Sorry, but “affordable and reliable” just do not go together. People who are professionals and not just fakes want to get a decent wage. There is a lot of man hours in most SEO projects.
Now, let’s look at “affordable”. This is in the eyes of the person spending the money and can be looked at in different manners. A top seo comapny will be expensive, period, but that does not mean it is not affordable.
If you spend 2 k for an “affordale” seo company and your ROI is negative, then how affordable is it?
If you spend 20k for the expensive and it generates you 300 k in ROI, then which one is really affordable?
Remember, you are starting a business, you had better run it as one or you will not have it long.
I generate 6 digits per month in online revenues. I am not for hire. Most real SEO’s know that people are cheap and not willing to pay for quality, so the ones who can really do the job are doing their own projects like I do and not have nagging customers to deal with.
There are very few top notch SEO companies out there. Want an example of the lack of quality? Check out this link http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sourc…
The number 1 result is my “MySpace” page, and I am beating the so called SEO Experts in NY. How pathetic! Why would anyone hire these guys that can’t beat a myspace page? I haven’t even worked on the page for over a year and a half.
If you want a real SEO company, I would suggest Bruce Clay. He is one of the few that can and will produce results, but mind you, he is not cheap.