Method · Market Capture

A sequence, not secret technology

Six stages that turn a search market into a governed acquisition programme. Every stage names the question, work and handover.

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Stages
06
Starts with
Market evidence
Ends with
Funded outcomes
Cadence
Replanned quarterly
  1. 01

    Weeks 1 to 3

    Map the market

    What does the demand around this product actually look like?

    We build the query universe for your category and markets, group it by journey stage, and identify who holds each cluster today: you, direct competitors, affiliates, comparison publishers or forums.

    • ◆ Query universe segmented by journey stage and market
    • ◆ Share-of-voice read on your commercial query set
    • ◆ Competitor and affiliate holdings map
  2. 02

    Weeks 2 to 4

    Price the opportunity

    What is each cluster worth, and what would it cost to buy instead?

    Volume alone decides nothing. We rate clusters on commercial proximity, competitive difficulty and what you currently pay for the same demand through paid search and affiliate commission. That produces a ranked list, not a keyword dump.

    • ◆ Clusters ranked by commercial value and winnability
    • ◆ Paid and affiliate equivalent cost of the same demand
    • ◆ The clusters we recommend leaving alone, and why
  3. 03

    Weeks 3 onward, continuous

    Fix the infrastructure

    Can search engines reach, render and trust what you already have?

    Rendering, indexation, internal linking, faceted navigation, country targeting, page experience and migration risk. Written as specifications your developers can put in a sprint, with us in the review.

    • ◆ Prioritised technical specification, sprint-ready
    • ◆ Indexation and rendering fixes with acceptance criteria
    • ◆ International targeting and hreflang correction
  4. 04

    Month 2 onward

    Build commercial coverage

    Do you have a page worth ranking for every cluster that matters?

    Comparison structures, fee and product transparency, country pages, educational clusters and reputation-facing coverage. Produced inside your compliance cycle, with the reviewer named before the brief is written.

    • ◆ Page-by-page coverage plan mapped to clusters
    • ◆ Briefs written for expert or compliance review
    • ◆ Internal linking model that concentrates authority
  5. 05

    Month 3 onward

    Earn authority

    Why would a search engine trust you on a money question?

    Proprietary data, market commentary, expert attribution and editorial coverage in publications your category actually reads. Slower than buying links, and it survives updates.

    • ◆ Data or research asset built for citation
    • ◆ Expert attribution and author infrastructure
    • ◆ Editorial and commentary programme
  6. 06

    Baseline week 1, reported monthly

    Measure funded outcomes

    Did this produce funded accounts, or just sessions?

    Reporting built on applications, verified accounts, deposits and funded status from non-branded organic. We agree the definitions and the data access in week one, because retro-fitting attribution never works.

    • ◆ Non-branded organic reporting separated from brand
    • ◆ Outcome definitions agreed with your analytics owner
    • ◆ Board-ready quarterly review, with what failed included
Good fit
  • ▲You operate in a competitive finance category with real search demand behind it.
  • ▲You have an established product and a functioning compliance or review process.
  • ▲You want to reduce dependence on paid search and affiliate commission.
  • ▲You can ship technical and content recommendations, or let us coordinate the people who can.
  • ▲You treat organic search as an asset with a multi-quarter horizon.
  • ▲You want a specialist accountable for the channel, not a report.
Poor fit
  • ×You want guaranteed rankings or a guaranteed timeline. Nobody can honestly sell you either.
  • ×You need results this quarter. Organic search is the wrong instrument for that.
  • ×You want performance or return figures published that we cannot evidence.
  • ×You want volume AI content shipped into a YMYL category.
  • ×You want regulated content published without review.
  • ×You are comparing on monthly price rather than on the opportunity.

Next step

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