New Linkbuilder in Town

Introducing Josepha Haden.

It was just a year ago that I commissioned a website for myself. After having been an in-house SEO for a bit more than a year, I took up freelance SEO work on a full-time basis.

It's gone well. In fact, I try not to whine too much about it, but sometimes I have too much work. I turn work down with great frequency, something I would not have envisioned a year ago, but sometimes I have too much work that I want to do, for people I'd like to work with. Having too much business is, like having overly gifted kids or being excessively beautiful, the kind of problem for which it is very difficult to get any sympathy.

Therefore, if you're going to whine about having too much business, you have to whine within your own family circle.

So I did. And I was fortunate enough to have someone volunteer to train as a linkbuilder and join me in providing foundational linkbuilding. Josepha is a member of KCSEO and has a day job with the word "analyst" in the title, so it's no surprise that she has turned out to be very good at linkbuilding.

Just the other day I was talking with one of the clients she's been working for during her training. Josepha's finishing up a five-hour linkbuilding campaign for this client.

"Some of the guys think we should go with one of those SEO companies that promises to get you on page 1 of Google," the client said.

"Well, let's have a look," said I. We brought up Google and typed in some search terms.

"There you are," I said. "Oh, and look, there's a link Josepha got for you -- and there's another, and another. You're all over the page."

We tried a few more, with similar results.

Clearly, Josepha is out of the apprenticeship phase. I'm delighted to have her working with me, and delighted also that I won't have to turn down so many people in future.