One mistake I made when starting SEO Freelancing was charging an hourly rate that was based on my experience and education. Well, if you're new to SEO Freelancing, no one cares about your education or in-house experience. In Freelancing, they care about results! The best way to show results: show positive engagement on your website and/or freelancing profile on UpWork, Fiverr, Guru, PeoplePerHour, Freelancer, etc... How do you gain positive engagement on your profile/website? Work for free. Yes, you read that right. Offer your services for free, you are new to SEO Freelancing and no one owes you anything. Working for free will force you to provide value for your clients, it will allow your clients to provide feedback about your services, and working for free will make your clients more comfortable when leaving a positive review. This will build up your profile, and when you increase your hourly rate, many of your clients will follow you. Dont worry, you won't work for free for long; maybe a few months, it's different for everyone. Focus on building up your profile and your rate as you see the projects improving. However, as mentioned in the title, be ready to eat a pile of sh*t when you're new! Free work often attracts low-level clients which can be a challenge to manage. These types of challenging clients will also help you build your SEO process and business documents. And believe me, the first time a project goes out of scope, you will be updating these quickly! :) Let projects go out of scope, offer extra help, provide education, grind hard, take on criticism and hold yourself accountable for your SEO strategies by measuring them. This is how I started, it's also how I developed a bulletproof SEO process that I use to train my team. It's a grind, but nothing worth doing is ever easy. Good luck out there people! Derek Kent - SEO Director, iNet Media

Hi everyone! I'm based in Prague, CZ. Currently working full-time in an agency and doing just a little bit of freelance work on top of that. Favorite dish right now: Čevapi u lepinji How long are you in SEO: About 2-3 years Biggest strength: Laziness which motivates me to simplify complicated things Biggest weakness: Currently creativity - struggling because I spend too much time in Sheets and Excel. And laziness :D What's your most immediate goal in SEO business? Find more time for my own projects and clients

Hey guys, I am Chris from China, an SEO expert with two years. Also, I am running a blog with my SEO knowledge. I plan to learn how to get clients, how SEO freelancer works, and how SEO agency runs. And thank @Artem Klimkin for inviting me here.

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