● SEO Consultant Dublin
Senior SEO Strategy. Without the Agency Markup.
SEO consulting for Dublin businesses and brands across Ireland that have an in-house team or another agency and need senior strategic input. Audits, roadmaps, monthly advisory calls and in-house coaching from an experienced SEO consultant who has been solving Irish SEO problems since 2009. Hire the strategist, keep execution where it is.
About
Meet your senior SEO consultant
I am Leslie Gilmour, the primary SEO consultant for SEO strategy and content development at BeFound SEO, the SEO company in Dublin I founded in 2009. I solve SEO problems and create organic growth plans for Dublin businesses, small business owners and brands across Ireland that need senior brainpower without the agency overhead.
Since 2006 I have optimised many websites across various industry sectors in the UK, Ireland and the US. You can browse client testimonials and SEO case studies for the full picture.
These are some of the sectors I have worked in:
- Travel SEO
- Insurance and Financial
- Printing
- Health and Cosmetic Surgery
- B2B services (see the B2B SEO case study)
- SaaS
- Home services and construction
- eCommerce
- Accountants
- Solicitors
Some areas are easier than others. Health and financial niches are challenging, but they are very rewarding for the websites that list on the first page of search engine results pages (SERPs).
When consultancy beats agency
Some businesses don’t need an agency. They need a senior brain on call.
If you have an in-house marketer who is competent but stretched, or another agency that handles execution but lacks strategic depth, an agency engagement is not the answer. You need senior input that fits around the resource you already have.
An SEO consultant in Dublin like me plugs into your existing team without rebuilding it. Whether you need a one-off SEO audit, a monthly strategy session, a senior SEO partner for ongoing AI search strategy, or a second opinion before a website redesign, the engagement is shaped around your stack. SEO strategies, keyword research, technical SEO recommendations and link building plans land as written documents your team can act on. No junior account managers, no padded retainer, no scaling problems when the audit ends.
The consulting method
Audit, roadmap, advisory.
Every consulting engagement runs in three modes: discovery audit, written 12-month roadmap, then quarterly strategy reviews with monthly check-ins. The same approach works for small business owners building organic search, e-commerce brands scaling internationally, and Dublin businesses needing measurable results from senior SEO advice.
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Discovery + Audit
First two weeks: technical SEO audit, Google Search Console review, commercial goal mapping, biggest-opportunity scoring. Output: written 12-month roadmap with monthly seo deliverables.
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Quarterly Strategy Reviews
Quarterly deep-dives on what is working, what is not and what to do next quarter. Monthly 60-minute calls for live decisions, focused content reviews and on-page tweaks.
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In-House Coaching (Optional)
Train your in-house team or external agency on the practices that move rankings, including AI SEO, schema markup, internal links and Google Maps optimisation. Async access between calls.
Engagement options
Four working modes. Pick the mix that fits.
From one-off audits to quarterly retainers and in-house team coaching, you choose how a senior strategist plugs into your team.
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Audit-only engagement
single 90-page audit + 60-min walkthrough
Best for: businesses who want a strategic plan and will execute themselves
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Quarterly retainer
4 reviews/year + 1 monthly call
Best for: businesses with capable execution but no senior strategy
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Coaching engagement
train your in-house team monthly
Best for: agencies + in-house teams who want to skill-up
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Project work
short, scoped engagements (migration planning, international rollout, etc.)
Best for: one-off strategic problems
What our clients say
Verified Google reviews from real clients across Ireland and beyond.
★★★★★
“Leslie’s knowledge on targeted content production, link building and keyword research is second to none.”
Jason Roe
Web Development Professional
★★★★★
“As a digital marketing professional I’ve relied on Leslie a number of times and always found him highly knowledgeable, generous with his time, and very reliable.”
Heidi Jermyn
Digital Marketing Professional
★★★★★
“BeFound SEO helped increase our website’s visibility. We saw an improvement in organic search traffic and conversions within just a few months.”
MJ Flood Security
Security Services, Dublin
Why BeFound as your consultant
Senior SEO strategy. Without the agency markup.
A seventeen-year senior SEO strategist working alongside your in-house team or other agency. No staff dilution, no junior account managers. From technical issues uncovered in audits, to Google algorithm shifts, to a clear ROI on every retainer hour, you get a marketing consultant focused on traffic and conversions, not billable hours.
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15+ Years Senior Consulting
Since 2009. Worked alongside in-house teams, agencies of record and freelance specialists. Visibility on Google for clients who needed expert SEO input fast.
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Irish Market Knowledge
Where Irish search differs from UK, EU and US. Where Irish .ie SERPs reward different signals. Where local intent dominates and local SEO listing strategy actually wins.
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AI for Audit Speed, Humans for Strategy
AI accelerates technical audits and URL-level analysis; humans own the strategic narrative and roadmap. Faster increase in traffic insights without sacrificing depth.
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Written 12-Month Roadmap
Every consulting engagement produces a document with phases, deliverables and dependencies your team can act on without me. Clear targets for organic traffic, backlinks and target audience growth.
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No Junior Account Managers
You work with the strategist directly. No agency handover, no diluted senior input. The same person who runs the SEO audit also runs your Google Ads advisory.
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AI-Search Strategy Included
Every roadmap covers GEO and AEO alongside traditional SEO. Built for 2026, not 2019, with rank-higher tactics applied responsively across desktop and mobile listings.
Questions
SEO consultant FAQs
Will I work with Leslie directly?
Yes. That is the point. Consultancy engagements are senior-only, no exceptions. You speak with the same SEO consultant who runs the audit, writes the roadmap and reviews your monthly performance. No account-manager layer, no SEO experts you have never met taking over month three when the deck looks complete.
Can I have agency execution AND consultancy?
Yes. Many clients run consultancy alongside another agency or an in-house team. We add strategic input and senior SEO oversight; we do not compete with execution. SEO services your other partner delivers stay where they are, while the strategic layer (audits, roadmaps, AI search readiness, quarterly direction) lives with me. Two functions, one playbook, no overlap.
Minimum engagement?
Audit-only engagements are one-off projects, typically delivered in two to three weeks. Retainers run six months minimum, after which you move to monthly rolling. Either way, you get an experienced SEO consultant with seventeen years of pattern-matching across Irish, UK and US verticals, not a contractor learning your category on your dime.
Will you work with my existing agency?
Often. Consultancy is supplementary, not replacement. We have coached agency teams in Dublin and across Ireland on AI SEO, modern keyword research and the technical issues that derail rankings. The existing agency keeps shipping; the consultancy adds oversight and senior pattern-matching. Both sides win because the rankings move faster and the agency’s reputation grows alongside the client’s.
Is this just consulting talk, or actual hands-on work?
Consultancy does not include execution. That is what the agency engagements are for. The strategic work is hands-on: real audits, real roadmaps, real numbers, and FAQs answered with Google Business Profile data and live SERPs from your accounts. You see what the strategy is built on, not just a slide deck of generic best practice. Hands-on enough to be useful.
Want senior SEO strategy without rebuilding your team?
Dublin-based · Est. 2009