By Carolyn Weiss
Because small businesses are almost always stretched for money, very often the job of administering the website is clubbed together with many other duties of the owner-entrepreneur. Consequently, SEO often gets a step-motherly treatment. While the success of the business is not likely to depend entirely on the effectiveness of SEO, there can be no debate on the fact that it does play a vital role in giving you a competitive advantage. This is the main reason why your small business should have a robust SEO strategy designed, and a competent SEO manager to implement it perfectly.
Irrespective of the time of the year this realization of the requirement of effective SEO sinks in, it is never too late to employ an SEO professional to increase your return on investment by increasing site traffic, authority, and visibility. Search engine optimization remains essential despite the huge advancements made in search engine technology because search engines still are not in a position to figure out the importance and relevance of websites to the same extent as human beings. Through the implementation of SEO, search engines’ job of identifying and understanding what each webpage is all about and their ability to satisfy user queries is considerably made easier.Some solid reasons why hiring a manager dedicated to SEO could very well be your best business decision ever:
Confirmed Experience
For a small business that is attempting to make its presence felt in the online environment, the road to success is paved with many a pothole. The competition for attention in the cyber world is perhaps at its fiercest, and it is no longer viable to just have a website. To establish a web presence that is of any account, you need to look at SEO managers who are young and dynamic enough to work in a small business environment and take on the huge responsibility of getting adequate momentum for the site without costing a bomb.
Ideally, he would have undertaken offline or online SEO training, and have at least three years or more of website development or SEO experience, either working for agencies or for clients. If he has hands-on experience, you can be much more confident that he would have the necessary skills that your business needs at this stage of its lifecycle. If he has a track record of working with clients in various sectors, it will be an advantage as he would be able to extrapolate his learning to your business much faster.
HTML Skills
An SEO professional will typically have great competence in understanding, analyzing and working with HTML code. Just as a common person breathes air, the SEO practitioner lives on HTML and; website structure; all that is associated with web design and development is second nature to him justas it is alien to the rest of us. When you hire an SEO manager, you automatically bring on board a certain level of competence and knowledge about websites that will help you to maximize its uptime and stability. With someone in your workforce who has the requisite knowledge, problems with your website can be identified faster and fixed more quickly.
Strong Understanding of Analytics
When you are operating an online business, it is not enough to just have a functional website. Because there is so much completion out there, you need to be on top of how your site is performing. You can expect your SEO manager to not only have a very well-developed appreciation of web analytics but also a strategic perspective that will take a load off your back in terms of how the website should be structured and perform. While his skills will allow him to implement SEO to get better site discover ability, he will also be in a position to integrate your SEO strategies with the goals of the enterprise. What this basically means is that he can formulate a strategy that can help you to achieve the results you are looking for.
Author bio: Carolyn Weiss is an experienced SEO practitioner. She has recently quit employment in favor of establishing an online SEO training facility for small and medium businesses.
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Author: Maralyn
Maralyn Dennis Hill, The Epicurean Explorer, is president emeritus of International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association, member of Society of American Travel Writers, and Society of Professional Journalists. She is Executive Editor of Luxe Beat Magazine and contributes to other publications. She also speaks and is a guest on many shows. The majority of Maralyn’s articles are now geared to the luxury market, spas, corporate retreats, business events, and culinary tourism, from simple to gourmet. Maralyn’s description of herself: I was born to travel and tell the tale. I’m energized by different cultures in every aspect of their lives, from food, wine, and destination, to how they conduct business. Travel represents a continual geography lesson.
