Comments on: Book Review – SEO ROI: Rules and Tactics of Advanced SEOs

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:32:55 +0000

hey guys,

Just saw the comments now and wanted to try something I read about: I want to offer people here who found it expensive to get THE WHOLE BOOK free for 30 days, and if they like it, they can keep it and pay for it. It’s obviously on the condition it’s not redistributed or shared free. To the admins at SEO-Chicks, if you could forward this to the commenters above, that would be great .

By: Adam Perkins

Adam Perkins — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:08:49 +0000

Interesting book review. Always looking for new ways to add more power to what I do. Do you have additional resources (online or otherwise) available for more advanced tactics?

By: Austin SEO

Austin SEO — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:38:48 +0000

Just like you experienced, I believe that smaller groups offer much more valuable knowledge which is hands on and has a personal touch unlike these big avenues which offer a more general approach. About the book,I think its much more professional even though its also useful to the learners.

By: Nichola Stott

Nichola Stott — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:21:10 +0000

“expensive” would suggest over-priced. If you think about it in terms of ROI if you implement one of the thirty changes, which ups your conversion rate 5% and lets say you operate a lead-gen site that gets £5 a lead; such an investment could hypothetically ROI in a month. That’s all completely hypothetical and illustrative and I have no connection financial or otherwise to the author – but just to give some perspective… Of course you would need to have a think about your own business models and hypothetical gains once you’ve read your free chapter.

By: Nichola Stott

Nichola Stott — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:15:55 +0000

When talking about smaller communities, for me I’ve found a lot of my learning has been accelerated in face to face meet-ups. Conferences like Think Visibility, Manchester SEO and Brighton SEO and any social activities and meet-ups around these tend to be extremely valuable.

By: Nichola Stott

Nichola Stott — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:13:29 +0000

Hi Michael,

I think this will suit someone of around a year or so experience as a minimum, though of course everyone is different and learns at different rates. It would also depend on how you got into SEO. If for example you came straight from education your learning curve might not be as accelerated as for one who had been developing affiliate sites and moved into SEO that way. What I can say is this would be a solid investment, and if you only understand 50% now – the rest will come.

By: michael

michael — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:37:35 +0000

Hey there Nichola,

I was in one of your training courses for e-consultancy a couple of months back for which I learnt a fair amount. Would you recommend this book to me as I only have 6 months or so experience, or would you think it’s probably a bit beyond me? I’m also fed up of the constant repetitive dross surrounding the industry and would just like some clarity.

Thanks

By: SEO-Style

SEO-Style — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:09:00 +0000

Great review Nichola. I’ve been on the fence given the hefty price tag for the book ($130 USD). However, quality information is priceless. Sick and tired of B.S. blog posts about writing title tags.

So what are so of the communities that you recommend for SEO? It’s obvious that a lot of these talking heads are not testing their opinions. Some of the stuff that SEOmoz says doesn’t work — actually DOES. No offense to Rand, just saying….

By: patriciapadgett

patriciapadgett — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:34:24 +0000

I’m still learning and haven’t started marketing yet this would be really helpful

By: nat

nat — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:38:01 +0000

that’s one expensive book – think I’ll definately try a free chapter before purchasing