I’m talking about guest blogging to social media in which tons of blogs talk about all day differently.
So your mind is going all over the place and hence your focus is just not there. You want to be able to concentrate on one marketing avenue but it’s just not going to work because of your lack of focus.
Takes Too Long
Many people will say that seo takes too freaking long and no one in their right mind will market a site for 3 months in hopes of getting hundreds if not thousands of visitors each day through Google. No one is that crazy and so for that reason I’m not doing it and I wish the people ‘good luck’ who does.
The thought of marketing a website for that long can run some people away but for those who understand the power of it are the ones who reap the benefits. Like they say…good things comes to those who wait.
So people need to just sit back and relax to embrace what seo have in store for them. My seo FAQ’s page was somewhat designed to at least give you guys a blue print into knowing what is seo and how it can benefit your website. Remember this…people don’t plan to fail but fail because of lack of planning.
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”
im wondering if people give up too quickly as they dont get the results they expect quick enough because SEO takes ages to happen, but to be honest, nothing happens overnight, sucess takes time and patience coupled with hard work and long hours, anyway, no-one expects to make a profit in their first year of business
I tell people to stop going after competitive keywords and keep them to long term to rank a little faster.
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”
Yea, it doesn’t bother me about the time it takes or effort needed to put in as the outcome can massively outway any drawn out tedious days of working on your SEO
SEO demands consistency and frequency and real work that can be cause of attraction of search engines especially Google.For SEO always read updates from different search engines.
I think it’s a time consuming and very hard process to go on and that’s why it does look so. But in fact, it is really a great process for great visibility in search engine.
You told the right points. Today everyone is addicted to facebook so much that they can’t concentrate on their work. Facebook is good for social media but never be addicted for that.
I believe good thing come to those who wait, but for SEO firstly, we need to have patience and secondly you need to do it right, if you do it wrongly, it might be worst off than not doing. My take is to buy into ad and at the same time doing SEO, as your SEO get sucessful lower your money spend on Ad.
Tora..now that’s a good idea for those who want to implement it without losing out on other forms of marketing..good tip
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”
Antonio, your arguments for doing SEO are, indeed, compelling. The rewards are huge. Getting people who requested your site; and are likely to buy!
But, we live in an instant gratification society. One can do SEO on their site for 3 months, and not be where they want to be. (Never mind that they might have arrived, had they not given up and persisted for a bit longer.) Results are not quick enough. It is hard, mundane work; making sure that each item on the list is satisfied.
SEO—reaching Google’s page #1 sounds sexy. But, it is too much work for many.
David this is why Google have made it so time consuming to steer away those who are not serious..in hopes f getting good quality content from those who are..just a cat and mouse game with all have to play.
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”
Well, SEO is something that’s long term, but it’s not something that will give you instant results. If you want something instant, you should go ahead and spend money on a pay-per-click campaign. Anyway, it takes patience for you to be able to see the fruits of your SEO efforts. If you’ve done it according to the guidelines, there will come a time that it will show, depending on the amount of competition that you’re against.
Gerald everything comes down to research, so if you play your cards right then you will have no problem seeing good results at the end of the rainbow.
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”
I appreciate your reason for getting unsatisfied with SEO work. Actually this word “satisfied” with the SEO work is depend on how much experienced you are in this line. If man got better experience then he/she will get the word “satisfied” with the SEO work.
I think major reason for not doing seo marketing is ‘Not Focus’. Focus is must for better seo marketing. And yes, focus only on facebook marketing is not right decision for marketer for long run because who knows the future.
If there is no focus…then you might as well hang it up becasue you will not be able to see results your looking for.
“Black Seo Guy “Signing Off”