One fixed fee.
No surprises.
Four packages. Senior people. Work that ships. Pick the one that fits and we'll tell you honestly if it's the right call — or if you need more (or less).
- Fixed monthly fee — invoiced in advance
- No twelve-month lock-in. One month's notice.
- Prices on the website. The price you see is the price you pay.
- Senior client partner on every plan
Four plans.
Pick the shape
that fits.
- Initial growth audit & yearly roadmap
- Monthly reporting — what we did, what's next
- Reactive support during UK office hours
- ~2 blended hours a month
- Bolt-on hours at £125/hr when you need them
- Hosting & rebuilds available, priced separately
- Monthly senior strategy meeting
- Quarterly marketing plan, written plainly
- Every discipline unlocked — SEO, content, email, paid search & social
- CRO, landing pages, brand & creative from one pooled team
- Proactive maintenance, reactive support & monthly reporting
- ~20 blended hours, 2 hrs/mo flex-bank, bolt-ons at £100/hr
- Everything in Fieldstone, with more hours behind it
- Fortnightly strategy meetings
- Fortnightly reporting
- A live marketing plan, refreshed quarterly
- Monthly deep-dive interviews to capture real content
- ~35 blended hours, 4 hrs/mo flex-bank, bolt-ons at £95/hr
- Everything in Cornerstone, fully resourced
- Weekly strategy sessions & always-on planning
- Weekly reporting
- Fortnightly deep-dive content interviews
- Trade & PR — featured where your buyers look
- ~60 blended hours, 8 hrs/mo flex-bank, bolt-ons at £90/hr
The bits that don't
change.
A senior partner, blended hours, and a flex-bank for the weeks that won't behave.
Every plan is built on the same engagement model. You get a senior client partner who owns the relationship, a production team behind them, and one fixed fee that covers the lot.
Hours are blended across disciplines — not allocated to a single channel — so the work that month goes where it earns the most. And a small flex-bank covers the launches, urgent fixes and odd Tuesdays that no retainer fully predicts.
- i.
One senior partner
Writes the plan, sits on the call, makes sure the work happens. Not an account manager learning on your patch.
- ii.
Blended hours
Time moves between strategy, web, SEO, paid and content as the month demands. No "but that's not in scope".
- iii.
Flex-bank
A small allowance of hours that rolls forward up to a cap. For the unexpected, not for invoicing surprises.
- iv.
Plain-English reporting
One monthly note. What we did, what it earned, what's next. No 60-slide deck nobody reads.
A side-by-side,
honestly drawn.
| What's included | Bedrock From £250 / mo | Fieldstone From £1.5k / mo | Cornerstone From £2.5k / mo | Keystone From £4k / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & partnership | ||||
| Strategy meetingStrategic alignment and oversight | — | Monthly | Fortnightly | Weekly |
| Marketing planPlain English roadmap for growth | Initial growth audit & yearly roadmap | Quarterly | Quarterly + live | Always-on |
| ReportingCurrent status — what we did, what's next. Every hour tracked transparently between strategy and tactics. | Monthly | Monthly | Fortnightly | Weekly |
| Channels & performance | ||||
| Reactive supportUK office-hours help via support@ninestones.co.uk. If an urgent fix exceeds your allowance, we borrow from next month — we don't let sites sit broken. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Proactive maintenanceProactive work to keep your site fast, stable and accessible. Driven by our regular backlog discussions. | All skills are unlocked from Fieldstone up. Your hours pool scales across them dynamically — if we push hard on one channel, we'll collaboratively reduce the frequency or pause others to match your immediate goals. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SEO foundations & strategyTechnical structure and search visibility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Content marketing & copywritingArticles and insights written by real experts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Google Ads & paid search (PPC)Capturing high-intent search traffic cost-effectively | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Paid socialTargeted campaigns for pipelines and retail — LinkedIn, Meta, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit and more | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Email marketing & automationCampaigns and sequences that keep you top-of-mind | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Brand, web & creative | ||||
| Deep interviews to capture contentWritten by people who can write | — | — | Monthly | Fortnightly |
| Conversion rate optimisation & landing pagesTurning traffic into inbound leads and sales | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brand strategy & positioningDefining who you are and why a buyer should care | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Creative design & digital assetsAd creative, brochures and visual assets | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trade & PRGetting featured where your buyers actually look | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Engagement | ||||
| Flexible blended hoursAn all-inclusive monthly pot. Strategy calls, backlog planning and execution all share this single pool to keep things beautifully simple. | ~2 hrs | ~20 hrs | ~35 hrs | ~60 hrs |
| Flex-bankHours that roll forward up to a cap so nothing goes to waste | — | 2 hrs / mo | 4 hrs / mo | 8 hrs / mo |
| Extra bolt-on hoursYour locked-in preferential rate for scaling up operations | £125 per hour | £100 per hour | £95 per hour | £90 per hour |
| Notice periodNo twelve-month lock-ins | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |
| Capital projects & infrastructure | ||||
| HostingDefined based on your needs. Priced separately. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Website rebuildsWhen yours is past its useful life. Priced separately. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Fixed, monthly,
visible.
Fixed monthly fee
One number, invoiced on the first. No timesheets, no surprise overages, no creative interpretations of "out of scope".
No long lock-in
Thirty days' notice, either side. We earn the next month every month — that's the entire business model.
Blended team rate
The price reflects the team, not a junior's hourly rate. Strategy, web, SEO, paid and content all sit under one number.
Outside the fee
Media spend, hosting and third-party licences are passed through at cost. We tell you what they are before you commit.
Things people
actually ask.
What if I don't fit a package?
Then you don't. Most of our work is one of the four above; occasionally we shape something bespoke. We'll tell you straight on the call. Not sure you fit at all? Six honest questions will tell you.
Does the fee include media spend?
No. Paid media, hosting and licences run through your accounts at cost. We don't take a percentage of spend — it's a model that quietly punishes good media buying.
Can we start small and grow?
Yes. Most Cornerstone clients started on Fieldstone. You can move up — or back down — with thirty days' notice.
What if we need a full website rebuild?
That sits on Keystone, or runs as a separate project with our group studio. Either way we scope it openly, with a fixed price.
Who actually does the work?
A senior client partner owns the account. Behind them sits a production team of specialists — writers, designers, paid people, developers. No juniors learning on your account.
How long until we see something?
A plan in week two. First work shipping in week three. We don't disappear into a four-month onboarding before anything happens.
Thirty minutes. No pitch deck.
We'll tell you honestly which plan fits — or whether none of them do. If we can't help, we usually know someone who can.
What the thirty minutes covers: what you're trying to grow, what's worked so far and what hasn't, and an honest view on whether we're the right team to own it.