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I recently had a potential client ask me some great questions and I thought I would share them. I know they are not the only people with these questions. My responses are below the questions, but these are always great things to ask your SEO/SEM firm.

1) Can you give me the background of your company? I see you have an excellent BB rating, and that the company started in 2001, but if you can expound on that it would be great.

Dan, Page 1's president, is a practicing lawyer and he got started with Network Affiliates, who did a lot of TV advertising in the 80’s, 90’s and even currently. He then started Page 1 as a subsidiary company primarily working with law firms but in more recent years we got into the medical field also. See this page for more information about the history of Page 1 Solutions: www.page1solutions.com/more_about_page1.html

2) Do we get to pick the specific search terms and the number of terms we want incorporated into the website?

Yes, but keep in mind that it doesn't do you any good to show up for terms no one searches for. This is something we work on together.

3) How many templates do we have a choice between, can you give me some examples? Also, what kind of control would we have over adding new information, or things such as video or audio, or the blog?

Right now we offer several different templates, depending on what industry you are in. You can see samples of these templates here: www.page1templates.com. As far as adding information to your site, you can give us as much as you want. The more information, the better and everything we write, will be approved by you. The blog is built into the site and you have access to post things 24/7 through the blog. Video and audio we can always add. Another bonus is that you own the website, so all the writing and designing we do for you, you keep.

4) What is the time frame for getting the new website up and running, (I realize the search engine part will build on itself and take some time)?

If we do a template website design, it typically takes about 6 to 8 weeks. Most of the time, we are done sooner than that. Custom website designs will take longer.

5) What is the contract length of time? How long is the monthly SEO rate rate locked in for?

Our contracts are 12-month contracts. The price that you sign up on is locked in for that year. There are certain circumstance that will allow you to lock that price in for 24 months.

If you have any other question or want to discuss in-depth your situation I would love to hear from you.