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Rank for the product and question searches money decisions start with — accurately, compliantly, credibly.

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01 — The Opportunity

Why Search Works Differently in Financial Services.

THE STANDARD

Money Searches Are Held Higher

Financial content faces the strictest quality bar in search — authorship, accuracy, and disclosures aren't compliance chores; they're the ranking strategy.

WHAT THEY SEARCH

Products and Plain Questions

Rates, requirements, “how does X work” — financial demand is question-shaped, and the firm answering plainly earns the application.

THE APPROVAL REALITY

Compliance Sets the Cadence

Legal review shapes what ships and when. Durable financial SEO is planned around the approval pipeline, not in spite of it.

02 — Who You Work With

Financial SEO, Done Directly.

Connor Cedro, SEO consultant

Hey, I'm Connor. Financial-services SEO is credibility engineering — accurate product pages, plain-English answers, and a publishing rhythm your compliance team can actually sustain. I'm a SEMrush-certified SEO consultant with an MBA from SMU's Cox School of Business, based in Tampa and working with financial firms nationwide. You work with me directly — no account managers, no contracts.

03 — Proof

Real Clients. Real Numbers.

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04 — Deliverables

Everything You Need to Rank.

01

SEO Audit

Full technical audit to find what's keeping high-value clients from finding your firm.

02

Keyword Strategy

Target how clients actually search — firm type, project type, and location, like "residential architect [city]."

03

Technical SEO

Fast, crawlable, mobile-clean pages — the plumbing that lets a portfolio actually rank.

04

Content Strategy

Project pages, service pages, and guides written for how clients evaluate architects.

05

Authority & Links

Citations and links from design, construction, and local publications that move rankings.

06

Product & Question Architecture

Accurate, reviewable pages per product and per question — the structure regulated content can scale on.

05 — Process

Three Steps to More Applications.

1

SEO Opportunity Audit

I review your technical health, rankings, backlinks, and competitors to find the biggest opportunities — the platform supports the audit; the judgment is mine.

2

Prioritized Growth Plan

A clear roadmap: keyword targets, project pages to build, technical fixes, and link strategy — in the order that moves revenue first.

3

Monthly Execution & Reporting

Month-to-month execution with plain-English reporting. You always know what was done, what moved, and what's next.

06 — Fit

Built for Financial Firms.

By Firm

  • Lenders & fintechs
  • Credit & card services
  • Payments & processing
  • Specialty finance

By Layer

  • Product pages
  • Question & education content
  • Trust & authorship signals
  • Application conversion
07 — Engagement

Simple, Transparent Pricing.

Work directly with me. No contracts — cancel any time. Every engagement starts with the free audit, and I'll recommend the right tier for your firm's authority.

Starter

$1,250/month
Best for firms with a website DA under 20
  • Full audit + prioritized roadmap
  • 8 optimized posts & 3 low-KD keyword clusters monthly
  • 5 pages re-optimized · on-page across 25
  • 4 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • Monthly plain-English reporting
Discuss Starter
Most Popular

Growth

$2,500/month
Best for firms with a website DA of 20–40
  • Everything in Starter, expanded
  • 12 posts & 6 medium-KD clusters monthly
  • 10 pages re-optimized · on-page across 50
  • 8 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • Monthly reporting + quarterly strategy review
Discuss Growth

Authority

$4,000/month
Best for firms with a website DA of 40+
  • Full-scope strategy & execution
  • 20 posts & 12 high-KD clusters monthly
  • 20 pages re-optimized · on-page across 100
  • 16 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • Priority access + quarterly strategy review
Discuss Authority
08 — The Playbook

The Financial Services Playbook.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Questions Are the Funnel

Every financial product begins as a question search. Own the questions and the application follows — no cold pitch required.

THE MECHANISM

Credibility Compounds

Named experts, current figures, clean disclosures — each page adds to a trust profile that lifts every other page's ceiling.

VS. THE ALTERNATIVE

Affiliate Sites Rent Your Category

Comparison affiliates rank on your products and sell the leads back. Direct, credible content takes the category home.

09 — Common Questions

Questions Before You Book.

Does SEO work in regulated finance?

Yes — the winners plan around review cycles and treat accuracy as strategy; the quality bar that slows publishing also keeps competition thin.

What should a financial firm rank for?

Product terms with real requirements and rates, and the plain-English questions customers search first. Each is a reviewable page type.

How should compliance be handled?

As a design constraint from day one — evergreen page structures, clear authorship, and a cadence legal can sustain beat heroic one-off pushes.

How long until a firm sees results?

Question content often moves in 2–4 months; product-term authority builds with your approval velocity.

Do you require contracts?

No. Everything is month-to-month, and every engagement starts with the free audit so you can see the opportunity before spending anything.

Who does the work?

I do. You work with me directly — no account managers, no outsourcing. That's the entire model.

10 — Keep Reading

Related Resources.

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