That depends on who you hire. There are some low cost options out there, but they don’t get real results and their shady methods will probably get your business penalized by search engines (which is expensive to fix later on).

For national level SEO we offer 5 different plans with prices starting at $1,100 per month. If you are looking for local level SEO, click here. All of our plans include dedicated support and full transparency into the work being performed. And we never use questionable practices that will get you penalized. To find out which plan is right for you, schedule a consultation with one of our experts.

After you sign up we’ll start setting up your private marketing dashboard. Then we’ll make sure your external properties like Google Analytics and social media accounts are set up correctly and get them connected to the dashboard so we can track your results. We’ll also consult with you about anything we need to know in order to create content that is consistent with your brand. From that point forward we’ll create and distribute new content, continually optimize your website, create new backlinks, as well as helping you to get and manage reviews. And there’s a whole bunch of other stuff but it’s way too much to list here! We’ll create weekly and monthly reports to help you see how much traffic you are getting, and you’ll be able to track everything in real time 24/7 from your private dashboard.

No. And to be totally blunt, if any “marketing company” tells you they do offer a guarantee on SEO, they are lying to you just to get your money. Google themselves explicitly warns website owners not to hire anyone who offers a guarantee. The truth is that no one can guarantee anything with search engines. Talk to any reputable marketing company and they will all tell you the same thing.

With that all said, we’ve been doing this since 2011 and our team has worked on thousands of SEO campaigns. We have gotten amazing results for nearly all of them and we are constantly improving our methods.

Yes! As long as your business offers a viable product or service, properly executed SEO can move your website higher in search rankings and drive more sales.

Truly effective SEO takes time. Many of our customers start to see positive momentum in 3-4 months. In fact, over 82% of our small business clients can reach the 1st page of Google after 6 months if the right conditions are met. However, SEO should not be thought of as something you do and then stop once you see results. Rather, SEO should be though of as an ongoing investment in your business that rewards you more the longer you do it.

No, and we never will. There are basically two kinds of SEO: there are white-hat methods, which only use proven strategies that are approved by search engines and create lasting results; and there are black-hat methods, which use tricks that violate Google and other search engines’ terms of use. Black hat methods do not create long-term results and will get your website penalized. At Ripe Marketing, we value your reputation and ours, so we only ever use white-hat SEO methods.

The keywords we suggest are unique to every business and are based on extensive research. We consider many factors including your specific products or services, industry, location, competition, and more. Our goal is find the keywords that will provide the most impact for your business.

We provide total transparency into all of the work that we perform as well as the results. You’ll have access to a custom reporting dashboard that allows you to monitor your campaign 24/7. You will be able to track every aspect of your campaign, including work performed and every possible performance metric, all in real time. We also provide both weekly and monthly activity and performance reports for all campaigns, ensuring that we are always moving in the direction of your business goals.