How I quit freelancing and opened my own SEO agency

Hello! My name is Alexander, and I am the head of the SEO COMPUTER advertising agency. My main focus is SEO website promotion and contextual advertising. My experience in these areas exceeds 5 years and I have implemented more than a hundred projects in various countries. In this article, I'll talk a little about my journey into SEO and how I came to start my own agency.

Step 1. Finding yourself

I was born in a small town and have been interested in mathematics, English and literature since childhood. While studying at the university, I realized that economics is important, but I am more drawn to IT and computer technologies. I started learning programming, including php and python, as well as databases. From time to time I tried to get into application testing companies, but my attempts were unsuccessful, which ultimately led me to web development and SEO promotion. I quickly realized that this was what I liked, and my results began to improve.

Step 2. I am a student. Search for part-time work

year. Initially, it was difficult to find a job where I could use my skills. I sent out a lot of resumes and ended up getting a job at an SEO company where they taught me how to promote websites from scratch. At first the tasks were simple, but this is what allowed me to develop my skills. At first, the work was not very paid, but for the sake of experience I was ready to work even for free. Over time, I was entrusted with more complex projects, and I saw how traffic and site rankings began to grow thanks to my efforts.

Step 3. Freelancing is like first love... From SEO middle to freelancers

After I got the hang of it, I realized that I could start promoting myself as an SEO specialist. I registered on freelance exchanges and started looking for projects. The first steps were difficult because I had few cases and I had to convince clients to work with me. But I didn’t stop and continued to build my portfolio. As a result, I accumulated more than 50 positive reviews, which was confirmation that I was doing my job well.

Step 4. Working with large projects in the bookmaker niche

At some point, it became difficult for me to work exclusively as a freelancer, and I decided to look for more interesting work. I was lucky to join the team of a company involved in sports and bookmaking. I started working on projects that had a lot of traffic and put a lot of effort into improving their performance. There was a lot of competition in the industry, but we achieved significant results. Although the work was not easy, it showed me how important experience is in promoting large projects.

Step 5. Create a one-page website and run ads

In parallel with my work, I created my own website on which I posted information about my services. Within a few months, the site began to rank well for queries related to SEO services, and I began to receive leads. To enhance the effect, I connected contextual advertising, which allowed me to receive even more clients. At this time, I realized that I had all the tools to create a full-fledged agency. All this gave me confidence in my abilities.

Step 6. Opening an individual entrepreneur and moving to the office

When the number of clients began to increase, I realized that it was time to take a step towards a more serious business. I opened an individual entrepreneur, rented an office and started assembling a team. This process took a little time, but thanks to good organization we quickly set up work processes and began to achieve excellent results. From that moment on, we began to grow not only in the number of projects, but also in the quality of the services we provide to our clients.

Conclusions

What have I learned from this journey?

  • In order to open your own business, you need to be an expert in the areas that you offer.
  • Don't be afraid to test different advertising tools. This is the only way to understand which of them are most effective.
  • If the amount of work becomes too large, this is a signal for growth. Hire people to share responsibility.
  • Standardize processes. Write regulations and set deadlines for tasks so that everything goes according to plan.
  • Develop management skills. This is a necessary skill to successfully lead a company, especially when there is a lot of information and resources for self-improvement.

P.S.

During our work, we have achieved significant success, and now the SEO COMPUTER agency occupies high positions in the rankings of SEO companies.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the SEO studio "SEO COMPUTER" for any question by email info@seo.computer.

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