TommyCarey
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When we all started, we were known as SEO's (search engine optimizers) but over the years, SEO has evolved into a much larger thing than just fixing a few things on your website and posting a link here and there.
I know that in my own experience I was doing plenty of SEO in the past and started to branch out because I quickly found out that just optimizing my pages wasn't enough. I began backlinking my pages, doing press releases, building content on third party websites and talking about my sites, and so much more. I slowly got into website design so that I could do exactly what I wanted with my sites and even get some web designs up for clients that had my link in their footer for my own SEO purposes. But the people who do everything there is to do for a website should have a different title than an SEO.
What titles do you think would fit best for someone who builds websites for themselves as well as their clients, does SEO for themselves and their clients, answers questions to people who are just starting out, testing methods to make money online and so many other things?
Would it be better to just stick with the title "SEO" or should we try to branch out and label ourselves as something different since we don't just do SEO anymore? I myself say that I'm an "Internet Marketer" or "Online Marketer". what do you call yourself when asked by friends or family members?
That's a good question Razzy. I think the term SEO is used rather loosely and is also open to much interpretation. People use it like a sticker to give the impression they are able to do SEO. But wearing a sticker that says SEO doesn't necessarily mean you can do SEO. I can wear a sticker that says Rocket Scientist but it doesn't mean I can actually do rocket science and build a rocket to land on Mars.
But when it comes to SEO, it does have a very wide and diverse range of things that can be applied to it. Since SEO is made up of doing so many different things. From something simple as writing content to building links. But there's so many different ways to write content and so many different ways to build links. But only knowing how to write articles or how to use software to build links doesn't really make you a true SEO. A true SEO is someone that has a wide depth of knowledge, experience and skills in a wide and diverse range of SEO methods.
Oh I can put the word expert after it and call myself an "SEO expert" but what does that really mean? In just how much SEO are you an expert in exactly? Mastering some push button link building software doesn't make you an SEO expert. Yet for so many self claimed "SEO's" and "SEO Experts" wear this as a label to give the impression they do have a wide range and depth of SEO knowledge, skills and xp. No.
Now I've got that off my chest lol. For someone that also has knowledge, skills and xp in both SEO and web design. Both building sites from scratch and SEO'ng them. Also someone that acts as a mentor to others and is also an entrepreneur always trying new things.
I guess the best title to give yourself would be a quintuplet barreled one like [b]SEO Web Design Marketing Expert Entrepreneur[/b].
Or SEOWDMEE for short? :)
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If we all had to get degrees in the field, I think it would cut down on people just labeling themselves. Can we take a test or something that lets up finish all 4 years of online marketing college in one sitting? lol that would be great But more power to her if she wants to get into the field, but she shouldn't say she's the same level as most of us here when she's posting a blog comment each week lol.Are you sure you want to delete this post?
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This would be an incredible feature to add but I am sure that it will be quite a huge feature to set up.
Ooooh Razzy and Mike that is a kickass idea! I love the idea of certification tests here. Perhaps having one huge test would not exactly be viable though.
Maybe have a number of small certification tests in different areas of SEO so that freelancers can specialize in certain areas only or expand and grow when and if they want to.
As a buyer I would find it great to see who is certified by SeoClerks before placing an order :) This would be an incredible feature to add but I am sure that it will be quite a huge feature to set up.
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I actually picked up on Twitter that many marketers call them self CEO of this and that, and ENTREPRENEUR sounds so powerful in some way, so i started using that title: SEO and SMM Entrepreneur.
That's so true, that so many people call them selves SEO experts, or whatever experts and marketers while they doing such a little chunk of that in very lousy way :D I actually picked up on Twitter that many marketers call them self CEO of this and that, and ENTREPRENEUR sounds so powerful in some way, so i started using that title: SEO and SMM Entrepreneur.
Perhaps, years ago title "Webmaster" was like little god to some people and they were thinking of it like something BIG :D
I also think that nowadays we need better title to stand out of crowd of amateurs or wannabe SEO experts (with little knowledge in this industry) but can't really come up with good idea about that title either :)
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That makes sense. It's like the evolution of a title. Like you said, a while back the term "Webmaster" was seen at the top person in the online field because SEO wasn't as well known. But then search engine optimization came about and when people started gearing towards that more they claimed they were experts. Now we are in the next phase and that's where people call themselves online marketers or marketing professionals.
I wonder what the next phase would be. I guess it just depends on what the next big thing is that will boost a websites sales will be what we focus on and gain a different title :)
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But remember this, no matter what you use, there is always going to be people claiming to be just that but having probably just 10% of the skills needed to be a fully functional "Digital Marketer" for example. Don't know exactly how we can differentiate between "experts" but Mike's idea on giving everyone tests is cool. Razzy, I would go for: [b]Web Developer and Digital Marketer[/b]. Sound good enough, in my opinion, it's also modern and pretty fancy. I agree that the term "SEO expert" is pretty overused and highly overrated. But remember this, no matter what you use, there is always going to be people claiming to be just that but having probably just 10% of the skills needed to be a fully functional "Digital Marketer" for example. Don't know exactly how we can differentiate between "experts" but Mike's idea on giving everyone tests is cool.
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