Hunt for partners Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Lots of work coming in and there's no sign of recession in my office! But since my founding freelance partner Steve has quit doing any more work for me it has put a lot of pressure on me as a one man workforce.
So the hunt is on to find good freelancers to take on all the stuff he used to do for me but doesnt now.
SEO and SEM work is more or less unaffected by his departure, as he did techie stuff mostly.
I am grateful that Steve has promised to continue support for existing major clients.
What I need is someone who can do technical site assesments and site fixes for clients not requiring new websites, but maybe just site upgrades for the bulk of my small business clients mostly involved in tourism.

Bucking the Trend Shedding Clients Monday, 12 January 2009

I must be the only business in the UK presently shedding clients but with more SEO work coming in and it becoming more and more involved if good results are to be achieved for clients, then something has to give.
I often get emails from India based companies with 60 or 200 staff touting for work, but the standard is pitifully low on my experience and there is always subttle language barriers.
My office is just too small to house staff! and i really dont want an office in town so i keep small and specialised. Do what I do best, shed the rest.
Personal contact with clients and an intimate knowledge of their business is what I like in order to enthusiastically work on building their online reputation. This has disadvantages of course for clients in that it costs a bit more than the run of the mill India based SEO. But hey, whats money when one can afford to shed clients!