SEO Consulting Services
SEO and AI Search Strategy for Companies Ready to Stop Guessing
The SEO Consulting Services Growing Brands Actually Need
Most companies do not need more SEO work. They need clarity on what is broken and what to ignore. That is what my SEO consulting services deliver. A senior second opinion built on 16 years of running search engine optimization campaigns for brands across four continents.
Every SEO consulting engagement I run now covers two channels. Google rankings and AI citations. Most consultants still treat generative engine optimization as a separate service, or worse, as an add-on. It is not. The same buyer who Googles your category also asks ChatGPT for a shortlist and reads a Perplexity summary before booking a call. A strategy that only wins one of those channels is already losing the other. My work covers both from the first audit.
I work with founders, marketing leaders, and in-house teams who are past the beginner stage. You already invest in SEO. You already publish content. You have probably worked with an SEO agency or two. Something is still not clicking. My job is to find where the strategy leaks. Whether that leak is on Google or inside AI search results, the plan closes it.
You get senior attention on every part of the engagement. I run the audit, build the strategy, and stay in the room for the calls that matter. The output is a working roadmap your team can execute on, not a 40-page report that ends up in a folder nobody opens.
If your project needs execution too, I coordinate a trusted network of SEO consultants and technical specialists under my direct management. You always deal with one person. Me.
Real Campaigns. Real Numbers.
937% Organic Traffic Growth in 12 Months
A B2B service brand rebuilt its content strategy and technical SEO foundation. The result was a 937% lift in organic traffic and a full pipeline of inbound leads.
600%+ Search Visibility Growth
A cybersecurity SaaS brand rebuilt its content architecture and GA4 tracking. Qualified demo requests started flowing from decision-makers who had been invisible to the brand before.

46.3% of Total Traffic Now Organic
An Adelaide turf and stone supplier scaled organic sessions from under 1,000 to over 9,000 per month within a year. Paid ad dependency dropped in parallel.
What My SEO Consulting Services Cover
Every engagement is scoped around what your business actually needs, but most consulting projects touch some combination of the services below. Traditional SEO and generative engine optimization work together throughout, because the buyer journey now runs through both.
Rank for the Keywords That Actually Drive Revenue
Most keyword research chases search volume and misses buyer intent. I filter for the terms your customers use when they are ready to buy, not just when they are curious. You get a prioritized keyword list built around commercial intent, ranking difficulty, and the questions your target audience is actually typing into search engines. This becomes the spine of your SEO strategy and the input for every content decision that follows. When organic search picks up the keywords that convert, paid search stops carrying the whole pipeline.
Get Cited Inside AI Search Results
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and Microsoft Copilot now answer buyer questions before users click a single link. Traditional search engine rankings are only half the game. I optimize your content structure, entity signals, and citation-worthiness so your brand shows up inside AI-generated responses. Generative engine optimization evaluates content differently from traditional search engines. The brands that adapt first are the ones that own AI search visibility for the next decade.
Fix What Search Engines Cannot See
A complete website audit surfaces the technical SEO issues holding your rankings back. Crawlability and indexation get reviewed alongside Core Web Vitals and site speed. Schema markup and internal linking come next. Most ranking blockers live in the parts of a site the marketing team never touches. You get a prioritized list of fixes ranked by impact, plus clear implementation notes your web development team can act on.
Build a Content Strategy That Attracts Buyers
A content strategy without buyer intent is just publishing. I map your content to the search behavior of your target audience across every stage of the buying journey. Blog posts, service pages, and landing pages get organized into topic clusters that build brand authority in the eyes of both search engines and AI algorithms. Every piece supports your broader SEO goals and pulls its weight on organic search. Content marketing done this way stops feeling like a cost center and starts producing pipeline.
Turn On-Page Elements Into Ranking Signals
On page SEO is where most sites lose easy wins. I review meta tags and headings against your target keywords. Internal linking and keyword optimization get the same audit. Schema markup and content structure round out the review. Search engines and AI models need clean signals to categorize your pages correctly. I give you the specific edits that turn ranking-adjacent pages into first-page results.
Learn Exactly How Competitors Are Beating You
Competitor analysis is only useful when it points to specific moves you can make. I break down which competitors dominate your search results, which content pieces are driving their traffic, and where their backlink profiles are exposed. You leave the engagement with a clear list of gaps to fill, keyword opportunities to claim, and a competitive edge you can actually build on.
Win Local Search Where Buyers Are Looking
For businesses with a physical footprint, local SEO services are often the fastest path to qualified leads. I optimize Google Business Profile and local citations. Review acquisition and location-page structure get the same treatment. Local businesses that dominate map-pack results consistently outperform competitors who invest ten times more in paid ads. Local SEO is one of the highest-ROI corners of digital marketing when done right.
Track What Actually Matters
Reporting is where most SEO agency relationships fall apart. Vanity metrics get celebrated while real business needs go unmet. I set up analytics and reporting around the key performance indicators that map to your revenue. That means traffic quality and ranking movement. It also means keyword coverage and AI citation frequency alongside real conversion signals. You always know what is working and where to invest the next dollar.
What You Get With an SEO Consulting Engagement
A consulting engagement delivers a full strategic package: a complete website audit, keyword research, competitor analysis, a written SEO strategy, and a prioritized roadmap your team executes on. You get senior expertise at the strategy layer. Your team owns the implementation. If you need both strategy and execution in one package, my full SEO services run that model instead.
| SEO Consulting Services | Full SEO Services | |
| Best for | Companies with an in-house team | Companies without in-house SEO capacity |
| What you get | Strategy, complete website audit, roadmap, reporting | Strategy plus execution across content, technical SEO, and link building |
| Who executes | Your team | Me and my managed network |
| Engagement length | 3 to 6 months, typically | Ongoing partnership |
| Best result if | Your team needs senior direction and priority stack | You need the strategy built and the work done |
If you are not sure which engagement fits your situation, the discovery call will sort it out quickly.
AI Search Visibility Is Now Part of Every Modern SEO Consulting Engagement
The reason to invest in AI search visibility is not the trend. It is the conversion math. A 2026 benchmark study by Opollo across 312 B2B tech companies found that AI-referred visitors converted at 14.2 percent, compared to 2.8 percent for Google organic. That is roughly five times higher. Semrush ran an independent analysis and landed at 4.4 times higher across industries. Ahrefs measured 23 times higher on its own SaaS signups. The multiplier changes by category. The direction does not.
I see it in my own pipeline. A meaningful share of the discovery calls I book now come from prospects who found me through ChatGPT or Perplexity first, then double-checked me on Google before reaching out. They arrive already knowing what I do. The call is shorter. The close rate is higher. The old organic search buyer journey is still real, but the AI-influenced one is now sitting alongside it, and it converts differently.
This is why AI search visibility is now part of every serious SEO consulting engagement I run. Traditional search engine optimization gets you ranked. Generative engine optimization gets you cited. The strongest strategies do both because the way buyers search has split across multiple channels and no single platform captures the full picture anymore.
Generative engines evaluate content differently. They prioritize contextual relevance and comprehensive answers over keyword density. Structured data and demonstrated authority matter more than backlink counts. A page stuffed with target keywords but missing genuine expertise will rank on Google and still get skipped by ChatGPT. A page built with clear headings and schema markup will get cited across multiple AI platforms.
The good news is that most of the work overlaps. Technical SEO fixes that help search engines crawl your site also help AI models parse it. Content optimization that satisfies buyer intent also satisfies large language models looking for citable sources. My SEO consulting services close the gap between where your brand ranks and where it gets cited.
If you want to see exactly how AI search engines are treating your brand today, the discovery call is where we start.
Industries Where I Have a Proven Track Record
Every vertical below has an SEO strategy I have run before. The marketing strategies vary because search behavior, buyer journey, and technical constraints vary. What holds constant is the same senior approach: dig into the specifics of your market, then build for sustainable growth.
SaaS
Your trial-to-paid funnel gets crushed by Google Ads costs. I help SaaS teams rank for comparison queries, alternative-to searches, and integration keywords that catch buyers already mid-evaluation. Free trial signups start closing without a sales call, and paid dependency drops as organic traffic compounds.
Cybersecurity
CISOs and IT directors do not respond to cold outreach. They research threat vectors, compliance frameworks, and vendor shortlists at 11pm. I build content and technical SEO that puts your brand inside those research sessions so procurement teams find you before you find them.
eCommerce and Shopify
Your collection pages have thin copy, your product titles cannibalize each other for the same keywords, and Meta ads keep raising your CAC. I run ecommerce SEO consulting focused on Shopify category architecture, schema markup, and product page optimization. Non-branded organic traffic starts covering the ad spend gap.
Law Firms
Clients searching “best DUI lawyer near me” at midnight rarely scroll past the first three results. I run local SEO campaigns that dominate map-pack placements, practice-area pages that rank for high-intent legal queries, and review strategies that turn late-night searchers into morning consultations.
Healthcare and Dental Clinics
Patients search their symptoms before they search your clinic. I build symptom-led content that earns trust at the awareness stage, then funnels readers into service pages optimized for local SEO. This applies whether you run a healthcare practice or a dental clinic. A steady stream of patient inquiries comes from people who are already half-decided by the time they call.
Real Estate
Listings expire in days, but neighborhood guides rank for years. I build evergreen local SEO assets covering school districts, property taxes, and market trends. Relocating buyers and sellers find you months before they contact an agent, and the traffic compounds while you sleep.
Financial Services
Google punishes weak content in YMYL categories, and financial brands get scrutinized harder than any other vertical. I write authority-led content that satisfies both compliance teams and search engines. Advisory queries rank without triggering algorithmic suppression or regulatory headaches.
Professional Services and Consulting
Every competitor on page one calls themselves a trusted advisor. I build positioning content that proves expertise through case studies, frameworks, and original perspectives that actually rank. Prospects read them before discovery calls and arrive already half-convinced.
Hospitality
Booking.com outranks your hotel for your own brand name, and every reservation through them costs you commission. I run direct-booking SEO that reclaims branded traffic, captures destination searches, and ranks experience pages so guests book with you directly.
Plumbing and Home Services
Emergency searches do not wait for organic rankings to mature. I dominate local search engines for emergency keywords, optimize Google Business Profile for service-area visibility, and build location pages that rank fast in suburbs your competitors ignore.

About Maria: Your Dedicated Professional SEO Consultant
My first SEO job in 2009 paid $2 per article. I was writing product descriptions for a US ecommerce store on oDesk, and I did not know what SEO was. I just knew the client kept asking for “500 words with the keyword three times.” So I wrote it three times. Sometimes four. The client seemed happy.
A year in, I noticed something strange. Some articles pulled traffic and others sat dead on page ten, even though I was writing them the same way for the same client. That gap became the thing I could not stop thinking about, so I started reading Moz on lunch breaks and running little experiments on the side. I got things wrong for months. Then some of them started working.
Sixteen years later, I have worked with SaaS founders in San Francisco and law firms in Sydney. Ecommerce businesses in Melbourne and cybersecurity teams in London round out the picture. I have watched search change from ten blue links to featured snippets to People Also Ask to AI Overviews. Every time the game shifts, the same instinct kicks in. What just changed, why, and how do I make it work for the client sitting in my inbox tomorrow morning.
I do not have a big team behind me. I have a small network of specialists I trust and a hands-on habit I never grew out of. If you hire me, you get me. Not a version of me filtered through three account managers. The person who runs your keyword research is the same person on your Zoom call. That is the whole model.
I am still doing what I started doing in 2009, just with better tools and a lot more scars. Professional seo work at the senior level rewards curiosity more than credentials. Performance driven seo comes from asking the right questions in the right order, not from a template. And data driven strategies only work when someone is willing to sit with the data long enough to see what it is actually saying. More on my background here.
How an SEO Consulting Engagement Works
The process below is consistent. The strategy that comes out of it is not. Same eight steps, different conclusions every time. Your data and your competitors are not the same as anyone else’s, and neither is the plan I build from them.
Step 1: Discovery Call
We talk about your business goals, your current search engine optimization efforts, the SEO agency history you carry, and where you feel the strategy is leaking. I ask more questions than you probably expect. Understanding your business needs comes before any recommendation.
Step 2: Access Review and Data Collection
Google Analytics and Search Console access get shared with me alongside any past audits. I pull data on keyword rankings and organic traffic. Backlink profiles and site health round out the picture. The SEO strategy gets built on evidence rather than assumptions.
Step 3: Complete Website Audit
Technical SEO issues and on page SEO gaps get reviewed against current best practices. Content quality and meta tags come next. Site speed and website structure get the same scrutiny alongside internal linking. I also run an AI visibility audit to see which generative engines cite your brand today and where the gaps are.
Step 4: Keyword Research and Competitor Analysis
I map the keywords that map to real revenue, then break down which competitors currently dominate them. Competitor analysis reveals content gaps, backlink opportunities, and specific pages where your brand can move up fast. Market research on buyer language rounds out the picture.
Step 5: Custom SEO Strategy Build
Everything comes together into a written SEO strategy shaped around your business goals and timeline. Data driven seo strategies only work when they connect to what your team can actually execute. The plan is built around your capacity rather than a fantasy version of it.
Step 6: Roadmap and Priority Stack Delivery
The strategy is one document. The roadmap is another. You get a prioritized action list ranked by impact and effort so your team knows exactly what to touch first and what to defer. Advanced seo strategies matter less than sequencing.
Step 7: Implementation Guidance for Your Team
Your team executes. I stay available for questions and course corrections as work rolls out. When your team implements strategies from the roadmap, I review the output and flag anything that needs adjustment. Good SEO consultants ensure your team understands the reasoning behind each recommendation. That way they can implement strategies confidently without needing to check in on every micro-decision.
Step 8: Ongoing Check-Ins and Refinement
Search engines evolve. AI algorithms shift. Business goals change. Monthly or quarterly check-ins keep the strategy calibrated so your search visibility keeps compounding instead of drifting off course.
Bigger Project?
I Coordinate a Trusted Network
My SEO consulting services stop at the strategy and audit layer. That is my zone of expertise, and I do not pretend otherwise. If your project needs execution across content writing or web development, I am not the person doing that work. The same goes for link building and web design. Social media management sits outside my scope too. But I do coordinate a trusted network of specialists who handle all of the above.
You brief me. I brief them, and quality control runs through me the whole way. The rest of the project runs through people I have worked with for years and personally vouch for. Think of it as a lightweight seo services company built around your project. Expert seo services sit next to search engine marketing and performance marketing when a marketing campaign needs all of them running at once, and you never have to manage five vendors to make it happen.
This SEO reseller and managed service arrangement suits marketing agencies that need white-label capacity, in-house teams launching something big, and businesses running marketing campaigns across multiple channels.

Ready to Stop Guessing Where Your SEO Is Broken?
SEO Consulting FAQs
What are SEO consulting services?
SEO consulting services are strategic advisory engagements focused on identifying what is blocking your search engine rankings and building the plan to fix it. Unlike full SEO services that include execution, professional seo consulting services concentrate on analysis and roadmap delivery. That means a complete website audit paired with keyword research and competitor analysis. Your team handles the implementation using the strategy the consultant provides. Expert SEO services at the consulting level work best for companies with in-house marketing capacity that need senior direction without hiring a full-time strategist.
What are the 4 types of SEO?
The four main types of SEO are on page SEO and technical SEO, plus off page SEO and local SEO. On page seo covers the elements you control directly on your website. This includes meta tags and headings alongside keyword optimization and content quality. Technical seo focuses on how search engines crawl and index your site. It covers site speed and schema markup alongside website structure and website performance. Off page SEO covers external signals like link building and brand mentions across the web. Local SEO targets geographic search behavior through Google Business Profile and local citations. Modern search engine optimization strategy also increasingly includes generative engine optimization for AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. Some practitioners consider this a fifth category.
How much does an SEO consultant cost?
SEO consultant pricing depends on the scope of the engagement and the competitive intensity of your industry. Consulting-only engagements typically run from a few thousand dollars for a one-time complete website audit and strategy build. Ongoing advisory retainers with monthly check-ins can reach five figures depending on the SEO experience you need at the table. Consulting firms and larger seo services companies often charge higher rates because you pay for account managers and overhead alongside the actual strategist. Working with an independent seo consultant like me strips out those layers. Every engagement is quoted individually after a free discovery call so you only pay for what your business actually needs.
Who is the best SEO consultant in the Philippines?
The best SEO consultant is the one whose experience and industry focus match your business needs. The Philippines has a mature SEO industry with senior practitioners running global accounts. Brands in the US and UK use Filipino SEO experts alongside teams in Australia and across Europe. I have built my SEO consulting practice around clients in those markets since 2009. My focus sits on SaaS and cybersecurity alongside professional services and growing brands that need senior strategic direction. If you want to see whether my approach fits your situation, the discovery call is the best next step.
What is the difference between an SEO consultant and an SEO agency?
The main difference is the delivery model. An SEO agency brings a team structure to your account. That usually means a project manager and one or more strategists. Specialists in technical SEO and content and link building round out the team. This suits larger projects that need multiple disciplines running in parallel. An independent SEO consultant like me delivers the strategy work personally. When you hire me, the senior strategist is the one running your keyword research and auditing your technical SEO. The same person builds your content strategy from the ground up. Both models produce results when they match the buyer. Larger organizations often benefit from a consulting firm structure that supports multiple stakeholders. Founders and marketing leaders who want direct access to one senior brain tend to prefer working with SEO consulting firms or independent consultants like me.


