Nobody said being a freelancer is easy. Sure, everybody who’s not a freelancer thinks that, but they’re wrong. There are many pitfalls and you have to be really careful not to err. Now, making mistakes can be highly educational and you will make your fair share of them when starting out as a freelancer, but there are some mistakes that you’re better off avoiding and that you can avoid with a minimal amount of caution. All you really need is to be forewarned.

So you’re done building your website. It’s nice, crisp, the metadata is all very neat, all is well in the world. You plan on starting big and generating lots and lots of quality content. That’s also great. In the long run, quality content that users are actually interested in is what makes your website valuable. But that’s not enough, is it? You know enough about SEO to know that there are a lot of other things to do, that’s why you put great care in building the website so it’s search engine-friendly. Still, you still need things like keywords and backlinks in order to get your rank high.