A Monthly SEO Retainer With Senior Hands on Your Site
Agencies charge $3,000 to $10,000 a month and hand your account to a junior. Here you work directly with the senior specialist who does the work, on a tier that matches your market. Three options, from $900 to $2,500 a month.
The Volt Audit monthly SEO retainer comes in three tiers: Essential at $900/month for single-location businesses, Growth at $1,500/month for businesses treating search as a revenue channel, and Competitive at $2,500/month for legal, medical and multi-location markets. Every tier is the same senior specialist; only scope and pace change.
Wondering how that stacks up where you are? We compare what agencies actually charge, city by city, with published rates side by side. See the SEO cost by city guides.
What happens every month
- A roadmap built on real search demand and buyer intent
- Pages and articles written to rank and convert
- Refreshes of aging content before it decays
- Backed by proven content frameworks, adapted to your market
- Who outranks you, and exactly why
- Keyword and content gap tracking
- Movement alerts when competitors shift strategy
- Methodology in the spirit of Ahrefs’ framework, done by hand
- White-hat outreach, no link farms, ever
- Anchor text variation done properly
- Links to supporting content, funneled to money pages
- Approach aligned with modern link building practice
- Ongoing technical SEO upkeep and fixes
- Core Web Vitals monitored monthly
- Reports in plain language: shipped, moved, next
- Direct access to me, not an account manager
Who this is for, and who it is not for
- For you if: SEO matters to your revenue and you want compounding monthly progress without agency overhead.
- For you if: you tried a retainer before and never knew what you were paying for.
- Not for you if: you expect page one in 30 days. Honest timelines are documented in how long SEO takes.
- Not for you if: your site has fundamental issues that should be fixed first. Start with the $295 audit, it gets fully credited toward your first retainer month.
Three tiers, one senior specialist
Every tier is the same person doing the same quality of work. What changes is scope and pace: how many pages, how many markets, how aggressively we push. No tier is a stripped-down version staffed by someone junior, because there is nobody junior here.
- 4 pages or articles per month
- Technical health monitoring and fixes
- Google Business Profile management
- Monthly reporting, plain language
- Direct access to me, always
- 8 pages or articles per month
- Everything in Essential
- Competitor tracking and gap analysis
- Link building and outreach
- AI search visibility work included
- Conversion improvements, not just traffic
- 15 pages or articles per month
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-location or multi-practice scaling
- Priority turnaround on requests
- Aggressive link acquisition
All tiers: no lock-in beyond a recommended 3-month start, everything built stays yours, and the $295 audit is credited toward your first month. Not sure which fits? The call decides it in 30 minutes, and I will recommend the cheaper tier when it is the right one.
Common questions
Why so much cheaper than agencies?
No office, no account managers, no sales team, no outsourcing chain. You pay for the work, not the overhead. The market comparison is laid out in how much SEO costs.
Do you know my industry?
Detailed playbooks are published for roofing, HVAC, dental practices, med spas and law firms. If yours is not listed, the call will tell you quickly whether I understand your market.
How many clients do you take?
Deliberately few. Senior attention does not scale to 40 accounts, which is exactly the agency problem this model exists to avoid.
Can I pause or stop?
Yes, with 30 days notice after the initial period. Everything built stays yours: content, links, rankings, documentation.
Compounding growth, one senior specialist
Start with the audit, from $295, and it is credited toward your first month if you go on to a retainer. Or book a free 30-minute call, and if the retainer is not right for your stage I will tell you what is.