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Over the past seven days three of our customers have emailed me in an attempt to get advice on one common theme. All three customers have received unsolicited emails from search engine optimisation (SEO) companies trying to sell their services to my client.
Subject: Overview for www.My-Customers-Website.com
Hello,
Firstly, let me introduce myself as a search consultant for XXXXXXXXX.com.
I came across www.customers-website.com today while looking for a website with unique content that would make a good candidate for better search engine rankings.
The email goes on to give a very basic analysis of the customers Web site.
Jamie’s Advice
Having seen three of my customers receive very similar emails over the past week, I’ve almost mastered the art my reply. Here is the reply I sent to Dave at nU-build Conservatories, who emailed me just this morning looking for advice after he was contacted by an SEO monkey.
Hi Dave,
That’s another of those emails I would ignore. That email they sent you was unsolicited, and in turn was spam. Frankly, I would stay away from any company that sends spam to people in a bid to get business.
If you do ever feel you want to focus on more search engine traffic, give me a shout. We’ve recently been getting some fantastic results for our customers. In fact, here’s the most recent testimonial we got from a customer (they are a Canadian luxury home builder.)
“Within the first few months of our new site going live, our traffic has increased substantially, and we have noticed a dramatic increase in customers using the contact methods on our site.
In fact, this has almost created a problem. Our site is so well done and so easily found in search engines, that we have people contacting us from everywhere, even people who aren’t building in our area! But that’s life, and it’s a good problem to have.”
So my advice is to ignore the monkeys in London who spam people, and speak to us if you should ever have the desire to rock Google. 
Like any self-respecting search engine optimisation company, we can’t guarantee a specific result, but we can certainly back up our service with a bunch of testimonials and statistical and financial figures from our customers. Without tooting my own horn (actually, I’ll just toot my own horn), I would say we’re the best search engine optimisation company in West Yorkshire.
Thanks for forwarding it on to me, Dave. You’ll probably get more of these in the future (we get them through our own Web site, even though search engine optimisation is a service we offer and promote).
Jamie
Important Points
- The email that Dave, and my other two customers received was spam. They didn’t ask for it. They don’t know the people who sent it. It was spam.
- The company that sent the emails are obviously finding our customers Web sites in some fashion to be able to send the emails. Through search engines, perhaps?
- The company didn’t back up their claims with any evidence. In my response, I copied in a testimonial from one of our customers.
- And yes, even we get these types of emails. Despite the fact we promote SEO across our Web site, we get SEO monkeys contacting us to see if we would like to use their services.
If you want to increase your search engine rankings, don’t be fooled by the monkeys who send out spam. Use a well respected company who can show you testimonials and physical statistical proof from past projects that they can increase your rankings and give your business a boost. Ya know, like the the best SEO company in West Yorkshire. Or, if you happen to live with Kangaroos and Fosters, I have it on good word that Sheila Brendon and his team at Tailored Consulting do fantastic SEO work.
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