SEO Marketing

Search engine optimization (SEO) remains an enormously effective long term marketing strategy for obtaining organic traffic from search engines like Google.

With an impressive showcase of SEO results, we have the experience and expertise to improve your search engine rankings.

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Search engine optimization (SEO) may seem overwhelming and technically complex, but what it boils down to is actually quite simple: Following a set of best practices to give your website and its various pages the best chance at higher rankings in search engines like Google.

Higher rankings in search engines means more organic traffic flowing to your website. And with a well-built website that’s designed to convert, SEO can be an extremely valuable long-term strategy for generating high quality leads.

While SEM and SMM certainly have benefits (we love building Google ads and Facebook ads into our campaigns!), evergreen SEO can produce traffic without ad spend that lasts for years.

Unlike the majority of folks who seem to be selling SEO services nowadays (we get the same spammy emails that you do) we have proven results, and we do not over-promise. In fact, we are extremely selective with who we choose to partner with. SEO in major markets can be extremely competitive, so it is critical that our client’s goals are aligned with ours.

SEO requires time and patience, but the benefits can be transformative.

Contact us or submit our project request form and let’s see if we’re a good fit. We will respond within 1 business day.

Below you can view a sample of our SEO client results.

SEO Pricing

Standard
SEO Package

starting at: $1,000 / month

Discovery meeting via Zoom
SEO audit
Keyword research
Strategy development / content planning
SEO-optimization of client supplied copy (up to 800 words per month, 1 topic)
Yoast Premium installation
Photo sourcing (Adobe Stock)
Relevant internal / external links
Title tag updates
Meta description updates
Google Business page optimization
Google Analytics install
Google Search Console
Monthly report

Prepaid discounts:
• 6 months: $5,100 (15% discount saves you $900)
• 12 months: $9,600 (20% discount saves you $2,440)

SEO-optimized copywriting: $500 per 500 words
Link building: $1,000 per month
Speed optimization: starting at $1,000

Pro
SEO Package

starting at: $2,500 / month

Discovery meeting via Zoom
Website audit
SEO audit
Keyword research
Strategy development / content planning
Link building
SEO-optimized copywriting (1,000 words per month, 1 topic)
Topic research (1 topic per month)
Photo sourcing (Adobe Stock)
Yoast Premium installation
Relevant internal / external links for all content
Title tag updates
Meta descriptions
Google Business page optimization
Google Analytics install
Google Search Console
Speed optimization
Monthly report
Monthly meetings via Zoom

Prepaid discounts:
• 6 months: $12,750 (15% discount saves you $2,250)
• 12 months: $24,000 (20% discount saves you $6,000)

SEO-optimized copywriting: $500 per 500 words (1,000 included)
Link building: $0 $1,000 per month (included)
Speed optimization: $0 starting at $1,000 (included)

Enterprise
SEO Package

starting at: $5,000 / month

Discovery meeting via Zoom
Website audit
SEO audit
URL structure clean up
301 redirects
Keyword research
Strategy development / content planning
Link building
SEO-optimized copywriting (2,400 words per month, up to 3 topics)
Topic research (3 topics per month)
Photo sourcing (Adobe Stock)
Yoast Premium installation
Relevant internal / external links for all content
Title tag updates
Meta descriptions
Google Business page optimization
Google Analytics install
Google Search Console
Speed optimization
Monthly report
Monthly meetings via Zoom

Prepaid discounts:
• 6 months: $25,500 (15% discount saves you $4,500)
• 12 months: $48,000 (20% discount saves you $12,000)

SEO-optimized copywriting: $500 per 500 words (2,400 included)
Link building: $0 $1,000 per month (included)
Speed optimization: $0 starting at $1,000 (included)

SEO Results

A small peek at some of our SEO results can be found below. For more details on these campaigns, as well as several other clients, visit our case studies page.

MCI National Wildlife Refuge:

In 2022 and 2023 we’ve seen significant growth in traffic as a direct result of organic Google searches for our clients at MCI National Wildlife Refuge. 

For an overview, here’s a screenshot from SEMRush:

maine coastal islands national wildlife refuge sem graph

Notice how we’re not relying on paid ads for this particular client. The brief yellow spike in paid traffic (at the end of 2020) occurred a year before our SEO campaigns began in late 2021.

The success of our campaigns is entirely credited to original content creation; notably educational content within the wildlife niche. Using a CMS like WordPress makes adding landing pages a breeze, and for our purposes for this client, we created a blog to keep all of our new content tidy and available in one place, here’s a peek:

maine coastal islands wildlife refuge blog
Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge blog

Highlights from our campaigns include ranking in the top 2-5 positions of Google’s search results for competitive national keywords. One example is the keyword “puffin facts” where we’re ranking in the top 5 alongside much larger entities including National Geographic and Wikipedia.

maine coastal islands seo results
Data source: Google, May 2023

Our traffic growth in 2023 has been especially impressive, showing a 164% growth YoY in overall organic traffic, and 168% growth in pageviews:

maine coastal islands organic traffic increase growth yoy
Maine Coastal Islands, data source: Google Analytics
maine coastal islands wildlife refuge pageview growth graph
Maine Coastal Islands, data source: Google Analytics

Davis Landscape Company:

Davis Landscape approached us in 2021 after struggling to see significant results with their internally-run Google Ads campaigns. After analyzing the competition, we recommended putting more effort into organic traffic SEO, and the results have been phenomenal. 

Davis currently ranks in the top 3 of Google for various keywords based around their industry and services — not only in their local market, but in their entire state.

Some of our ranking highlights can be found below:

davis landscaping contractor maine
Data source: Google, May 2023
davis landscape maine landscaping
Data source: Google, May 2023
landscaping services maine
Data source: Google, May 2023

Like many of our SEO campaigns, original content creation played a major role in our strategy. While most of the content targeted keywords based on specific services that our client offers, we also put effort into crafting content that targets keywords that are still very much related to their services, but also entirely educational. 

The keyword in the screenshot below is a good example of this. Davis is ranking in a top 4 position for the keyword “maine native flowers”. 

davis landscape seo results
Data source: Google, May 2023
davis landscape google search clicks 2022 vs. 2023 graph
Davis Landscape, data source: Google Search Console
davis landscape google search impressions 2022 vs. 2023
Davis Landscape, data source: Google Search Console

Berube’s Auto Care:

From 2022 into 2023, New England based auto care specialists Berube’s Auto Care has seen 551% user growth in organic Google traffic YoY.

Zero paid ads, 100% organic Google search. 

This was made possible with an SEO strategy designed to create helpful content targeting keywords in the auto care niche. While local results are not always difficult to achieve in smaller markets, we were very pleased to see Berube’s ranking for competitive state-wide keywords. 

seo results berubes
Data source: Google, May 2023
berubes autocare organic traffic graph
Berube's Auto Care, data source: Google Analytics
berubes autocare organic traffic graph
Berube's Auto Care, data source: Google Analytics

Hess Law:

Hess Law, our client’s in Maine’s capital of Augusta, are a great example of the power of SEO in smaller markets, even in the competitive niche of law.

With modest effort we’ve seen the Hess Law website gain top 2 positioning for multiple keywords that coincide with their service offerings.  

In the screenshots below, notice how the pages being indexed in Google searches are specifically service pages — an excellent reminder for local businesses to always build out pages for their individual services, even if the content is minimal. 

hess law seo keywords google search
hess law seo keywords google search
hess law seo keywords google search

SEO Marketing FAQ

SEO is short for search engine optimization. There is often technical jargon that gets thrown around with the term, but what it boils down to is actually very simple: enhancing your website and its various pages in an effort to rank higher in search engines like Google.

There is no magic formula for SEO, but there are many best practices that should be followed to put yourself in the best position for success. There are also known pitfalls to avoid, such as “blackhat” methods which can get your website penalized, and even delisted from Google. 

Our Standard package starts at $1,000 per month, our Pro package starts at $2,500 per month, and Enterprise packages start at $5,000 per month.

Our rates are always available on our pricing page.

Keep in mind these are baselines and we can often custom build a package that fits your specific requirements. Contact us or submit our project request form and let’s talk.

6 months minimum. We’ve certainly seen results appear in a shorter timeframe, but we’ve also seen it take longer. SEO typically boils down to the competitiveness of the industry, what keywords we are targeting, and how aggressive our strategy is.

Examples of competitive industries in search engines are real estate, law, finance, insurance, and health and fitness, to name a few. Being located in a major market also amplifies the challenges. But none of this means there aren’t realistic strategies that can be deployed.

Going after keywords that are actually realistic to rank for is one of the first items we discuss when developing an SEO strategy. For example, consider that we want to go after a specific keyword, but we see Amazon, Target, and Walmart in the top 3 positions of the search results. We could spend 20 years optimizing our site but would likely never outrank the big guys. That’s a big waste of everyone’s time and resources.

Identifying a realistic strategy is critical for success. 

It’s also important to remember that at the end of the day, it’s up to Google. While we can’t force Google to index us higher than our competitors, we can use our experience and best practices to ensure we’re putting ourselves in the best possible position. 

No, but we are very selective with the client’s we agree to work with — especially for SEO services. We will audit your website and check out your competitors before agreeing to perform SEO services. If we don’t think we can help in a realistic way, we will not waste your time.

We have happy clients because we don’t overpromise. Getting traction with SEO can be very difficult in certain industries and markets, so it’s critical that all parties are on the same page with goals and strategy in order to achieve long term success. 

Possibly, but newer websites are generally more difficult to rank. Google built their search engine around showing the most relevant results possible, and when you’re new, they don’t know anything about you yet. 

Google’s search engine aims to provide the most relevant and trustworthy results to its users, and it takes time for a new website to establish credibility and authority in the eyes of Google.

No. Some industries are simply too competitive for us to produce meaningful results. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about your industry or market, and we’ll get back to you within 1 business day. 

Of course!  There’s a few just above on this page, and you can also visit our case studies page for more.

You should never hire an SEO agency or individual who can not show you live results.

For one, we get results and have real case studies to back it up, including active keywords that are currently ranking. 

We do not over-promise and are extremely selective with who we’ll work with for SEO marketing services. One of the first things we do when conducting an SEO audit is carefully review your competitors. If we don’t think we can realistically get meaningful results, we won’t waste your time. The folks sending spammy SEO emails are typically happy to take your money regardless of having a realistic strategy in place. 

Yes! We offer SEM (search engine marketing) / SMM (social media marketing) ad services. These fall under the umbrella of “PPC” (pay per click). Check out our pricing page for more details.

Currently we offer ad services for Google, Facebook, and Instagram. 

PPC can be an excellent alternative to organic SEO, especially in terms of fast tracking your campaign results. 

Fine tuning and effectively managing ad campaigns is an on-going process, but can produce excellent results over the long term. Check out our Facebook ad campaign for Brian McKnight for a stellar example of the power of Facebook ads.

No, of course not. We have clients all over the country. 

Get in touch and tell us about your project.

You can contact us directly or submit our project request form. We’ll get back to you within 1 business day.