Poll: How Much Of The Marketing Budget Should SEO Get?

Jul 24, 2013 - 9:18 am 11 by
Filed Under SEM Companies

marketing budgetA HighRanking Forum thread has a site owner asking overall what should one allocate of the marketing budget towards SEO?

Specifically, what percent of the overall marketing budget should go towards SEO versus other marketing efforts.

Jill Whalen responds quickly and short but saying, it depends. She wrote, "0 - 100% depending on the business and the marketing plan."

The thing is, what should most businesses in general, who have a web site, spend on SEO versus other marketing efforts?

Take our poll:

I am sure many of you think 90% or more but be realistic and use values your customers actually use.

Forum discussion at HighRanking Forum.

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