SEO / Marketing Agencies, cost per month for done-for-you service.

[Michael Ruark]

Hey all,  I've had a couple calls with some marketing agencies recently to optimize my website and manage my SEO to hopefully get my site ranking, both really seem great.  I'm in a relatively small, but hot/competitive/desirable market (close to a million population)  just curious as to what other investors are paying marketing agencies for similar service as far as SEO management/blog posts/backlinks etc.  Just looking for some further insight as I'm still trying to recoup and get back to break even from an expensive run of Facebook ads and just looking to spend as wisely as possible.  Even for SEO, 2-3k / month seems to be somewhat of a going rate.  I just don't really have the time or faith in myself to learn and do it at least to start, to hopefully get my site ranking quickly, I know there are plenty of resources otherwise.  Any insight appreciated, thanks all!

[Thomas Goggin]

Hey, former marketing agency owner here.

Don't do it. SEO is essential for your website, but you can learn it yourself and leverage AI to do it for you. If you want to pay somebody, pay a one-time fee for them to set up your site.

SEO / Automation / AI Agents etc

If you aren't using AI agents / automation for your business, you're not gonna be able to compete since they work 24/7, but either learn how to do it or pay an expert to build it for you, teach you how to use it, and then its yours.

That's how you should do it.

PS: Ads are a different story btw. You need someone on your team for those but what you mentioned should be a one-time setup and at most a $100-$200 retainer in case something breaks.