00:00 Xavier Kelly: In today's tutorial, I'm gonna walk you through how to get your first
local SEO clients.
Make sure you stayed tuned to learn more about it.
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00:11 XK: Like always guys, I'm gonna leave all the links down in the descriptions, make
sure you guys check those out at the end of the video.
00:17 XK: One, you guys need to go out and start building a portfolio.
So from a local standpoint, the biggest thing you really wanna go out is to start reaching
out to different local businesses that are in your area or are very close proximity to
your actual area.
So, I would start going out, by even making phone calls to them, sending emails to them,
using Instagram to find different people as well, or going out...
How I did it when I went to do a couple of mine, is actually going out and just emailing
and going straight to the actual shop and actually calling a couple people.
So doing a couple calls and then going up there.
This right here can really help you build those first clients, and also too as well,
if you still are not able to get those clients, then offer your services free and prove yourself.
And if you are...
Have the capabilities of doing This here this is how you can get those first four to five
clients and get the actual portfolio that you need and the referrals.
01:05 XK: Number two, start bedding on different platforms such as Upwork, People Per Hour,
Guru, and also Freelancer.com.
These platforms have a whole lot of different local SEO clients who are looking for different
people to help them out.
And a lot of these people are looking for people who are more in the beginner and intermediate
areas as well, so you might not get the same price point you might get with finding a client
offline, but this right here will help you get those first five to 10 clients to really
build out and fill out your schedule.
Then once you go through that portion right there, I want you guys to head over to Indeed,
Monster, Glass Door, and start looking for freelance jobs on there from a SEO standpoint.
There's a lot of different people posting jobs on there and the thing that most people
didn't know about couple years ago, and I didn't know a couple year ago as well, is
that people use these platforms right here to really fill out their freelance bases.
So if you can't find jobs on these things...
On the actual platforms that you think are worth your time or worth the money, then these
are the perfect places to actually find these jobs.
01:57 XK: Three, start building content and building up your expertise.
So as a local SEO consultant actually specialist, you really want to start being able to correlate
and actually show people that you are able to do what you say you're supposed to do.
So this is about showing people that you have the knowledge of Google business, with being
local, and Apple Connect as well, to be able to show that you are able to do everything
that you say you can.
And using your portfolio elements and your case studies and your referrals is really
helping you build up everything you do, and you can really use these right here and your
experiences to start building out more content.
And these content can be placed on YouTube, can be placed on any blog, or any of the other
different sharing sites.
And also in a form as a photograph or info-graph.
You really want to use these right here to push yourself up as an expert, in that people
can find them, so that it helps you get more inbound clients and you always don't always
have to get clients that you go reach out for and get clients that's coming in towards
you because they have seen your work and they know that you're capable of doing what you
say you can.
02:56 XK: Four, always stay bidding, stay bidding and learning.
These are the most important things you possibly can do.
You don't wanna fall behind, Google is constantly iterating its process and making it easier
and also making it more advanced as well, so you guys can be able to really hone your
craft and actually do more with SEO so you really need to keep learning as much as possible.
Google's come out with new stuff and new different platforms and really changing a lot of stuff
around, Bing as well.
And as new platforms arise and emerge, like you have Yelp and you have Four Square and
all these other things you can possibly use, you need to be learning how to use these properly
as well for your SEO strategy.
'Cause a lot of different clients...
As you guys know, a lot of the stuff goes out for reviews, so you need to learn that.
So you need to be continuously learning and always stay bidding.
If you do these few things right here, you will very quickly find yourself with your
first five to 10 clients and not just your first one to fill out your schedule.
And guys, if you like this video please go ahead and give me a thumbs up and also subscribe
to the channel guys.
I wanna thank you guys so much for watching to the very end.
I'm Xavier Kelly, and guys, I'll see you in the next one.
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