{"id":4663,"date":"2017-05-22T02:13:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T06:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2017-05-18T16:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T20:30:21","slug":"seo-consultant-seo-therapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2017\/05\/22\/seo-consultant-seo-therapist\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO Consultant or SEO Therapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3260\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004422071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004422071-200x133.jpg\" alt=\"Looking for capable and competent help with SEO?\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004422071-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004422071-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004422071-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MP9004422071.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking for capable and competent help with SEO?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/seo\/index.php\">SEO consultant<\/a> NOT an SEO therapist! What\u00a0a statement you might think, but more often than not, I am called by prospective clients that think that all they really need is an SEO therapist or SEO answer-man. They think that by getting their questions answered they can continue to do what they are doing and achieve placement in Google.<\/p>\n<p>SEO is a craft and an art. What I would do as part of a program to improve visibility is not something that a do-it-yourselfer would routinely do or for that matter do well.<\/p>\n<h2>Want to Improve Organic Placement? Here&#8217;s What to Do<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Hire a qualified person.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have a reporting program to verify strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t go on the cheap.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have a content strategy for your blog.<\/li>\n<li>Know your target keywords for your website content.<\/li>\n<li>Nail your keywords in your blog and website content.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t fragment your business into mini 1-3 page websites.<\/li>\n<li>Do regularly build out targeted content.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t go crazy with keyword stuffing, be readable!<\/li>\n<li>Do use AdWords to boost website traffic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>More often then not, I see successful lawyers, entrepreneurs, and successful business people feel that they can easily do their own SEO work. The truth is that a professional with the knowledge to help you garner placement over time and to be honest with you and accountable is worth their weight in gold.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a capable consultant to get you pointed in the right direction, I invite you to visit our website to learn more about our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/seo\/index.php\">SEO and web visibility services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an SEO consultant NOT an SEO therapist! What\u00a0a statement you might think, but more often than not, I am called by prospective clients that think that all they really need is an SEO therapist or SEO answer-man. They think that by getting their questions answered they can continue to do what they are doing and achieve placement in Google. SEO is a craft and an art. What I would do as part of a program to improve visibility is not something that a do-it-yourselfer would routinely do or for that matter do well. Want to Improve Organic Placement? Here&#8217;s What to Do Hire a qualified person. Make sure you have a reporting program to verify strategy. Don&#8217;t go on the cheap. Make sure you have a content strategy for your blog. Know your target keywords for your website content. Nail your keywords in your blog and website content. Don&#8217;t fragment your business into mini 1-3 page websites. Do regularly build out targeted content. Don&#8217;t go crazy with keyword stuffing, be readable! Do use AdWords to boost website traffic. More often then not, I see successful lawyers, entrepreneurs, and successful business people feel that they can easily do their own SEO work. The truth is that a professional with the knowledge to help you garner placement over time and to be honest with you and accountable is worth their weight in gold. If you are looking for a capable consultant to get you pointed in the right direction, I invite you to visit our website to learn more about our SEO and web visibility services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,49],"tags":[198,485],"class_list":["post-4663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo","category-web-visibility","tag-seo","tag-virginia-web-visibility-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4664,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663\/revisions\/4664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}