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Hi,

I plan on offering my seo services to web site owners who are
deep down in Google's results for their main keyword.

How can I make sure I get paid after I get them a
top ten ranking in Google.

Well, to begin with, I would focus more on increasing their traffic rather than simply being on the front page. I also would charge by the hour rather than by whether or not they get on the front page. Just my 2 cents.

I'll try both.

I'll get some sites ranking high in google
and then go from there.

You should probably receive payment before applying your services.

What do you think of using a escrow service.

I dont want to spend a considerable amount of time
on the seo & backlinks & then having them not pay.

Perhaps if you offered some sort of time frame in which you would keep people on the front page. That would definately entice people. Getting on the front page of google is not hard, but since Google changes their ranking algorithm frequently, sites can shift around rather quickly.

Use an escrow service!!!

Sign up at elance.com or rentacoder.com(not sure about the exact url for that one)

I have used elance many times in the past... it is great. Make sure you use the escrow service and set milestones so that they pay half at the first milestone (eg: first revision) and pay full at the end of project.

Sign up it is fast and you'll love it

P.S. How can you get me on the 1st page of Google for my keyword?