How I work · no black box
Four phases.
No mystery.
Most “SEO experts” disappear between invoices. I work the opposite way: a transparent 4-phase engagement where you see exactly what’s happening every single week — what shipped, what’s next, and the numbers behind it. No black box, no lock-in.
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Phases
4–6mo
Typical engagement
7d
Update cadence
1:1
You work with Tanzid
The phases · end to endFrom audit to
From audit to
compound.
Each phase has one job and produces artifacts you keep. You can stop after any phase — most commonly after the roadmap, with everything you need to execute yourself.
01
Audit & diagnosis
Week 1–2
I crawl everything, map your topical coverage and entity footprint, and benchmark how AI engines describe you today. You get a 40-page diagnosis whether or not we keep working together.
✓Full technical + content crawl
✓Topical authority gap map
✓AI visibility report (6 engines)
✓Competitor citation analysis
Your time:Two 30-min callsAccess handoff
02
Roadmap & sign-off
Week 2–3
A prioritized backlog of moves, each sized in weeks and tied to a KPI we agree on. I tell you what to skip and why. Nothing gets built until you sign off on the plan.
✓Prioritized move backlog
✓KPI targets per move
✓What-we-won't-do list
✓90-day timeline
Your time:One roadmap reviewPlan approval
03
Ship
Month 1–4
Content, technical, schema, and PR run in parallel. Weekly Loom updates, async Slack throughout, a written review every month. You always know what shipped, what stalled, and why.
✓Weekly Loom updates
✓Async Slack access
✓Monthly written review
✓Live work tracker
Your time:Weekly async check-inMonthly 45-min review
04
Compound
Month 5+
Maintain rank, expand topical surface, harden against AI-Overview cannibalization. This phase is optional — many clients take the playbook and run it in-house from here.
✓Quarterly content expansion
✓Rank + citation monitoring
✓Maintenance playbook
✓Optional retainer scope
Your time:Optional monthly retainerOr full handoff
Communication · the rhythmYou always
You always
know.
The single biggest complaint about SEO agencies is the silence between invoices. Here's the rhythm that replaces it — light enough to respect your time, frequent enough that there are never surprises.
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Weekly Loom
A 5-minute screen-recorded update every week — what shipped, what's next, any blockers. Watch it on your schedule, no meeting required.
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Async Slack
A shared channel for the whole engagement. Questions answered within a day, usually faster. No ticket queue, no account manager relay.
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Monthly review
A 45-minute call once a month with a written report — KPI movement against the targets we set, plus the plan for the next 30 days.
The promise · 6 commitments
What I won't do.
Six things every other agency does that I refuse to. These are the reasons clients stay — and the reasons some never needed to.
✓No account managers.The person on the first call is the person doing the work. Every week.
✓No lock-in.Month-to-month. Cancel any time. Every artifact is yours from day one.
✓No vanity metrics.KPIs set on day one. If a number doesn't tie to your business, we don't report it.
✓No silence.Weekly Looms, async Slack, monthly reviews. You never wonder what's happening.
✓No forced scope.I'll tell you to stop spending when more isn't worth it. Subtraction over upsell.
✓No hand-off surprises.Documentation + playbook so your team can run it if you ever part ways.
Free manual audit · 2 slots left · Q3 2026
Start with
the free audit.
Send me your site and I’ll send back a free manual audit — exactly what’s holding your rankings back and which phase you’d start in. No cost, no obligation, yours to keep whether or not we work together.