“I need an SEO consultant” usually means: the website exists, but customers cannot find the business on Google. Consulting solves that with a diagnosis and a plan. What changes from one provider to another is who implements the fixes, for how long and how results are measured. Below: what to expect from the deliverables and how to read the quote.

Want to know what is holding your website back?

Send us the URL and the city you serve. We will tell you what to fix first.

SEO services SEO KPIs and ROI

What an SEO consultant does

In practice, three fronts:

  • A findable website — titles, speed, mobile version, URLs and pages Google can read and show.
  • Content that answers searches — finding out what customers type and making sure there is a clear page for each important service.
  • Local presence — the Google Business Profile, name, address and phone matching the website, reviews. This matters for businesses serving a neighborhood or city.

What you get: knowing what is stopping the website from showing up, in which order to tackle it and what to measure to know whether it worked.

One-off consulting or monthly support?

One-off — a website audit, a prioritized list of fixes and, if agreed, the implementation. It suits businesses with a team or vendor to apply the changes, or those who want to fix the foundation before investing more.

Monthly — someone monitors Search Console, adjusts pages, creates content and reports what changed. It suits businesses competing in search against active competitors or serving several cities.

Many companies start with one-off consulting and decide on monthly support after seeing the diagnosis. Scope of each format: website optimization: what it includes.

Freelance consultant or agency?

A freelance consultant can diagnose well, but implementation usually depends on someone else: whoever touches the code, whoever writes, whoever runs the server. When recommendations stay in a PDF, the website does not change.

An agency that also builds the website closes the loop: diagnosis, fix and publication by the same team. At My Help, SEO is done by the people who build the websites, so technical fixes do not wait for another vendor. How to compare providers: how to choose an SEO agency.

How to read an SEO consulting quote

  1. Deliverables in writing — audit, list of fixes, new pages, Google profile adjustments. An “SEO package” without a list cannot be held to account.
  2. Who implements — does the consultant apply the fixes or only recommend them?
  3. What will be measured — clicks, impressions and position in Search Console, leads coming from the website. A report with no next step is useless.
  4. Access in your name — Search Console, Analytics and the Google profile stay with the company.
  5. No ranking promises — nobody controls Google. Anyone guaranteeing “#1 in 30 days” is selling something else.

Price varies with website size, competition in your city and format (one-off or monthly). To know whether it is working: SEO KPIs and ROI.

Signs you need consulting

  • The website exists but does not show up even when you search for your service plus your city.
  • Customers only come through referrals or ads. Pause the ads and they disappear.
  • Your Google profile is stale or lists a different phone number from the website.
  • A competitor shows up for services you also offer.

Portfolio examples

Websites My Help delivered with a foundation for local search include Exclusiva Pinturas, with a declared service area, and Guga Energy, prepared for local SEO. See more in our portfolio.

Next step

Send us your website URL, the city you serve and the services you want to sell more. We will tell you whether your case calls for one-off consulting, ongoing support or a new website first. We work 100% online. Details on SEO and website optimization.