Comments on: It’s Not the Size That Matters, It’s How You Use It

By: Patrice

Patrice — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:42:55 +0000

This is really true and very well explained.

By: Tiffany Patterson

Tiffany Patterson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:19:10 +0000

I completely agree size does not matter. I met someone a couple years back, she knew nothing about internet marketing, social marketing, or building websites. (I’ve been in the tech field for longer than i want to notate, b/c in my mind i’m still 21 forever). She is now part of the community and claiming to be an expert in the area, what a fucking joke. I guess there is that saying “Fake it ’til you make it”…applies here.

By: Miguel Salcido

Miguel Salcido — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:01:38 +0000

Thanks Rebecca, I wanted to add that having a good track record of client results, and testimonials are unparalleled when it comes to proving your worth to a client or prospect. Industry authority (how well you are liked by your peers), fancy offices, large staff, none of these matter at the end of the day. But if you have a consistent track record of great client results it is good as gold!

By: rebecca

rebecca — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:29:39 +0000

@Tim Staines,

I honestly don’t remember who the person was who tweeted that (I have an alert set up for “social media” and it was a random person I don’t know).

@Michael D,

You can’t tell because my PS skills are so damn good. :P

@Miguel Salcido,

That’s a tough question. I think that an SEO company with a proven track record of ranking for competitive keywords/phrases is a good indication of how good they are. I’m not saying that they need to rank #1 for “seo company” or “search engine optimization,” but they should at least have a site that is fairly well optimized.

By: Miguel Salcido

Miguel Salcido — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:58 +0000

Hey there Rebecca! Good to see you still gittin around. :-)

What would you say about SEO consultants and companies? Does it make sense to say that if they can rank themselves for difficult keywords then they can do the same for you? I have to pose this question because it is totally relevant to the conversation but is different because SMM and SEO are different.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:20 +0000

Satan has an asshole?

By: Michael D

Michael D — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:46:51 +0000

I’m still trying to figure out if that hat on Lisa is photoshopped or not. :D

By: Sergey Rusak

Sergey Rusak — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:37:48 +0000

Hey, I don’t have Twitter at all because I have no time. Also, I have only 100 close friends on Facebook. I hate when people bother me on social sites… At the same time I can “kick your competitor …” in pay-per-click, SEO, social media.

By: Tim Staines

Tim Staines — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:11:09 +0000

No fair! You didn’t even tell us who the brilliant SM tipster was. But seriously, there’s always someone spouting some BS they know very little about.
We recently took an site from bottom of page 1 to #2 for a main KW within a few weeks, then some douche picked that site to “call out” as having a poorly optimized site because it was only in the 2 spot with the domain name being the keyword. First of all, we’ll be there in the next couple weeks. Second, the dude works for a company who ranks 5th for it’s exact match domain name.
Do we suck for not being in the 1 spot? Or, are we doing our job by having moved it up 8 spots already, while working on a bunch of other things with the site? . . . Fine, we suck!
The problem is, these people often get to clients and mislead them into a contract before the client finds a decent company to work with. As a result, SEO and Social Media gets a bad rap, and a growing proportion of our clients have had a craptastic SEO firm before they get to us . . . go figure.

By: Alex Lim

Alex Lim — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:51:53 +0000

Well said, the portfolio speaks more of a marketer than followers. People shouldn’t be blinded with the figures they are seeing, what isn’t seen is relevant. Past work experience and feedback from it resonates the value of marketer or rather see other metrics to consider. There are things that can be manipulated so look for the ones that cannot be. ss