Looking to get more SEO projects? In this article, I will discuss a list of ways that can land you tons of high-paying SEO projects. This guide is useful for both freelancers and SEO agencies.
It is expected that by 2030, 80% of the world’s workforce will work independently as a freelancer. It means you need to focus on today to survive in the future. Get more SEO projects today to build the online portfolio that will help you compete with your rivals in future.
Here are the top six ways to get more SEO projects:
Use Freelancing Sites
The best way to get more SEO projects is to get registered on freelancing websites. There are hundreds of websites you can find on the internet that provide various SEO projects. These sites are easy to use as you just need to create an appealing profile with all the essential details like name, headline, bio, skills, and experiences.
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But joining any of these SEO freelancing sites doesn’t mean you will start getting tons of projects. First, you need to do some research and find out the best platform that fits your needs and skills. Here is the list of best freelancing sites for SEO professionals to get more SEO projects:
Getting approved on these sites is a bit difficult as daily thousands of people submit their application for review. Here are some tips for fast approval:
- Keep your social media profiles clean because the client checks your social media profiles first to ensure you are a real person and not a bot.
- Avoid general headlines like “Looking for SEO Projects”, try to add a headline that reveals your skills.
- Add a professional profile image, avoid using selfies.
- Describe the services you are going to provide in your bio.
- Add a short video bio if possible (optional).
- Appear in some tests, some of the freelancing websites allow users to give various tests like language test, skills tests, and aptitude test.
Most of these sites work on a “bidding system” in which clients post the service they need and freelancers bid on the job listings with their message, pricing, and past work samples. The client reviews the application and if found relevant then the freelancer or the company is hired for the project.
In the other method, you don’t need to bid on listings, the clients will reach and contact you to handle the project. In this case, a freelancer must have a good reputation and old profile with tons of good reviews by past clients. Here are some tips to build a trusted profile:
- Get as many reviews as you can.
- Always ask clients for a review after project completion.
- Try to complete every project 100%.
Here are an example of some SEO freelancer profiles:
Here, you can see that these freelancers have excellent headline, introduction, and profile image. Also, their job success rate is 100%.
Include your targeted keyword in your title, description, and tags. For example, “SEO”.
Leverage The Power Of LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a top social media platform but it also works as an online job searching platform. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman in the United States. In 2020, around 40% of users searched for jobs and freelancing projects every week on LinkedIn. Therefore, LinkedIn is a very good platform to find SEO projects.
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In LinkedIn, you can build various connections in your niche like SEO and can show them your past successful projects as a portfolio and tell them that you are looking for SEO projects.
Otherwise, you can use the search feature of LinkedIn as discussed in the below steps:
First, you can use the following search queries:
“freelance SEO”
“SEO freelancer”
“freelance SEO” NOT video
Now, after hitting the search button, you will get various results as shown in the image below. Here, you need to click on the “Posts” tab.
As you can see, we have 440 results in which people posted that they require SEO freelancers. Now, your task is to click the posts and type “Interested” or directly contact the post author. In this way, you can find tons of SEO projects.
Pro Tip: You can also filter the results by location and posting time to get deep results.
Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile
- Use catchy headlines including SEO as a keyword.
- Write a brief summary about your work, past clients, services, rewards, and achievements.
- Add relevant experiences.
- Get endorsements via your LinkedIn connections.
- Be active and consistent on LinkedIn and share valuable content.
- Connect with other SEO leaders and people who may need your SEO skills.
- Try to complete every single section of your profile.
Build Your Website
A website is a good medium to showcase your work and portfolio to clients. After you approach a client, they will ask you to show your past work and achievements. Here, your website can help, you can add past work samples with achievements, past clients, and testimonials of those clients.
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The other benefit of having your own website is that it can help you acquire unlimited SEO projects or clients. But how? It’s simple, you can create service pages like SEO service and add valuable and quality content in it, optimize your content for SEO, try to include industry-related keywords, and perform good On-Page and Off-Page SEO. All these actions help your service page rank on the search engine. For example, look into the image below, all these people have SEO service pages on their website and have optimized them to gain good rankings on Google.
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You can also use the same technique and this will surely help you get tons of SEO projects monthly. Also, doing this will help clients trust you because if you can rank your own site then why not the client’s website?
Pro Tip: You can create more than one SEO service page for every targeted location.
Run Search Engine Ads/Google Ads
According to research, it is found that if a person is looking to buy products or services, 65% of people click on the paid ads listing on the search. For example, if you search “SEO Services USA” on Google you will get a similar image as below.
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There are very high chances that someone will click on any of these ads and they get redirected to the landing page where the webmaster has described its SEO services and portfolios. These pages are known as “Landing Pages” that are created with the purpose of converting the visitor into a customer or client.
But what if you don’t have a website? No worries, you can use any free website builder like Google Sites or free landing page builders like ConvertKit and Ucraft.
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Pro Tip: On your first ad creation, you will get some free credits.
Tips To Create Converting Ad:
- Add primary keyword in the Ad title and description.
- Write catchy Ad description to get more clicks.
- Include your number in the Ad.
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List Your Services On Classified Sites
The ad spends on Classifieds is expected to reach $121 million in 2021 that means classifieds are still working. But in today’s time, you can find thousands of classified sites on the web and choosing the right one is a difficult task. Here are some of the best classified sites with millions of monthly traffic/visitors.
- Craigslist (296M)
- Classified Ads (1.6M)
- Locanto (6.8M)
- Oodle (1.7M)
Once you register with these classified sites, you can post your SEO services ad with various details like title, description, email address, contact number, and images.
Browse Job Portals
Job portals are also a great place to find jobs and SEO projects. There are many job portals where you can search for SEO projects. Some of them are:
- Indeed (One of The Oldest Job Portal)
- Monster (Find SEO Projects In Multiple Locations)
- FlexJobs (Find Remote Jobs)
- AngelList (Best For Beginners)
- Job (Very Popular)
- Adzuna
In a single search, you can get hundreds of SEO jobs.
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Conclusion
I hope you will get more SEO projects after reading this article. Whether you are a beginner, advanced or an SEO agency looking for SEO clients, all of the above methods can definitely help you get your desired SEO project.
