What you get from me as a freelance SEO specialist
Hiring a freelancer is a bet on one person’s judgment. Here is what mine gets you.
- The audit is done by the person who will fix it. A technical crawl, indexing and Core Web Vitals review, keyword-to-page mapping and a prioritized fix list, delivered inside two weeks.
- Strategy tied to sales. Keywords are chosen for commercial intent and mapped one intent per page. I will tell you which of your target terms are not worth the effort.
- Implementation, not just recommendations. On WordPress and most CMSs I make the on-page and technical changes myself; on locked-down platforms I write tickets your developer can act on and check the deploy.
- Content briefs or content. Briefs with search intent, structure, entities and internal links for your writers, or the writing itself for smaller sites; see SEO content writing.
- Link building proportional to the niche, through outreach and digital PR rather than bought links; see link building.
- Measurement you can check. GA4, Search Console and a Looker Studio dashboard you own, plus a monthly report that leads with enquiries and revenue.
Freelance SEO expert, agency or marketplace gig?
| Marketplace gig | Agency | Senior freelancer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | Unknown; often resold | Whoever has capacity, usually junior | The person you spoke to |
| Scope | Fixed deliverable, no strategy | Broad, with account management layer | Strategy plus hands-on execution |
| Cost structure | Cheap per task, expensive per result | Fee includes overhead and margin | Fee for the work only |
| Commitment | Per gig | 6 to 12-month contracts common | Month to month |
| Best for | One-off tasks with clear specs | High-volume production | Businesses that want senior judgment on the account |
If you need 40 articles a month and a design team, hire an agency. If you need a task done to a spec you already wrote, a marketplace gig is fine. If you need someone to work out what will actually move the business and then do it, that is where a freelance SEO consultant fits.
Results
Chandragiri Hills, a hill resort and cable car destination near Kathmandu, had almost no organic visibility. A technical overhaul, experience-intent content built around what visitors search for before a trip, and Google Business Profile work grew organic traffic 180% in six months. Details are in the Chandragiri Hills case study.
Because I also run paid media, SEO clients get the benefit of search-term data from Google Ads. For Better Broking in Australia that data came from a Google Ads rebuild that cut cost per acquisition 35% in 60 days; the same query set shaped the organic plan. All published results are on the case studies page.
How I work as an SEO freelancer
- Discovery call of 30 minutes in your time zone: goals, current numbers, platform, who implements.
- Proposal within 48 hours with scope, deliverables, fee and the access I need.
- Audit and roadmap in weeks one and two, with quick wins shipped as they are found.
- Monthly implementation cycle: technical fixes, on-page changes, content briefs, links, with a short written update every week.
- Monthly report and call: enquiries, revenue where attributable, rankings and traffic as evidence, next month’s plan.
- Review at 90 days against the goals we set. Continue, expand or stop.
Communication is asynchronous by email, Slack or WhatsApp; Nepal’s time zone (GMT+5:45) overlaps the Australian afternoon and the UK morning, and US clients get updates before their day starts.
Freelance SEO rates
SEO is priced in three monthly tiers: Starter at USD 500 a month, Growth at USD 900 a month and Enterprise quoted after scoping; one-off audits are quoted on request. International clients are quoted in NPR, USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD or AED at below comparable Western agency rates for the same scope. Exact fees follow the discovery call; the tiers are on SEO packages and pricing.
Where my clients are
Nepal, where I am based, and Australia, the USA, the UK, Canada and the UAE. Australian businesses have their own page, SEO expert for Australian businesses, covering rates in AUD, time-zone overlap and named Australian clients. Everyone else can read working with international clients. Agencies that want a freelance SEO specialist under their own brand should read outsource digital marketing to Nepal.
Start with a free audit
Request a free SEO audit and you will get a recorded walk-through of your site’s biggest problems and what I would fix first. Or book a call if you would rather talk. Engagement models are compared on hire an SEO expert.