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How it works

Every service, end to end —visualized stage by stage.

No more guessing what you are paying for. Each engagement is mapped as an interactive pipeline so you can see what happens on day one, what we ship at handoff, and what optional Care looks like after.

The Sage Ideas Studio Journey
The Sage Ideas Studio Journey

How a Sage Ideas engagement works

Every project — productized or custom — follows the same five-act story: a free chat, a tight scope, focused build, clean handoff, and optional Care.

5 stagesFree intro · then 1 to 12 weeks

No surprises

Plain-English scope, fixed price for productized tiers, written change-control if scope shifts.

Built in the open

Daily-updated staging links, weekly Loom walkthroughs, async status. You always know where things stand.

Optional Care

If you want me on call after launch, a Care retainer covers it monthly. Cancel anytime.

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Audit · $750

Sage Audit — five days of focused eyes

A 5-day strategic audit of your stack, site, or workflow with a prioritized recommendations doc.

5 stages5 business days
Productized tier
Sage Audit$750
Ship · $2,500

Ship — a production marketing site in two weeks

Fixed-scope, fixed-price marketing site build with a clean CMS handoff.

6 stages2 weeks
Productized tier
Ship$2,500
Automate · $3,500

Automate — one AI-native workflow, end to end

A reliable AI workflow with monitoring, fallbacks, and a runbook your team can own.

6 stages2–3 weeks
Productized tier
Automate$3,500
SEO Sprint · $1,500

SEO Sprint — technical SEO foundations, fixed price

Two-week sprint to fix indexing, schema, internal links, and core web vitals.

5 stages2 weeks
Productized tier
SEO Sprint$1,500
Content Engine · $1,500/mo

Content Engine — long-form research-backed content, every week

A monthly content retainer for founder-led businesses that need real publishing cadence.

5 stagesMonth-to-month
Productized tier
Content Engine$1,500
Brand Sprint · $2,500

Brand Sprint — verbal + visual identity in two weeks

A focused brand engagement that produces voice, mark, palette, type, and a usage guide.

6 stages2 weeks
Productized tier
Brand Sprint$2,500
Scale · $1,200/mo

Scale — programmatic SEO + content compound, monthly

A monthly retainer that compounds technical SEO, programmatic pages, and long-form content.

5 stages90-day minimum
Productized tier
Scale$1,200
Build · from $9,500

Build — flagship engagement, site + app + automation under one strategy

A 4–12 week sprint that takes a business from idea to a coherent, AI-native production system.

6 stages4–12 weeks
Productized tier
Buildfrom $9,500
Operate · $2,500/mo

Operate — engineering ownership on retainer

I own one critical surface area — site, app, automation, or platform — month after month.

5 stagesQuarterly minimum
Productized tier
Operate$2,500
App Development · from $6,500

App Development — purpose-built web apps for small teams

A custom app build for small teams: clear spec, working prototype, hardened production, clean handoff. Web-first, with mobile-friendly responsive design.

7 stages4–10 weeks
Productized tier
App Developmentfrom $6,500
Site Care · $300/mo

Site Care — quiet reliability for your marketing site

A monthly retainer that keeps your site fast, secure, fresh, and patched.

5 stagesMonth-to-month, cancel anytime
Care retainer
Site Care$300
Brand Care · $400/mo

Brand Care — keep every surface on-brand

A monthly retainer that applies your brand consistently across decks, one-pagers, and marketing assets.

5 stagesMonth-to-month, cancel anytime
Care retainer
Brand Care$400
Content Care · $800/mo

Content Care — keep publishing, without the chaos

A lighter monthly content retainer for teams that need consistent voice + cadence without a full Engine.

5 stagesMonth-to-month, cancel anytime
Care retainer
Content Care$800
Custom & retainers

Not sure which pipeline fits?

If your project does not slot into a productized tier — bigger scope, hybrid engagement, or ongoing monthly work — we run a custom proposal off a 20-minute intro chat. No pressure, no pitch deck, just an honest fit check.