# SEO Consultant: Senior SEO Consulting for In-House Teams > Senior SEO consultant for enterprise and B2B teams: Brenden House directs your SEO, AEO and GEO from your own data, and our team does the work when yours can't. Canonical: https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/seo-consulting Last updated: 2026-09-28 SEO CONSULTING SEO consulting for in-house teams that can build but need someone senior to choose the work. Brenden House sets the plan across technical SEO, content, links, GEO and AEO, so your team's effort turns into rankings, AI answers and pipeline. [Get your free growth plan](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/contact) GET RECOMMENDED ON TLDR ## SEO consulting in short Hire a consultant when your people can build pages but need someone to choose the work. Hire a freelancer for one job, paid by the hour or the project. Hire an agency when nobody on your side can build. Our SEO consulting covers technical SEO, content, link building, GEO and AEO. We read your Search Console, GA4, competitors and AI answers to find the work worth the most revenue. Your team builds it, or we build it for you. ### Technical SEO and on-page SEO With technical SEO and on-page SEO, we fix whatever stops Google and the AI engines reading your site, then build the comparison, industry and integration pages your buyers are already searching for. It all sits on a website you own, connected to Search Console and GA4, so you can see which pages bring in enquiries. ### AI SEO, GEO and AEO Through AI SEO, GEO and AEO, we make your pages and the facts about your company the ones ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI answers quote. We keep checking what those answers say about you, and fix whatever keeps your name out. ### Link building, reviews and citations Through link building and digital PR, we earn the links, reviews, citations, press and mentions that back up your pages on other sites. Google ranks pages with that backing, and AI answers recommend companies that other sources agree on. [PROOF Searchmaxxed's work has generated more than $15 million in revenue through search for its clients. SEE THE PROOF →](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/case-studies) THE PROBLEM ## Should you hire an SEO consultant, an SEO freelancer or an agency? An SEO consultant fits when your team can build pages and change code but needs someone to set the plan. An SEO freelancer fits a set job, like a one-off project or a second opinion on your agency. An agency fits when nobody on your side has time to build. Advice only pays once someone acts on it, so match the hire to who will build. Whoever you pick, ask who does the work and make sure you own the site and analytics. THE DISCIPLINES ## What does an AI SEO consultant cover? An AI SEO consultant at Searchmaxxed directs four kinds of work: SEO, AEO, GEO and [technical SEO](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/technical-seo). Google says the same SEO basics apply to [AI Overviews](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/geo) and AI Mode. A page must be indexed and eligible for a snippet before those features can link to it. So we plan rankings and AI answers together, and judge both on one scoreboard: qualified enquiries. ### [SEO consulting that wins your buyers' Google searches](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/seo) Pages that win the searches your buyers type into Google. We find the searches that bring customers, then brief one page for each. Each brief sets the buyer question, copy, layout, schema, internal links and enquiry path, so your writers and developers know what good looks like. Your team builds it, or we build it on your website. Buying-search map Page briefs Schema plan Internal links Enquiry paths ### [AEO consulting that gets you named in AI answers](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/aeo) Answer engine optimisation: work that gets AI answers to name your company when a buyer asks. Buyers ask ChatGPT and Google who to trust, and the answers name companies. Those names trace back to clear pages, the same facts everywhere, reviews and mentions. We check what the answers say about you, then plan the fixes that put your name in them. AI answer checks Answer-ready pages Fact consistency Review plan ### [GEO consultant work that gets ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity quoting you](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/geo) Generative engine optimisation: making your company a source the AI models quote. A GEO consultant works on what generative engines retrieve: readable pages, consistent facts and support from other sites. We map the sources ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity draw on in your market. Then we plan the page work and the outside sources to go after. Source mapping Entity mapping Citation targets Off-page plan ### [Technical SEO calls before they cost you](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/technical-seo) Crawl, index, render and schema checks before and after each change. Google must crawl and index a page before it can rank or appear in AI features. We check robots rules, CDN settings, rendering and structured data that matches the visible text. Then we write a fix list your developers can drop straight into their next sprint. Crawl and index checks Rendering review Schema validation Migration review WHAT WE COVER ## What do our SEO consulting services include? Our SEO consulting services cover six jobs, from the first read of your data to the review of what went live. Each one ends in work your team can build, or work we build for you. ### Diagnosis from your own data We read your Search Console and GA4 first. Then we check rankings, live results, competitor pages and what AI tools say about you. You see the searches worth winning, the order to take them in and the work to skip. Search Console and GA4 review Competitor page teardown AI answer checks Opportunity list in order of value ### A plan your team can build You get a 90-day plan ranked by what each move is worth. Each item names the page or fix, the buyer search it targets and the effect we expect. Your developers and writers know what to build, and in what order. 90-day plan Ranked job list Page briefs Expected-effect notes ### Migration and rebuild calls Site migrations, platform changes and recovery after an update are the calls where a mistake is hardest to undo. We weigh the evidence and the risk, then recommend a path in writing. When a new site is the answer, our Agentic Migration moves it to a repository you own. Migration review Update diagnosis Written recommendation Second opinion on a vendor ### Content and page direction We decide which pages should exist and what each one must answer for the buyer. Google says SEO helps when it's applied to people-first content. So we review every draft against the search it targets before it goes live. Page map Content briefs Draft reviews Internal link plan ### Off-page SEO direction Rankings and AI answers both lean on what other sites say about you. We plan the links, reviews, citations, press and mentions that back up your pages. Your team runs them, or we do. Link targets Review plan Citation cleanup Press and mentions ### Working sessions with your team We work with your people on live pages and write playbooks for your stack. Review gates keep quality steady as more pages go live. The aim is a team that needs us less each quarter. Working sessions Playbooks for your stack Review gates HOW IT WORKS ## How does SEO consulting with Searchmaxxed run? Every person on our team works with AI agents, so we can go deep on your data and your market. We weigh what we find against your plan and choose what to build next. Your team builds it, or we do. When we build, the website is yours from day one. Off your site, we win the links, [citations](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/source-layer) and mentions that back it up. You see every change and what it moved. 1. STEP 01 ### A 30-minute call You talk to the people who would run the work. We open your Search Console and rankings live if you share them, and if search is the wrong fix right now, we tell you. 2. STEP 02 ### The AI SEO Audit In five business days we map where buyers search without finding you and what the site is doing to itself. You get every fix in order of value, and the plan. If you start within 14 days, we credit the audit to your build or first month. 3. STEP 03 ### Direction from your own data We keep pulling fresh data and ranking what to build next. Your team builds it, or we do, and every change goes live on a site you own. 4. STEP 04 ### A monthly decision memo Every recommendation goes in writing with the effect we expect. Each month we check it against the result and against your competitors, so you can see which advice paid off. PROOF ## Results for our clients. PROOF ### More than $15 million Searchmaxxed's work has generated more than $15 million in revenue through search for its clients. [Read the case study →](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/case-studies) CLIENT STORY ### Page one in three months One client came to us with a website that wasn't working. Three months later he was on page one for one of the most competitive searches in his industry. Now he has more high-intent leads than he can handle, and we're building the systems to handle them. PACKAGES ## How much does SEO consulting cost with Searchmaxxed? Consulting usually starts with the [AI SEO Audit](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/audit). If your team can build, we scope the direction work after the audit. If nobody can, the Growth System takes more of the buying searches in your market every month, with citation basics and AI visibility tracking. Agentic Search Engineering goes after your whole category, with digital PR and AI answer tracking across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and [AI Overviews](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/geo). Custom & Enterprise covers several markets and dedicated engineering. Terms run monthly, six months or 12 months. Start with a free growth plan. ### What every package includes Every plan includes all of this. We handle it end to end, from the strategy to the work itself. - ✓ You always know where you stand. Your AI visibility, technical health, gaps and openings, checked all the time. - ✓ Revenue comes first. A 90-day plan that puts the work worth the most at the top. - ✓ Done for you. Pages, technical fixes, schema, internal links and authority, built and put live by us. - ✓ Results you can take to the board. Rankings, AI answers, enquiries and revenue, measured against your competitors in a monthly decision memo. - ✓ Straight to the people doing the work. No account managers, no handoffs. - ✓ Numbers you can trust. Search Console and GA4 set up and checked, so every claim traces back to a number. - ✓ It compounds. Your site keeps improving as the market shows us what your buyers want. - ✓ You own everything. Site, repository, content and data are yours from day one. No lock-in beyond the term. ### What every package includes Every plan includes all of this. We handle it end to end, from the strategy to the work itself. - ✓ You always know where you stand. Your AI visibility, technical health, gaps and openings, checked all the time. - ✓ Revenue comes first. A 90-day plan that puts the work worth the most at the top. - ✓ Done for you. Pages, technical fixes, schema, internal links and authority, built and put live by us. - ✓ Results you can take to the board. Rankings, AI answers, enquiries and revenue, measured against your competitors in a monthly decision memo. - ✓ Straight to the people doing the work. No account managers, no handoffs. - ✓ Numbers you can trust. Search Console and GA4 set up and checked, so every claim traces back to a number. - ✓ It compounds. Your site keeps improving as the market shows us what your buyers want. - ✓ You own everything. Site, repository, content and data are yours from day one. No lock-in beyond the term. GROWTH SYSTEM SEO, AI SEO and GEO for growing companies. We go after more of the buying searches in your market, on a fast, clean site that keeps the ground it wins. We'll recommend the right scope and quote for your company. Start with the Full Build or the Agentic Migration The AI SEO Audit is credited in full when you start within 14 days. What the Growth System adds - ✓ New and rebuilt pages every month, each one aimed at a search your buyers make - ✓ Your key landing pages tuned to turn more visits into enquiries - ✓ A fast, clean site that Google and the AI engines can read, with schema and internal links kept tight - ✓ Citations, profiles and reviews that back you up - ✓ Every month, we go after a qualified link that backs you up - ✓ Your name in the Reddit threads your buyers read - ✓ See how often AI answers name you, in your monthly decision memo - ✓ Every new page checked for its place in Google's index [Get your free growth plan](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/contact) MOST FIREPOWER AGENTIC SEARCH ENGINEERING SEO, AI SEO, GEO and AEO at full scale. We go after your whole category in Google and AI answers, with the digital PR and links to back it. We'll recommend the right scope and quote for your company. Everything in the Growth System, at full scale Starts from a site built for search: the Full Build, the Agentic Migration, or a site that passes the audit. Everything in Growth System, plus - ✓ Our biggest monthly push of new and rebuilt pages, so you cover more of your market - ✓ Comparison, industry and integration pages for buyers choosing between you and a competitor - ✓ Site-wide content and technical health, checked continuously - ✓ A press release written and distributed every month - ✓ Continuous digital PR and qualified link campaigns - ✓ Your name in more of the Reddit threads your buyers read - ✓ See where ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews name you, and where they name a competitor - ✓ A quarterly competitor review your executives can act on - ✓ A quarterly proof piece built from your own wins, made to earn links [Get your free growth plan](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/contact) RELATED ## Services that complete the search system. SERVICE ### [SEO](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/seo) The rankings, pages and authority everything else builds on. See service → SERVICE ### [SEO Audits](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/seo-audits) Every gap and fault, ranked by what fixing it is worth. See service → SERVICE ### [Enterprise SEO](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services/enterprise-seo) More pipeline from large, complex sites, without waiting on the dev queue. See service → COMPARISON ## How does Searchmaxxed compare with a typical SEO consultant? Every row below is checkable. Ask any agency you are shortlisting the same nine questions and write down what they say. WHO DOES THE WORK SEARCHMAXXED The people you met on the call, with their AI agents behind them TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT An account manager relaying your questions to a junior WHAT YOU GET SEARCHMAXXED More of the buying searches and AI answers that bring you pipeline TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT A report, a check-in call and a few blog posts SPEED SEARCHMAXXED Problems caught and fixed fast, with your live data deciding the next move TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT A quarterly audit and a monthly summary AI SEARCH SEARCHMAXXED A fixed set of buyer questions tracked in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews every month TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT Not covered, or sold to you later as an add-on THE WEBSITE SEARCHMAXXED Built and engineered for search from the first commit TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT Your existing site, worked around WHERE CLAIMS ARE VERIFIED SEARCHMAXXED Your own Search Console and GA4, and the live SERP itself TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT Screenshots from a dashboard you cannot open WHAT MOVES ON YOUR DASHBOARD SEARCHMAXXED Clicks, impressions, rankings, AI mentions and recommendations, all trending in one view TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT Vanity charts, and an explanation of why the real numbers are flat WHEN RANKINGS SLIP SEARCHMAXXED Diagnosed and fixed that week TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT Explained at next month's call WHO OWNS THE ASSETS SEARCHMAXXED You. Site, repository, content and data, from day one TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT The agency, on the agency's stack COMMITMENT SEARCHMAXXED Monthly, 6 months or 12 months, your choice TYPICAL SEO CONSULTANT A 12-month lock, then a renewal negotiation Searchmaxxed An AI-native search team: the answer in Google and AI, and the pipeline that follows. Typical SEO consultant Retainers priced for people, not for results. WHO DOES THE WORK The people you met on the call, with their AI agents behind them An account manager relaying your questions to a junior WHAT YOU GET More of the buying searches and AI answers that bring you pipeline A report, a check-in call and a few blog posts SPEED Problems caught and fixed fast, with your live data deciding the next move A quarterly audit and a monthly summary AI SEARCH A fixed set of buyer questions tracked in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews every month Not covered, or sold to you later as an add-on THE WEBSITE Built and engineered for search from the first commit Your existing site, worked around WHERE CLAIMS ARE VERIFIED Your own Search Console and GA4, and the live SERP itself Screenshots from a dashboard you cannot open WHAT MOVES ON YOUR DASHBOARD Clicks, impressions, rankings, AI mentions and recommendations, all trending in one view Vanity charts, and an explanation of why the real numbers are flat WHEN RANKINGS SLIP Diagnosed and fixed that week Explained at next month's call WHO OWNS THE ASSETS You. Site, repository, content and data, from day one The agency, on the agency's stack COMMITMENT Monthly, 6 months or 12 months, your choice A 12-month lock, then a renewal negotiation FIT ## Who we take on. GOOD FIT ### Serious buyers, serious category - ✓ You sell to buyers who research in Google and AI answers before they talk to sales - ✓ You want one team owning search end to end, judged on pipeline - ✓ You can give us access to your site, and a quick answer when we need one - ✓ You think in years, and want an asset that compounds instead of an expense that repeats POOR FIT ### Looking for a shortcut - ✕ You need rankings by Friday. Nobody honest promises those - ✕ You want strategy advice with no changes to your site - ✕ You want to direct the deliverables list line by line each month - ✕ You want reports about the work more than you want the work FAQ ## SEO consulting questions, answered. ### What does an SEO consultant do for a company? + − An SEO consultant audits your site, picks the work that will bring in the most revenue and guides the team that builds it. Some also build the pages themselves. ### How much does an SEO consultant cost in Australia? + − It depends on your site, markets and goals, and on how much your own team builds. We scope each engagement and quote it in writing. Start with a free growth plan. ### SEO consultant or SEO agency: which is better? + − Hire a consultant when your team can build pages but needs someone to choose the work. Hire an agency when nobody on your side has time to build. Many companies start with a consultant-led audit, then decide whether to build in house. ### Do you consult for in-house marketing teams? + − Yes. We audit the site, set a 90-day plan and review each change your team makes. Your writers and developers do the build, and we check the work against Search Console results every month. ### How long is an SEO consulting engagement? + − The AI SEO Audit takes five business days. Ongoing consulting usually runs three to six months, long enough to see movement in Search Console. You can stop after the audit if your team has what it needs. ### Can you work with our in-house team? + − Yes. Consulting with Searchmaxxed suits teams that can build and want direction. We choose what to build next, and your developers and writers build it. We also run working sessions on live pages and review the work before it goes live. ### Do you implement or only advise? + − Both. When your team can build, we direct the work. When nobody can, we build the pages and fixes on your website and earn the outside sources too. You own the site, repository, content and data from day one. ### Who will we talk to? + − Brenden House and the people doing the work, with no account managers in between. Brenden sets the direction on every account and reads your results. ### Will you promise a number one ranking or an AI citation? + − No. Google decides its results, and nobody outside Google controls them. Nobody controls what an AI answer says either. What we commit to is the work: a plan, new pages and a monthly memo on what moved. ### How do you measure SEO consulting? + − On qualified enquiries and revenue from search, and on whether each recommendation went live and moved. Google includes AI Overviews and AI Mode traffic in the Search Console Performance report, under the Web search type. We track it alongside GA4 and your CRM, and the monthly decision memo compares like-for-like periods. SOURCES - Google Search Central, [AI features and your website](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features) - Google Search Central, [Creating helpful, reliable, people-first content](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content) Written and reviewed by Brenden House at Searchmaxxed. Last reviewed 28 September 2026. ## Get a senior read on your search position. [Get your free growth plan](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/contact) [CASE STUDIES](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/case-studies) Find out where buyers find you, which competitors appear in AI answers, and what to prioritise over 90 days. We explain your written plan on a 30-minute call; it is yours to keep. ## Related - [Services](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/services) - [Searchmaxxed](https://www.searchmaxxed.com/)