theStacc runs the connected content operation: business-led planning, complete production, editorial QA, approval, and CMS publishing. A dedicated manager owns strategy and quality while the system keeps the workflow moving.
| Provider | Monthly price | Contract | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| theStacc Managed | from $749/mo | Monthly, cancel anytime | A strategist runs blog content, Google Business Profile, and social end to end — deliverables published every week |
| BrightLocal Managed SEO | $1,299/mo | Monthly | Managed local SEO campaigns (local focus) |
| Traditional agency (e.g. WebFX) | from $3,000/mo | 6-month minimum | Full-service campaigns; industry average runs $1,500–$5,000/mo |
Competitor pricing from each provider's own public pricing page, checked August 14, 2026. If a figure has changed since, tell us and we'll correct it. Want to run your own numbers? Use the free SEO ROI calculator.
Managed does not mean vague. You should know which work is included, which controls stay with you, and which adjacent SEO jobs are outside this service.
theStacc is strongest when strategy, production, quality, and publishing need to stay connected.
You need a sustained program without becoming the project manager for every topic, draft, image, and publish date.
Each project needs its own business context, editorial direction, review controls, and active publishing destination.
You need managed content delivery without pretending the product includes full white-label or custom-domain capabilities.
Topic direction comes from your actual business context, not a generic list of high-volume phrases. We organize the inputs that make a plan specific enough to use.
What you sell, who needs it, and the problems that create real search intent.
The people, markets, and use cases each article needs to serve.
Product details, documents, and approved business information guide the draft.
Named alternatives, subjects to avoid, and the angles that belong to your business.
The work moves from context to a live URL without turning quality control into an inbox full of disconnected files.
We organize your services, audiences, pain points, locations, competitors, voice, source material, exclusions, and publishing destination.
Business-specific topic candidates become a varied content plan. You can review the direction before production moves forward.
The system creates a complete article with metadata, planned images, structure, and internal-link opportunities for configured pages.
Integrity rules, compliance routing, SEO scoring, structure checks, and manager QA surface what needs attention.
Use manual, approval-required, or autopilot publishing. Regulated work can be held for the responsible professional to review.
Approved content goes to the active destination, with documented retries and a live URL recorded after a successful publish.
| Workstream | Managed work | Your control | Visible limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business setup | Organize audiences, services, competitors, voice, and source material. | Edit the underlying context and exclusions. | Source grounding is not independent verification. |
| Topic planning | Propose distinct, business-fit topics and arrange the plan. | Review and redirect the editorial direction. | No in-product search-volume or difficulty metrics. |
| Article production | Create complete drafts, metadata, and planned images. | Edit, reject, regenerate, or approve. | Output follows the agreed engagement scope. |
| SEO scoring | Run mechanical and semantic checks with suggested fixes. | Review the category-level feedback. | A score is not a ranking prediction. |
| Internal linking | Add link opportunities in new content and resolve them at publish. | Configure eligible destination pages. | No retroactive linking through older articles. |
| Compliance | Apply available guardrails and hold content that needs review. | Use approval mode and professional review. | Not legal or regulatory certification. |
| Publishing | Prepare and send approved content to the connected CMS. | Choose manual, approval-required, or autopilot. | One active destination per project at a time. |
| Strategy and reporting | A dedicated manager owns quality and agreed review. | Discuss priorities and change direction. | Cadence is confirmed for the engagement. |
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Managed service is for teams that want us to run the workflow. The module is for teams that want the controls in their own hands.
A dedicated manager owns strategy and QA while the team operates planning, production, review, and publishing.
Your team works directly in the product, reviews the plan and drafts, and chooses how content reaches the CMS.
Managed service does not add hidden keyword-database metrics, legacy-library refreshes, retroactive links, or guaranteed results.
Each project publishes to one active destination at a time. Shopify support is limited to blog publishing and remains in beta.
Source grounding, automated checks, manager QA, and customer control do different jobs. We keep those jobs separate.
Your approved business information and supplied materials guide what the draft can say.
Explore brand voice →Integrity, structure, SEO, compliance, and publish-time link handling surface preventable problems.
See live SEO scoring →A dedicated manager reviews quality and fit. This is not independent verification of every sentence.
Keep every article in review when your team or a licensed professional needs the final decision.
See how business context becomes a plan, how a draft is scored, where approval happens, and how publishing is controlled. We do not turn those product activities into a ranking or revenue guarantee.
Illustrative workflow—not a performance score or ranking forecast.
The short version: theStacc manages the documented content operation, keeps control visible, and states the limits before work starts.
See how managed delivery works →The service covers business-context setup, topic planning, complete article drafts, images, SEO scoring, manager QA, approval controls, and publishing to a supported CMS. The exact operating cadence is agreed for the engagement rather than promised on this page.
With the managed service, theStacc team operates the workflow and a dedicated manager owns strategy and quality. With the Content SEO module, your team runs the same product workflow directly and chooses manual, approval-required, or autopilot publishing.
Topic candidates come from your services, audiences, pain points, locations, competitors, and business context. They are checked for specificity, intent, business fit, and repetition before they enter the plan. You can review the direction and update the underlying context.
No. The in-product blog keyword workflow does not provide search-volume or keyword-difficulty metrics from a third-party keyword database. It uses business context and a quality rubric to propose specific, relevant topic candidates.
No. Managed work receives manager review for quality, fit, and strategy, supported by customer-provided sources and automated integrity checks. That is not the same as independent verification of every sentence, source, or factual claim. Customers and licensed professionals remain responsible for final approval.
Supported destinations include WordPress.com, self-hosted WordPress, Webflow, Ghost, Shopify blog publishing in beta, Zepio, custom webhooks or headless setups, and deploy hooks. Each project uses one active publishing destination at a time.
The current workflow can place internal links in newly generated content and resolve them to configured live pages at publish time. It does not provide a complete legacy-content refresh service or retroactively insert links throughout an older content library.
Yes. A project can use manual publishing, approval-required publishing, or autopilot. Approval-required mode holds a completed draft for review, edits, approval, or rejection before it is sent to the active CMS destination.
No. Search performance depends on the site, market, competition, authority, implementation, and other factors outside any content provider’s control. theStacc manages the documented content workflow and makes its work visible; it does not guarantee business or search outcomes.
Choose the software for direct control, or talk with us about having theStacc run the content workflow.