SEO consultants and SEO specialists in South Africa.
Sometimes you need to hire an SEO expert, not a retainer: a search engine optimisation consultant or SEO strategist to set the plan for your in-house team, a second opinion on your agency, or a specialist for a migration or a sudden drop in traffic.
Shown provides SEO consultants and SEO specialists for South African businesses: search engine optimisation strategy for in-house teams, technical audits, site migrations, traffic-drop recovery, and specialist help with local SEO, link building and AI search. Consulting is quoted per project after the free audit; ongoing SEO runs on our published plans.
When to bring in an SEO specialist
Traffic or rankings dropped
We find the cause, whether a Google update, a technical fault, lost links or a competitor, and give you the fix in order of impact.
A migration or redesign
New site, new platform or new URLs: we map every redirect and check what Google sees before and after, so rankings survive the move.
An in-house team needs a plan
A 90-day SEO strategy with the searches to target, the pages to build, the fixes to ship and how to measure it.
A second opinion on your agency
We compare what was promised with what was delivered and what your own Search Console shows.
Competitors are named by AI
We trace the searches and sources behind ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI answers and show why you are missing.
Many branches or locations
Profiles, location pages and citations for every branch, set up so they help each other instead of competing.
SEO consultant, SEO specialist or full SEO service?
| Item | SEO consultant | SEO specialist | Full SEO service |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Advice, a plan and priorities | Hands-on work in one area: technical, local, links or AI search | Strategy and all the work, every month |
| Who does the work | Your team | Us, on that one area | Us |
| Best for | In-house teams and second opinions | Migrations, recoveries and specialist gaps | Businesses that want it done for them |
| How it is priced | Quoted per project | Quoted per project | A once-off build from R34,950, then from R12,500 a month |
Questions buyers ask us
What does an SEO consultant do?
An SEO consultant diagnoses why a site is or is not ranking, sets the strategy and priorities, and guides the people who implement it. A good one leaves you with a written plan you could follow without them.
How much does an SEO consultant cost in South Africa?
It depends on the size of the job, so we quote per project after the free audit. For ongoing work, our full-service plans are published: a once-off build from R34,950, then from R12,500 a month.
Can you fix a sudden drop in Google traffic?
Usually the cause can be found quickly: an update, a technical change, lost links or a competitor. We show you what happened from your own Search Console data and what to fix first.
Do you work alongside in-house marketing teams?
Yes. We can set the strategy and handle the specialist parts, such as technical fixes, links or AI search, while your team runs content and the day-to-day.
Get a free audit.
Send us your website and the searches you want to win. You get a short audit back: where you rank today, where you are missing from Maps and AI answers, and the three fixes worth doing first.
Or write to hello@shown.co.za