AI SEO services
Save · 0Clients want rankings, not articles. You use AI to move faster on research, drafting, and on-page fixes, then show the change in their own Search Console.
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The short playbook
- Pick one niche you can speak about credibly. Local services, SaaS, and ecommerce need different work, and specialists get referred.
- Run keyword research in Mangools or LowFruits and hand the client a short list of pages worth building or fixing, ranked by effort.
- Draft with ChatGPT or Claude against a real brief, then edit hard. Thin AI pages are the reason some clients arrive already burned.
- Crawl the site with Screaming Frog for the fixable things: titles, internal links, broken pages. These land faster than new content.
Tool stack
The research enginefind keywords a small business can actually win
Mangools Five SEO tools on one subscription: keyword research, rank tracking, backlinks, and site profiling. The rank tracker doubles as your client report. $61/mo month to month, $37.70/mo on annual billing.
LowFruits Finds keywords a new site can win by flagging weak results in the SERP. A $25 credit pack covers your first clients, no subscription needed, and there is a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Keywords Everywhere Search volumes and trends inside the Google results page while you browse, which looks sharp on a client screen share. Bronze is $84 a year for 100,000 lookups; credits expire after 12 months.
Semrush The name clients recognize, with keywords, audits, rank tracking, and competitor data in one place. Monthly plans are non-refundable, so cancel before renewal.
Ahrefs The other name agencies drop, running the web's second most active crawler. Lite is $129/mo, and the free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools covers sites you own.
The content machinethe AI in AI SEO: briefs, page copy, and rewrites
ChatGPT Drafts briefs, page copy, and meta descriptions from your keyword data. Free works to start; Plus at $20/mo lifts the limits.
Claude The rewrite and editing pass, with Projects keeping each client's voice and past pages loaded. $17/mo on annual billing.
Proof it workedthe before-and-after numbers that keep clients paying
Google Search Console Clicks and impressions straight from Google, the only numbers a client fully trusts. The client adds you as a user from their settings, so you never touch their password.
Screaming Frog The technical audit that opens and closes engagements: broken links, metadata, sitemaps. Free covers 500 URLs, enough for most small-business sites, and the paid license never auto-renews.
Common questions
How much should I charge for SEO services?
Surveys of real providers put the most common small-business retainer at $501 to $1,000 a month, freelance hourly rates at $75 to $100, and one-off projects most often between $2,500 and $5,000. Freelancers average about $1,350 a month per client against $3,200 for agencies, and that gap is what you undercut while building proof.
Is AI-written content allowed by Google?
Yes. Google's published guidance rewards quality content however it is produced and calls AI useful for research and structure. What gets penalized is scaled content abuse: mass-producing pages to manipulate rankings without helping users. The review pass you charge for is what keeps a client on the right side of that line.
Can I guarantee a client a #1 ranking?
No, and Google says so itself: nobody can guarantee a top ranking, and Google's own docs tell businesses to beware of SEOs who claim one. Sell the process and the before-and-after Search Console numbers, not a rank promise.
What do the tools cost to start?
Under $50 a month. Search Console is free, Screaming Frog's free version crawls 500 URLs, LowFruits is a $25 one-time credit pack, Keywords Everywhere is $84 a year, and Mangools starts at $37.70 a month on annual billing when you want the full suite.
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