SEO measured in leads, not keyword counts.
Technical fixes, content that ranks, and links you'd be comfortable showing a client. One senior strategist runs the whole thing and reports what it did for your pipeline. Month to month, flat $95 an hour.
Where the work goes
Six areas, in roughly the order they matter. Most sites need serious work in two of them and light upkeep in the rest. We'll tell you which after the first look.
Technical
Crawling · Indexing · Speed · Structure
Whether Google can reach, render, and understand every page that matters. Fixed first, because nothing else works until it does.
Content
Pages · Posts · Refreshes · Intent
Pages that answer what people actually search, written for the reader and structured for the engine. Refreshing old pages usually beats writing new ones.
Local
Business Profile · Reviews · Citations
The map pack and "near me" searches for businesses with a service area. Profile, categories, reviews, and consistency everywhere your address appears.
Links
Digital PR · Partnerships · Cleanup
Links you'd be comfortable showing a client, earned from relevant sites. We don't buy links and we'll show you every one we build.
Analytics
GA4 · Search Console · Attribution
Tracking that ties organic traffic to leads and revenue, so we report what the work did for the business, not a keyword count.
AI search
ChatGPT · Perplexity · AI Mode
Being cited when someone asks an assistant who to hire. Built on the same foundation as classic SEO, and increasingly where the visibility is.
Ecommerce, multi-location, and B2B lead generation sites all fit. One page on one topic is a perfectly normal engagement.
What every client gets
No tiers, no packages. The same standard whether you have twelve pages or twelve thousand.
$95 an hour. That's the whole price list.
Most SEO agencies sell a retainer: a fixed monthly fee for a fixed bundle of deliverables, whether or not those deliverables are what your site needs that month. We charge for the time it takes to do the right work, and nothing else.
The hours depend on the site, not the size of your business. A small site with a broken technical foundation can need more hours in month one than a large site that's basically healthy. We'll estimate before we start and show actual hours on every invoice.
If the honest answer is that your site needs less work than you expected, you'll pay for less. We have no financial reason to do anything else.
What clients say
In their own words, from Clutch and Google reviews.
“Evan and his team have been invaluable to our marketing. They've helped us take our online advertising to the next level, and they're always happy to explain what they're doing and why.”
“We've worked with a lot of agencies. Ernst Media is the first one where the person on the call was the person doing the work.”
“They fixed our tags, set up campaigns, and got us moving in the right direction. Hire them; you won't be disappointed.”
What we do differently
The three things that matter most in SEO, and how most agencies get them wrong. The full argument
Straight answers.
How long does SEO take to work?
Technical fixes can show within weeks. Content and links typically take three to six months to move meaningfully, and the gains compound after that. We'll tell you which is which on the first call, and we won't promise a timeline we can't back up.
Do you guarantee first-page rankings?
No, and nobody honest does. We guarantee that every hour goes to the work most likely to bring you leads, and that you'll see exactly what we did.
Do you write the content?
Yes, with your subject-matter input. Drafts come to you for review before anything is published. We also refresh existing pages, which often outperforms new ones.
Can you work with our web developer or CMS?
Yes. We work in WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and custom builds, and we'll write technical fixes up so your developer can implement them if you'd rather keep it in house.
Is there a minimum?
No minimum spend, since there's no ad budget. We do say no to sites where we can't see a path to leads, and we'll tell you that on the first call rather than bill for it.
What about AI search?
It's built on the same foundation: clear pages, structured data, and real authority. We track visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Mode alongside classic rankings. If it's your main goal, see the AI SEO page.
Tell us about your site.
We read every message the same day. If it looks like a fit, the next step is a 30-minute call, not a sales sequence.
