u/Faisal_harray

Hey everyone, I’m a complete beginner trying to figure out SEO for my website and honestly I’m a little overwhelmed.
Here’s my situation:

When someone searches for my website name or related topics, I want it to show up at the top of Google
I can’t afford to hire an SEO agency or pay for expensive tools right now
I actually want to LEARN SEO myself rather than outsource it
My main questions are:

1. Is SEO hard to learn as a complete beginner?
2. Is it realistic to rank a website within 3–4 months if I start learning now?
3. Is there a clear roadmap or learning path someone can point me to?
   I’d really appreciate any advice, free resources, or personal experiences. What would you do if you were starting from scratch with zero budget?

I’m a developer. Started my own agency a few months ago. Built everything myself including an automated WhatsApp outreach tool because I thought volume was the answer.

I’ve sent hundreds of messages. Hundreds of emails. Some people reply. Most don’t. Nobody has signed yet.

First month is almost over. I was so confident I’d land at least one client by now. That confidence is getting harder to hold onto.

The thing that confuses me most I’m not even expensive. I deliberately kept my prices low thinking that would make it easier to get that first yes. It hasn’t.

So it’s clearly not a price problem.

Which means it’s something I can’t see yet.

Maybe it’s the messaging. Maybe I’m reaching the wrong people. Maybe low prices actually signal low value and I’m accidentally disqualifying myself. I genuinely don’t know.

What I do know is that blasting more messages doing the same thing isn’t the answer. I’ve proven that already.

Has anyone been exactly here before? First agency. Technical skills. Zero clients. Figured it out?

What was the thing you changed that actually moved the needle?

Was it who you targeted? How you positioned yourself? What you said in that first message?

I’d genuinely appreciate anything. Not looking for motivation. Looking for the honest thing that worked.

I didn’t expect this when we started working with clinics.

You’d think patient loss happens because of bad treatment or competition.

But honestly, most of the time it’s much simpler.

Patients forget appointments. No one follows up after the visit

Everything is handled on calls or WhatsApp

Staff is just trying to keep up

That’s it.

One clinic we looked at had a crazy number of missed appointments every week. Not because people didn’t care… they just forgot.

We didn’t change anything major.

Just: basic reminders,slightly better booking flow

Things improved almost immediately.

Same doctor. Same patients. Just less chaos.

I’m curious … how are you currently handling bookings and follow-ups?