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Process

How a project actually runs.

No mystery, no black box. Here's every phase, what you get, and what we need from you.

01Week 1

Audit

5 business days

We benchmark the current site against Core Web Vitals, crawlability, index coverage, schema coverage, and visibility across Google plus four AI engines. We test a real prompt set — the questions your buyers actually type — and record who appears when you don't.

You receive

  • Technical health report with issues ranked by revenue impact
  • AI visibility baseline across five engines, with screenshots
  • Competitor comparison on the same prompt set
  • A prioritized action list you keep whether or not you hire us

From you

  • Analytics and Search Console access
  • Your three closest competitors
02Week 2

Strategy

5 business days

Positioning, sitemap, entity map, and question clusters. Every page gets a job and a measurable target before anyone opens a design tool.

You receive

  • Positioning and messaging framework
  • Sitemap and information architecture
  • Entity map — what your brand should be known for, and to which sources
  • Keyword and question clusters mapped to pages and funnel stage

From you

  • 60 minutes on a review call
  • Sign-off before design starts
03Weeks 3–4

Design

2 weeks, two revision rounds included

The homepage concept comes first and alone. If it isn't right, nothing downstream will be — and under the first-concept guarantee you can walk away with your deposit back at this exact point.

You receive

  • Homepage concept in Figma with real content
  • Full design system: type scale, color, spacing, components
  • Remaining page designs at 390px and 1440px
  • Motion specified per component

From you

  • Consolidated feedback, one round per stage
  • Brand assets and photography
04Weeks 5–8

Build

4 weeks, weekly demos

Next.js App Router with a staging link from day one. Schema, llms.txt, and answer blocks are written as the pages are written, not retrofitted after launch — retrofitting is where most agencies quietly drop them.

You receive

  • Production build on staging, updated continuously
  • Structured data across every template, validated
  • Analytics 4 and Search Console with conversion events configured
  • Cross-browser and accessibility QA (WCAG 2.1 AA)
  • Lighthouse 90+ on all four categories — the launch gate

From you

  • Content approvals
  • Domain and DNS access ahead of launch
05Month 3 onward

Grow

Month to month after the initial three

Content, authority, citations, and conversion work on a monthly cycle. The report covers rankings, AI mention rate, and pipeline — not sessions.

You receive

  • Monthly content and optimization work per your plan
  • Citation and digital PR placements
  • Prompt re-testing across the tracked engines
  • Monthly report tied to leads, with a call on Growth plans and above

From you

  • Subject-matter input where we need it
  • Lead quality feedback

Your involvement

What we need from you

Roughly four to six hours across the whole project. We drive everything in between.

PhaseYour timeWhat we need
Discovery45 minGoals, competitors, access to analytics
Strategy review60 minFeedback on sitemap and positioning
Design review60 minConsolidated feedback, one round per stage
Content2–3 hrsApprovals, brand assets, team bios
Launch60 minDomain and DNS access, final sign-off

Working together

How we communicate

A written update every Friday, whether or not there's news.

A shared project board you can check at any time.

A named lead — the founder — who replies within one business day.

Calls scheduled in your time zone, 9:00am–1:00pm ET, evenings by appointment.

Ready to start at step one?

The audit is the first phase of every project, and it's free. You get the findings and a prioritized 90-day action list whether or not you hire us.

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