Start compounding organic before the paid budget runs out — the growth channel that survives the runway.
Every paid channel is rented; the day the budget pauses, the pipeline does too. Organic is the one channel that keeps working through the down months.
SEO's payoff arrives in quarters, not weeks — which means the right time to start is before you desperately need it, not after.
Early products often lack category search volume. The play: rank for the problems and alternatives buyers already search, and let them discover the category through you.
Hey, I'm Connor. Startup SEO is about sequencing — capture problem and comparison demand now, build category authority as you grow, and own a channel investors don't discount. I'm a SEMrush-certified SEO consultant with an MBA from SMU's Cox School of Business, based in Tampa and working with startups nationwide. You work with me directly — no account managers, no contracts.
Full technical rebuild for an IT & cybersecurity MSP — consolidating 222 pages into a focused architecture built to rank for buyer-intent services.
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Target how clients actually search — firm type, project type, and location, like "residential architect [city]."
Fast, crawlable, mobile-clean pages — the plumbing that lets a portfolio actually rank.
Project pages, service pages, and guides written for how clients evaluate architects.
Citations and links from design, construction, and local publications that move rankings.
Pages for the problems, alternatives, and “vs” searches your buyers make before they know your name.
I review your technical health, rankings, backlinks, and competitors to find the biggest opportunities — the platform supports the audit; the judgment is mine.
A clear roadmap: keyword targets, project pages to build, technical fixes, and link strategy — in the order that moves revenue first.
Month-to-month execution with plain-English reporting. You always know what was done, what moved, and what's next.
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.
“[Incumbent] alternative” searches are bottom-funnel buyers actively shopping — the fastest organic revenue a startup can capture.
Every ranking page is acquisition infrastructure you own — it compounds while paid channels reset to zero each month.
CAC on rented channels only rises. The startups that survive downturns are the ones whose pipeline didn't depend entirely on spend.
Earlier than feels necessary — the compounding takes quarters, so starting at product-market fit means the channel matures exactly when paid efficiency starts declining.
Problem searches, competitor-alternative terms, and bottom-funnel comparisons — demand that already exists, even when your category doesn't yet.
Yes, scoped right — a focused set of high-intent pages beats a content mill, and it's the one growth channel that doesn't reset when attention shifts.
Bottom-funnel pages often move in 2–4 months; the compounding curve steepens across the first year.
No. Everything is month-to-month, and every engagement starts with the free audit so you can see the opportunity before spending anything.
I do. You work with me directly — no account managers, no outsourcing. That's the entire model.
Why the channel compounds — and decays.
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