Paying for SEO
PAYING $5K–$500K A MONTH FOR SEO? This is for you.

Get better results from your SEO vendor.

A free 6-video course to help you manage your SEO vendor, hold them accountable, and steer the work toward results.

No SEO knowledge required.

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FREE COURSE — LAUNCHING SOON

Get free access to the course

The 5-Minute SEO Vendor Management Course goes live in about two weeks. Add your details and you’ll get it the day it opens.

We check every sign-up. This course is for business owners paying for SEO, not the agencies and consultants selling it.

Free forever. No credit card. Unsubscribe in one click.

Free forever. No credit card.
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WHO THIS IS FOR

For the person paying the SEO bill.

01

Business owners

Spending $5k–$100k a month on SEO

02

CMOs

Responsible for SEO vendor results

03

Marketing leaders

Who need better SEO vendor accountability

04

SEO buyers

Who want more from the relationship

Stop hoping your SEO works. Start knowing what your vendor is doing.

You don’t need to learn SEO. You need a simple way to manage the people doing it.

WITHOUT A PLAN

Flying blind

  • Vendor calls where you nod along and hope
  • Reports you can’t easily interpret or verify
  • No clear link between what’s delivered and what you pay for

No accountability

  • No framework for what to ask or when to push back
  • No way to separate real progress from busywork

WITH THE FREE FRAMEWORK

Clarity and confidence

  • Workbooks to track deliverables, timelines, and outcomes
  • Vendor-call agendas with the questions that matter

Better performance

  • A more accountable vendor relationship
  • A clearer way to steer the work toward results

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps to a better SEO vendor relationship

  1. STEP 1Watch the course

    Learn the system

    Six short videos covering the core system for managing your SEO vendor.

    Watch the course
  2. STEP 2Use the workbooks

    Take them into your vendor meetings

    Four ready-to-use workbooks and checklists to help you review the work and know what to ask.

    See the workbooks
  3. STEP 3Run it every month

    Manage. Measure. Steer.

    Use the system every month to hold your vendor accountable and keep the work focused on results.

    Start the system

20 mins

About the time it takes to drink your coffee

4

Practical workbooks

6

Short videos

INSIDE THE COURSE · 6 VIDEOS

Manage your SEO vendor. Get better results.

Six short videos and four practical workbooks to help you review the work, ask better questions, and hold your vendor accountable. Open a video to see what it covers.

01

Manage your SEO vendor like a pro

4 min

The monthly system for managing your vendor — what to ask for and what to check.

02

Track and influence vendor performance

3 min

The three monthly documents that help you manage the work and improve performance.

03

Hold your SEO vendor accountable

4 min

How to assess the work, challenge the results, and know whether your investment is paying off.

04

Read your vendor’s monthly report

3 min

What the numbers mean, which ones matter, and which ones are there to look busy.

05

Run the monthly vendor call

3 min

A simple agenda that keeps the call on results instead of activity.

06

Know when to move on

3 min

The signs a vendor isn’t working out, and how to make the switch without losing ground.

Get free access

FREE COURSE — LAUNCHING SOON

Get free access to the course

The 5-Minute SEO Vendor Management Course goes live in about two weeks. Add your details and you’ll get it the day it opens.

We check every sign-up. This course is for business owners paying for SEO, not the agencies and consultants selling it.

Free forever. No credit card. Unsubscribe in one click.

Free · 6 videos · 4 workbooks

Ready to manage your SEO vendor properly? Start the free course. Get the tools. Take them into your next vendor meeting.

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Paying for SEO — the free book

THE FREE BOOK

Want the bigger picture?

The book covers the entire SEO buyer journey — investing, hiring, proposals, contracts, managing, accountability, and knowing when to move on.

Free · 25chapters · written for SEO buyers