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I keep on going back and forth on how I should divide our budget. I was wondering for the small businesses out there, how much do you set a side for monthly SEO budget? Do you divide that budget between SEO and PPC?

Hi Stephanie, I think the best approach to do is to start off with a good PPC campaign as PPC is for short term traffic, then do SEO on the side (as SEO is long term).

since you said you dont have a big budget i think its better not to get into PPC, and you really dont need a monthly budget for SEO if you get your goal and rank well for your keywords thats enough but SEO can go on since you need to add in content to your web site or do link building and etc....

[ Message was edited by: animated3d 2008-Nov-21 01:50 (UTC) ]

I agree with animated.

I have yet to run a PPC myself. I not saying they are wrong or bad or anything negative. They can be very useful. But not always needed.

Put your efforts, time, learning & $ into SEO

oh no, i disagree with you all oh no

when i hire someone to do work for me (not just SEO, anything), i expect them to be an expert in their field, i do not want to pay for someone who is doing research, trial and error, and learning.

if i have any budget at all, the biggest bang for the buck is always the expert

of course, in the field of SEO, its hard to tell who the exper may be.