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Directory PageRank Update

Going through the directories manually and will have the spreadsheet updated next week. In the meantime, here are the directories which had their PageRank changed. As you will see, no major directories were affected.

Performance Corporate – 3/10 (+3)
A1 Directory Search – 2/10 (-1)
ABiz Directory – 2/10 (-1)
Established Websites Directory – 0/10 (-4)
Ajdee – 4/10 (+1)
All in Order – 0/10 (-1)
All the Biz – 2/10 (-1)
All Web Directory – 3/10 (+2)
A News 4 U – 1/10 (-1)
Anthony Parsons – 2/10 (-1)
Bhanvad – 4/10 (+1)
Business Seek – 3/10 (+1)
Canny Link – 3/10 (-2)
Can’t U Find – 4/10 (-1)
Check Houston – 4/10 (-1)
Cluboo – 2/10 (-2)
Dhundo – 0/10 (-2)
Direct-o-ry – 1/10 (-1)
Velnet Search – 2/10 (-1)
Directory Gold – 3/10 (-1)
Direcory Here – 1/10 (-1)
Directory Storm – 4/10 (+1)
Directory World – 4/10 (-1)
Fast Paths – 1/10 (-1)
Favouite Link – 0/10 (-2)
Find Rex – 3/10 (-1)
Find What Where – 2/10 (-1)
Galaxy – 7/10 (+1)
Home Page Seek – 4/10 (+1)
Houndit – 0/10 (-2)
iBrain – 1/10 (-1)
Index Plex – 4/10 (+1)
Info-Listings – 5/10 (-1)
Information Outpost – 3/10 (+1)
Italist – 0/10 (-3)
King Bloom – 3/10 (-1)
Klik Klik – 0/10 (-4)
Linkism – 2/10 (-1)
Link Lasso – 2/10 (-1)
Look Forth – 3/10 (+1)
Most Popular Sites – 5/10 (-1)
My Site Guide – 0/10 (-3)
Ozami – 4/10 (-1)
Phyder – 2/10 (+2)
Please Retrieve – 0/10 (-3)
Primo Directory – 3/10
Resource Help – 5/10 (+1)
Rubber Stamped – 5/10 (-1)
Skatoo – 2/10 (-1)
SOC Engine – 6/10 (+3)
Sporge – 4/10 (+1)
Sun Stream – 5/10 (+1)
Text Links R Us – 2/10 (+1)
Top Sites – 0/10 (-3)
Tygo – 4/10 (-1)
URL Can – 0/10 (-3)
Wholesale Pimp – 1/10 (-1)

Increasing SEO Leads

This is the first in many parts of how to increase your consulting business. If you don’t have a consulting business, the advice can be applied to most business structures. If you currently take SEO clients, after reading this article please do the following:

Send me a snippet of your experience and what sets you apart from the competition along with how expensive you are. I am updating my recommended list on my site and I want to ensure I group everyone together correctly so a prospect with a limited budget doesn’t call SEO Inc. or Mike Grehan and waste their time.

Okay, so you need more leads, or you need more qualified leads, or you need to convert more of the people who call you. Let’s first go through your current status:

1) How many hours per week are you currently working?
2) What is your current monthly revenue before expenses?
3) What is your net revenue (this would be your “paycheck”)?
4) On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being fitted with a straight jacket) what is your stress level towards your clients?
5) Right now, what is your biggest stress (either personally or professionally)?

Let’s now break these down to ensure you can actually handle more work.

1) If you are currently working 45 hours or more per week your problem is not a lack of business, your prices are too low. Increase your prices and you will lose a few clients, but the increase in pay will keep revenues the same while decreasing your work hours. The secret to being an effective SEO is having plenty of “down time” to allow the creative side of you, which is typically a weakness, to come through to allow you to do a better job and retain the clients you have.

2) This is either for you personally or for your company. You need to know this number. If you don’t, find out today, not tomorrow, but today. Wake someone up if you need to. Not knowing how much you make is a bad thing if you’re running the show.

3) If your paycheck is less than $10,000 a month you are doing something horribly wrong. There is no reason for it and I am being as kind as possible with that statement. If you are making above that figure and you aren’t happy with it, write down what you want it to be. Be realistic, while at the same time focused on achieving what you know you deserve based on your skill level.