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Content Marketing

Content that ranks, gets cited, and sells

The internet doesn't need more posts. It needs the definitive answer to the questions your buyers ask right before they buy. That's what we write.

  • Written by category subject-matter experts
  • Structured for E-E-A-T and AI citation
  • Every piece mapped to a funnel stage

Typical outcomes

Avg. organic traffic (12mo)
+312%Avg. organic traffic (12mo)
Avg. content-attributed revenue
+186%Avg. content-attributed revenue
Pieces reaching page one
62%Pieces reaching page one
Pieces produced monthly
12–30Pieces produced monthly

Averages across Digital Squad client accounts. Individual results vary — we show you a realistic range for your situation on the audit call.

Companies we've done content for

NorthwindLumen LabsHarborlineVerdantAtlas FoodsPoka HealthBrightsideCobalt BankMeridianArdentFoundryKestrel
The problem

Why your content isn't working

Publishing consistently isn't the problem. These four things usually are.

It's written for algorithms, not humans

Keyword-stuffed content that says nothing new ranks briefly and converts never. Google's helpful content systems specifically target it.

There's no expertise behind it

Generic content assembled from the top ten results adds nothing. E-E-A-T means demonstrating real experience — original data, real examples, genuine opinion.

It's all top-of-funnel

Awareness content builds traffic but rarely revenue. Without middle- and bottom-funnel comparison, alternative, and use-case content, that traffic never converts.

It's published and abandoned

Content decays. Without a refresh program, your best-performing piece from two years ago is quietly falling out of the top ten right now.

Our approach

Editorial built around buying decisions

We map the questions your buyers ask across their entire journey, then produce the definitive answer to each one — structured so both Google and AI engines cite it.

+312%

Avg. organic traffic (12mo)

+186%

Avg. content-attributed revenue

62%

Pieces reaching page one

12–30

Pieces produced monthly

What's included

Everything in the engagement.

No line items appearing on month-three invoices. This is the full scope, written down.

01

Content strategy & intent map

Every buyer question mapped to a funnel stage, a target keyword, and a content format.

02

Editorial calendar

A rolling 90-day calendar with topics, formats, owners, and publish dates agreed in advance.

03

Expert-written long-form

Written by writers with genuine domain experience, then edited to your standards and your voice.

04

Bottom-funnel content

Comparison pages, alternatives pages, integration guides, and use-case content — the pieces that actually convert.

05

Original research & data studies

Proprietary surveys and data analysis that earn links and citations no competitor can copy.

06

Content design & assets

Custom diagrams, charts, and illustrations that make content genuinely useful and more linkable.

07

Distribution

Content doesn't distribute itself. Email, social, community, and syndication planned for every piece.

08

Refresh & decay management

Quarterly performance review with systematic updates to pieces slipping in rankings.

The process

How this actually runs.

You always know what's happening this week, what's next, and who's doing it.

  1. Audit & strategy

    Weeks 1–3

    Content inventory, gap analysis against competitors, and buyer question mapping across the journey.

  2. Build the calendar

    Week 3

    A 90-day editorial plan prioritized by revenue potential, with briefs written for every piece.

  3. Produce

    Ongoing

    Expert writing, editing, design, and internal linking — published on a predictable cadence.

  4. Distribute

    Ongoing

    Every piece gets a distribution plan across email, social, and relevant communities.

  5. Measure & refresh

    Quarterly

    Quarterly performance review, refresh of decaying content, and expansion of the topics that worked.

Investment

Real prices, on the page.

Making you book a call to learn the number wastes your time and ours. Here's what it costs.

Editorial

Consistent, high-quality publishing.

Scoped to your brief

  • Content strategy & calendar
  • 6 long-form pieces/month
  • SEO optimization
  • Basic content design
  • Monthly performance report
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Authority

Owning your category's search results.

Scoped to your brief

  • Everything in Editorial
  • 14 pieces/month incl. bottom-funnel
  • Original research (1 study/quarter)
  • Custom diagrams & illustration
  • Distribution across all channels
  • Content refresh program
  • Dedicated content strategist
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Publisher

Content-led growth at real scale.

Scoped to your brief

  • 30+ pieces/month
  • Multi-format (video, podcast, interactive)
  • Dedicated editorial team
  • Multi-language content
  • Programmatic content systems
  • Full-time managing editor
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All engagements start with a free audit. Prices exclude media spend, which you pay directly to the platforms on accounts you own.

Questions

Content questions, answered straight.

Including the ones where the honest answer is “you probably don't need us for that.”

AI assists with research, outlining, and first-draft scaffolding. Every piece is written and substantially rewritten by a human expert, fact-checked, and edited. Pure AI content doesn't rank and doesn't build authority — we've tested this extensively.

Content

Ready to fix this properly?

The internet doesn't need more posts. It needs the definitive answer to the questions your buyers ask right before they buy. That's what we write.

Our commitment: Not happy with a piece? We rewrite it from scratch, free — or you don't pay for it.