SEO Hourly/Daily Fees
If you wish to hire our SEO expertise on an ad hoc basis, we provide hourly and daily fees. Our hourly consultation fee is $150. Our per diem is $1600, plus out-of-pocket expenses.
Our SEO Review and Website Audit Fees
We will review a simple website for $900, and report on improvements you can make yourself to boost your search engine rankings. Our report will include detailed recommendations on your main pages, as well as suggestions about site-wide issues. We cover issues such as:
- domain issues
- meta tags
- file/directory issues
- navigation
- presence and use of search terms
- presence and use of stemming
- outbound links
- inbound links
Most importantly, we will be on the lookout for anything that could put your website at risk of drawing a search engine penalty.
This package is for the review and recommendations. We will NOT do any on-page work or keyword research for this price. The recommendations are for you or your webmaster to implement.
Complete SEO campaign
This package has a pretty wide price range, in part depending on the breadth of a website's niche and in part depending on the level of competition in the sector. It includes everything involved in getting your site ready to climb the rankings: all the keyword research and mapping, all the on-page coding and text edits, creation of some pages if necessary, and developing and executing a link-building strategy. We ask for a one-year commitment, as SEO work requires time to bear fruit.
The price range for this is typically $8000 - $50,000. The lower end of the spectrum is reserved for small, focused websites, where the on-page work and keyword research is less than on a typical site, and where competition is light. The upper end is reserved for wide-ranging sites requiring much keyword research in competitive sectors, and high-intensity link-building.
Our Directory and Article Submission Fees
One of the best ways to build incoming links is to submit to directories. We will hand-submit submit to 30 directories for $400, or 60 directories for $600. If we have FTP access to your server for those that require links back, we will provide an extra 5 directory submissions free.
One of the best ways to quickly spread your reputation and your links across the Internet is by writing articles. Articles that appear on other websites or in offline publications are a tremendous way to build your credibility. Online articles can carry a "resource box" with your contact information and a link back to your website.
To write a top-quality 500-700 word article based primarily on information you give, we charge $350. (If we have to additional research, we will provide a free quote.) To submit that article to various directories and niche websites on the Internet, we charge $650. If you want a series of articles on similar topics, we can provide a bulk discount. Typically, the article will contain highly focused and relevant links to two or three pages of your website.
Our Editing and Translation Fees
We offer standard pricing for both our proofreading/editing services and our translation services. Please note that all these services are subject to a minimum $100 charge, and might be subject to higher fees under certain circumstances.
Our proofreading rates are $20/1000 words and our copy-editing rates are $30/1000 words, with a minimum $100 charge. If the text is either highly complex or in very rough shape, additional fees might apply. Learn more about our comprehensive copy editing services.
We translate from French to English or from English to French for $0.22 per word, up to 10,000 words of simple text. Complex topics will cost more. Beyond 10,000 words, we give a volume discount. Learn more about our French translation services, which are second to none and much better than most.
If you have your goals set beyond Canada's borders, we translate from Spanish to English or from English to Spanish for $0.18 per word, up to 10,000 words of simple text. Complex topics will cost more. Beyond 10,000 words, we give a volume discount. Learn more about our Spanish translation services.
We can also arrange translation in other languages, such as German or Portuguese.
News Release (press release) Fees
Writing a news release is a very specialized craft, requiring both writing skills and an understanding of how the media functions. We can edit a news release for maximum effectiveness, or we can prepare one from scratch. We charge a flat fee of $150 to review and edit your news release. To prepare one from scratch, we charge $300. If multiple versions are required, such as one for Canada and one for the USA, we will charge extra only if significant differences are required in each version. Read more on our news release services.
Ghost Writing and Book writing Fees
Book pricing depends on both the length of the book and the experience of the writer, as well as on how organized your material is. A typical book running 200 - 300 pages (or about 60,000 words) might cost around $8,000 - $12,000 for our ghost writers to prepare the first draft, assuming all the information is well-organized and easily accessible to the writer. If you want one of our senior writers with more publishing experience, the price will often be $12,000 - $16,000.
If you provide a good organization of material you want included, you won't need to also pay for the outline and organization of the book, which might typically cost $2000 to $4000. And if you provide a really accurate portrayal of how you want the book to read, you might need very little work on a second draft, which otherwise might typically cost another $2000 to $4000. There is no typical cost for research, as it really depends on the topic and what needs to be researched. Of course, all these prices depend on the complexity of the topic and the clarity of the information you provide our writers.
Payment Information
We accept payment via PayPal (including credit cards processed through PayPal) and IKOBO, and we accept checks and money orders in US and Canadian currency. We also accept email Interac, a new lightening-quick way to transfer money within Canada without high banking fees. We also accept trunks of buried treasure, crown jewels and deeds to seaside property in Nova Scotia.
Contact us for a free quote. Call 613-448-4086 (local calling from Ottawa), or send us an email. We prefer first contact by email, if you could please summarize your project and your goals for us.
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