The Type A Methodology

Most agencies wing it. We ship to a framework.

Four frameworks across two disciplines. REST and BOOM for SEO. DISCO and DDDD for Digital PR. Bespoke strategy, standard implementation — so the work is fast, predictable and ROI positive.

Why frameworks?

Bespoke strategy, standard implementation

We decide what to do with an SEO and PR strategy as individual as you. We declare how to do it with standard tactics that bring fast and predictable results. Frameworks turn senior judgment into shipping speed — without losing the bespoke thinking that makes the work actually work.

Predictable

Every engagement runs the same playbook. No reinventing the wheel per client.

Fast

Strategy ships in six weeks. Implementation lands in two-week sprints.

Compounding

The deliverables stack — every page, every link, every fix continues to work without further spend.

The Phases
01 Research Build the universe of opportunity before deciding what to do. +
  • Keyword Research — build your keyword universe
  • Content GAPs — find gaps on your site vs competitors
02 Evaluation Audit the site against the rules Google actually uses. +
  • Technical Audit — evaluate the site against Google guidelines
  • Content Audit — evaluate which content to keep, kill, combine, create
  • Link Audit — evaluate where link power goes
03 Strategy Decide what's worth doing and what return to expect. +
  • SEO Strategy — decide which deliverables and URLs to focus on
  • Forecast — based on proposed work, forecast traffic growth each quarter and create base and stretch targets
04 Tactics Translate strategy into the spreadsheets that drive shipping. +
  • Content Plan — a spreadsheet of content to create, optimise or delete
  • Technical Plan — a spreadsheet of technical and on-page tasks prioritised by cash value
The Phases
01 Broken Site Fix the foundations so the rest of the work can land. +
  • Implemented in batches — we update everything from 404s, to schema, to hreflang to make a perfectly optimised site in the eyes of Google
02 On-page Make every page earn its keep. +
  • Content Creation — new content for your site from product descriptions, to landing pages, to blog posts, to lead magnets, to industry guides
  • Content Updates — optimising content structure and word choice to rank and convert better
03 Off-page Build the authority that decides whether on-page work even gets seen. +
04 Measurement If it isn't measured, it isn't shipped. +
  • Weekly status updates — Monday morning project management email
  • Bi-weekly calls — moving blockers and signing off work
  • Monthly performance reports — measuring the effectiveness of the work
  • Quarterly business reviews — compare our traffic and revenue forecast to actuals
The Phases
01 Discovery Set the audience and the link profile before we ideate. +
  • Audit existing coverage and competitor link profiles
  • Define which publications and journalists matter for your search goals
02 Ideation Validate ideas with real journalists, not internal opinion. +
  • Brainstorm hooks against the discovered audience
  • Pre-validate angles with journalist contacts before commissioning work
03 Sign-off Forecast the coverage and lock the scope before a line of work. +
  • Forecast realistic coverage volume + link profile per idea
  • Get client sign-off on scope, KPIs, and risk before kick-off
04 Creation Build the asset and the press kit, not just a press release. +
  • Produce the data, the visuals, the methodology page, the press kit
  • Pre-brief priority journalists with embargo so first coverage lands hard
05 Outreach Senior PRs sending real emails to real journalists. +
  • Tiered outreach across national, trade, and local press
  • Live coverage tracking, replies handled in-hour, escalations triaged daily
→ See DISCO in action on the Digital PR page
The Phases
01 Define Write a brief the engineers can actually build to. +
  • Lock the data sources, the schema, and the performance budget
  • Decide front-end stack and hosting before scoping
02 Design Sign off the look before a line of code. +
  • Scamps and full visual design ready for client sign-off
  • Mobile and desktop states locked
03 Develop Build it so it works on a journalist's phone. +
  • Front-end app, database, and data pipeline shipped to the agreed performance budget
  • QA across the devices journalists actually use
04 Deploy Go live with the methodology, the blog, and the support plan. +
  • Methodology page + blog post live before outreach starts
  • Monitoring and edit-window for the first 72 hours of coverage
→ See DDDD in action on the Digital PR page
In Practice

What a Type A engagement actually looks like

Two parallel motions: SEO runs REST then BOOM. Digital PR runs DISCO continuously and DDDD on every interactive asset. Implementation milestones land every six weeks, on the same calendar.

SEO REST BOOM M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7
Digital PR Setup DISCO — continuous campaigns DDDD DDDD DDDD
REST — strategy phase BOOM — 6-week implementation milestones DISCO — continuous PR campaigns DDDD — interactive asset builds
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