Tüm SEO’cu arkadaşlarıma; siz de bazen işinizin uydurma olduğunu hissediyor musunuz? Bunun aklımdan geçen aptalca bir düşünce olduğunu biliyorum ama bazen polis, doktor, itfaiyeci gibi diğer işleri düşündüğümde tuhaf bir hisse kapılıyorum. Böyle hisseden tek kişi ben miyim diye merak ediyorum.
Bazı bağlamlarda, 7 yıllık SEO deneyimim var, yılda milyonlarca trafik yaratıyorum, çok sayıda potansiyel müşteri var, vb. Ve SEO’yu seviyorum. Ama bunların hepsi ekranımdaki rakamlardan ibaret, anlıyor musun? Bunların hepsi ev ofisimin rahatlığında yapılıyor.
That’s the reality of a digitally-based knowledge job. It’s very intangible compared to painting, mechanic, farming, etc. You get very little client interaction and don’t get to see the direct impact of your work firsthand.
I mean, sure, you *know* it generated X revenue for ABC Plumbing…but that’s still pretty intangible unless the owner takes you with on vacation in thanks for all your hard work.
I was a developer for 8 years and enjoyed it for a while but missed the cycle of customer has need, I fill the need, customer happy, customer pays. Next customer. So I went back into home services contracting doing water heaters as well as managing my own website/SEO plus a few other local contractor websites.
It’s a nice balance between intangible head work and physical body work.
Yup. Very strange feeling as an SEO right now.
Reading form submissions helped me.
Leads Ive generated have led to entire factories being built, new inventions making it to market, hundreds if not thousands of raises and jobs created. My own team eats well, has work flexibility.
COVID relief from banks, telehealth and all manner of things that helped people came from lifting up my client businesses
Not to mention, I work from kayaks, boats, waterfalls most of summer and ski mountains in winter since I have no location requirements.
Just dont help shitty clients with shitty businesses and shitty ethics
Yeah I get it. Or at least make a difference in life
It’s “made up” till you see actual results. Once you see your company grow and expand and you (and your employer) know it came from you….it’s very fulfilling. I like to know that my work allows over 50 families to eat.
As in anything, it’s all about perspective.
Sure, it’s hard to stay motivated in this era of AI. I used to love writing SEO copy, but it’s not the same anymore. But I started in 2001 as a 15 yo kid with my own blogs, so 25 yrs in the field. Time for a change of career maybe…
If your attributable pipeline is growing YoY, nothing wrong with a detached mindset.
What’s your secret? I like asking other folks what they swear by. For me, I swear by formatting and good keyword research. It’s a good place to be right now, I enjoy it.
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Hi! I feel like I am acting in a shrinking market…
Same, same.
Looks like you need to start your own business and start talking to clients.
No, I don’t feel like this at all. I bring value to tons of clients and know it.
Now, I would never say it is “hard work”, because it’s not. It’s very easy work – and yet, 99% of posters on here can’t even do this very easy work.