Managed SEO Services
Managed SEO services with one accountable owner
We run your whole SEO program: strategy, roadmap, deliverables and ongoing reporting. One partner answers for it, start to finish.
- One accountable owner for search
- Work shipped every month
- Reporting tied to pipeline and revenue
- Average client tenure
- 3+ yearsAverage client tenure
- Brands served
- 20+Brands served
- Agencies served
- 5+Agencies served
- Of SEO experience
- 13 yearsOf SEO experience
Why it matters
Most outsourced SEO ends up with a junior team
It's how many agencies make the numbers work: an expert pitch, then junior delivery. You end up managing the work when you hired someone to own it.
Our managed SEO keeps the people who scoped the work on the work. We own the strategy, plan the roadmap, ship the work and report on results. Your team reviews outcomes, and leadership sees search tied to the numbers it already tracks.
Best when
When it makes sense to hand it over
- No one in-house owns SEO. Search matters to the business, but nobody has the time or depth to run it.
- You're replacing an agency. The last partner over-promised, and you want real accountability this time.
- You want one partner for SEO and GEO. Search and AI visibility should be planned together, by one owner.
- Leadership wants accountability. One person answers for the plan, the work and the results.
What you get
Everything the program needs
- Strategy and roadmapA plan to start, then a rolling roadmap reviewed every quarter.
- Technical SEOFixes written for your developers and checked after release.
- Content briefs and optimizationBriefs for new pages and updates to the pages that already earn traffic.
- GEO and AI visibilityWork that helps AI assistants cite and describe you correctly.
- Monthly reportingRankings, traffic, AI visibility, and the leads and revenue search drives.
- Quarterly business reviewsA step back to check results against goals and reset priorities.
How it works
How it works
- Month 1Evaluate
An audit and a plan, so the work starts from shared priorities.
- Months 2–3Foundation
Priority technical fixes and the first content updates.
- Every monthDeliver and report
New work shipped, results reported, next month planned.
- Every quarterReview
A business review with leadership and a refreshed roadmap.
At a glance
What working together looks like
- Length
- Six-month initial term, then month to month
- Cadence
- Weekly check-in, monthly report, quarterly review
- Who you work with
- Max Cowan, with trusted specialists as needed
- Works alongside
- Your marketing team, developers and writers
- Investment
- Monthly retainer, starting at $5,000 and scoped to complexity and deliverables
Proof
Programs built to compound
A retirement planning software company for financial advisors went from 34 page-one keywords to 350 in 19 months, and to first place for "retirement planning software for advisors."
- Average client tenure
- 3+ yearsAverage client tenure
- Brands served
- 20+Brands served
- Agencies served
- 5+Agencies served
- Of SEO experience
- 13 yearsOf SEO experience
FAQ
Questions about Managed SEO Services
What's included in managed SEO services?
Strategy, a rolling roadmap, technical SEO, content briefs and optimization, GEO work and monthly reporting. The mix shifts each month toward whatever will move results most.
How is this different from a typical SEO agency?
Max leads the program, and the people doing the work are the people you talk to. There's no account manager in the middle and no handoff to a junior team.
Who writes the content?
We write briefs and optimize existing pages, but we generally don't produce new content. Your writers, or freelancers we recommend, handle production, and we review each piece against its brief.
How do you report on results?
Monthly reports cover rankings, traffic and AI visibility, plus the leads and revenue search drives. Quarterly reviews check the plan against business goals.
What's the minimum commitment?
Six months. SEO takes time to compound, and a shorter term rarely gives the work a fair test.
Next step
Hand search to someone who'll own it
Tell us where things stand. We'll outline how we'd run the program.
- Tell us what's going onIt takes about two minutes.
- Talk with MaxA 30-minute call with Max to dig into the details.
- Get a clear next stepA short written recommendation, whether or not we work together.