How to steal clients from bad agencies

[Crazy_Reporter_7516]

If she’s had multiple burn her Id be afraid to work with her because she’s probably the problem

[peterwhitefanclub]

I work with smart clients: those don’t tend to work with bad SEO agencies.

[satanzhand]

I would not actively try to steal a client, just seems a bad way to start off the relationship.

I have my way of doing things, which I’ll disclose and they either like it or not.

[SEOPub]

If you tried selling her on the idea that she has 9 H1 headings and that’s a problem, that’s probably where you lost her.

A) It actually isn’t all that significant

AND

B) She doesn’t care. She cares about sales and leads.

Can you drive more sales and leads? That’s what she wants to know.

She also wants to know what it is going to be like working with you. What will communication be like? What deliverables will you provide? How will you track results? And so on…

If you start talking to people about H1’s and blog posts, you’ll lose them more often than gain them.

[chrislovessushi]

I started gaining a lot more clients when I started selling the idea of my services paying for themselves and stopped trying to sell the technical aspects. They can look at all that in the report at the end of the month if they choose to, but what they really want to see is conversions.

[Spare-Chip-6428]

Conferences

[Sharp-Mountain-8884]

Ya there’s lots of bad ones that do not care. And they’ve warped their clients into thinking they do all these things, that they don’t. It’s a struggle my man, trust me..

I stole a bunch of my old boss’s clients because he wouldn’t let me work on their sites. I would do it on my own time. I left the agency, and waited about a year. They all felt it. 1/2 reached out, the other 1/2 I sent them emails and some cool tap review cards I made in the mail. It took a little bit of time but all the ones I went after I was able to get back as a client.

And when I say stole I mean it and I’m proud of it.

I felt responsible for their online presence, and if they did bad it reflected poorly on me. That was why I worked on their stuff on my own time outside of work. I am likely the exception though.

[Dapper_Tackle_7745]

Find clients that have never had it done…you’ll be their guy. If you convince this person to change, someone else will in 3 months as well. Go for the long haul clients.

[jedsk]

Hey u/lumberrzack, I’ve been working on an automated crawler that audits local business sites and gives them an SEO health score. It checks for stuff like multiple H1s, missing meta tags, broken links, alt text coverage, analytics setup, etc. I’ve been using it to spot exactly the kind of situations you described (agencies charging but leaving sites half-broken). Happy to share an example report if you’re curious.

[Klonoadice]

I don’t steal from anyone, nor do I need to. Focus on building and improving your service, speak honestly and the truth will dictate the outcome.

Also, work hard.