Climbing search rankings is the long game. This is the long game.
A monthly retainer that ships content, runs technical audits, and tunes your schema until your rankings move. Distinct from the technical SEO foundation already baked into every site we build — this is the ongoing growth work.
SEO has a bad reputation because most agencies sell it as a vague monthly service that promises rankings and delivers nothing. Here's what actually moves rankings: regularly publishing content that answers what your customers search for, having a technically clean site (which you already have if we built it), and earning citations and links over time. That's it. The retainer is the part that requires consistent effort — one good blog post a month, technical upkeep as your site grows, and the patience to let it compound.
SEO is the marketing channel you don't pay for forever.
Google Ads stop working the day you stop paying. Social posts disappear in a week. SEO compounds — the post you publish this month is still pulling traffic two years from now. The catch is that it takes 6–12 months to start showing real returns, which is why most businesses give up. The retainer exists for the businesses that won't give up.
- 01One in-depth blog post per month — researched, written, optimized, and published to your site
- 02Quarterly technical audit — Core Web Vitals, mobile responsiveness, schema, broken links, indexation
- 03Local SEO upkeep — Google Business Profile posts, citation health, review-ask automation
- 04Keyword tracking with a written report at month-end
- 05Month-to-month commitment — cancel anytime, no contracts
Strategy kickoff (month 1)
Keyword research, competitive analysis, and a content roadmap for the first six months. We agree on what topics matter, in what order, and what your ranking baseline looks like.
Monthly content + audit cadence
Each month: one published blog post, ongoing technical hygiene, written month-end report. Each quarter: a deeper technical audit with prioritized fixes.
Quarterly review
A 30-minute call to look at what's moving, what isn't, and adjust the plan. Most retainers run for at least a year because that's how long it takes to see real movement.
How long until I see results?
Honestly, 6–12 months for meaningful ranking movement, longer for very competitive keywords. Anyone who promises faster results is either gaming the system (which Google penalizes eventually) or lying. We'd rather under-promise.
Why is this $199/mo when other agencies charge $1,500+?
Because we're not selling you a team of strategists you'd never need. The work that actually moves rankings is the content and the technical upkeep — we do both, monthly, for a price that makes sense for a small business. If you need enterprise-scale SEO (large e-commerce, thousands of pages), we'll refer you elsewhere.
Do I have to keep the retainer forever?
No. Many clients run it for a year to build the foundation, then drop to a lighter quarterly engagement. Some run it indefinitely because the ROI compounds. Cancel anytime.
$199 / month — cancel any time. Begin a project below, or book a discovery call if you want to talk through whether this is the right fit.