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Your online presence and long-term ROI ought to be the primary purpose of your website.
Without a well-developed, high-speed site united with well-developed content clusters, search engines and AI will struggle to recommend you to customers searching for your product or service, leaving you irrelevant in the vast world of internet search. It also leaves you with little to no ROI.
You shouldn’t be in the digital dark. With Zahavah Studio you won’t be.
Complimentary Website Overview
See how your website performs today. In two pages we snapshot your search setup, how first-time visitors read your home page, the trust signals working for you, and the single change that will win you the most leads.
- ✓ Your search setup: titles, headings, and alt text
- ✓ First impressions: what a new visitor sees
- ✓ Trust signals: reviews, credentials, proof
- ✓ Your number-one quick win, ready today
The Digital Estate Building Plans
Every plan builds content clusters. These connected pages cover your subject in depth, so you become the clear expert. Each piece is written to one standard: accurate, sourced, and in your own voice. Your site runs on Next.js and Vercel, so your pages load fast. That is what gets you recommended by search engines and AI, and pays you back for years.
Start here · Step one
The Brand Authority Audit
Before you spend a cent on content, see exactly where you stand. We run a forensic diagnosis of your whole online presence and give you a written report you keep, whether or not you go further.
What your audit covers
- ✓ How often ChatGPT, Google, and Perplexity name you, measured against your competitors
- ✓ Where you rank on Google for the terms your customers search
- ✓ A full technical review of your website: structure, speed, code, and search metadata
- ✓ Your social channels and Google reviews: what is working, and what is going to waste
- ✓ What these gaps are costing you now, and the exact plan to close them
A standalone report you keep, whether or not you go further. It is the first step for every new client. If you move on to a retainer, month one starts your onboarding: your brand voice, keyword map, content calendar, and the count of Page 1 rankings you hold on the day we start, which is the figure every performance step-up is measured against. Zahavah Studio reserves the right to decline a retainer where the recommended setup cannot be met.
FOUNDATION
Building authority in one niche
Best suited to professional services, local businesses, and niche brands starting out with organic content.
- Editorial build4 / month (48 p/a)
- Strategy consultationsQuarterly
- Performance reviewsEvery 6 months
GROWTH
Growing authority across a sector
Best suited to growing brands competing across several service lines or regions.
- Editorial build6 / month (72 p/a)
- Strategy consultationsMonthly
- Performance reviewsEvery 4 months
AUTHORITY
Your whole online presence, managed
For national or established brands needing full content, technical, and brand care.
- Editorial build8–9 / month (104 p/a)
- Strategy consultationsUnlimited
- Performance reviewsMonthly
Compare the plans
Every plan is built on the same core. Here is what changes as you grow.
| What we offer | Foundation | Growth | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly retainer | R10,500 | R18,500 | R25,000 |
| Articles | 4 / month (48 p/a) | 6 / month (72 p/a) | 8–9 / month (104 p/a) |
| Strategy consultations | Quarterly | Monthly | Unlimited |
| Performance reviews | Every 6 months | Every 4 months | Monthly |
| Core infrastructure | |||
| Connected page structure and keyword mapping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brand voice development | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search metadata (titles, descriptions, web addresses) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internal linking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FAQ and schema | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Images and alt text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Author authority (experience and trust) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Checking sources are trustworthy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| We publish into your site | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Technical SEO monitoring | |||
| Quarterly | ✓ | – | – |
| Monthly | – | ✓ | – |
| Weekly | – | – | ✓ |
| Editorial governance | |||
| Content calendar, set at onboarding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content calendar, managed each month | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authority only | |||
| Custom marketing design and copy | – | – | ✓ |
| Sharing across social and Google Business Profile | – | – | ✓ |
| Brand voice on all public content | – | – | ✓ |
Every tier needs direct access to publish into your site. The setup is confirmed at onboarding. Articles are written a month ahead and sent for your review. Articles not answered within the agreed window are treated as approved and published as sent.
Foundation
For businesses building authority in one niche or area. The set of pages and the brand voice are built at onboarding, and the work then follows a clear quarterly plan. Best suited to professional services, local businesses, and niche brands starting out with organic content.
Growth
For businesses growing authority across a sector or several markets. The content calendar is managed month to month, and the technical side is watched all the time. Best suited to growing brands competing across several service lines or regions.
Authority
For national or established brands needing their whole online presence managed. Covers all content, technical, and brand work. Public content is held to the brand voice on an ongoing basis. Social sharing covers reposting our articles to your social channels and Google Business Profile.
Our model
The Shared Victory Protocol: Performance Step-Ups
We only earn more when your content pages rank on Page 1 of Google, and they stay there. From month four, as more of your pages sit in the top ten, our fee steps up in stages, each set by one number in your own Google Search Console, measured against where you started. No keyword lists to argue over, no volume estimates, no screenshots. You can check it yourself in under a minute.
The measure is simple: the number of your pages sitting at an average position of ten or better in Google, counted in your own Search Console, less the number you already held on the day we started. That starting number is measured during onboarding and written into your agreement, so every step you pay for is a ranking we built for you. A step-up applies only once the new count stays in place for two consecutive months. If the count falls back, so does the fee.
Foundation · R10,500 / mo
Growth · R18,500 / mo
Authority · R25,000 / mo
Step-ups are capped at 50 percent of your base retainer. Steps are not cumulative. You pay the rate for the highest step your site currently reaches. Once that top step stays in place for two consecutive quarters, we discuss moving you to the next plan, where the larger content estate is properly resourced.
Website Builds and Technical Work
ONE-TIME ENGAGEMENTS
A website build is the place to start if your current site is not built on Next.js and Vercel. Next.js is the modern technology we build your site with, so your pages are fast and easy for Google and AI to read. Vercel is the global network your site runs on, serving your pages from a computer near each visitor so they load in under a second, anywhere in the world. When your site is not on this foundation, the build comes first, before the retainer, and is billed on its own.
High-Performance Build (Vercel)
- ScopeFull custom build, up to 10 pages, on Vercel’s fast global network.
- Additional pagesR1,000 / $75 per page
- RequirementRecommended for all new retainer clients.
- Payment terms80% upfront / 20% on delivery.
Work With Your Developers
- ScopeFor clients who keep their own site and developers. Rather than rebuild, we audit your site and connect to it through its API, so your retainer can run your content straight into your own system, without interfering with your developers.
- Additional pagesN/A
- RequirementYour site must be custom built with an API we can publish into, not WordPress or another legacy platform.
- Payment terms80% upfront / 20% on delivery.
Disclaimer: Infrastructure and Performance
The Shared Victory Protocol: Performance step-ups are calculated exclusively on objective, verifiable data from your Google Search Console. The measure is the number of distinct pages on the client site recording an average position of ten or better, taken from the Pages report over one complete calendar month, for the Search Console property agreed at onboarding. Each page counts once regardless of how many URLs Search Console lists for it, and listing pages are excluded, being category, tag, author and paginated index pages, together with any sections of the site outside the agreed scope. A baseline is established at onboarding on that same basis, using the calendar month immediately preceding commencement, and is recorded in the engagement schedule. The measure for every step threshold is the count in the reporting month less that baseline, so that only rankings gained during the engagement count towards a step-up. A step threshold must be sustained for two consecutive calendar months before the step-up becomes payable.
Application and reversal: Step-ups are not cumulative. The applicable step-up is the highest threshold the site currently reaches, measured net of the onboarding baseline. Where the net Page 1 count falls below a threshold for two consecutive months, the fee reverts to the step actually reached. Step-ups are capped at 50 percent of the base monthly retainer.
Plan progression: Where a client sustains the top step for two consecutive quarters, the parties will review migration to the next plan tier at the next scheduled performance review. Migration is by mutual written agreement.
Algorithmic independence: Zahavah Studio operates in full accordance with current search engine and AI platform guidelines. We do not control third-party algorithms, indexing behaviour, or how AI models weigh citations. We guarantee the work set out in your engagement schedule: the research, the publishing schedule, the technical repairs, and the editorial standards of the Zahavah Protocol, carried out in full and on time. We do not guarantee specific keyword rankings or Page 1 counts, as these sit with external algorithms beyond the Studio’s control.
The audit and infrastructure assessment: The audit is a once-off forensic diagnosis of your online presence: your AI visibility, your search rankings, your social and off-site authority, and the technical state of your site. Its findings determine the infrastructure requirements for your retainer engagement. We reserve the right to decline a retainer engagement where recommended infrastructure requirements cannot be met.
Engagement terms: All retainer engagements are ongoing strategic frameworks, not once-off projects. Article volumes are contingent on timely client access to the content management layer. Articles are produced one month in advance and submitted for client review; articles not responded to within the agreed review window are considered approved and will be published as submitted.
Collaborative responsibility: Where Zahavah Studio works alongside third-party technical teams, our responsibility is limited to the structural strategy, content architecture, and editorial standards we supply. We are not responsible for the performance, stability, or security of code or systems authored or managed by external providers.
Brand voice & distribution: Public-facing content produced under the Authority engagement is governed by the Brand Voice Architecture established during onboarding. Social media and Google Business Profile distribution is limited to the republication of Studio-produced articles to client-owned channels. Community management, paid social, advertising, and third-party platform management are outside the scope of all current retainer engagements.
All engagements are subject to our Terms & Conditions. Prices are subject to change without notice; fees applicable to any engagement are those confirmed in writing at the time of instruction. Results referenced in case studies reflect individual client outcomes and are not a guarantee of future performance.
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