Have been operating an optimized essay writing website for two years. Still no single customer!?

I have been running an essay writing website for around two years. I have hired an SEO expert to optimize the website. Yet despite two years I haven't had a single customer. A few queries but that is all. What should be my strategy?

You have been 'running' a site for two years without a single customer? What were you 'running' exactly? testing the site with all the browsers available?

If i were to set up an essay site, i can do the content in 1 day, design in 1 day, proper SEO in two days and have the first customer in 1week.

Probably the few potential customers were dismayed at your atrocious 'customer service'/language levels.

Agreed!!

We got a customer the very first day, can you please tell us your website address?

Optimize your query. MySQL can be overload.

I don't know guess I'm being ripped by the SEO specialist.

Perhaps you should be more patient. Once you have got your first client, try to satisfy him-or her completely. Chances are high that this customer will spread the news regarding good services offered by your company to his colleagues. With time, you will have many customers.

The only thing that I can think of to explain why the SEO isn't working for your website is that your company website must be a complete mess. If the client finds it difficult to navigate your website, then they will think twice about placing an order. If your chatroom proves to always be crashing when the client tries to access it, then they will not be inclined to hire your services either. If the grammar on your site is obviously ESL, then the client will run for the exit. If your call center has agents whose accents can be cut with a knife, then that will definitely make them not sign up for your service.

There are a number of problems that could be directly related to your website set up and client assistance department that could be the cause of the SEO failure on the part of your company. I am also wondering how you could keep a company running for 2 years without a client. I have heard of running in the negative for a few months but 2 years is preposterous.

Or maybe the SEO procedure did not work for this client because he was engaging the services of the search engine for a purpose that it no longer allows? Ever since Google clamped down on the academic writing website listings, it has become more and more difficult for students to find services that way. Which is also the reason why the writing companies have taken to listing themselves on social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook.

Writing companies these days use the social media sites as alternatives to the search engine listing because the social media sites pretty much do not care what services they advertise as long as they get paid for it. Targeting advertising seems to work better for them as opposed to SEO rankings these days. It works better for their advertising purposes and it also brings down their VOIP costing since they use messenger to contact the clients and vice versa.

So am I. 2 years? I guess you have to give the OP credit for having a plethora of patience! After a 1-2 months (max) without a customer, I'd be scrapping my current methods and starting over. Apparently what's been done isn't working.

It'd be good to hear how things are going now. It's been, what, 5 years since the OP's last post. I wonder if they've finally gained customers or if they're surrounded in cobwebs... still waiting... patiently.

Nah. He probably folded shop and went back to work for some crappy, less than stellar image writing company. I mean, there is no way that he can keep going for 2 years without making any income. Unless he comes from a rich family and working as an academic writer is just a hobby for him. I suspect he has found some other source of income. Maybe he joined Craigslist or LinkedIn. Perhaps he is one of those questionable personalities available for contractual writing work over at UpWork. Whatever it is he is doing now, you can bet he isn't proud to discuss it because he let this thread flatline. Too bad. if he only kept on posting, he may have come across some students who would be willing to hire him. Or maybe not. The point is, when you are a member of ES as a writer, you have a pretty good chance of snagging a client. You just need to be patient about it.

The OP was stretching the truth. Nobody can keep a non-income generating company running for 2 years. He would be considering folding shop after 6 months in the red. If he never turned it into a gray income over that time frame, he never would have. He was going for the "pity me" factor in his post and it backfired. He most likely did not know that if he hard really hired an expert SEO writer, his company would have shown up in the search engines at the very top. In fact, he did not need an SEO writer. Also, even if Google has cracked down on academic writing companies, there are still other search engines that accept paid advertising from academic writing companies. Setting up a paid social media profile in FB, Twitter, and Instagram also helps his with his SEO ratings. Some writing companies use paid blog services to further promote their services. There is absolutely no reason for a writer to have an optimized website and turn a profit in 2 years. Not unless, he is going about his promotion in the wrong manner.

Maybe the OP was running this website as a side business of his while he worked with his regular employer or partner academic writing company. There is nothing in the rules that says the writer cannot run his own writing company while working for the firm. There is no caveat for unfair business practice in this business. So yeah, I can see how it might have been possible for him to run a website for 2 years without having any client during that time. It isn't normal, but that is not to say that it could not happen.