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Organic growth, compounded for the long run.

01 / What we do

A consultancy for founders who treat search as infrastructure — not a marketing channel.

02 / Who we work with

Series B–D SaaS, marketplaces, and category-defining D2C brands competing at scale.

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Technical SEO ◆ Editorial Content ◆ Link Architecture ◆ Programmatic Pages ◆ Entity Optimization ◆ International SEO ◆ Core Web Vitals ◆ AI Search Visibility ◆ Technical SEO ◆ Editorial Content ◆ Link Architecture ◆ Programmatic Pages ◆ Entity Optimization ◆ International SEO ◆ Core Web Vitals ◆ AI Search Visibility ◆
A / Manifesto

SEO is compound interest for attention.

Most agencies treat search like a campaign. They chase keyword volumes, stuff briefs, and ship content that evaporates the moment the retainer ends.

We don't. We build durable organic systems — site architectures, editorial engines, and internal link graphs that earn compounding returns for years, not quarters.

Every page we ship is designed to still be ranking a decade from now. That's the bar.

B / Services

Four disciplines. One system.

We don't unbundle our work. Search requires technical, editorial, and strategic fluency operating as one team — not siloed vendors handing off tickets.
/ 01
Technical foundations
Crawl architecture, rendering, indexation logic, Core Web Vitals, and schema — the plumbing that determines whether anything else you do can actually rank.
AuditsMigrationsSchema
/ 02
Editorial strategy
Topic authority, narrative arc, SME-led writing, and publishing systems that produce defensible content — not AI-generated filler that evaporates on the next core update.
BriefsEditingClusters
/ 03
Link architecture
Editorial outreach, digital PR, and internal link graph design. We earn links the slow, honest way — because the alternatives stopped working three updates ago.
Digital PROutreachInternal Links
/ 04
AI search visibility
Optimising for AI Overviews, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and the generative surfaces now intercepting 40% of informational queries. A new playbook for a new SERP.
LLM SEOCitationsEntities
284%
Avg. organic
traffic lift (12mo)
$41M
Pipeline sourced
for clients in 2025
7.2×
Median ROI
across engagements
93%
Client retention
past year one
C / Selected work

Case studies in compounding.

Fintech SaaS · Series C 2023 — 2025
+412%

Rebuilt a programmatic landing-page system around 14,000 jurisdiction-specific queries. Became the #1 organic competitor within 19 months.

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D2C Marketplace 2022 — Present
8.4×

From 340K to 2.9M monthly organic sessions. Editorial-first content engine built around unique proprietary data no competitor could replicate.

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B2B PropTech · Series B 2024
$11M

Pipeline directly attributed to organic in year one. Technical migration, topic cluster rebuild, and an opinionated POV on their category.

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Consumer Health Brand 2023 — 2025
#1

Ranking for 1,240 commercial keywords across three markets. EEAT-led content program with clinician co-authorship and primary research.

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D / How we work

A deliberate process — no growth hacks, no shortcuts.

01

Diagnose

Technical audit, market mapping, competitor deconstruction, and a candid assessment of whether SEO is even the right channel for your business today.

Weeks 1–3
02

Design

Architecture decisions, editorial thesis, topic portfolio, and a clear 12-month ranking model — with projected traffic and revenue mapped by quarter.

Weeks 3–6
03

Deploy

Embedded execution alongside your team. Technical fixes shipped, content in production, outreach campaigns running — weekly standups, monthly deep reviews.

Months 2–12
04

Defend

The real work starts at rank #1. We maintain, refresh, and fortify positions against algorithm updates and competitor responses — compounding indefinitely.

Month 12+
“
Meridian didn't just grow our organic traffic. They rebuilt the foundations of how our company thinks about search as a long-term moat. Three years in, it's our most profitable channel — by a wide margin.
Anya Voss · VP Growth, Ledgerline
E / Questions

Things founders ask.

How long until I see results? +
Meaningful movement typically begins in months 3–5. Compounding traffic curves — the kind worth building — reliably show up between months 8–14. Anyone promising faster is either lying or churning your budget on tactics that won't survive the next core update.
What does engagement look like? +
12-month minimum engagements. A dedicated pod of 3–4 people embedded with your team. Weekly syncs, monthly strategy reviews, quarterly board-ready reporting. We don't do one-off audits or hourly consulting.
Do you work with AI-generated content? +
As a drafting aid? Sometimes. As a publishing strategy? Never. The pages that rank and defend their rankings in 2026 are the ones a real expert was willing to put their name on. We build toward that, not away from it.
What are your rates? +
Retainers start at $24K/month. Most engagements land between $35K–$80K/month depending on scope, markets, and editorial velocity. We're not the cheapest option available; we're the one that compounds.
Will you sign an NDA before the first call? +
Yes. Standard mutual NDA available on request. We work with companies in competitive categories — discretion is table stakes.
F / Let's talk

Think your category's search moat is worth building? So do we.

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