Ran into a guy who runs a boutique SEO shop at a local meetup in Portland last spring. He straight up told me that for small local clients, I was wasting time on link building and should focus on Google Business profile optimization instead. I ignored him for 6 months and kept pitching backlink packages. Lost two clients who went with cheaper competitors who did exactly what he said. Finally tried his advice on a new client, got them ranking on page one for 4 keywords in 8 weeks with zero links. Anyone else had success skipping backlinks for local SEO?
Hey guys, trying to decide between Marketing 1on1 and The Hoth for an ongoing link building campaign. Both seem popular but I'm torn. Any experiences with either?