Audit plus a local or brochure site
$500 to $3,000 once for the audit, then roughly $750 to $2,500 a month to rank 5 to 15 local phrases like service plus city.
SEO packages built around your budget, your site and your industry
Got three quotes in your inbox and no idea whether any of them is fair? Most seo packages hide the person doing the work behind a tier name. We take a different route: tell us about your site and goals, and within 24 hours a senior project manager matches you with a vetted SEO specialist who has already worked in your field. You get a scope written for your situation, not a menu.
Free, no obligation. A senior project manager walks you through the analysis.
Free analysis in 24 hours
Send us your website. Within 24 hours, you'll get a written analysis comparing your marketing with your competitors'.
Free marketing analysis
- PDF analysis
- 5 competitors
- Prioritized action list
Your analysis is prepared by a senior project manager with 15+ years of experience in marketing.
Key takeaways
The short version
Before you read on
- In the US, local SEO usually runs $750 to $2,500 a month, mid-size stores and service sites $2,500 to $7,500, and competitive national projects $7,500 to $20,000 or more.
- Instead of a one-size tier, a senior project manager matches you with a vetted SEO specialist within 24 hours, based on your brief.
- Each milestone, from the audit to the first rankings report, gets reviewed with you by a project manager with 15+ years in marketing before work moves on.
- Specialists pass a portfolio and reference check before they take on any client work.
- You pay per project or per milestone, so you aren't locked into a 12 month plan before you've seen how the work goes.
- A solid SEO offer names target keywords, splits costs by phase and says when you'll get reports.
How it works
How our approach differs from a typical agency price sheet
The usual pitch from an SEO shop is a pricing page with three columns. Each column promises more keywords, more links and more reports as the monthly number goes up. What it rarely tells you is who will actually touch your website, and whether that person has ever ranked a business like yours.
Here it starts with a short form. You share your industry, your URL and the outcome you care about most: more calls and form fills, more online sales or better visibility in your town. Within 24 hours we match you with one vetted SEO specialist, or a small team for bigger jobs, whose past work sits close to your niche. You talk to that person before anything starts.
We aren't an agency with a bench of staff assigned to every account. You work with the specialist directly, while a senior project manager with 15+ years in marketing stays your single point of contact. They sign off on each agreed step with you (a technical audit, on-page fixes, the first month of link building) and keep scope and pace in line with the plan. The result is a price you can read line by line and a named person accountable for it. See how the whole process runs on how it works, or read about our SEO services.
We specialize in matching, not selling tiers. The first conversation, where we go over scope and a realistic budget for your site, costs you nothing.
Step by step
How a brief turns into an SEO proposal and live work
Step 1
1. Brief and free consultation
Fill in your site address, industry and main goal. Within 24 hours your project manager reaches out to pin down scope, budget and who you're up against in search results.
Step 2
2. A specialist matched within 24 hours
Based on the brief, we pair you with a specialist or small team that has done similar work, along with price ranges for the audit and ongoing optimization. You speak with them before you decide to go ahead.
Step 3
3. Timeline and kickoff
The project manager takes over coordination, and the specialist sets a schedule with you: audit, implementation, and the point where early movement in rankings should show up. Your project manager checks that the plan stays true to the brief.
Step 4
4. Delivery with sign-off at each milestone
You review every milestone, such as a technical audit, content updates or a rankings report, together with your project manager, who compares it against the agreed scope. Your project manager also keeps the deadlines on track, and each month you get a report with the plan for the month ahead.
What to know
What SEO package cost looks like for three kinds of projects
Online store or mid-size service site
About $2,500 to $7,500 a month, covering product or service page optimization, SEO content and link building for 20 to 50 phrases.
National B2B or highly competitive niches
Around $7,500 to $20,000 or more a month, often with a separate budget for content and placements in trade media.
Side by side
Fixed agency tiers versus a scope built for you
A tier from a price sheet, with no idea who does the work
A range sized to your brief and a named specialist with work in your field
A 12 month term that renews on its own
No fixed long term plan, billing per project or milestone
Quality checked only by the people who did the work
A senior project manager with 15+ years in marketing reviews every milestone and settles scope questions
An account rep between you and whoever is assigned
Direct access to your specialist, plus one project manager who knows the whole picture
Checklist
What a good SEO proposal should spell out
Before you sign off on any offer, from an agency or an independent consultant, hold it up against this list. A missing item is a red flag worth asking about.
Checklist
- A real list of target keywords, or a clear method for picking them, not a vague promise to boost visibility
- Costs broken into audit, implementation and ongoing work instead of one lump sum
- A timeline for the first measurable changes in search results
- The name of the person or team doing the work, not an anonymous SEO department
- Exit terms and a notice period with no penalty for leaving
- How reporting works: shared access to Google Search Console and a monthly rankings report
Who it's for
Who we match an SEO specialist for
People ask about SEO at very different moments in a business. We match someone to the situation you're in, not to a generic bundle.
A new site with no search history
You need a technical audit, clean indexing and a first keyword map before paying anyone for backlinks.
An online store whose product pages don't show up
Good ecommerce SEO packages center on product descriptions, category pages and structured data aimed at buyer keywords.
A local service business like a clinic, auto shop or law office
Local SEO packages should put the map pack and your Google Business Profile first, not just rankings for national terms.
A company burned by a previous SEO agency
You want someone to check whether the old deal was priced fairly and whether the results matched what you spent.
What you can count on
What you can count on when we match your SEO help
Looking after the engagement matters to us as much as finding the right person.
A fast start, not weeks of waiting
From the moment you send the brief to the first specialist match, it takes 24 business hours at most.
Checked before the first project
Every SEO specialist goes through a review of portfolio and references and a conversation about real campaigns before taking on client work.
No need to explain your industry from scratch
We look for someone who has already optimized sites in your field, whether they run their own practice or freelance on the side.
Scope and quality checked at every milestone
A project manager with long experience in marketing checks each SEO milestone against the agreed scope before it reaches you and keeps the work on schedule.
In short
What you get when you start
24 h
to match an SEO specialist to your brief
15+ years
of marketing experience behind the project manager on your account
portfolio
reviewed before a specialist joins
industry
experience of the specialist you're matched with
Good to know
The cheapest bid is rarely the right one to sign
A rock-bottom quote seldom buys good work, and a sky-high one doesn't prove skill either. Find out who will actually do the job, whether they've ranked sites like yours, and who besides them checks each step. With us, all three come standard on every engagement, not as a premium add-on. Want a second opinion on a quote you already have? Tell us about your site.
FAQ
Questions companies ask us
Short answers. The free analysis call covers anything specific to your company.
01What does SEO realistically cost per month in 2026?
For a local service site, expect about $750 to $2,500 a month after a one-time audit in the $500 to $3,000 range. Online stores tend to pay $2,500 to $7,500 a month, and competitive national B2B work often lands between $7,500 and $20,000 or more. Where you fall depends on how many keywords you target, how tough the competition is and whether content and link building are included.
02How are small business SEO packages from you different from an agency's?
We're not an agency selling tiers. We read your brief and match you with one specialist who has worked in your industry, and you talk to them before anything starts. A senior project manager keeps an eye on scope and pace for the whole engagement, so you're never left chasing updates.
03Who makes sure each SEO milestone actually gets done?
That's the job of your senior project manager. They go through every agreed milestone with you, such as a technical audit, on-page changes or the first month of link building, and compare it to the scope you signed off on. That way you're never paying for work nobody but the specialist has looked at.
04How long until SEO starts to show results?
For less competitive local keywords, the first movement usually shows up 6 to 10 weeks after changes go live. For competitive national terms, a real climb in rankings typically takes 3 to 6 months. Any offer you accept should include a schedule that says when to expect early results.
05Will I be locked into monthly SEO for 12 months?
Not with us. There's no long term plan set in advance. You agree on billing with the specialist and your project manager, usually per project or per milestone, so you can judge the quality of the work before committing to anything longer.
06What will I see before I approve an SEO milestone?
Before you approve a milestone, your project manager, who has over 15 years in marketing, reviews it against the agreed scope. You then go through it together, so you see what was done on your site and what the next milestone in your package includes.
07Do I pick the specialist, or is someone assigned to me?
Your project manager does the matching for you based on your industry and budget, so you don't have to sort through profiles. You meet the matched specialist before any work begins, and together you agree on the plan for the first month of your SEO package.
Free analysis
See where your marketing stands, then decide what to do next
Send us your website. Within 24 hours, you'll get a written analysis comparing your channels with your competitors', plus a call with a senior project manager who has run marketing for 15+ years.
- Analysis within 24 hours
- No obligation
- PDF covering 5 competitors
- Team picked by your PM
Free marketing analysis
- PDF analysis
- 5 competitors
- Prioritized action list
Your analysis is prepared by a senior project manager with 15+ years of experience in marketing.
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