Comments on: Tips for Overcoming Client-Created Roadblocks http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/ Grow your business with TopRank Online Marketing tips, articles, & expert information on social media, content marketing & search engine marketing. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Malte Landwehr http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-372268 Malte Landwehr Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:27:33 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-372268 My advice for dealing with reluctant or inapt clients: Buy a bunching bag and give it a good pounding whenever you feel like it. Makes you calm and easy going! My advice for dealing with reluctant or inapt clients: Buy a bunching bag and give it a good pounding whenever you feel like it. Makes you calm and easy going!

]]> By: seosurvivor http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-371125 seosurvivor Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:10:28 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-371125 I love the 3 R's, and I guess I have been applying them more or less unconsciously. Thank you for laying it out like that. I love the 3 R’s, and I guess I have been applying them more or less unconsciously. Thank you for laying it out like that.

]]> By: CasieG http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-371017 CasieG Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:25:43 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-371017 Smart post Jolina...It can be so easy to say 'Well we gave them the recommendations but they didn't do it'. The bottom line is that doesn't help anyone. We recently had to go back to recommendations from four months prior, break them down so they made more sense to the client and devise a strategy of how we could help them implement them. Basically your three RE's :) Nice post on a topic many people do not discuss but have an issue with. Smart post Jolina…It can be so easy to say ‘Well we gave them the recommendations but they didn’t do it’. The bottom line is that doesn’t help anyone. We recently had to go back to recommendations from four months prior, break them down so they made more sense to the client and devise a strategy of how we could help them implement them. Basically your three RE’s :) Nice post on a topic many people do not discuss but have an issue with.

]]> By: Day Two SES NY 2008 Summary and Party Photos | Online Marketing Blog http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-370197 Day Two SES NY 2008 Summary and Party Photos | Online Marketing Blog Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-370197 [...] of blog coverage. This includes our own Jolina Pettice who filed an SES inspired post on “Tips for Overcoming Client-Created Roadblocks” as well as session coverage of “Converting Visitors into Buyers” and the Orion [...] [...] of blog coverage. This includes our own Jolina Pettice who filed an SES inspired post on “Tips for Overcoming Client-Created Roadblocks” as well as session coverage of “Converting Visitors into Buyers” and the Orion [...]

]]> By: Michael Brito http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-369803 Michael Brito Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:00:27 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-369803 As an internal SEO and marketer, there are several things to think about as it relates to agency related recommendations, especially when the site has several key stakeholders who own different portions of the web site. Sometimes it may take several meetings, positive reinforcement and varying degrees of persuasion just to make changes to the meta tags of a specific web page (yes, it can be that bad at times). Part of this problem is that many marketers are still ignorant to the basics of SEO. Another thing to consider is the infrastructure that the web site is built. Some back end systems are home grown; and it can take some serious engineering resources to make changes as well. Be patient with us. Those of us who are on the front lines are working hard to evangelize the importance of SEO and Social Media to senior management. As an internal SEO and marketer, there are several things to think about as it relates to agency related recommendations, especially when the site has several key stakeholders who own different portions of the web site. Sometimes it may take several meetings, positive reinforcement and varying degrees of persuasion just to make changes to the meta tags of a specific web page (yes, it can be that bad at times). Part of this problem is that many marketers are still ignorant to the basics of SEO.

Another thing to consider is the infrastructure that the web site is built. Some back end systems are home grown; and it can take some serious engineering resources to make changes as well.

Be patient with us. Those of us who are on the front lines are working hard to evangelize the importance of SEO and Social Media to senior management.

]]> By: Stop Waiting for SEO Heroes and Make Great Stuff | Scott Clark - Finding the Sweet Spot http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-369776 Stop Waiting for SEO Heroes and Make Great Stuff | Scott Clark - Finding the Sweet Spot Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:07:26 +0000 http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/03/overcoming-seo-client-obstacles/#comment-369776 [...] embrace easy to spread? Is the writing good? Does the message meet the searcher where they are?  Are you listening to the recommendations you’re paying for? The good news is that the web has more muscle than ever for you to tap into. The bad news (for [...] [...] embrace easy to spread? Is the writing good? Does the message meet the searcher where they are?  Are you listening to the recommendations you’re paying for? The good news is that the web has more muscle than ever for you to tap into. The bad news (for [...]

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