01 · Consulting
Consulting
Some companies need direction, not another supplier.
If you have a team that can execute, what is usually missing is the decision about what to execute first.
SEO consulting is for companies that already have developers, writers or a marketing team, and need strategic direction rather than outsourced execution. It covers priority setting, technical specification, training and periodic review, with the work staying in your team's hands.
What is included
What is included
- Priorities
- Developer specs
- Training
02 · Detail
When consulting beats full management.
If you have a developer who can implement and a writer who can produce, paying an agency to do both is buying capacity you already have. What you may be missing is someone who has seen enough sites to know which of your twenty possible projects will actually move revenue.
It also transfers knowledge. An agency that manages everything keeps the reasoning; a consultant who works alongside your team leaves them able to make the next decision without calling anyone.
The reverse is also true, and we say so when it applies. If you have nobody to implement, consulting produces a document that never gets built, and full SEO management is the honest recommendation.
03 · How it works
How consulting works.
- 01
Assessment
Where the site stands and what your team can realistically execute.
- 02
Priorities
What to do first, second and third, with the reasoning explained rather than asserted.
- 03
Specification
Technical requirements written for developers, not for marketers.
- 04
Training
Your team learns the reasoning, not just the task list.
- 05
Review
Periodic sessions to check progress and adjust as results come in.
04 · Fit
Who SEO consulting is for.
It fits companies with people who can execute: a developer who can implement, a writer who can produce, a marketing team that can manage. What is usually missing is the judgement about which of twenty possible projects will actually move revenue, and that is what consulting supplies.
It fits companies that want the knowledge to stay in-house. An agency that manages everything keeps the reasoning; a consultant working alongside your team leaves them able to make the next decision without calling anyone.
It is a poor fit when nobody can implement. A strategy that never gets built is worse than no strategy, because it also consumed the budget. In that case full management is the honest recommendation, and we say so.
05 · Common mistakes
The mistakes consulting prevents.
- Building the wrong thing well. A technically excellent project on a problem that was not the constraint.
- Specifications written for marketers. Developers need requirements, not summaries. We write for the person implementing.
- Decisions made from tool scores. Difficulty scores and audit flags are inputs, not conclusions.
- Meeting too often. Weekly rarely produces enough new data to be worth the time. Monthly, with availability between, does.
- Knowledge leaving with the vendor. Training is part of the engagement so the reasoning stays.
The test of good consulting is that your team needs less of it over time, not more.
06 · Measurement
How it runs and how it is reported.
An initial assessment, a prioritised plan with reasoning, specifications for each item, and a monthly session to review progress and adjust as results arrive. Between sessions, questions are answered as they come up.
Progress is reported against the plan: what was implemented, what moved as a result, what changed in the priorities and why. Results are measured in organic traffic that converts, not in tasks completed.
07 · Questions
Technical guides
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Next step
Have a team but no clear direction?
Tell us what your team can do and what the site needs. We will tell you whether consulting or management fits better.
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