Hourly SEO Consulting Rates in St. Louis
Need expert SEO help without locking into a long-term contract? 314media provides practical, senior-level SEO consulting for WordPress, Divi, WooCommerce, local SEO, technical SEO, content strategy, and Google Search Console cleanup.
This page explains what hourly SEO consulting costs, what is included, when it makes sense, and how to get the most value from your time.
How much does hourly SEO consulting cost?
314media's hourly SEO consulting rate is $150 per hour. The final cost depends on the size of your site, the depth of the issue, how much implementation you need, and whether we are advising your team or making changes directly.
| SEO Need | Typical Time | Estimated Cost | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick SEO review or strategy call | 1-2 hours | $150-$300 | Getting unstuck, prioritizing next steps, or validating an SEO idea before spending more. |
| Google Search Console and ranking review | 2-4 hours | $300-$600 | Finding pages losing clicks, indexing problems, keyword gaps, and practical opportunities. |
| WordPress, Yoast, or Divi SEO cleanup | 3-8 hours | $450-$1,200 | Fixing title tags, meta descriptions, headings, internal links, templates, and crawl issues. |
| Local SEO and Google Business Profile audit | 3-6 hours | $450-$900 | Improving local visibility, service area signals, review strategy, and Maps-related SEO basics. |
| Technical SEO audit | 6-12+ hours | $900-$1,800+ | Diagnosing crawl/indexing issues, redirects, sitemap problems, schema, duplicate content, and site structure. |
| Content strategy and keyword map | 4-10 hours | $600-$1,500 | Planning service pages, blog topics, internal links, and content that supports real business goals. |
Estimates are not guarantees. After reviewing your site and goals, 314media can recommend the smallest useful scope instead of guessing at a bloated package.
What is included in SEO consulting?
Hourly SEO consulting is flexible. You can use the time for strategy, diagnosis, implementation, training, or a focused review of the issues holding your site back.
SEO Audits and Prioritization
We review the areas that actually affect visibility: indexability, page titles, content quality, internal links, local signals, schema, redirects, crawl paths, and conversion gaps.
WordPress and Divi SEO Help
314media works deeply with WordPress, Divi, WooCommerce, Yoast, custom post types, templates, page builders, and the technical quirks that come with real client websites.
Local SEO Direction
We can help improve your local search presence through better service pages, location relevance, Google Business Profile recommendations, review strategy, and stronger local content.
Search Console Cleanup
We can review clicks, impressions, average positions, indexing reports, sitemap issues, canonical problems, pages that are crawled but not indexed, and pages losing momentum.
Content and Keyword Strategy
We turn keyword research into actual page recommendations, content updates, service page ideas, internal linking plans, and realistic priorities based on business value.
Implementation Support
If you want more than advice, 314media can help make changes directly, including on-page SEO edits, Divi layout updates, schema recommendations, and technical cleanup.
Hourly SEO is a good fit when...
Monthly SEO may be better when...
Common hourly SEO consulting projects
The best hourly SEO work is focused. Instead of trying to fix everything at once, we identify the highest-impact opportunities and turn them into a short action plan.
How the consulting process works
Hourly SEO consulting should produce clarity. Our goal is to make your next move obvious, whether that means fixing a technical issue, rewriting a page, improving local relevance, or choosing a better long-term SEO plan.
1. Tell us what is happening
Share your website, goals, known problems, and any access you already have to Google Search Console, Google Analytics, WordPress, or rank tracking.
2. We review the highest-impact areas
We look for practical issues: pages that should rank but do not, pages losing clicks, thin content, weak internal links, technical errors, or local SEO gaps.
3. You get a clear action plan
You leave with prioritized recommendations, plain-English explanations, and the option to have 314media help implement the work.
St. Louis SEO consulting with hands-on WordPress experience
314media is a St. Louis-area web design and SEO agency that understands how SEO decisions show up inside real websites. That matters. A recommendation is only useful if it can be implemented cleanly in your CMS, theme, templates, plugins, and content workflow.
We frequently help with WordPress, Divi, WooCommerce, local service business SEO, Search Console analysis, on-page SEO, technical cleanup, and content planning.
What makes 314media different?
A lot of SEO advice sounds good in a spreadsheet but falls apart when it meets a real website. 314media combines SEO strategy with website development experience, so recommendations are built around what can actually be fixed, published, tracked, and improved.
Practical over theoretical
You get recommendations that can be acted on, not a giant audit full of low-impact busywork.
Built for business owners
We focus on leads, visibility, service pages, local search, conversion, and the pages that can actually move revenue.
Implementation-ready
Need someone to make the changes? 314media can help update WordPress pages, Divi layouts, SEO metadata, internal links, schema, and content.
Frequently asked questions about hourly SEO consulting
How much does 314media charge for hourly SEO consulting?
314media's hourly SEO consulting rate is $150 per hour. Smaller strategy reviews may only need one or two hours, while technical audits, content plans, or implementation work may require more time.
What does an SEO consultant actually do?
An SEO consultant reviews your website, rankings, search data, content, local presence, technical setup, and competitors to identify what is holding back your visibility. The goal is to prioritize useful fixes instead of guessing.
Is hourly SEO better than monthly SEO?
Hourly SEO is best for focused help, audits, strategy, troubleshooting, and second opinions. Monthly SEO is usually better when you need ongoing implementation, monitoring, content, reporting, and continuous improvements.
How many hours of SEO consulting do I need?
A quick review can often be handled in 1-2 hours. A deeper Search Console review, local SEO audit, or WordPress cleanup may take 3-8 hours. Larger technical audits or content strategies may require 10+ hours depending on the site.
Can 314media fix the SEO issues too?
Yes. If you want more than recommendations, 314media can help implement changes in WordPress, Divi, WooCommerce, Yoast, page templates, internal links, content, and technical SEO settings.
Do you only work with St. Louis businesses?
No. 314media is based in the St. Louis area, but we can help businesses outside St. Louis with WordPress SEO, local SEO, technical SEO, content planning, and consulting.
Can you help with Google Search Console errors?
Yes. We can review indexing issues, sitemap problems, canonical warnings, redirect problems, declining clicks, search queries, page performance, and pages that Google has crawled but not indexed.
Can you help with Divi and WordPress SEO?
Yes. 314media works heavily with WordPress and Divi, including title/meta cleanup, page structure, internal linking, custom templates, WooCommerce pages, performance considerations, and content updates.
Need SEO help without the mystery?
Book an hourly SEO consultation with 314media. We will help you understand what is happening, what matters most, and what to fix first.