What does this cost? All of it, published.
Every rate we charge is on this page. Published prices, no annual contracts, month-to-month retainers, and flat-fee projects. Start with the Operator Sprint at $750 setup + $250/mo, then upgrade only if you need more scope.
15 min. No sales pitch. Direct founder access.
Trusted by operators who have been on both sides.
- BCD Tofu House
- Gen Korean BBQ
- Sake2Me Sushi
- Obaba Fresh
- Highlights & Shadows Photography
- Hope Horizon East Palo Alto
- In Sheer Elegance
- IVY’D College Prep
- NorCal Shiba Rescue
- San Francisco Times
- SF Floral
- Zareen’s
The 90-Day Operator Sprint. One offer, one price, one Eric.
SEOD's entry offer. Bay Area onsite kickoff, Google Business Profile work, AI-answer optimization, a monthly dashboard, and direct text access to Eric. Everything below this is an upgrade path, not a prerequisite.
- 90-minute Bay Area onsite kickoff with Eric, plus the 3-Point Visibility Audit before you meet
- Google Business Profile deep optimization, then weekly posts (48 across the Sprint)
- Citation cleanup on 20 core directories, plus 15 new high-authority citations
- AI-answer optimization for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude
- Monthly plain-English dashboard and a 15-minute operator call with Eric
- Text Eric directly at 707-718-3579, 4-hour response window, 9am to 9pm Pacific
SEO / AEO / GEO
The local search ladder. Start where you are, climb when it pays. Paid ads live at the top in Get Busy, and ad spend is billed separately. This is not a separate pillar.
Light Maintenance
Stop babysitting your Google listing and reviews.1 GBP post per month, review monitoring with drafted responses (up to 5), one small site fix, and a monthly 1-page report.
Standard Maintenance
Look active everywhere customers check.2 GBP posts per month, citation health across 20+ directories, drafted review responses (up to 10), one site update, and a monthly visibility report.
Premium Maintenance
Local SEO that runs on autopilot.GBP optimization and ongoing posts, full top-20 citation build, the Review Response Matrix, monthly content and on-page tweaks, and a monthly report.
Get Found Pro
Everything in Premium, plus 2 SEO articles per month, on-page work on 3 pages per month, and keyword strategy.
Start with Get Found Pro →Get Busy
Our 90-day framework, built around outcomes. Adds managed paid ads on one platform (Google or Meta), ad spend billed separately. Miss the 90-day map-pack benchmark and we extend at no added monthly fee.
Website Development
Flat-fee builds, no subscriptions. You own the site, the domain, and the data. Zero platform lock-in.
Quick Page
Single landing page or up to 5 static pages. Mobile-first, schema, contact form, and 90-day support. For clients with an existing site and a working GBP.
Landing Page Sprint
Quick Page plus a one-time Premium Maintenance setup, on-page SEO, GBP alignment, and 30 days of post-launch tracking.
Standard
5 to 15 pages, a CMS for blog and news, advanced schema, light copywriting assist, and 90-day support.
Custom
15+ pages, custom integrations (CRM, booking, payment), and a full SEO build. The only tier with e-commerce.
Operations Management
The judgment layer AI cannot replicate. Start with a $997 checkup, run 16 years of Bay Area operations experience at your P&L.
Ops Checkup
Two hours. Three priorities. No binder.Two hours with an operator who ran $54M+ in F&B P&L. Written recommendations delivered within 48 hours. Uses your actual P&L or POS data if you share it. Includes a 30-day credit toward a Retainer or Project.
Ops Retainer
Weekly operator office hours (30 min). Monthly deep-dive review (90 min). Documented SOP work. Vendor negotiation support. Labor and food cost audit built into every 90-day cycle.
Ops Project
Full onsite, a complete SOP library, a 90-day plan, and optional training.
Two more, when you are ready.
AI and data work sit alongside the three pillars. Both start with a small, low-risk first step.
AI Technology
AI Systems Audit
One-on-one audit of your workflows. 100% credited toward implementation. AI work is gated behind this step, on purpose.
Maintain
Keep a live agent running, monitored, and patched.
Manage
Active tuning, added workflows, and monthly reporting.
Grow
Multi-agent systems and deeper integrations as you scale.
Dashboards & Data Analysis
Dashboard Build
A live dashboard wired to your data, built once and yours to keep.
Dashboard + Monthly Analysis
The build plus a monthly read of what the numbers mean and what to do next.
Custom Data Project
Data cleanup, modeling, and reporting for a specific question you need answered.
A Starter website plus Premium Maintenance local SEO, locked together so you skip the second sales cycle. Launch a new site and start showing up in local search in one move. Different job from the Operator Sprint: the Sprint works on the presence you already have, the Launch Bundle is for businesses that still need the site built.
Starter site (up to 5 pages) plus Premium Maintenance. You own the site, the domain, the data.
Everything else, priced on the call.
Bolt any of these onto a pillar. Scope varies, so we quote them live instead of guessing a number here.
The $15,000/month math (and why SEOD beats it).
Not an opinion, a receipt. Here is what a typical Bay Area small business would pay at two agencies for the same 6-month scope, side by side.
Same deliverables. Three providers. Prices sourced from public rate cards and listed Clutch profiles (2025 to 2026).
SEOD saves $10K to $20K over 6 monthsSources and methodology. WebFX pricing from their published pricing page (SEO $1,500 to $7,500/mo, web dev $500 to $50K per project, content $500 to $3K/mo). Ignite Visibility from Clutch and industry surveys (average retainer $3K to $8K/mo, project work additional). SEOD 6-month total based on the Launch Bundle: $1,497 setup plus six months at $497 Premium Maintenance ($4,479 total). Paid ads handled separately at the Get Busy tier ($1,997/mo). Content layered via Get Found Pro ($997/mo) when needed. Ad spend excluded from all three columns, since spend goes directly to Google or Meta at your cost. Competitor numbers reflect the low end of their published ranges. Actual Bay Area invoices typically run higher.
* Comparison shown is the marketing and web bundle. AI Agents are a separate flagship service the competitors here do not offer.
| Agency | Setup Fee | Monthly | Founder access | <2 hr Response | Ops Consulting | Onsite | Multilingual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best valueSEODeric@seod.com | $750Operator Sprint setup | $250 to $1,997/mopublished rate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Uncommon Growth Studiouncommongrowthstudio.com | ~$1,500 to $3,000est. | ~$1,997 to $4,997/moest. | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Gray Bay Marketinggraybaymarketing.com | ~$500 to $1,500est. | ~$800 to $1,800/moest. | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| LYFE Marketinglyfemarketing.com | ~$500est. | ~$750 to $1,500/mosocial only | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| The Digital Restaurantthedigitalrestaurant.com | ~$1,000 to $2,500est. | ~$1,500 to $3,500/moest. | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Foodie Callsfoodiecalls.com | ~$1,000 to $2,000est. | $1,800 to $4,000/molisted | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Ignite Visibilityignitevisibility.com | ~$2,000 to $5,000est. | ~$3,000 to $8,000/moest. | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| WebFXwebfx.com | $5,000 to $15,000+listed | $2,500 to $7,500/molisted | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
Competitor prices are market estimates based on industry research (2025 to 2026). Actual pricing varies by scope.
External pricing benchmarks we cite: Clutch agency pricing guide · FTC small-business SEO guidance.
Five rules, and we hold to them.
- Published on this page. No hidden fees.
- Month-to-month after any minimum commitment.
- No annual contracts.
- Onsite kickoff for Bay Area clients.
- The 3-Point Visibility Audit is always free. Always.
Not sure where to start?
Most Bay Area SMBs should start with the Operator Sprint. If a cheaper move is the smart one, Eric will tell you that instead. No 45-minute discovery call, no pressure.
15 min. No sales pitch. Direct founder access.