It is always good to meet other Search Engine Optimization and marketing types. I really enjoyed last year’s SMX in New York City for that reason, plus there was valuable information and perspective and that always helps.

I recently met a local web designer and marketing expert named Youssef El Hodaigui. We sat and talked on into the evening about web design, SEO, link building, making videos, and smart phones.

Youssef strikes me as a very talented guy who really gets it when it comes to Internet marketing and design. His portfolio is impressive to me but the work he does behind the scenes is just as striking.

Many Internet marketers work alone. That has many advantages and of course there are the inevitable disadvantages that crop up when working alone.

Three disadvantages are:

  • Tunnel vision – it’s easy to have such a narrow focus that a wider perspective can be temporarily ignored.
  • Resources — using the same resources over and over because they are tried and true can be a great timesaver and leverage strength but at the same time sticking with the same method of doing any process can become stale leading to ultimate stagnation.
  • Wearing too many hats — a lot of people who work alone are extremely versatile and have talents and abilities to do multiple jobs. While this can be a great asset, it can also contribute to that person being mired in a quicksand of duties.

Youssef and I talked about these kinds of things and it was a release for me to open up about the positives and negatives of working in this new Internet marketing medium.

On a lighter note there is a certain search term that I have been interested in for a while. It is — Charlotte SEO. I have been able to rank well for this term but of course Youssef’ site often outranks my site. Google rankings for that search term fluctuate.

I would like to see Youssef’s design site, Charlotte SEO , rank at the very top of Google for that term.

So if you are reading this and have a website I would appreciate it if you would give Youssef a link using the anchor text Charlotte SEO.

This will be an experiment to see what happens and how fast for a deserving and talented web designer – Search Engine  Optimization expert.  Enjoy :)

Tagged with: Internet marketers • local web designer • seo • Youssef El Hodaigu

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