For Freelancers and Solo Consultants

SEO for Freelancers and Solo Consultants

Get found by clients searching for exactly what you do — with SEO tools built for a business of one.

Whether someone's looking for a freelance designer, a marketing consultant, or a specialist they can hire directly, they're searching Google before they ever see your portfolio. Illumae gives freelancers and solo consultants the same SEO infrastructure larger agencies use — keyword research, technical audits, AI-assisted content, and structured data — at a price built for a business of one. From £40/month per domain, or free to start.

Find the Terms Clients Search Before Hiring

Prospective clients search in specific ways — "freelance brand designer", "marketing consultant for small business", "hire a copywriter". keyword research and rank tracking gives you real search volume and difficulty data for these terms, then tracks your organic Google ranking for each one so you can see what's actually bringing in enquiries.

Draft Content That Shows What You Know

AI content generation drafts articles from a target keyword — case-study style breakdowns, process explainers, or answers to the questions clients ask before hiring. Every draft runs through a fact-consistency audit before publishing, checking for internal contradictions and unhedged claims about specific figures. What it doesn't do is verify subject-matter accuracy — content about your specific field still needs your own review before it goes live.

Fix the Technical Issues Costing You Enquiries

A slow-loading portfolio page or a broken link in your contact form can lose you a client who's already comparing a few freelancers. site audit crawls your entire site and returns a health score with a prioritised, page-by-page fix list — flagging broken links, missing meta tags, slow-loading pages, and images without alt text.

See Who's Linking to Your Site

backlink checker shows domain authority and spam-risk banding for every backlink pointing to your site — useful for spotting low-quality freelancer directory spam that can build up over time. If you find links worth disavowing, Illumae generates a properly formatted Google disavow file ready to submit through Search Console.

Add Organization Structured Data for Your Business

Illumae's Schema Generator produces valid JSON-LD Organization structured data — your name or business name, logo, and social profiles in a machine-readable format. You paste the generated code into your site's page head yourself — Illumae doesn't inject it automatically.

Frequently asked questions

What keywords should a freelancer or consultant actually track?+

It depends on what you offer, but Illumae's keyword research gives you real search volume and difficulty data to decide with evidence. Useful starting points are role-specific terms ("freelance X"), problem-first searches, and "hire a X" style queries that show someone is close to reaching out.

Can the AI content tool write accurate content about my specific field?+

Not on its own. Illumae's AI content tool runs every draft through a fact-consistency audit that checks for internal contradictions and unhedged claims about specific figures, but it does not independently verify subject-matter accuracy. Content about your specific field of expertise still needs your own review before it goes live — you know your work better than any tool does.

How does the site audit help a freelancer's portfolio site?+

It crawls every page and returns a health score with a prioritised fix list — flagging things like missing meta titles on portfolio pages, broken links in your contact form, images without alt text, and slow-loading pages, which matters when a client is comparing several freelancers' sites side by side.

What does the Organization schema actually include?+

It's JSON-LD markup that tells search engines your name or business name, logo, and social profiles in a machine-readable format. You paste the output into your site's page head — it's real, mechanical groundwork for how search engines represent you, though it doesn't by itself guarantee ranking.

Can I try it before paying?+

Yes. The free plan includes 3 AI article generations, keyword research, a content calendar, and a basic dashboard — no card required.

Try your first 3 articles free

No credit card required. See real output for your own business before you pay anything.