Our SEO Process — What Happens After You Sign Up
We don't start with keywords. We start with your business model. In the first week, we map your revenue streams, profit margins per service, geographic coverage, and competitive landscape. This commercial audit determines which organic opportunities will actually generate profit — not just traffic. A keyword with 5,000 monthly searches that attracts tyre-kickers is worth less than a keyword with 200 searches that brings ready-to-buy customers. Our strategy prioritises the latter.
Week two is the technical diagnostic. We crawl your site the way Google does, comparing what Googlebot renders against what users see. We audit Core Web Vitals, indexation status, internal link equity distribution, structured data implementation, and mobile experience. Most Sydney agencies skip this step because it requires genuine technical SEO skill — not just plugin familiarity. The technical audit produces a prioritised remediation plan ranked by ranking impact, not by how easy each fix is to implement.
Week three delivers the competitive content analysis. We reverse-engineer the organic strategies of the businesses currently outranking you — their content architecture, backlink profiles, update frequency, and schema implementations. This isn't a Semrush export with traffic estimates. It's a strategic assessment of where your competitors are vulnerable and where their positions are too entrenched to attack cost-effectively. We focus your budget on winnable battles, not vanity keywords.
From month two onward, execution follows the strategy. Content production targets the priority keyword clusters identified in the audit. Technical fixes are implemented on a fortnightly sprint cycle. Google Business Profile optimisation runs in parallel for businesses with local search dependency. Monthly reporting ties every action to ranking movement, traffic change, and lead generation impact. If something isn't working, we change course — not after the quarterly review, but in real time.