A senior Marketing Signals team on retainer. The Pro Search Visibility Audit runs on day one. We spend the rest of month one — and every month after — executing against what it found. SEO, Digital PR, content, and technical implementation.
Pro produces a report with 16 prioritised actions. Managed is what happens when you don't have an in-house team capable of executing them — or you have one and they're fully booked on other things.
Managed gives you Gareth and a senior team of four — the same people who deliver Marketing Signals' retainer work for clients including Refy, MoneyExpert, Skyscanner, and Sage. We run the audit on day one, agree priorities on the kickoff call, and execute. You get 40-50 hours of senior time per month — not junior hours pretending to be senior.
If you've tried agencies and been underwhelmed by "strategy without execution" or "execution without strategy," this is the alternative. One retainer, one team, complete accountability.
Fixing what the audit flags: schema, structured data, crawl budget, internal linking. Building authority via strategic link earning.
Where AI answers come from — Reddit, trade press, review sites. Targeted outreach to get your brand into the conversations that matter.
Comparison pages, definition pages, category-defining posts — written to be cited by AI engines, not just ranked by Google.
The tickets your dev team doesn't have bandwidth for. We write the code, raise the PR, and ship the fix.
Every client is different, but this is how most Managed engagements unfold.
30-min kickoff with Gareth. Pro audit kicks off in parallel. First quick-win technical fixes shipped.
Report delivered day 7. Phase 1 of the roadmap underway: technical SEO fixes, schema deployment, first PR outreach sprint.
Content production, major PR placements, link earning campaigns. First SoV re-audit shows early movement.
Citations accumulate, authority improves, SoV visibly lifts. Monthly re-audit tracks progress against baseline.
Marketing Signals has been running SEO, Digital PR, and content for scale-ups and known brands since 2007. We're Halifax-based, fully remote, four-day week, specialised in the areas that matter to search visibility: technical SEO, authority building, and editorial earned media.
Every Managed retainer is led by Gareth Hoyle (MD) with a senior team of four supporting. You get direct access to the people doing the work, not an account manager relaying messages.
Skyscanner, Refy, MoneyExpert, Sage, Marriott, RayBan, Vintage Cash Cow, and others under NDA.
Paid media, display advertising, graphic design, web development beyond technical SEO fixes. We stay in our lane — earned visibility.
Shared Slack channel, weekly written progress updates, monthly SoV re-audits, bi-monthly video review call.
If after two months the audit isn't tracking meaningful movement, we refund the prior month and end the engagement — no questions.
If you've paid for a Pro audit and want to upgrade to Managed within 30 days of receiving your report, email gareth@visible.md and we'll send you a direct Stripe link for Managed Month 1 at the $9,997 full rate — with your $4,997 Pro Credit automatically applied.
Net out-of-pocket: $5,000 — same as our direct-buyer starter rate. The Pro Credit ensures you don't pay more for having validated with Pro first.
Request your upgrade link →The $5,000 month-1 rate is a starter price for direct Managed clients. It covers kickoff, the full Pro audit, and two weeks of senior execution. From month 2 we move to the standard $9,997/mo rate (pure execution, 40-50 senior hours).
If you've already paid for a Pro audit in the last 30 days, you upgrade via a direct $9,997 link with your $4,997 Pro Credit applied — net $5,000, same as the starter rate. Email us to get the upgrade link.
Anytime, with 30 days' notice. No minimum term, no annual commitment, no cancellation fees. If we're not earning our retainer, we shouldn't keep it.
We meet the decision-makers on your side, understand your positioning, agree priorities, and talk through constraints (legal, brand, competitive). By the end we both know what success looks like in 90 days.
Book via Calendly — calendly.com/garethhoyle.
It isn't, really. Managed is Marketing Signals' search retainer framed around the visibility problem that Pro diagnoses. The main differences: you start with a full diagnostic (Pro) so month-1 effort is targeted, not exploratory. And we frame outcomes around AI share of voice alongside traditional organic traffic.
Marketing Signals does PPC as a separate service — but Managed (via visible.md) is focused on earned visibility only: organic search, AI answers, PR, editorial. If you want paid media alongside, we'll scope it separately.
Most buyers book a 30-minute call with Gareth before committing. If you're ready to go, pay month 1 and we'll be in touch within 4 hours to schedule kickoff.