Serious Money Isn't Sold To. It's Shown.

Published, with us: $1,000, $2,000 or $3,500 a month depending on the plan, excl. GST, no lock-in — scope itemised on this page before you ever talk to us. The local comparison set: the New Plymouth specialist’s own FAQ answers its cost question with generic ranges ($500–$5,000 a month, hourly $100–$300) and a conversation; other locals publish nothing. National guides put most NZ small businesses at $1,000–$2,500 a month, which is where our first two plans sit.

Judge it the way you’d judge any cheap quote in this region: by the itemisation. National guides are blunt that ‘full SEO’ at $300–$500 a month buys reports, not results. A lean plan with named work and honest reporting is a bargain; any price — cheap or dear — attached to fog (‘SEO services’, no deliverables, no enquiry reporting) is the warning. Taranaki buyers already know this test; apply it to us first.

No — and that promise is in the local specialist’s Google listing word for word (‘front page of Google, which increases revenue’). Nobody controls Google’s rankings, and front page for the wrong searches increases nothing. What we commit to: the named work, honest timelines, and reporting that counts enquiries and cost per enquiry, so the return is a number you can audit.

Honest banding: local movement in smaller NZ cities often shows within 6–12 weeks; early traction builds over 3–6 months; the real payoff compounds at 6–12. The local specialist’s own answer (3–6 months to traction, 6–12 to payoff) is roughly right, and anyone who compresses it into weeks for competitive terms is selling. B2B and industrial terms move slower and are worth more per enquiry.

People search the town they mean. Each ring town is its own small market with its own ‘near me’ results, so a single New Plymouth page leaves the ring to whoever bothers. The efficient structure is one strong hub presence plus genuine town pages where your work actually goes — built once, honestly scoped, not five copies of the same paragraph with the name swapped.

It applies differently, and in this region it may be your highest-value channel. Energy, engineering and rural-supply buyers research suppliers the way they vet contractors: specifications, capability, credentials, case studies. The searches are trade terms, not ‘near me’ — and the enquiry at the end can be worth a year of walk-ins. Almost no Taranaki competitor talks about this work; it’s most of what the region’s economy runs on.

Yes — and it should be here. Month-to-month terms let campaign weight follow the region’s real rhythm: build through the quieter months, be established when payout decisions land, and ease off in a dry year without a contract arguing with you. We’ll plan the year with you around calving, payout announcements and your own peak windows, and tell you plainly when a pause makes more sense than a push.

Months before the visitors. WOMAD alone has been worth millions in regional GDP, and the garden season pulls a national audience — but those visitors choose stays, tours and tables from search weeks ahead. Visibility built in winter and spring is what the festival season finds; starting when the crowds arrive is starting a season late.