Executive Summary v1.0
Executive Summary — Project Plan
Now · Stage 01 · Preparations Project Plan · We are here
01Preparations
02 Website Build
03 Content Writing
04 Approval
05 Marketing Research
06 Marketing Strategy
07 Indexing
08 Growth

CEx ×
Digital Movement
UK.

A focused 7-week build to put CEx in front of buyers on Google and AI Search — a conversion-optimised website paired with a programmatic SEO page system that compounds in value month after month.

Project Start
27 May 2026Kick-off week
Website Launch
22 July 2026SEO pages submitted
Marketing Launch
6 MonthsFrom go-live
Ongoing Growth
€1,500 / moDirect Debit, post-delivery
01 — Context

Why we're doing this.

CEx is a young start-up founded by Johannes and Hannes. The founders are building toward sustainable, repeatable lead acquisition — not one-off campaigns, not paid-media dependence. Digital Movement UK's mandate is to give CEx the digital surface area to be found, trusted, and chosen across both Google Search and the new generation of AI-powered search.

01.1 — Who
A young start-up with founder ambition

Johannes and Hannes are scaling CEx from early traction toward predictable growth. The brief is clear: build the asset, then let it compound.

01.2 — What
Sustainable lead acquisition

Not ad-spend dependence. A web property that earns attention through search visibility and converts that attention into qualified enquiries.

01.3 — Where
Google Search + AI Search

Built for both — classic SERP ranking and the citation-driven retrieval of AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

02 — Deliverables

Three assets, one system.

The engagement produces three interlocking assets. The website is the conversion surface — the place a buyer lands and decides. The SEO service pages are the acquisition engine — the pages that bring qualified, intent-matched traffic to that surface. The monthly report is the visibility layer — one document that tells you whether the engine is working.

Deliverable A
Full Website

A conversion-optimised company website built on WordPress, covering the full stack — public-facing pages, design system, and the backend that makes the site fast, indexable, and easy for CEx to extend later without developer dependency.

  • FrontendPublic pages — Home, Services, About Us, Contact. Responsive, accessible, conversion-tuned.
  • Backend on WordPressContent management, contact form handling, analytics + tag layer, hosting and DNS — set up so CEx can update copy independently.
  • Brand & design systemVisual language, type, colour, components — the foundation everything else extends from.
  • Performance + SEO basicsCore Web Vitals, semantic markup, schema, indexation hygiene, AI-search structured data.
Deliverable B
SEO Service Pages

A library of programmatic service pages — each one engineered to rank for a specific buying-intent query and to convert that visitor into an enquiry. The acquisition engine that runs in the background, 24/7.

  • Research-ledTopic, intent, and competitive analysis grounded in real Semrush + SERP data.
  • Page architectureSitemap and internal-link tree designed for authority flow and crawl efficiency.
  • Long-form editorial copyExpertise-signalled editorial built for Google's E-E-A-T signals — depth, authority, and lived experience in every paragraph.
  • German keywords + meta dataKeyword and meta data layer engineered for German-language search and translated into CEx's market language.
  • WordPress implementationPages built, internal links wired, schema validated, sitemap submitted to Google Search Console.
Exact scope. The list of SEO landing pages is locked at the SEO Strategy meeting on Tuesday, once the priority services CEx wants to be found for are agreed.
Ongoing · from go-live
Deliverable C
Monthly Report

A single, focused monthly report from month one — the only document you need to know whether the engine is working. We collect, interpret, and frame the data; you read four pages and know exactly where you stand.

  • Indexation + RankingsWhich pages are live in Google's index, current SERP positions, and week-over-week movement on every tracked keyword.
  • Traffic + BehaviourOrganic sessions, AI-search referrals, on-page engagement, and conversion-funnel diagnostics.
  • Enquiry PipelineForm fills, source attribution, and lead-quality signals — the number that actually matters.
  • Next-Month PlanWhere we're doubling down, what we're fixing, and which new pages are entering the queue.
03 — Milestones

Three workstreams.

The build runs as three coordinated workstreams. A and B are the setup deliverables — finite, dated, signed off. C is the ongoing operating cadence once the system is live.

Workstream A · Setup

Website Build

~6 weeks27 May → 10 July 2026
A.1
Public-facing copy
Services, About Us, Contact. Voice, structure, and conversion logic locked before pixels are pushed.
A.2
Design prototype
Interactive design system + key page layouts. One round of structured feedback, then sign-off.
A.3
WordPress build & Go-Live
Production build in WordPress, QA pass, indexation primer. Site live on CEx domain — milestone gate for invoicing.
Workstream B · Setup

SEO Pages

~8 weeks27 May → 22 July 2026
B.1
Strategy & SEO research
Strategy meeting locks the Key Services CEx wants to be found for. Keyword landscape, intent map, competitor gap, and opportunity sizing follow — the brief that drives every page choice.
B.2
Page guide + keywords & meta
SEO page tree (parent / child sitemap + internal linking). German-language keyword and meta-data layer engineered for each priority service. Sign-off gate.
B.3
Long-form editorial copy
Expertise-signalled long-form editorial — built for E-E-A-T signals and paired with a repeatable design template that every page inherits.
B.4
WordPress build + submission
Pages built in WordPress, keywords + meta audited, schema validated, sitemap submitted to Google Search Console, AI-search readiness verified. Milestone gate.
Workstream C · Ongoing

Reporting

MonthlyStarts month 1 post go-live
C.1
Indexation + ranking
Which pages are indexed, current SERP positions, week-on-week movement on tracked keywords.
C.2
Traffic + behaviour
Organic sessions, AI-search referrals, on-page engagement, conversion funnel diagnostics.
C.3
Enquiry pipeline
Form fills, source attribution, lead quality signals. The number that actually matters.
C.4
Next-month plan
Where we're doubling down, what we're fixing, which new pages we're adding to the queue.
04 — How It Unfolds

Ten phases — you're in the room for five.

It starts with a joint kick-off meeting — where we lock the key services, align on deliverables and timeline, and agree the project-management cornerstones (communication, cloud storage). After that, most of the work runs silently in the background. There are only two more moments where you actively engage: signing off the final keyword list, and reviewing the website design preview.

01
Preparations
Together
Scoping the project, mapping initial service areas, drafting this project plan. You're reading the output of this stage right now.
02
Keyword research
We handle it
DACH-wide research across your service areas.
03
SEO strategy
We handle it
Mapping which keywords go to which page.
04
SEO Page Guide
You approve
We send the full page-by-page blueprint — every page, every keyword, every geo — through to you.
05
Website build
Design preview feedback
Designed and built using this page guide as the spec.
06
Content & meta
We handle it
Keywords are woven into pages; meta tags are written.
07
Sitemap submission
We handle it
Site is submitted to Google. The SEO timer starts.
08
Settling period & growth
Monthly report
Rankings build over the first six months. Peak performance from month six onwards.
Five touchpoints from you — preparations, contract sign-off, phase 03 kick-off, phase 06 page guide approval, phase 07 design preview. The rest runs in the background.
05 — Timeline

From kick-off to first collection.

Project starts 27 May. Website goes live 10 July. SEO pages are submitted to Google on 22 July. That date — B.4 sign-off — is the trigger that opens the 6-month engagement clock and the first GoCardless Direct Debit collection.

Kick-off
27 May 2026
Project start — both workstreams begin
A.3 — Website
10 July 2026
Full website goes live
B.4 — SEO submitted
22 July 2026
First Direct Debit + 6-month clock starts
End of term
22 Jan 2027
Renewal review
27 May 2026
Project Start
Kick-off + briefing. Workstreams A and B begin in parallel.
10 July 2026
Website Live (A.3)
~6.5 weeks from kick-off. New CEx site live on production domain.
22 July 2026
SEO Submission (B.4)
SEO pages live, sitemap submitted to Google. First Direct Debit collected. 6-month clock starts.
22 Jan 2027
End of Initial Term
Renewal conversation based on the ranking + enquiry data we will have by then.
06 — Business Value Timeline

When the asset starts paying.

SEO is a compounding asset, not a campaign. Below is the realistic trajectory for a new domain — slightly longer than an established site, because Google needs time to assign authority before pages begin ranking. The shape is consistent; the pace bends in your favour after month 6.

Projected Value Curve · 12+ months from go-live

From foundation to top-performance — the four phases of an SEO engine maturing.

The curve below shows the qualitative arc of expected business value. The early months are about building the asset; the later months are about compounding it. Real numbers will be calibrated against the SEO research output (B.1).

Phase 01
Foundation
Months 1 — 3
Google assigns authority to the new domain. Submitted SEO pages move through crawl and indexation. The asset is being built, not yet earning.
Phase 02
Growth
Months 3 — 6
First rankings appear. First enquiries follow — typically months 5–6. The curve starts bending upward as Google trusts more of the site.
Phase 03
Performance
Months 6 — 12
Pages climb the SERP. Enquiry volume grows month-over-month as more terms break into page 1 territory. The engine starts paying for itself.
Phase 04
Top Performance
Months 12 +
A growing share of SEO pages sit in top-10 positions. Compounding kicks in — each new page added now lands on a domain Google already trusts.
Note · New-website effect. A fresh domain typically extends each ranking window by 2–3 months versus an established site. The trajectory above already accounts for this.
07 — Investment

A retainer that only starts when you do.

The commercial structure is deliberately simple — and front-loaded in CEx's favour. The full setup is delivered before the engagement clock starts. Billing only begins once both the website and the SEO pages are live.

08 — Next Steps

From this page to first ranking.

01
Review & align
Johannes & Hannes review this summary. Any tweaks, additions, or scope clarifications get folded in before contract.
02
Build mode
Website (Workstream A) and SEO pages (Workstream B) run in parallel. Weekly check-ins, structured sign-offs at A.2 and B.2, delivery on the dates above.