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Turn search visibility into qualified pipeline.
Compare SEO pricing, deliverables and agencies—and connect organic growth to qualified pipeline.
Help the right customers find your business.
Should I start with an SEO audit?
An audit is useful when you need to understand what is limiting visibility or which improvements deserve attention first. Confirm who will implement the recommendations.
How should we measure SEO?
Track relevant search visibility and useful actions such as qualified enquiries, alongside the changes made.
What should an SEO proposal prioritize first?
Ask for a baseline of non-brand demand, the commercial pages to improve, the technical fixes to implement and the owner of each action. A list of keywords alone is not a plan.
What a good engagement should deliver.
Use these as a checklist: any proposal worth signing should show how it will produce each one—and what evidence you will see along the way.
Commercial-intent demand map
A map of the searches your customers use when they are ready to buy—not just researching—and which page on your site should win each one.
Ask to see
A prioritized list of buying-intent searches, each matched to a target page and its current position.
Technical and content growth system
Technical fixes that remove what holds the site back, plus a steady, repeatable process for improving and publishing pages—not one-off tweaks.
Ask to see
A technical issue log with owners and dates, and a monthly content and page-improvement plan.
Pipeline-connected measurement
Reporting that connects SEO to real enquiries and sales in your CRM, so you can see revenue impact—not just traffic or rankings.
Ask to see
A sample report showing organic enquiries, lead quality and pipeline, split by branded and non-branded search.
Estimate your SEO cost and opportunity.
See what SEO is likely to cost for your scope—and compare it with the commercial upside of closing realistic visibility, technical and authority gaps. No rankings are guaranteed.
1 / Your current search performance
2 / Your SEO scope
Directional planning model in CAD, not a quote or traffic forecast. Investment ranges sit within the guide's published planning range; search demand, competition, seasonality, implementation quality and sales follow-up can materially change outcomes. A discovery call confirms scope.
Where should your next SEO dollar go?
Pick the situation closest to yours.
Suggested first move
Start with intent and conversion quality
- 01Split branded and non-branded traffic and review landing pages.
- 02Compare enquiries with sales-qualified outcomes, not form totals.
- 03Improve commercial pages, proof and calls to action before commissioning more blog content.
This is a starting hypothesis—not an automated audit. Validate it with your own search and sales data.
Choose an approach your team can manage.
| Model | Use when | Watch-out |
|---|---|---|
| Audit + roadmap | Internal team can execute | Recommendations may stall |
| Monthly retainer | Continuous growth is required | Needs priorities and capacity |
| Project sprint | Migration or technical issue | Limited ongoing iteration |
| Embedded partner | SEO spans product and engineering | Higher governance demand |
Questions that reveal real capability.
Ask for a relevant example, the decision made, the result or learning, and the person who would own the work.
A strong proposal shows
The starting point
Which pages and queries already attract relevant demand? What is technically blocking progress? Where is the business losing qualified opportunities?
A strong proposal shows
The work and its owner
Which pages will change, what original evidence is needed, who implements technical fixes, and what is included in the monthly fee?
A strong proposal shows
The measurement plan
How will Search Console, analytics and CRM data connect non-brand visibility to qualified enquiries? Which assumptions cannot be proven yet?
- 01Which search demand will you deliberately not pursue—and why?
- 02How will you separate branded from non-branded growth?
- 03How do technical, content, internal-link and authority work reinforce one another?
- 04How do you validate intent before commissioning content?
- 05What happens when recommendations need developer time?
- 06How will you measure qualified leads, pipeline and revenue—not only clicks?
- 07How do you respond to AI-search experiences and falling click-through?
- 08What access, approvals and client hours are assumed?
Understand the risks before starting.
| Risk | Early warning | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic without pipeline | Informational visits dominate | Prioritize commercial intent; connect CRM outcomes |
| Keyword cannibalization | Several URLs rank for one intent | Consolidate or differentiate |
| Unbuilt recommendations | Technical backlog ages | Reserve engineering owners |
| Generic content | No expert evidence | Use SMEs and original examples |
| Attribution overclaim | Every conversion credited to SEO | Document limits and cohorts |
Measure outcomes—not activity.
Set a baseline and a 90-day target for each with your team before work begins.
Move from evidence to operating rhythm.
Days 1–30
Baseline, intent map and technical priorities
Exit evidenceApproved baseline, owners, scope and risk log
Days 31–60
High-value page improvements and content refresh
Exit evidenceWorking outputs, QA evidence and decision record
Days 61–90
Authority assets, outreach and conversion iteration
Exit evidenceMeasured result, learning backlog and operating owner
SEO terms, translated into decisions.
Open any term for a concrete example and the question to ask your team or agency.
01Search intent
What the person wants to accomplish with a search.
Example: ‘SEO agency Vancouver’ suggests vendor comparison; ‘what is SEO’ suggests learning.
What to do: Give each intent a fitting page and next step.
02Crawling and indexing
Crawling is discovery; indexing is Google's decision to store a page for possible search results.
Example: A page can exist on your site yet remain absent from Google's index.
What to do: Check Search Console and fix access, duplication or quality issues before making more pages.
03Technical SEO
The site foundations that let search engines and people reach, understand and use pages.
Example: Redirect chains, broken internal links or pages that render poorly on mobile can block otherwise useful content.
What to do: Prioritize issues by affected valuable pages, not the number of tool warnings.
04Keyword cannibalization
Two or more pages competing for essentially the same searcher's need.
Example: A homepage and a service page both targeting ‘web design Vancouver’ without distinct roles.
What to do: Choose a primary page; differentiate, consolidate or redirect the others when appropriate.
05Topical coverage
A connected set of useful pages that answers related buyer questions.
Example: An SEO service page can link to a pricing guide, audit guide and migration checklist.
What to do: Connect pages with descriptive links and avoid repeating the same generic advice.
06Qualified organic lead
A search visitor who takes an action and matches your agreed customer criteria.
Example: A consultation request from your target market is different from a student downloading a checklist.
What to do: Agree on qualification with sales and connect form outcomes to your CRM.
07Conversion rate
The share of visitors who complete a defined meaningful action.
Example: 30 qualified enquiries from 3,000 relevant visits is a 1% qualified-enquiry rate.
What to do: Measure useful actions by landing page rather than treating all visits equally.
08Authority and links
Signals of reputation, including relevant sites that choose to reference your work.
Example: A partner linking to a genuinely useful case study is more relevant than a purchased directory link.
What to do: Publish evidence worth citing and earn appropriate mentions.
Make your next conversation count.
Choose an outcome, explore a delivery model and check what your team can already prove. The result is a brief you can copy into a planning conversation—no contact details required.
Best when: Internal team can execute. Watch for: Recommendations may stall.
Turn the guide into a decision.
Check your readiness, get a planning range or talk it through with us. Prefer the phone? Call 604.595.2495.