How I Started My SEO Agency

Breaking down how I started my own SEO agency STEP-BY-STEP.👞➡️🥾
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Want to know how to learn SEO and build your own SEO agency? Payton Clark Smith breaks down how he built his SEO agency (Pait Digital) from scratch and shows you every step and resource you need to build a multiple six-figure SEO agency. This video opens up about how much you should charge for SEO, how much you can make as an SEO provider, where to learn SEO for free, and much more!
Check out my Agency site here: www.paitdigital.com/
CHAPTERS:
00:00 How I Started My SEO Agency
5:45 How to Learn SEO
11:46 How Long Does It Take To Learn SEO?
13:00 What Do I Need To Learn To Start An SEO Agency?
15:30 How Much Should I Charge For SEO Services?
18:13 How Much Can I Make From SEO?
19:59 How To Do Monthly SEO Reporting?
20:54 What Else Do I Need To Know?
21:50 How Do I Find SEO Client?
26:54 Should I Go For It?

[@NicsMusic60]

Thanks for this video Payton! I have been binge watching your videos lately. You asked at the end of this video "what's your biggest hesitation? Whats holding you back". For me, it's confidence. I understand a lot of that comes from within. However, I never went to college for website developement or anything related. I self-taught myself Wordpress and everything I know about the industry from videos like yours. I have a few clients under my belt (family and friends). I live in a small town and very rural atmosphere. How do I prove how valuable SEO is to companies/clients that may have a small budget (or perhaps no budget at all) for things like digital marketing? You made the comment in this video that being the SEO expert in your small town could be a great opportunity, that clicked with me. But I need a way to prove to them that I (and my SEO/website skills) are worth their investment. Hope that made sense, sorry for the long paragraph comment ha!

[@PaytonClarkSmith]

First off, thank you so much for watching and for this awesome comment. So many great questions in here. I felt exactly the same way as you when I started and so much of it just comes down to that confidence. I found that my confidence in selling SEO services and convincing people that they were worth their money just came over time as I slowly found clients that were willing to give me a shot. After a while, you start to see the results and it becomes much easier to confidently look your prospects in the eyes and say this is going to be the best investment you can make for your business. At first, I was so hesitant to charge more than a few hundred bucks a month and even then my clients seemed mostly unwilling to commit to anything more expensive or more long-term, but now as my confidence and experience has increased I am blown away at how many people are willing to spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars every month because they trust me and my process. So this may not be the answer you were looking for but I would just say right now your biggest priority is just to start. Start with whatever clients you can at whatever budget they are willing to spend and just start getting better and better at providing results. The bigger clients will come and eventually you will find yourself in a position where people are seeking you out to hire you and they are already convinced of the value you provide. I don’t remember the last time someone asked me if SEO really works or if it’s really necessary or effective, at this point people can look at my past work or watch my videos and they just know that it is. So hopefully it puts you at ease knowing that it only gets easier and after years of doing this, my first three clients were by far the hardest to land and deliver results. Hang in there and best of luck!

[@NicsMusic60]

@@PaytonClarkSmith Great great points in there. Thanks man!

[@tusharmanan1880]

@@NicsMusic60 hey man. I know it’s been a year now. How’s ur SEO doing?

[@webrefreshseoagency7619]

Thanks for the great content Payton! Loved the part on monthly reporting. Do you use the SEMRush reporting tool for reports? What level of detail/insights do you include in the different levels of reporting you provide?

[@faichalayeva6017]

Thank you! Keep up the growth. All the best to you 🙏🏿

[@zeeshanhaider8971]

Thank you so much Payton for such a Valuable Insights ... ❤ Lots Of Love 😘

[@TrioSEO10]

This is very helpful for those starting an SEO agency. The breakdown process of how to effectively do SEO for companies made it a lot easier to understand the concept!

[@nirbhaythakkar9931]

That's Super Detailed mann !!! Thanks Bruh

[@user-yz4iy4kc6p]

Glad I clicked on your video. I know a bit about SEO and I do web design. Been looking for ways to follow a case study of someone doing it. Thanks!

[@johnfalero1123]

this was great! thanks alot payton. great content

[@muhammadsharjeel1491]

Awesome bro. Just to the point and clear.

[@user-xb5pv7vj8g]

Thanks for the video... You've given nothing new about SEO... But what you've given is really worthy... It's an inspiration i Thank you so much.

[@louiegibson5253]

Thank you for this valuable content.

[@kevinadrian2640]

Great Video Thank you a lot. I found answers for all my questions.

[@formixcode]

thank you very much for the insight model

[@user-wm4yn9vl4r]

Your videos are very useful and provide lots of information. I have received lots of help after watching this post, please continue to share this kind of information. Thank you.

[@chamin111]

Thanks for being your real experience with us I highly appreciate your kind efforts to improve are knowledge about SEO

[@abdiafrah4907]

I been in design game pretty much most of my life, specially web design, I didn’t know seo is pretty important for clients, time to learn seo and call my old clients ahahahha. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@MaryenPaola1]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@danielq888]

Thank you for this valuable content. Lots of good resources i didn't know and lot of inspiration.

[@PaytonClarkSmith]

Thanks for watching!

[@kacyhansen789]

really appreciate this information. especially since I've taken a decade-long break of art and graphic design to have kids.... now getting back into freelance and looking to do web design. The SEO addition to web design is very intriguing. I'll be watching more of your videos for sure!

[@eckz8659]

You still doing this?

[@anastasiyagryshchenko9436]

Thank you for the video!

[@Gabriel223m]

🔥🔥 Love this

[@thomasarillotta6518]

10/30/23 Viewing and learning; loved it!

[@mrdjchasm]

My brother sent me here after being one of your clients! I'm still a novice with web design and a totally newb at SEO. Thanks for sharing this content.

[@PaytonClarkSmith]

Your brother is the best of the best! Thanks for watching and let me know how I can help!

[@veritas4us]

Thanks for this info

[@ricardodiaz1985rd]

Great content! Thank you!

[@millennialbellaTV]

Wow! Thank you! Hoping to join your community someday!

[@martineztile8359]

Hi Payton I know you referred to the blueprint as a good course. Does your course show from ground up the absolute basics of seo and how to learn and put into effect in details if one knows nothing about seo on the technical side? Thank you

[@ibrahimmridul7770]

It is a high time to watch your and neil patel video to start my round!! Thanks man

[@atnsn]

This is amazing valuable content, thank you!

[@PaytonClarkSmith]

Thanks for watching

[@IndikaKuruppu]

Good content! Thank you for this Clark! Very clear and informative... I'm really interested to start doing SEO but I'm really an amature in the game.

[@webrefreshseoagency7619]

Hey @indisphere, how’s your SEO journey going? Would love to hear!

[@shannonhester6236]

I'm wanting to create courses/moduals. Did you use a third party or use build that out yourself in webflow?

[@Sora_Nai]

Dude your under charging 700 a month 💀. The industry minimum is 1k.

[@Earth_to_Kensho...ComeInKensho]

There are people from other areas of the world who are reaching out to our markets who are highly skilled and charge half of what you seem to demand. I'm not dissing you, I'm trying to prepare you because what you know isn't a secret and the world has changed

[@Sora_Nai]

@@Earth_to_Kensho...ComeInKensho bro get a life your replying to a comment I made 3 fukjng years ago. Over course it doesn't correspond with today's climate. 🙄 Shit changes you know that right fr quarter to quarter now imagine how much it changes after 3 freaking years. I don't even do SEO anymore... so idk what you yapping about

[@Earth_to_Kensho...ComeInKensho]

@@Sora_Nai my bad for not realizing it was three years but I wasn't wrong and if You're out of SEO you must have sucked at it

[@hogill9034]

​@@Sora_Naisoft

[@trishjones]

⁠Wow, the guy is literally raking it in teaching other people how to build an agency business and you’re still in the grassroots counting each blade of grass. Just apologise for your ignorance and move on. This kind of negativity just isn’t necessary. @@Earth_to_Kensho...ComeInKensho

[@jontemple7149]

Awesome video, thanks

[@iamnickkeeping]

Really great video. I started my SEO agency in January and it's been fairly consistent up until now. I scaled my business from just £500 / month to £3000 / month just on refererals. The business has slowed recently so this is great motivation

[@laggingluke8673]

How is the business going? :)

[@biesman5]

How are you doing rn?

[@iamnickkeeping]

Steady. Onto make 50k this year in sales.

[@meen5395]

thank you for this video

[@nordicmagic8695]

You are a legend!

[@learnfromjp7462]

Do i need to know html web design or can i stick with web flow

[@stvlley]

High value content ✔️🙏🙏

[@kristiansrefz5183]

🔥🔥🔥Nice Work

[@amandaperez4927]

Thanks for this video! I am curious, for those small local businesses that you suggest charging $500-700 a month to, what all would you be actually providing to them at that scale?

[@meryamle6270]

Do I have to learn web design to start my own SEO agency?

[@DvJorn]

I am watching some of your open SEO videos on your site, but you state that this service is a good extra income stream for current webflow designers. My question: is it also suitable for people jsut looking to start a SEO agency without knowledge of Webflow (yet)?

[@bottlemen98]

could u still do this successfully if you only can do seo and are not a web dev and cs person

[@MichaelWilliams-lo3ix]

Brilliant

[@jamesdowsett-cooper5347]

Hi Payton, What do you do about not getting flagged as spam when you were sending those customized videos on Loom? I am guessing you didn't have their consent before sending it to them. Was it just a standard email or was it a formatted email with your logo etc? thanks for the great videos!

[@webrefreshseoagency7619]

1. You have to make sure you start slow and get a few responses before you scale up your outreach. 2. The email needs to add value (custom emails will really help) 3. As a general rule, it’s probably a good idea not to send more than 20/day just to try and avoid getting flagged on any spam lists

[@MichaelWilliams-lo3ix]

Awesome

[@gnosismeditation5705]

Peace & Prosperity

[@heywillwong]

What kind of margins should someone expect when offering SEO services?

[@christianmagill3829]

What would you say the average time commitment per month would be for an average $700 client?

[@CaptainDarling2020]

This is what I would like to know too!

[@TrentonErker]

How on earth can you do any sort of beneficial SEO for a client for $700 a month?

[@user-td2vl1yo4o]

What are your thoughts on seo writing tools?

[@ALEX-id5uh]

you don't need article reproduction?????? existing scripts do not generate high publications. buy excellent blog posts to elevate your store at awesome TextScout

[@kevinbruyne]

Do you need to know coding

[@derickio]

Good info … BUT your website doesn’t work… and it’s not responsive for mobile …in a redesign period currently?

[@PaytonClarkSmith]

Updated! Thanks

[@mrxXxkink]

Please don't target Detroit, I run my agency there 😂

[@brokencoffeestories8291]

Whoever gave you thumbs down is a real hater because this is gold😵😵💜💜💜

[@ethankoopman1525]

OT - Where did you get that shirt from Payton?