A person in a large SEO online discussion community shared their experience in the field. They stated that they started their own SEO agency with the community's help. They did this about two-and-one-half years ago. Today, they have their first acquisition. The person said that operating their own business was a goal of theirs for a long time, and the experience has been a rollercoaster. Even so, they wanted to share what worked for them and what did not. This original poster also welcomed additional comments and questions from anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation.
The original poster said they had a few clients who started with losses at first, but then they saw a net gain of traffic over two weeks. This person said that they are going to share their results from the end of a two-week period after they implemented their SEO strategies.
The niches this person works in include dental. It's their largest niche. Out of 27 clients, 16 of them gained in ranking, seven were stable and four of them lost ranking. One of those four got hit by a huge penalty and saw a 53% decrease in traffic.
Another niche this person offers in SEO is eye care. They have 23 clients. Thirteen of their clients went up in ranking, five remained stable, and five lost ranking. The average gain was 31%, and the average loss was 18%.
This person's other niches include general hospital SEO, specialty hospital SEO, software as a service, education, finance, cannabis, real estate, gaming, travel, restaurants, funeral parlors and tech platforms. The original poster went into detail about how many clients they had in each of these niches, how many of those clients went up in traffic and ranking, how many remained stable and how many dropped.
The original poster did not go into what the causes of the drops were, and they also did not discuss what the causes of the increases were. Many of the commentators on the post wanted to know if there was any consistency in what made winners win and losers lose. For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/l5g587/almost25yearsagoistartedmyownseo_agency/.