Ongoing retainer

SEO Strategy

A keyword strategy that prices every cluster in cost-per-lead before your team writes a single brief — a number your CFO can defend, not a vanity ranking target. Technical fixes, content, and links get sequenced against your revenue timeline, not a generic 12-month checklist.

748%
Median 3-year ROI on strategy-led SEO engagements.
Source · Firstpagesage, 2023
−55%
Lower cost per lead versus paid search — once organic compounds.
Source · 400-company benchmark, 2024
18mo
Average engagement length — because strategy compounds quarterly.
Source · Internal · 2025

What you get

Most “SEO strategy” engagements hand you a roadmap in month one, then go quiet until the next quarterly business review. Ours doesn’t. The workspace updates every sprint, and your strategist records a weekly async Loom walking through why each recommendation matters before your team has to act on it. Nothing ships without the reasoning attached.

Revenue-mapped keyword architecture

Every keyword cluster carries a cost-per-lead estimate, a conversion probability, and a break-even month before it’s built into the plan. You see the business case before a single content brief gets written.

Full technical audit + sprint backlog

Crawl data, Core Web Vitals, indexation, schema, and internal linking get ranked by revenue impact, not a generic severity score. The result becomes a sprint backlog your engineering team can act on directly.

Editorial calendar and brief templates

A month-by-month content plan with finished briefs your writers can execute without a strategy call. Each brief specifies the target URL, primary search intent, internal link map, and schema type.

Monthly reporting dashboard

GA4, Search Console, and Ahrefs data combine into one view — rankings, estimated traffic value, attributed leads, and a plain-English note on what changed and why.

Link acquisition plan

A target domain list, an outreach angle per prospect, and an anchor distribution model, built and placed in-house — not outsourced to a link farm or a PBN network.

How the first 90 days work

Month 1

Diagnosis

A full technical crawl, a competitor gap analysis, and a keyword universe build feed a revenue model that maps search volume directly to pipeline value. You see the ceiling on the opportunity before we agree to a single target.

Month 2

Architecture

Topic cluster design, URL structure, and an internal linking schema go to your dev team as the first sprint backlog. Quick-win optimisations ship in this same phase.

Month 3

Momentum

The first editorial wave publishes, the initial batch of links goes live, and we run a mid-point revenue review together. If the model isn’t tracking against plan, we rescope it — or you invoke the 90-day exit clause.

Who this is for

Good fit
  • B2B SaaS with $5k+ ACV and a 60-day sales cycle
  • E-commerce with $1M+ annual revenue looking to reduce paid dependency
  • Professional services competing on informational intent
  • Scale-ups post-Series A who need organic as a growth lever, not a channel afterthought
Poor fit
  • Pre-revenue startups without product-market fit
  • Businesses that need leads in under 60 days
  • Markets where search volume doesn’t exist at the bottom of the funnel
  • Teams that can’t ship content or technical changes within 2-week sprints
Pricing

Three tiers, same method. Scope scales by cluster count.

Every tier includes the monthly reporting dashboard, quarterly strategy reviews, and the 90-day exit clause.

Tier Scope Cadence Monthly
Focus
Single-cluster
1 topic cluster · up to 40 pages Bi-weekly $2,500 Book
Compound ★
Multi-cluster, most popular
3 clusters · up to 150 pages · digital PR Weekly $6,500 Book
Category
Full-category dominance
Unlimited clusters · international · embedded team Twice weekly $12,000+ Book
Questions

What clients actually ask before signing.

No hedging. If we don't know, we'll say so.

How is this different from just hiring an SEO agency for execution?
Execution-only agencies take a keyword list and start producing content or links against it. We build the model first — the keyword architecture, the technical priority order, the revenue math — then execute against it ourselves. One team owns the plan and the results. No handoff to a separate delivery team.
When should we expect organic revenue to cover the retainer?
Month 6 is our median break-even on the Focus tier, month 4 on Compound. If the model isn't tracking by the month-3 review, we rescope the plan — or you invoke the 90-day exit clause.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No. Any agency that does is misrepresenting how Google ranks pages. We guarantee the methodology, the reporting cadence, and the 90-day exit. Rankings follow from those three when there's enough search volume in your market to hit the revenue target.
Who writes the content?
A small bench of subject-matter writers we've worked with across multiple engagements, not a rotating freelancer pool. Every brief comes from your strategist. Every draft is reviewed by them before it reaches your staging site.
We already have an in-house SEO. Can you work alongside them?
Yes. Some of our strongest engagements pair our strategist with an in-house lead who owns execution day-to-day. We handle the architecture, the technical sprint backlog, and link acquisition. They handle CMS-level implementation and stakeholder management.
What clients say

Real results. Real words.

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I worked with Roman for over a year now on SEO related topics. He is an expert in the field, communicates clearly and works efficiently. I can most highly recommend him and look forward to working with him in the future.

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Leo Fankhänel

Roman is a seasoned professional in web analytics and search engine optimization. Hands-on, straight to the point, no bullshit. Roman knows Google Analytics inside-out and produces insights after spending a few hours exploring it. His analytical mindset combined with project management skills and experience in modern web technologies were the key to success in our collaboration. I can recommend Roman as the most friendly and customer-oriented SEO consultant I have ever met.

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Zahhar Kirillov

Roman's expertise in SEO is amazing. Very systematic, efficient and — most importantly — delivers results. Pleasure to work with.

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Mark Kofman

Roman joined the Merj team as an SEO Consultant. He has an inquisitive mind and enjoys the challenging nature of technical auditing. Roman has helped create a number of processes that have supported the consulting team. He is a team player, helping others meet their goals as well as balancing his own deadlines.

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Ryan Siddle

Roman is a knowledgeable and experienced technical SEO, with an eye for inventive and creative solutions to tricky problems. He has an intuitive knack for software, scripting and coding that make him a real asset to work with. He is a great colleague to bounce ideas off and is always game for trying something new.

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David Hellowell

With years and years of SEO experience under his belt, Roman is truly an expert in technical SEO. One of his most valuable skills is not the deep familiarity with highly specific technical details itself, but Roman's ability to evaluate the importance of various tech issues based on overall business needs and goals. It was truly a pleasure to work with and learn from Roman.

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Martins Groza

I have enjoyed working with Roman for a while now, and I can confidently say he has exceptional knowledge and skills in SEO. If you need help with SEO, Roman is the person to talk to.

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Eimantas Aukštikalnis

There is not a single thing regarding SEO that Roman would not be familiar with. With vast experience and know-how, Roman will be up to the challenge of solving even the most difficult SEO issues, no matter the size of the website. A person who is truly interested in SEO, rather than just doing it for money.

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Janis Sarmulis

Roman's mastery of Technical SEO is truly impressive. We collaborated on several projects, and I was genuinely blown away — the outcome exceeded all expectations. His work ethic is outstanding, making it a true pleasure to work alongside him.

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Evelina Adomaityte

I have worked with SeoBro Agency. Roman is doing great work to help scale businesses through SEO. Very reliable service.

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M. Meraj Kaleem

Roman is a great expert, skilled with many different tools. His knowledge is broad and deep at the same time. For each issue, he had a particular software to research and inspect — what makes him stand out in the sea of SEO experts.

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Slobodan Ljubic
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30 minutes on a call. No pitch deck. We'll tell you if we're a fit.

Come with your domain, top three competitors, and your revenue goal for the year. You leave with a diagnosis and a realistic 12-month outlook.