Work with Marie

Here are a few options for working with me.

Brainstorming session

Good for:

• Assessing a traffic drop
• Discussing whether SEO is still a viable option for your business
• Brainstorming on how to integrate AI into your business

I’ll take a deep look at your situation and create a large document with my notes to share with you. You’ll also get a transcript and recording of our call.

Book your session

$3000

(Note: If your site was impacted by the helpful content update of September 2023, please read this first. Recovery may not be possible. If you were strongly impacted by a recent core update, recovery is likely difficult as well. AI systems have radically changed how search works.)

Traffic Drop Assessment with formal report

This is a longer and more detailed review than above. I will provide you with a detailed document with my recommendations. Use the form below to request more information, get a quote, or book this option.

Team Workshops

We’ll do a virtual call, designed to get your team inspired and excited!

• How can your business get an advantage by using AI?
• How can your SEO agency adapt its strategies in the Gemini era of SEO?
• How can your team stay on top of the rapid changes

Use the form below and we can discuss your team’s needs, pricing and scheduling.

One hour call

You’ve got me on the phone / video call for an hour to discuss whatever you’d like, whether it’s SEO or AI. (Note: If you want to discuss a traffic drop it’s much better to book a brainstorming session to allow me time to investigate your site. Still, if that’s outside of your budget we can accomplish a fair amount on this call. )

Book your call

$600

Note: I have not ever offered “HCU audits”, charging money for sites strongly impacted by the helpful content system, although I have looked at and shared my thoughts on hundreds of sites for free in an effort to try and understand the machine learning systems involved. I mention this as there are some false rumors spreading about my services. To some extent, I can understand why the assumption was made that I was charging for HCU reviews. I mean who in their right mind would dedicate two years of their life to obsessing over the AI systems behind search, and not have a solution to sell? 

I cannot promise you recovery. In fact, for most sites strongly impacted by recent updates, I do not think recovery is possible. AI has changed Google’s systems dramatically so that it is no longer SEO that makes sites rank. Rather, machine learning systems work to predict the patterns associated with webpages that are likely to be found helpful by searchers. However, many sites that think they’ve been hit by updates have not been! They’ve simply not improved as well as competitors have. If you book a call, brainstorming session or report with me you will get my honest assessment on whether you can improve your organic search presence and what it will likely take to do so. We can also talk about what we know so far about AI Overviews and ranking in ChatGPT Search.

If my prices are outside your budget

What I have loved doing the most is working with smaller site owners, especially those whose families are dependent upon your website’s income. I am concerned for so many of you. And there are so many of you. For a while I offered less expensive one hour brainstorming calls. Each became a grief counseling session as we realized that the world is changing in ways that make your website less and less needed.

This workbook is one that is free and will help walk you through what a traffic drop means and whether recovery is possible.

I also believe that this is not the end of the journey for those of you who are able to adapt. There are so many opportunities on the horizon for those who have even the slightest understanding of how AI works. The problem is, while I can see opportunity for the future, this does not help those of you who are struggling right now.

There are a few ways I can help you:

1. Join the Search Bar SEO and AI News space. It’s free. I made this community because I knew that with what’s coming with AI, there will be so much need for discussion. We can help each other in here. I will often join the chat area, where anyone is welcome to ask questions and share about their site or situation.
2. Join the private area in Search Bar Pro. Currently $42/month. It’s a safe area where you are free to ask questions. This community is small but growing. I am happy to answer any questions in the chat or you can post in the section called Helpful Content / Algo Brainstorming to ask the community for thoughts on your site and its content.
3. Check out SEOJobs.com. Nick does good work in helping smart SEOs find work.
4. Read through each newsletter episode I publish as anything important to Search and AI is in there.
5. Spend time every day learning how to communicate with Gemini. If you can, pay for the Advanced version. It’s much better. Speaking to LLMs is like learning to communicate with a new species. It’s a skill to be developed. I predict that those who understand how to get the most out of these tools will soon be the people whom society look to for help as AI changes the world.