Using SEO to Generate Web Design Clients the Non-Spammy Way
Most web designers aren’t very familiar with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which is the process of ranking specific web pages as high up in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Positions) as possible. It’s understandable, web design and SEO are only loosely connected. The only time when SEO enters the mind of a web designer is usually when they’re writing the HTML and considering the relevant tags to use. It’s also understandable because most web designers work with local clients, or have other ways of finding clients.
But it’s very possible to use SEO to find web design clients if you know what you’re doing. I know this because it’s how I’ve worked for over 1,500 design clients in the past 3 years. Unlike most designers, nearly 99.9% of my clients are located in different states and countries. Many freelance designers unnecessarily struggle month to month due to a lack of consistent income. If you’re one of those starving designers, keep on reading!
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I am amateur in this work but I usually find that building SEO capabilities into the original web design is a much more effective way of using keywords and getting backlinks. Good design should consider SEO as well as aesthetics!
This is the best post on the UK IT job sector that I have ever read … Great good reading, really worth cutting and pasting. Thank you!