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SEO agency for consulting firms · since 2015

SEO for
consulting firms.

A senior buyer searches the problem they cannot solve internally at 11pm. We help consultancies and professional services firms be the name they recognise the next morning.

30,000+
Backlinks built
50M+
Words written
100+
Satisfied clients
11+ years
In SEO, since 2015

Brands that trust our SEO

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Consulting SEO

SEO services for consulting firms.

11+ years
of SEO since 2015
30,000+
backlinks built for clients
15+
link building strategies
2 offices
London and Beverly Hills

This page is for consulting firms that want clients from search; if you are looking to hire an SEO consultant, see our SEO consulting services.

Consulting is a credibility business. Buyers do not pick a consultancy because of a clever ad campaign; they pick one because they trust the firm to be smarter than the problem. That trust builds across hundreds of small moments: the white paper read on a train, the partner heard on a conference panel, the LinkedIn post they nodded along with, the search result they clicked late at night when the problem was keeping them awake.

SEO for consulting firms is the channel that compounds across all of those moments, and the same logic runs through professional services SEO more broadly. Done well, it puts your firm's thinking in front of every senior buyer researching the problem you solve, then walks them into a conversation. Done badly, it produces shallow listicles that make your partners wince and your competitors smile. The difference is whether the programme is built around your consultants' expertise or around a content calendar drawn up in a vacuum.

We have run consulting SEO for boutique strategy houses, mid-tier management consultancies, specialist regulatory and financial advisers such as MSA Advisory, sustainability practices, IT and digital transformation firms and HR consultancies, as well as SEO for consultants working solo or in small partnerships. The constant is interview-led production: we sit your senior people on a 30-minute call, draw out the reasoning behind the work they do, and turn it into long-form content that ranks because it deserves to.

The bar to publish has never been lower and the bar to be read has never been higher. Anyone can generate a generic explainer with an AI tool, and almost no one produces a piece that captures how an experienced partner thinks about a difficult problem. That gap is the opportunity. Search engines and senior buyers have both become better at telling the two apart, and our entire content process is built around work that survives both filters.

What’s included

What's included in our consulting SEO services.

One team turns your consultants’ expertise into rankings, AI citations and enquiries.

01

Keyword research by service line and sector

We map your service lines (strategy, operations, M&A, change, technology, sustainability, HR, regulatory) against your sectors (financial services, energy, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, public sector) and identify the problem-level queries your buyers type, such as "operating model redesign for insurers" rather than "management consulting". We cut the generic terms, which in management consulting SEO belong to the global firms with the biggest brands, and chase the specific, well-qualified queries that match your work, including the "best [type] consulting firms" and RFP research searches buyers run when they are building a shortlist.

02

Technical SEO for consulting websites

Many consultancy sites are weaker technically than their brand suggests: slow on mobile, missing schema, poor internal linking between insights and service pages, and broken on multi-language rollouts. We audit crawl, indexation, rendering, schema (Organization, Person, Article, FAQPage), Core Web Vitals and hreflang, then fix in priority order, starting with a website audit you can hand to your developers.

03

On-page optimisation for service and sector pages

Service-line and sector pages are the commercial heart of a consulting site, yet they are usually the most neglected pages on it. We rewrite each one so it sets out the problems you solve, the outcomes you deliver, the senior people involved, the case studies that prove the work and the next step a buyer can take.

04

Thought leadership content built around your consultants

We interview partners, principals and senior managers, then produce long-form content under their byline in an insight hub structured by topic rather than by date. Each piece links to relevant case studies, service pages and adjacent thinking, and partner bio pages carry credentials (degrees, fellowships, board roles, published work) in a form search engines and buyers both recognise. Our thought leadership link building service then places that expertise in external publications.

05

Off-page, digital PR and authority building

We run 15+ link building strategies for consultancies, including expert commentary in business and trade press through digital PR, original research and survey-led data releases, named-author guest contributions, broken link reclamation, unlinked brand mention reclamation and placement in the "best consulting firms" listicles buyers use to build shortlists. Links sit on sites in the DR 50 to DR 90 range and every one is logged in your report.

06

Case study SEO and proof architecture

Case studies are the most underused SEO asset in consulting. We restructure each one so it maps to a sector and problem cluster, names the senior people who led the work where the client allows, states measurable outcomes and links cleanly back to the relevant service and sector pages.

07

LinkedIn and search alignment

For consulting buyers, search and LinkedIn operate as a single research surface. We coordinate publishing so the long-form piece on your site and the LinkedIn post that sends traffic to it work together, and so the author entity (name, role, bio, headshot) is consistent across both. That coherence is one of the strongest E-E-A-T signals a professional services firm can build, and it is the same signal AI engines use when deciding whom to cite.

08

GEO (AI SEO)

Buyers shortlisting consultancies increasingly ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Copilot for firms with experience in their sector. We build the entity signals, citations and third-party mentions that get your practice recommended in those answers.

09

Digital PR

Consultancies sit on research journalists want. We turn proprietary surveys and benchmark data into stories for business, trade and national press, earning authority links from the publications your clients read.

10

Insight hub architecture

Most consulting sites bury their best thinking in PDFs. We rebuild insights into crawlable hubs organised by service and sector, with author pages for every partner, so years of expertise finally start to rank.

11

Local and international SEO

Office pages for each city you work from, Google Business Profiles and hreflang for international practices, so a firm with offices in London, New York and Dubai ranks in each market without duplicate content.

12

SEO audits

A forensic review of your site, content and backlinks, with a prioritised plan your marketing team and web agency can act on. Many firms start here before committing to a retainer.

Consulting SEO

Why consultancies choose Solvid.

We run a fully managed service. In partner-led firms, the people with the most to say have the least time to say it, so we carry the production load: we book the calls, run the interviews, draft, edit, publish, earn the links and report on outcomes. Your partners stay in the client work where they belong.

Every asset moves through our 10-point quality control process: brief, sourcing, technical accuracy, on-page SEO, schema, internal linking, conversion path, links, formatting and accessibility. Nothing reaches a partner for sign-off until it would already pass an editor's desk at a trade publication. That standard is what lets partners send clients and prospects to the firm's content without flinching, and it is what gives the content the durability to keep ranking and converting for years.

AI search now sits inside the same brief. Buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews which firms specialise in a problem, and those tools cite the same expert-authored, well-structured pages that rank in Google. We track how often your firm and your partners are cited across each engine and structure insight content to be picked up. For Access PeopleHR, a B2B software client selling to the same HR and finance buyers many consultancies target, AI visibility rose 140% in four months. Our guide to ranking in AI search sets out the method.

Interview-led production

We draw the real thinking out of your senior people and ghost-write at a standard that does not embarrass them in front of clients.

Thought leadership SEO

Topical depth on the problems your buyers have, published under partner bylines, rather than explainers any firm could have written.

Case study SEO

Anonymised or named case studies structured to rank for sector and problem combinations and to earn enquiries.

Editorial, white-hat links

No PBNs, no spammy guest posts, no link farms. Coverage in business and trade press only, checked through our 10-point quality control process.

Dedicated SEO manager

One named contact who understands your service lines, your sectors and your buying committee.

Pipeline-aware reporting

Monthly SEO reports tied to enquiry quality, opportunity counts and named accounts, with sessions as context rather than the headline.

AI search

Make your partners the experts AI quotes.

Buyers now ask AI assistants which firms specialise in their problem before they ask a peer. Those answers favour firms with named experts, published thinking and coverage in trade and business media.

  • Partner bylines and expert commentary in business press
  • Service and sector pages written to be quoted, not gated
  • Case study and proof pages structured for AI and Google
  • Visibility tracked for “best consultancy for…” prompts
AI visibility increases from our case studies
+2,455%
Recruitment service
12 months
+902%
Epos Now
8 months
+447%
Freedom24
48 months
+126%
MetaTrader 5
6 months
Challenges

Common SEO challenges for consulting (and how we solve them).

1

Partners are time-poor

The expertise sits with people whose calendars are already at 110%. We design the production pipeline around 30-minute interviews and asynchronous review, so partners contribute insight without contributing time they do not have.

2

Content sounds generic

Most consulting content is bland because it is written without consulting any consultants. We refuse to publish anything that could have come from any firm; if it does not carry your point of view, it does not ship.

3

Case studies are buried or anonymous

NDAs and client sensitivity limit what you can show, but most firms over-anonymise. We work with your legal and client-service leads to find the line between confidentiality and credibility, then structure what survives for search.

4

Long sales cycles muddy ROI

A senior buyer might read your insights for two years before they enquire. We set up tracking and attribution that respects that reality, measuring engaged accounts and assisted conversions alongside last-click data.

5

SEO content and gated assets compete

Without planning, SEO content cannibalises the white papers and reports your demand-generation team relies on. We tier content explicitly: ungated content earns the visit and warms the buyer, gated content captures the lead.

6

International offices fragment the strategy

UK, US, EMEA and APAC offices often run their own marketing. We coordinate hreflang, canonicalisation and editorial calendars across regions so the firm presents one coherent intellectual identity to search engines and to buyers.

7

Brand versus practice tension

The firm brand wants polished, restrained content. Individual practices want to be loud about their specific point of view. We design content tiers that satisfy both: firm-wide editorial standards underneath, sharper practice-led commentary on top, consistent author attribution throughout.

8

Junior writers cannot fake senior expertise

Scaling content production with junior writers ends in shallow, generic copy that hurts rankings and reputation alike. We will not publish under a partner's byline unless that partner has contributed the substance. The output is slower, and it ranks.

Who we help

Consultancies we work with.

Boutique specialists and multi-practice firms alike. The consultancies we help most often include:

Management and strategy

Firms selling transformation, operations and growth strategy to the C-suite.

Technology and digital transformation

IT, cloud, data and AI consultancies with technical buyers.

Financial advisory

Transaction services, restructuring and corporate finance advisers.

Tax, accounting and compliance

Advisory practices where trust and accuracy decide the shortlist.

HR and people consulting

Reward, organisation design and employment advisory.

Engineering and sustainability

ESG, net zero, energy and engineering consultancies.

Marketing and growth consulting

Specialist advisers whose own visibility is the proof.

Advisory for international expansion

Market entry and global employment advisers like MSA Advisory.

Companies we've helped.

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Our approach

How we run a consulting SEO campaign: our approach.

Realistic timelines: consulting SEO is a 12 to 24 month compounding play. First serious enquiries usually arrive around month six, and the strongest pipeline contribution shows up in the second year as topical authority deepens. Honest expectations: no reputable SEO agency can guarantee specific results. We commit to sensible targets, transparent monthly reports and a body of work any senior partner would be comfortable putting their name to.

Step 1

Discovery and audit

We audit your technical SEO, your existing service and sector pages, your case studies, your insights archive and your backlink profile, and benchmark against the firms your buyers shortlist alongside you.

Step 2

Strategy and topical architecture

We design the topical pillars your firm should own, map them to service lines and sectors, and agree the editorial standards your partners are comfortable with.

Step 3

Technical fixes and on-page

We close the technical gaps, rewrite service and sector pages, add schema, strengthen internal linking from insights to commercial pages and improve Core Web Vitals.

Step 4

Interview-led production and outreach

We interview senior people, draft, edit and publish, then earn editorial coverage in business and trade press for each piece.

Step 5

Measurement and refinement

Monthly SEO reports cover rankings, organic-attributed enquiries, named accounts engaged, AI citations and pipeline contribution. Each quarter we revisit the strategy with your business development lead.

Comparison

Solvid vs other consulting SEO agencies.

Choosing a consulting SEO agency? Here’s how we compare with what most agencies offer.

What matters
Other agencies
Years in business
You can never beat experience
11+
Solvid was established in 2015
4
The average age of an agency
Core focus
Focusing on too many services dilutes your specialism
SEO
Our sole focus is SEO and AI SEO
Varied
No singular service focus
Expert-led content
Your partners are the product
Interview-led
We draft from 30-minute interviews
Ghostwritten
Generic copy that sounds like everyone
Pipeline reporting
Consulting is measured in mandates
Enquiries and pipeline
Tracked to CRM stages
Traffic only
No link to revenue
Client retention
You’re only as good as your retention
24+ months
Average retention of 2+ years
8 months
Retention of only 8 months
Locations
Global reach shows ambition and expertise
International
Based in the UK and USA
Local-only
Often focusing on a single city

Case studies

Results, on the record.

Organic traffic, keywords, backlinks, brand mentions and AI visibility, from the first month to the latest report.

Link building · Digital PR · 48 months+2,150%organic traffic for Freedom24
Backlinks gained
1,000+
Brand mentions
520+
AI visibility
+447%
Organic keywords
+1,150%
Monthly organic trafficRead the case study
020k40k60k80k20222023202472.6k / month

Source: Ahrefs organic traffic estimate, Feb 2021 – Oct 2024.

Organic keywords1,000 → 12,500
Familiar to millions

Read across the web.

Our clients have been featured in some of the most prominent publications in the world. Links and brand mentions on sites like these are what move rankings in Google and visibility in AI search.

HubSpot
Clutch
VentureBeat
TNW
Zapier
Adweek
Yahoo News
Independent
MarketWatch
Financial Express
TechRadar
SE Ranking
Mashable
New York Post
Kiplinger
Outbrain
Pricing

Consulting SEO pricing.

Fully managed consulting SEO starts at £2,500 ($3,250) a month with a six-month minimum. Every package includes technical SEO, content, link building and AI visibility.

ConquerorPOPULAR
£7,500/month

Go-for option for businesses with evil outranking plans for their competition. Ideal for competitive industries, medium-sized businesses and eCommerce stores.

Hours
66–84 hours per month
One-off fee
£1,500
Links
12+ DR50+ Links/Month
  • On-Page and Off-Page SEO
  • Technical SEO
  • Content Marketing
  • Digital PR and Thought Leadership
  • AI and LLM Visibility
  • Backlink audit
  • Content audit
  • Internal content
  • Keyword research
  • Competitor analysis
  • Analytics and reporting

6 months minimum commitment

CustomTailored
Custom

Not sure which SEO package you need? Get in touch for a tailored SEO service. Whether you're a small start-up in a unique niche or an S&P 500 company, we'll have an SEO solution for you.

  • Custom DR50+ Links/Month
Our team

The people behind the results.

Professional SEOs, content strategists, writers and link builders who work together on every campaign, led by founder Dmytro Spilka.

  • Dmytro Spilka, Founder at Solvid
    Dmytro Spilka
    Founder
  • Rebecca Smith, Content & SEO at Solvid
    Rebecca Smith
    Content & SEO
  • Heather Langley, Content & SEO at Solvid
    Heather Langley
    Content & SEO
  • Peter Jobes, Content & SEO at Solvid
    Peter Jobes
    Content & SEO
  • Arsen, Outreach at Solvid
    Arsen
    Outreach
  • Neve Wilkinson, Content at Solvid
    Neve Wilkinson
    Content
  • Gregory, Content at Solvid
    Gregory
    Content
  • Stefan, Content at Solvid
    Stefan
    Content
International reach

Based in London and Los Angeles.
Ranking brands worldwide.

Clients across the UK, the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, and coverage in publications read around the world.

London · HQ
6 St. Davids Square, E14 3WA
Los Angeles
9100 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills

Clients in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Switzerland, France and Australia.

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Contact

Make your consultants the firm buyers find first.

Tell us about your service lines, your sectors and the kind of buyer you want more of. We will respond with a realistic plan and a price. Call 020 7072 8788 or send us a brief.

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    not a sales rep.
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SEO for consulting firms: frequently asked questions.

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Referral wins the named client who already knows you. SEO wins the unnamed buyer who searched the problem you solve at 11pm and had never heard of your firm. The two channels feed each other, because a referred buyer will still search your name and your partners before they call, and most consultancies underinvest in the second while relying entirely on the first.