Principles of operation

This firm runs differently from most agencies. The principles below explain how I work, and what I expect from my partners.

Acting as a co-owner

I'm not a vendor. You're not a temporary account. Your website is a long-term asset, and I manage it alongside you on the assumption that you'll keep this business indefinitely.

That rules some people out. Anyone looking for a quick flip. Anyone after short-term extraction. I don't take that work, and the work I do take builds equity, not just traffic.

Testing with my own money

Most agencies use client budgets to test unproven theories. Not here. I own and operate a portfolio of websites across various industries, and algorithm changes and new strategies get tested on those properties first.

So when I tell you to move, the result is already verified with my own capital. You're buying experience.

Prioritizing asset value over rankings

My aim is to increase the underlying value of your domain. Rankings fluctuate daily on search engine volatility. Value doesn't: it comes from domain authority, and from technical solvency.

So I ignore short-term rank changes. What do I watch? Long-term revenue growth. Volatility is a chance for strong sites to displace weak ones, and if yours is the strong one, a bad week for the market is a good week for you.

Avoiding technical debt

Shortcuts exist. I turn them down. A tactic that spikes traffic now, at the risk of a penalty later, is one you won't see on your site, no matter how good the spike looks on the way up.

A quick win isn't worth a long-term crash. So I build digital footprints that get stronger with time. Not fragile systems that break when algorithms update.

Reporting the unvarnished truth

Standard reports often hide failures and highlight anomalies. Mine don't. You get the business facts I'd want in your position, good, bad or flat.

A bad month reads like a bad month, with no smoothing applied to the data to make it look better than it was.

Traffic that has nothing to do with my work doesn't get counted as a result.

When the market shifts, its impact goes in the report.

If I make a mistake, you hear about it immediately and I fix it.

Aligning my interests with yours

I don't sell services you don't need. Value delivered is the measure of success here. Contract length isn't.

If I can't see a clear path to generating more value than you pay me, I won't take the job. So the client list stays short: I prefer a small group of long-term partners over a revolving door of transactions.

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