If your need is narrower than a full diagnostic, a targeted audit is part of my SEO services à la carte. If Google Tag Manager is a name you keep meeting without quite knowing what it covers, the page on understanding Google Tag Manager lays the groundwork.
What I actually do when you hand me your SEO
I start by measuring, never by producing. On most sites I take over, the blocker is not a lack of content: it is pages receiving no internal links, two pages fighting over the same keyword, or content answering a different search intent from the one Google rewards on that query.
That diagnosis comes first. It avoids paying for production that will never be discovered.
If organic search feels opaque, or if you wonder why its rules keep changing, I wrote a page telling its story without jargon: understanding SEO, from the Yahoo directory to AI generated answers.
The order in which I tackle the work
Organic search is worked in order of profitability, not in alphabetical order. Here is the sequence I apply.
1. Indexability
A page Google cannot crawl, or has decided not to index, is worth nothing whatever its content. Leftover noindex tags after a rebuild, robots.txt blocks, pages more than three clicks from the homepage: these are the cheapest and most profitable fixes.
2. Internal linking and orphan pages
A page with no contextual inbound link stays invisible. I find the orphan pages, then place links from existing pages covering related topics, inside body copy, with anchor text carrying the target page keyword. Menu and footer links weigh far less.
3. Cannibalization
Two pages ranking on the same query take clicks from each other. Depending on the case we merge, redirect, or shift one page toward an adjacent query. I detailed the detection method in my article on SEO cannibalization, including the exact procedure to follow in Search Console.
4. Pages already close to the podium
Pages sitting between position four and twenty pay back fastest. Google already trusts them: what they usually lack is better intent alignment, a clearer title, or a few internal links.
5. Only then, production
Once the base is healthy, producing makes sense. Every new page starts from an observation of the results page: which format Google surfaces, which subtopics the top ten covers, which features are present.
What I own depending on your stack
On WordPress and Shopify, I do the work. URL structure, canonicals, structured data, sitemap, performance: I work directly, with no intermediary.
On another CMS or a custom build, I specify and you apply. You get recommendations precise enough for your developers to implement without back and forth, with the context explaining why each point matters.
How we work together
The first conversation is about your real situation, your sales cycle and what a customer is worth to you. Without that, an SEO recommendation stays theoretical.
On budget I would rather be direct: envelopes range from a one off engagement to a monthly retainer, and the right level mostly depends on how fast you want to move. We discuss it in the first conversation, with no surprise quote.
The packaged service that matches
If you want a framed format rather than an open ended engagement, the Organic Visibility Diagnostic 90 days answers exactly that: a written scope, an announced price, a 30-60-90 day roadmap, in about three weeks.
If the doubt is really about whether your numbers can be trusted, start with the GA4 and GTM tracking rebuild. Optimizing a site whose results you cannot measure is speeding without a speedometer.