SEO has always been one of the best ways to invest your online marketing money for long-term effects. The challenge is that investments in SEO are long-term ones, and you won’t see the results nor the ROI overnight. This is the first thing that a good SEO expert should tell you.

So what can a business owner do to speed up their SEO results and get the benefits rolling faster? The answer is: tell your SEO professional all the right info about your products and services and your business development plans.

DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS

Explain what it is that you do or sell and how this service or product is helping your clients. Then discuss the problems and needs of your clients and how they are searching online to find a solution to their problems. This is the first step to an effective Keywords Analysis and Target Audience Definition.

OUTLINE THE BUSINESSES YOU CONSIDER AS COMPETITORS AND WHY

It is very helpful if you can identify and say who your direct and indirect competitors are. This will help the SEO expert determine what sort of competition you’ll be dealing with, investigate their SEO strategies, and learn based on the competitors’ website performance. After all, when Google finds and indexes your website, it will be comparing it to your competitors’. As a result, knowing your competition is just as essential for SEO as it is for every other aspect of sales and marketing.

NAME THE GURUS IN YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS

Being aware of the people or companies that can influence your target customer is also very important, especially for the promotions that will be following the on-site SEO set up. Sometimes these influencers can be top bloggers in your industry, reviews sites, or even your customers. This information with help the SEO person find the best places online to create backlinks and promote your business. Additionally, an experienced online marketer will be powerful enough to discover similar influential people and websites that you may have not been able to find.

EXPLAIN YOUR WEBSITE STRUCTURE AND PURPOSE

If you’re able to explain how your website was created, the SEO person will be able to investigate the on-site SEO elements faster and easier. Always ask for an SEO Audit that will include on-site analysis and recommendations. If you’re not tech savvy, connect your SEO consultant with your development team and let them share information. Sometimes SEO people send recommendations that will affect and change the website structure. The websites that are created without the involvement of a SEO professional from scratch tend to lack some elements that are essential for search engine optimization.

SEO cooperation, as with any other business relation, requires communication and information sharing from both the business owner’s side and the SEO professional’s side. Communication and an honest approach are essential for both sides, since the success of your business online is the most relevant recommendation for every SEO professional.

 

Author:
Biljana Dimovska,
SEO Expert