Internet Marketing Consulting

You don't need more tactics. You need a strategy that compounds.

Most businesses hire an internet marketing consultant after something stops working — ads that used to convert, rankings that slipped, a website that gets visitors and no calls. The tactics are rarely the problem. The problem is that no strategy sits underneath them, so every fix is a guess.

The diagnosis

Why the tactics stopped working

Four decades of doing this, and the causes repeat. It is almost never the channel.

Unclear positioning If a visitor cannot say what makes you different within ten seconds, no amount of traffic fixes it. Neither can an AI assistant asked to recommend someone.
Tactics chosen by guesswork Channels picked because a competitor uses them or an agency sells them, rather than because they reach your buyer.
No compounding assets Everything is rented. Stop paying and it stops. Nothing built this quarter makes next quarter cheaper.
Invisible to AI search Buyers increasingly ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity for recommendations. Those answers name two or three businesses, and there is no page two.
The work

How an engagement runs

Strategy before tactics, always. You cannot optimise your way out of a bad strategy.

01

Diagnose

Where attention leaks, why visitors don't convert, and what search engines and AI assistants currently say about you.

02

Engineer

Positioning, site architecture, structured data and content built so both people and models can evaluate you.

03

Compound

Systems that strengthen monthly. Measured on enquiries and revenue, not impressions.

Answers

Common questions

?What does an internet marketing consultant actually do? A consultant diagnoses why growth has stalled and designs the strategy to fix it, rather than executing one channel. That usually means positioning, site and content architecture, and measurement — then either directing your existing agency or recommending who should execute.
?How is this different from hiring an agency? Agencies are generally built to execute a channel they already sell. A consultant is channel-agnostic, which matters when the honest answer is that your current spend should decrease rather than move.
?How much does an internet marketing consultant cost? Engagements vary with scope and market. The more useful question is what a customer is worth to you — if you don't know that number, no consultant's fee can be evaluated sensibly, and that calculation is usually where we start.
?How long before I see results? AI visibility can shift within weeks. Competitive search rankings typically take six to twelve months depending on your market. Conversion improvements on an existing site are often the fastest meaningful win.
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Start with a diagnostic, not a proposal

A free 30-minute session. You leave with the specific reason growth has stalled, whether or not we work together after.

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