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Launch of DIYSEO and why its good for SEO’s
After about a year in development we are now launching DIYSEO.com! We are offering a seven day free trial so please take it for a spin. It is important to point out that DIYSEO is NOT a replacement for professional SEO consultants and is NOT a one size fit all SEO software solution.
A Market Need – affordable SEO for the SMB’s
Having spent years in the early 1990′s doing SEO consulting full time I know firsthand that there are many business owners that simply can’t or won’t spend the money to hire a professional SEO that could cost them $500 per month to many thousands per month. These same websites generally have the most low hanging fruit from a SEO perspective because they have not had their website professionally optimized previously. Having been in the SEO space for many years I received countless requests from friends and family looking for help on their small business website. I found myself giving very similar steps and tips to these small business websites. After getting together with Andy Hagans we decided the right tools were on the marketplace to develop a simple SEO technology designed specifically for the small business website owner needing SEO.
Why Is DIYSEO Good For SEO’s?
The target market for DIYSEO are small businesses who do not have the budget or do not want to spend what most professional SEO’s charge. Our price point is $49/month making it affordable for the small business owner. We have just launched our affiliate program which pays out a full $50 for any client you refer and a full $250 for any client you send over that signs up for our $499 annual service. We think this is a great way for you to make money on clients you previously had to turn away.
SEO is NOT One Size Fits All
If you are looking for a high end SEO, DIYSEO is not for you, try: USA based: Greg Boser, Michael Gray, Eric Enge, and John Andrews. UK based: Shaun Anderson and Patrick Altoft.
If you want an expert forum to learn advanced tactics and advanced SEO tools, DIYSEO is not for you, try: Aaron Wall’s SEOBOOK or Rand Fishkin’s SEOMOZ
If you are an agency looking to manage SEO for your agency, DIYSEO is not for you, try: RavenTools
If you are looking for a written guide to SEO, try: Hobo SEO’s DIY SEO guide or Matt McGee’s SEO ebook ($25)
If you are a small business or have a business that reaches small businesses then give DIYSEO a try! Also if you have any business development ideas please shoot me an email at pg at patrickgavin.com
Update: DIYSEO in the news: Shoemoney’s DIYSEO Review, Techcrunch’s DIYSEO coverage.
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Awesome news! I’ve been following DIYSEO and eagerly waiting for its official launch. Now is the time. I’ll see how it works. Hoping to see a great result from it.
Congrats on the launch Patrick, I look forward to testing it out.
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[...] We expected due to the nature of the product that we would get some criticism when we launched–for two reasons. Firstly, a few SEO consultants might feel threatened that we are “automating” the SEO process. Frankly, prior to our launch we underestimated how many SEO’s would feel this way. One thing we’d like to point out however is that DIYSEO is priced at a $49/month price point and is aimed at small businesses with very basic Web presences–not the usual SEO consultant’s client. We acknowledge that at a certain point–especially in competitive, non-local niches–clients may outgrow DIYSEO and want to spend more time and budget on search engine optimization. At this stage, they would probably hire an SEO or social media consultant. Meanwhile, SEO consultants can benefit from sending clients with “micro” budgets (e.g., less than $1,000 a year) to DIYSEO via our affiliate program. At the end of the day, we believe the SEO ecosystem will support all kinds of services (manual, automated) at various price levels to support different segments of the market… and DIYSEO will have a place in that market! Pat has some more thoughts on how DIYSEO and SEO consultants can mutually benefit on his personal blog. [...]
Great post, I really love the resources that you provided at the end of it. I’ve been waiting to check this out for a while now. I plan on test driving it soon and providing a detailed review, http://www.organicseoconsultant.com/diy-seo-launches-today/. So far what I have seen of it looks great. I got sick this week so I haven’t started my trial with it just yet but I will soon.