{"id":9906,"date":"2016-10-31T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/?p=9906"},"modified":"2016-10-28T18:18:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:18:04","slug":"seo-on-a-budget-is-it-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/seo-on-a-budget-is-it-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO on a Budget: Is it Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9920\" src=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/office-620822_960_720-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Office Laptop\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/office-620822_960_720-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/office-620822_960_720-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/office-620822_960_720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>SEO should always be one of the main internet marketing tools used to promote a site. With over 70% of today\u2019s internet traffic coming through search engines, not appearing in search results is nothing short of a big mistake. You\u2019ll be missing out on thousands \u2013 if not millions \u2013 of potential customers.<\/p>\n<p>While large sites and businesses are taking advantage of SEO to push their websites \u2013 and their products \u2013 further into the market, a lot of site owners still believe that SEO needs to be expensive for it to be effective. It is possible to do SEO on a budget?<\/p>\n<h2>Time vs. Money<\/h2>\n<p>One important thing to understand about SEO and running an SEO campaign is that it is always about investing time and\/or money. If you don\u2019t have time to spend formulating an SEO strategy, developing an awesome set of content and building relationships with your audience and other websites, then you can have a team of experts complete those tasks for a fee.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, you can also choose to do some \u2013 or even all \u2013 of the SEO tasks yourself. You can still hire an SEO agency to help formulate the right strategy for your site. The experts behind the SEO company can help you find keywords to target, track the site\u2019s overall SEO performance and perform other technical tasks for you.<\/p>\n<p>To save money, you can invest your time into writing great content for your site, communicating with the site\u2019s audience and building relationships with other industry experts. You can then write guest posts and perform other SEO tasks that are well within your capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>The Best Way to Save<\/h2>\n<p>Another great thing about SEO is the fact that you have a very measurable return on investment. The best way to save in this case is by making sure the SEO campaign is right \u2013 and effective \u2013 from the start. The biggest costs of doing SEO are the costs of your mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>This is also the reason why it is best to work with a reputable, highly capable SEO agency. Thinking that you can get away with spending a small amount of money on an SEO company that promises instant results is the worst mistake you can make for your site.<\/p>\n<p>Working with shady SEO companies and making other fatal mistakes is very bad indeed. Not only will you be spending the money on black hat SEO tactics that don\u2019t work, you\u2019ll start getting penalties from search engines too.<\/p>\n<h2>State Your Budget<\/h2>\n<p>It is clear that it is possible to do SEO on a budget. The best way to do it is by stating the amount of money you can afford to spend on SEO when getting quotes from good SEO agencies. The agencies will be more than happy to work with the budget you have and formulate the best SEO strategy for your site, allowing you to compare services and pick the best one easily. 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