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01// pipelines

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.

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