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Except I'm obviously not THAT kind of SEO consultant who is trying to cram stuff you don't like down your throat. If you read my other stuff on there, you'd rea
by dohertyjf 14y ago
Except I'm obviously not THAT kind of SEO consultant who is trying to cram stuff you don't like down your throat. If you read my other stuff on there, you'd realize that I'm all about cool things and providing as much value as possible. That was exactly my issue with these examples I gave - they provided nothing, so why should I give them anything?
Same with marketing. If I don't provide you value, I don't deserve your attention or your links or whatever.
Lumping the sheisters with the legit ones is unfair. I could just as easily say that developers are the scum of the Internet because some write programs that hack sites and steal credit card information. But then I'd be lumping all developers into the same category of scum, making the same logical fallacy you're making.
Just my two cents.
- joshklein 14y agoI think it's worth acknowledging the branding problem identifying yourself as an SEO consultant creates. You're obviously a competent marketer - not just a channel expert - so you may want to rethink your presentation of yourself.
- dohertyjf 14y agoFair enough there, Josh. I actually usually introduce myself as an online marketer, because I do a lot of other sorts of marketing too - content, CRO, and social. I started in SEO and technically work for an SEO consultancy, but our tagline is "Smarter Online Marketing". It's a work in progress :-)
- contentmuse 14y agoI respect you make a distinction, Josh... otherwise, it would be akin to racism or other logical fallacies.. "SEO" is a term, reputable professionals are dynamic, with their own personalities, and ways of doing things, which may have nothing to do with the generally-accepted 'definitions' and understandings