How long does SEO take for a service business to start working?
Most service businesses see the first measurable movements (long-tail rankings, organic clicks growing) inside ninety days. Real revenue impact typically arrives between months four and nine, and compounding plateau is usually visible by months twelve to eighteen. The earlier you start, the cheaper and faster the compound.
What does an SEO programme actually deliver each month?
Every monthly report ships five sections: headline metric for the month, top three movements with cause, what we are testing this month, next month's build queue costed and prioritised, and the questions we are bringing to the quarterly review. Total reading time fifteen minutes.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No serious agency does. We guarantee process — the productised twelve-pillar method, executed monthly, with documented playbooks the client owns. Rankings are an outcome of disciplined work and depend on competitive landscape, content quality, technical health and citation breadth.
What is the difference between SEO and AI search optimisation (GEO)?
SEO targets traditional search engines (Google, Bing). GEO targets AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews). The disciplines overlap heavily — well-structured content with FAQPage schema and direct-answer blocks performs in both. We treat them as one programme.
Why is SEO priced by tier rather than by hours?
Hourly billing rewards effort, not outcomes. Our productised tiers reward compound velocity — Foundation targets 0.1-0.2% daily improvement, Compound 0.3-0.5%, Architect 0.5-1%. You buy the outcome and the operating system, not the hours.
Do you do local SEO for Bournemouth and Costa Blanca businesses specifically?
Yes. We run programmes for service businesses in Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Sandbanks, Wimborne, Ringwood (UK) and Jávea, Dénia, Moraira, Calpe, Altea, Benidorm (Costa Blanca). Multilingual reach across English, Spanish, German and Dutch where the local market demands it.
What does the £750 audit include?
Technical site health check, position research for your top fifty buyer-intent queries, competitor backlink and content gap analysis, an SEO scorecard out of 100, and a written ninety-day action plan you can implement yourself or hand to us. Delivered in seven business days.
How do you handle bilingual SEO for Costa Blanca clients?
We build separate URL structures per language (English, Spanish, German, Dutch as required), with hreflang tags, language-specific keyword research, native-speaker editorial review, and localised internal-link architecture. The four languages get reported separately so you never confuse English-converting traffic with German lookers.
What is the difference between Foundation, Compound and Architect tiers?
Foundation (£1,500-3,000 per month) targets one pillar. Compound (£3,000-6,000 per month) runs all twelve pillars in parallel. Architect (£6,000 plus per month) adds full operating-system design, founder coaching and bilingual reach. All three are productised — fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline.
Can I see a real SEO programme in action before signing?
Yes. Book a thirty-minute discovery call. We will walk you through a real anonymised client programme, the monthly report structure, the playbooks you would receive, and a tailored band proposal in writing within two business days.
