My Satisfaction Guarantee (at the bottom of this page) applies to all services, including all telephone consultations, on site SEO training, and monthly SEO consulting programs.
The details below are pretty specific, but feel free to phone if any are not clear. Before phoning however, and after reading this entire page, please fill out this form so I can get a better idea of your needs before we speak.
PPC Management
Please note that with so many businesses running in depth sponsored search campaigns via PPC advertising, we are continuing to separate PPC Management fees from other services.
Monthly Fees for SEO Consulting / Services:
- Minimum engagement is $7,500 and lasts for 90 days
- Includes a one time $4500 startup fee, plus the first months payment
- Monthly charge is per domain and based on the number of monthly page views
- There’s no long term agreement, although I do require a three month minimum
Monthly Charge per domain is based on the current number of monthly page views:
- zero to 50,000 page views – $1,000 monthly
- 50,000 to 500,000 page views – $1,500 monthly
- 500,000 to 2 million page views – $2,000 monthly
- 2 million to 5 million page views – $3,000 monthly
- 5 million to 10 million page views – $5,000 monthly
- 10 million monthly page views & up – please phone, and ask for Scott Hendison
On Site consulting Rates:
For speaking engagements or personal appearances, there’s usually no charge if it’s local, or at a major conference. I’m happy to support and attend local internet marketing and community events, and will speak at lunches, meetings etc. quite often.
For education and consulting in a business environment, these are the rates:
- Travel expenses paid 100%
- Lodging expenses paid 100%
- Flights to depart by 7am and land by 10PM local times or lodging is added
- $2000 for one 12 hour day
- $1000 per additional day
- Travel time not charged
Hourly Consulting Rates:
I’ve been asked repeatedly for an hourly fee, and while I seldom work hourly, I’ve provided the following guidelines.
- $400 per hour is the current fee for telephone sessions with new clients
- Two hour minimum must be paid in advance with no exceptions
- Time may be broken into four separate 30 minute blocks over 30 days
What do you get with a monthly program?
Initial startup fee includes:
- A complete review of your physical website, including all aspects of your code & file structure, for search engine readiness and visitor usability.
- Stats analysis of your existing website traffic
- PPC account analysis & review (but not ongoing management)
- A thorough keyword research report
- A Search Engine Ranking Report
- A Backlink Analysis Report
- An SEO Competition Analysis Report of your top 10 competitors
- A Backlink Analysis Report of your top 10 competitors
At the end of the 45 – 60 day setup process, not only will you know all of the above information in detail, but you’ll actually understand it too.
Each of these reports is accompanied by a screencasted audio/video presentation, and further details and questions are then discussed directly with me by e-mail or telephone.
After the initial setup, this is the ongoing process -
Daily as needed
- I communicate with you or any of your staff members answering any and all questions and making sure progress is being made.
- I will provide feedback on any aspect of your campaign that you determine will be most beneficial towards meeting your goals.
- Phone support to my direct line is available at all times, and emails are answered promptly.
Weekly
- We examine your website statistics and Google webmaster account to keep the site error free and growing.
- Search ranking reports are emailed weekly, reflecting any changes in a short summary at the top, and also showing details for up to 500 key phrases, including the ranking for your top three competitors.
- Scheduled weekly phone calls with your staff are optional.
Monthly
- I personally review your progress, analyze your visitor stats, determine and explain your conversion rates as well as the behavior to visitors on your site.
- I will personally prepare a review video, giving you, your marketing people, and your web designers, executive level feedback on the previous reports, and additional details are provided where needed. This prevents you from becoming buried in data and meaningless reports.
- Monthly scheduled telephone calls are optional
Also included monthly:
- Four (4) 500 word articles specific to your industry. These are authored for you, and are not rented, borrowed or leased. (more are available*). These will be added to your site at no charge, or you may add them yourself.
- A minimum of ten (10) one-way, inbound, anchor text appropriate permanent links will be obtained for you. Additional links are always available*
- Two (2) of your articles are manually submitted to the top 10 article directories, including your anchor text links in the byline. (More are always available*)
* Monthly clients also receive a 25% discount on the regular price of all individual SEO services offered by Search Commander. All services and prices are available from the site menu.
What is NOT included for the monthly fee?
This is important, because on a site with thousands of pages, someone must be available to do all of the work. Most businesses prefer to use their own programmers, web designers, and in-house staff, but in many cases, they may not have staff available. If any of these services below are needed, we can help get this done at reasonable rates.
- Programming
- Copywriting
- Graphic art
- PPC Management (unless specified)
My Guarantee
If at any time you don’t feel like the advice and knowledge you obtain from my consultation is well worth the money you’re spending, then we simply stop with no hard feelings, and I will refund you 100% of the previous month’s consulting fees upon request.
If you ever feel that I’ve taken too long for a task, or something is not completed to your satisfaction, just say so, and a portion, or all of your previous monthly fee will be returned.
I value your business, but I also value my reputation and your future referrals.
I have not yet been asked to ever refund a single dollar, (although I HAVE offered it myself on occasion! 
Still reading? Really? Well if you’re ready to proceed, and spend money now, then please use the pricing references above and follow the appropriate link below.
You may cancel at any time, simply by logging into your account and changing your billing information, and notifying me by e-mail.
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