SaaS SEO consulting
A SaaS SEO Consultant With Execution Built In
For founders of funded AI and SaaS startups who want the senior person on the work, not an account manager. Amit Malvi, former Senior SEO Manager at Invideo AI, acts as your SaaS SEO consultant, setting strategy with you and leading the hands-on work that ships it. HeyOz went from no AI citations to 91.
Led by the former Senior SEO Manager at Invideo AI. Trusted by Viggle AI, HeyOz, Wisemonk and Monk.
Measured against a fixed baseline on every engagement.
- Viggle AI
- HeyOz
- Wisemonk
- Monk
- Zivoke
- TryScent
When a consultant beats a bigger agency
A consultant wins when your problem needs judgement more than headcount. At seed and Series A, the hard part is choosing the five pages and three fixes that matter, then getting them live. A large team adds layers between that decision and the work.
What working with a SaaS SEO consultant looks like here
You get one senior lead who decides, explains and ships. Amit runs the strategy calls, sets the priorities and leads the execution, so advice and delivery never drift apart. Here's what that covers.
Covered on every engine your buyers use
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- Claude
- Gemini
- Google AI Overviews
- Google AI Mode
- Copilot
- Bing
ChatGPT search and Copilot draw on Bing's index, so Bing rankings feed AI answers. We work on search and AI engines as one program.
How it works
The same four steps on every engagement, with a clear view of what to expect at 30, 60 and 90 days.
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Understand
Map your product, buyers, competitors and the prompts and searches that decide your category.
Days 1 to 30. A fixed baseline across every engine and the prompts that matter.
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Prioritize
Pick the few moves that will get you recommended fastest and turn them into a focused roadmap.
Days 1 to 30. A focused roadmap agreed, with the first fixes already shipping.
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Execute
Do the technical, content, authority and AI visibility work ourselves.
Days 30 to 60. Content, technical and authority work shipping every week.
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Improve
Track citations, rankings and conversions against the baseline and keep refining.
Days 60 to 90. A first read against the baseline, then the next quarter planned.
Results we can show you
Every engagement is measured against a fixed baseline set before the work started, so the before and after can be checked rather than taken on trust.
Who this is for, and who it is not for
A good fit
Funded SaaS and AI startups, seed to Series B, where a founder or first marketer owns growth
- Seed-stage teams without a marketing hire
- Founders who want to stay close to SEO decisions
- First marketers who need a senior sparring partner
- Teams burned by a large agency's handoffs
Not a fit yet
- Companies wanting a large team producing content at volume
- Buyers who only want a one-off report to file
- Teams that need formal vendor onboarding before any call
A consultant, a large agency, a freelancer or a hire
| SearchAxe | Large SEO agency | Freelance SEO | Full-time SEO hire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who you talk to | Amit, from the first call onward | An account manager | The freelancer | Your employee |
| Seniority on the work | Former Senior SEO Manager at Invideo AI | Mixed, often junior | Varies by person | Set by your budget |
| Strategy and execution | Both, under one lead | Split across teams | Usually one or the other | Both, within one person's hours |
| AI answers covered | Yes, on every engine | Often a separate package | Rarely | Depends on the hire |
| Time to start | Once the plan and quote are approved | Onboarding and kickoff cycles | Fast | Recruiting and ramp-up first |
| Commitment | Quoted to your plan | Long retainers are common | Hourly or per project | Salary and benefits |
What you get each month
- Baseline report Where you stand on every engine and in search before any work starts.
- Monthly AI citation and ranking report Citations by engine, rankings and referring domains, read against the baseline.
- Signups and demos attributed The pipeline that search and AI answers drove that month.
- Slack access A shared channel with the people doing the work.
- Rolling roadmap What shipped, what is next and why, updated every month.
- Competitor movement Which competitors gained or lost ground in AI answers and search, and why.
How we get started
From first call to work in progress in three steps.
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Book a free consultation
A call about your product, your market and where you stand in AI answers and search today.
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Get a plan and a quote
We send a plan for what we would do first, with a clear quote for the work.
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Work starts right away
Once the plan and quote are approved, the work starts immediately.
What clients say
We had thousands of pages going nowhere. Amit cleaned that up and rebuilt our landing pages. Our top three rankings are up 362% and our citations across AI engines have grown more than a hundred times.
Nan Ha
Product Growth Lead, Viggle AI
Read the Viggle AI case study
We came to Amit with a good product and almost no search presence. He gave our team a plan we could actually follow. Referring domains are up 183% and our first page rankings have more than tripled.
George Kurdin
Co-Founder, Monk
Read the Monk case study
Our content was getting published but not landing anywhere. Amit reworked how we format it for AI engines and our citations across all seven engines are up over 400%. The Reddit community he built now brings us leads weekly.
Aditya Nagpal
Founder, Wisemonk
Read the Wisemonk case study
We launched with a homepage and nothing else. Amit built the search foundation, the landing pages, the blog, the schema. Our domain rating is up 70% and we went from zero AI citations to being quoted by six of the seven AI engines.
Ahad Shams
Founder, HeyOz
Read the HeyOz case study
We had multiple pages fighting each other for the same terms. Amit mapped it all out, consolidated what needed consolidating, and rebuilt our service pages. Organic traffic is up 147% and our top three rankings have more than doubled.
Manjunath Thandu
CEO, Zivoke
Read the Zivoke case study
Who's behind SearchAxe
Amit Malvi spent four and a half years at Invideo AI, rising from SEO Executive to Senior SEO Manager. He built and led a 20-person link building team and owned the company's GEO and AEO programs. Today he works hands-on with a small number of AI startups.
Questions buyers ask us
How is a consultant different from an agency?
Mostly in who does the thinking and who you talk to. Here they're the same person. Amit sets the strategy, joins your calls and leads the execution, with SearchAxe doing the hands-on work under his review. You get pages shipped and links earned without an account-management layer between you and the decisions.
How involved does the founder need to be?
Most at the start. We need an hour or two in the first weeks on positioning, competitors and who buys, then a short regular call. After that, approvals are the main ask. Founders who like staying close join every call, while others hand day-to-day contact to a marketer and read the monthly report.
How long does a consulting engagement run?
Long enough to judge results fairly. Fixes and new pages take weeks to ship and months to rank, and AI citations depend on outside mentions building up. We plan in 90-day blocks against the baseline. HeyOz's page-one positions came ten months after launch. A shorter scope can work for a migration or a second opinion.
Do you take one-off SEO consulting calls?
Sometimes, for a defined question such as a site migration, a replatform or a review of another vendor's proposal. That's scoped and quoted after the free consultation like any other work. Most of the value comes from staying on through execution, so we'll say if a single call won't fix what you're describing.
Who else works on our account?
Amit leads and stays on it from kickoff onward. SearchAxe keeps a small roster of clients so that's possible, and the hands-on work on content, technical fixes and outreach is done under his direction and review. You won't be handed to a new contact once the contract is signed.
Is a consultant enough for a seed-stage startup?
Usually it's the right size. At seed you need someone senior to choose the few pages and fixes that matter and get them shipped, not a department. A full-time hire costs a salary before they know your market. HeyOz started with one homepage, and we built its buyer-intent landing pages before any broad content.
What does SaaS SEO consulting cost?
Quoted after a free consultation. The quote depends on how much execution you want from us versus your own team, how many pages and fixes the plan calls for, and whether link building is in scope. You see a written plan and a clear quote before anything starts, and work begins once both are approved.
Can you review what our last agency did?
Yes, and it's a common way in. We look at what shipped, what ranks, which pages get cited in AI answers and what was left half done, then tell you plainly what to keep, fix or drop. You get the verdict in writing, whether or not you hire us for what comes next.
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