SEO Contractor for Hire

What is an SEO Contractor?

SEO contractors are short-term, fixed period hires, either hired as employees for a fixed-period, or as external experts (outside IR35) for a fixed period.

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Why Use an SEO Contractor?

Hiring SEO contractors makes sense during periods of the year where deadlines are tight: preparing for seasonal high-periods, preparing for migrations, or where content needs to be created in bulk as part of a project, or as a result of launching new product lines. 

 

Contractors can also be brought in as an additional resource to assist marketing teams on meeting their annual targets.

 

Alternatively, the contractor is used as a cover for a fixed period of time, when the full-time SEO professional is unavailable, during maternity leave or taking an extended absence.

 

The contractor would be available for a fixed period, with the contract being subject to renewal at the end.

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What Is The Cost of Hiring An SEO Contractor?

The cost of hiring SEO professionals varies on the experience of the SEO, but you can expect rates to daily rates for specified numbers of days a week for the course of the contract. Daily rates may begin at £200 per day and increase from there. How often the contractor would work every month depends on their availability and your budget.

 

At North West SEO, we have SEO contract hire available at our standard rate of £250 per day, two days a week. Get in touch today for more information.

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SEO Contractor vs Hiring a Full-Time SEO Expert

Contractors are a cost-effective way of enhancing your SEO capabilities whether you have an existing SEO team or not. 

 

For businesses with no in-house SEO resource, a contractor can provide a roadmap and a strategy and help you expand your organic traffic footprint.

 

For businesses with existing SEO resources on staff, a contractor adds to the team, freeing up time for the full-time SEO to focus on their daily priorities, reporting to senior executives, while the contractor can take on the high priority tasks the in-house team would otherwise have to set aside.

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SEO Contractor vs Hiring an SEO Agency

While agencies offer similar ‘additional resource’ benefits to contractors, contractors are available all-day, during your booked time. Additionally, the contractor won’t be juggling several clients at once, so you can expect undivided attention from a contractor that most SEO agencies simply cannot offer.

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Is An SEO Contractor Right For My Business?

Contract staff is best for businesses that need additional SEO resources with close availability. Businesses that take on SEO contractors still need to be available for communication just like any member of staff.

 

If your business has a high SEO workload, then a contract hire is the best fit. For businesses that only require general admin, then a freelance hire or agency hire may be the best route.

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Whether you are a lead generating business, an e-commerce business or a software as a service business (SaaS), or a B2B business  then contractors are an attractive option to achieve short-term SEO goals.

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How It Works: SEO Contracting with North West SEO

To hire North West SEO’s SEO team on a contract basis, simply use the form at the top of this page to let us know the scope of your brief and we will be in touch to discuss availability and contract length for your specific requirements.

 

Get in touch today to discuss your SEO contractor needs with North West SEO.