You are about to hire for search. Compare the seat with a team first.
A job post means the decision is made: this work needs an owner. The open question is whether that owner is one new person or one outside team.
We run the work of that seat as a service.
Fee agreed on the call · Three months to begin · Then month by month
Website changes, content, design and search. You approve one task a day.
What the seat costs before it produces anything
Two published figures for the United States.
- $78,760 Median pay a year in the United States for market research analysts and marketing specialists. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025
- 39 days Median time to fill a nonexecutive role, in calendar days. SHRM recruiting benchmarking, 2026
United States figures, read at their sources on 10 November 2026. Your own numbers are the ones that matter.
What one person can cover, and what the seat needs
The job post usually asks for five things: strategy, writing, design, development and search. One person is strong in two of them. The rest waits, or goes to a freelancer you now also manage.
We cover the five as one team, under one plan and one task queue. What we do and what you decide is set out in the Growth Team Plan.
Your first 30 days, either way
The same four weeks, side by side.
- Week one
- Still interviewing.
- Your answers, one conversation and a short list.
- Weeks two and three
- Offer, notice period.
- The clear-out and the pages where buyers decide.
- Week four
- First day, settling in.
- Setup live, from your approved inputs.
Our delivery schedule, not a promise about Google or the assistants. No result is guaranteed.
When a hire is the better choice
Hire if you need someone in the building every day, if the role is mostly managing other people, or if search is one part of a wider marketing job that includes events, sales support or paid media. We do not do those.
If you hire, we can still be the team that person directs.
What you keep if you stop
Fair questions
- Do we cancel the hire?
- That is your call. Some firms pause the search for three months and decide with a reading in hand. Others hire and have us work under that person.
- Who do we actually deal with?
- The people who set the direction and do the work. There is no account manager in between.
- How much does it cost?
- One monthly fee, with three months to begin. It depends on the scope and is confirmed on the free Clarity Call, then written into the proposal.
- How do we know it is working?
- Every 42 days we read what moved against the goal we agreed. Rankings, citations and enquiries are outcomes to measure, not promises.
- What do you need from us?
- Your answers in week one, about ten minutes a day to approve a task, and one call a month.
Decide with the comparison in front of you.
Book a free 30-minute Clarity Call. Bring the job post. We send the direction and the fee in writing within two business days.
