00:01:08Answering THAT question
00:03:10The different roles
00:04:36When you've found your person
00:08:23Is this you?
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
If a client has ever asked you "When will my website be found on Google?" — and you didn’t quite know how to answer — this episode is for you.
Check out my new offer: https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/sparks-group-mentoring/ It's a supportive group mentoring session for website designers and developers to bring their questions, roadblocks, ideas, and "is it just me?" moments.
Welcome to another episode of Websites Made Simple with me, Holly Christie.
In this episode, I’m talking about where your role as a web designer ends and where an SEO specialist’s begins — and why knowing that difference could genuinely change the quality of the websites you deliver and the reputation you build.
We get into:
- The difference between building an SEO-friendly website and delivering SEO services
- What you ARE responsible for in every build (and where the line is)
- How to find an SEO specialist you actually like working with
- Why you should bring them in before the build starts, not after
- What an SEO specialist actually produces and how to show clients the value
- How to handle clients who don’t want to pay for SEO support
- Whether to build the SEO cost into your website price
- Why the relationship goes both ways — and how SEO specialists can become a referral source for you
If you’ve ever felt unsure about where SEO fits in your process, this will help you get clear, get confident, and start building better websites with the right people around you.
Come and find out more at https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk or email me at hello@websitesmadesimple.co.uk
And here’s the link if you want to learn more about Neal and Podknows: https://podknows.co.uk/
Skip to the good bits:
01:15 “When will my website be found on Google?”
01:41 What web designers ARE responsible for in SEO
02:34 SEO-friendly ≠ SEO services
02:57 Nikki Pilkington
03:44 Find an SEO specialist you vibe with
04:44 Bring them in before the build starts
05:03 What your SEO specialist will actually produce
06:14 When the client won’t pay for SEO
07:03 Build the SEO cost into your website price
08:24 It goes both ways: the referral relationship
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