I get a lot of requests for Internet marketing, and search engine optimization. I’ve worked for several Internet marketing companies. I’ve also prospected several Miami SEO companies for my personal clients.

Karma Snack is one of the best companies out there that is really doing big things. I have used them for a number of my clients now, and have seen awesome results. I even use them for a lot of person projects. I’m so involved in the company now, it’s like I work there. I’m still in negotiates with them to come on board and take a position at Chief Technology Officer like I was at when I worked for Optimum 7, where I helped build the company from the ground up.

Before that I worked at the now defunct Netspace.com, as Internet Marketing Director, but was only there for 4 months, since the company completely collapsed due to decisions made years before I got there. I even did some interviews with other companies that provided “Internet Marketing”, and “Search Engine Optimization”.

I learned a couple of this at my previous positions and through my experience since developing websites since 1995. Here are the top 12 things you should consider when think about going with a Miami SEO Company:

1. How do they handle their customers? Do they always answer the phone, or at least call you back immediately? Are they available to be reached after work hours? I don’t understand how a lot of corporate companies miss that.

2. How do they handle their employees? Do they pay them on time, every time, and even when they leave the company? How does their employees response to their clients, are they happy to be working there? Does the company make sure the employees are comfortable with their work environment, and doesn’t overload them with ridiculous amounts of work?

3. Do they treat their customers with respect? Do they give them advice and knowledge on how they can take part in improving their website and their online rankings? Do they always have an open dialogue and line of communication with them?

4. Do they get their clients results? Are there case studies, and testimonials from theirs about their results?

5. Do they always answer their client’s problems in a timely manner?

6. Do they bombard clients with over zealous requests, since remember, they have a business to run too!

7. Do they have a process that works to get things done? Do they having a project management system? There is a great tool to get things done – Base Camp offers a great service for just that.

8. Are there brainstorming sessions for new creative ideas for their clients? Internal brainstorming helps show the clients that you are thinking of them, and ways to improve their rankings. External brainstorming with the clients is also necessary to understand from their perspective where they want to go and how you can get them there.

9. Do they provide advanced tracking tools like a lead management system to handle your inflow of incoming leads? Karma Snack does.

10. Their presentation is key. Do they have a website that looks like you know what they are doing, and is vivid enough to convey that message that they get your problems and can answer them? If so they are golden.

11. And Repeat question 4. Do they get their client results?

12. Are their prices too low or too high? I mean an average national SEO campaign for medium to highly competitive keywords and industry should run at about 25K to 50K, if you want to dominate the marketing. Local should be around 10K to 20K. If a company is offering some 299.99 price deal, is there really quality in the work? Remember you get what you pay for, and in this economy no one can afford to through money at a none profitable marketing campaign.

Karma Snack gets it, that’s why I use them for over 90% of my personal website design and Internet marketing clients. Visit their website for more details – http://www.KarmaSnack.com.

Recession Soup Line Wow, excellent day today!!! No major work got done though, LOL, but a huge meeting with a new client and business source went extremely well. Less than 48 hours of retirement it seems I’m being pulled back into internet marketing. I kinda figured it would happen, but the size of the client and their contacts is huge. All the major banks use this client to buy leads, and there is potentially going to make some huge money running their whole affiliate marketing for a new consumer shopping discount shopping network site.

At the end of the day me and my partners had a great long long discussion about the business development and getting key clients that will brung us great referrals, and give us huge deals.

A great idea in times of a recession for internet marketers, IF you can deliver results is to get a percentage based deal where you get a upfront fee to cover your costs and workout a percentage on all deals, leads, or sales that are generated through your efforts.

One major hurdle that you will need to overcome is the tracking of all the leads if it is a services online business. For that I’ve got a custom lead management system built from scratch by me that I use to handle all of that complexities.

This idea is great for cash strapped business, BUT should only be considered if you as an internet marketer can deliver results. If you can’t then you are going to be wasting your time, and your soon to be former clients time. Don’t take something like this on because there are going to be sharks like me and my partners that deliver results and will go to your client and break down everything YOU are not doing for them and then bring that client on as one of our new clients. It’s a recession, everyone’s trying to eat, and only the sharks at the end are going to survives, so make sure you can deliver your results!!!

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