Is there any difference when using a sem manager in Sande compared to working with this at the house? Should you employ experts from a sem manager in Sande or can one just as well use someone in the company to take care of sem at the house?
The questions above has a number of aspects that you should think about. Here, I will try to discuss some of the things you should be aware of before deciding whether a sem manager is needed or whether it is better using internal staff at the house at the local branch office in Sande.
Use of your own employees in Sande to manage projects outsourced to the sem manager
Often, people in the Sande-department can have broader knowledge of what is going on locally than what you can expect from a sem manager far away or what the people at the headquarters of your organization have detailed knowledge about. However, this does not necessarily mean that it is good use of resources to engage internal human resources locally in relation to the sem manager. Below I will highlight some of the things that need to be given some thought.
The project you think of setting out to a sem manager can be time consuming and difficult to learn, but it can be well worth the time and resources used
Putting the work out to a sem manager can certainly pay off, but it is still important that there are available resources that can handle this in a proper way on the part of the firm.
If you already have limited resources, the project will almost guaranteed not get enough attention and dedication from internal staff without adequate resources dedicated to handling the project. The sem manager knows that these things require a lot of attention and dedication and are knowledge-intensive, so they have dedicated the resources necessary to handle the project properly and professionally.
However, it has always been clear to me that it is you who know your product and your market best, so if you have the resources needed, it is definitely the best thing to do it yourself. This is something that must be carefully considered before making a decision on how to proceed with sem.
Good sem tools
There are some things you need to be aware of when using a sem manager – whether this is handled by your department in Sande, or centrally at the corporate headquarter. Below is a handy checklist of things you need to think about, as well as the best tools you can use for either free or commercial tools where free alternatives are not available or significantly inferior to the commercial ones.
Google Alerts
To be on top of things, it is important to know what happens as early as possible. Google Alerts sends you an email every time someone mentions the words and phrases you specify. This can be anything from trademarks that are important to you, people of interest or general words and phrases that are important to your business. You can have alerts for all employees, freelancers you use, your trademarks including websites you run and words and phrases you focus on. All of this gives you a good overview of what is being talked about that matters internally. Google’s notification is free to use and helps you to be early in terms of being on top of what your competitors in Sande are doing, potential public relations disasters in the form of negative reviews and much else useful.
Ranks.nl
Ranks.nl has a bunch of professional SEO tools that I can really recommend. One of the tools I use most is Page Analyzer. With this tool, you can check keyword density on each subpage of your domain to optimize for keywords or phrases. If the sem manager you are planning to use is at all professional, they probably use the tools available from ranks.nl – or similar tools extensively.
Majestic.com
Majestic SEO is the world’s largest link index. You can use this tool to find out everything you need to know about links to your own pages and what your competitors locally in Sande are doing, or what national and international competitors are up to. Links to your website and subpages are crucial to your search engine rankings, so this is important to keep tabs on.
Need help deciding whether to use a sem manager or manage the project yourself?
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Questions or comments?
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