Consultancy instead of a retainer: an experienced pair of eyes on your site, your market and your existing agency's work, delivered as advice you can act on with whoever you like.
Businesses with an in-house marketer or a developer who can execute, who need direction instead of delivery. Also companies mid-way through an agency relationship who want an independent read before renewing.
A consultant diagnoses and directs; an agency also executes. If you have people who can implement, consultancy is usually better value because you are not paying an agency margin on hours your own team could cover. If you have nobody to implement, a plan alone will sit unactioned.
Consultancy in the UK is typically day-rate or project-priced rather than monthly. The variable is scope. A focused technical review is a fraction of a full strategic engagement. We scope and quote before starting instead of quoting a rate blind.
Yes, and it is a common request. We look at what was delivered against what was invoiced and reported, and tell you plainly. Sometimes the answer is that the agency is doing good work and the reporting is just poorly presented.
Regularly. The usual shape is a diagnostic and roadmap up front, then a monthly or quarterly review call as the team executes.
Yes.
We can help you write the brief, sift candidates and set the technical questions. Whether you need one at all depends on your search volume and content cadence, and we will give you an honest read on that first.
Either. Most engagements start as a defined project and some become a light ongoing review. There is no requirement to continue.
Yes, remotely across the UK. Consultancy travels better than delivery work. Most of it is analysis and calls.
A written document: findings, the competitive picture, and a prioritised action list specific enough to hand to a developer or writer without further interpretation.
Yes, and it usually saves everyone time. Technical SEO findings survive translation badly.
Then that is what the document says. It happens. Some businesses have little organic search demand for what they sell, and keyword research shows it quickly. Better to know in week one.
Run the free audit to get the automated findings, then book a call to scope what a consultancy engagement would need to cover.