Zero click searches are growing exponentially with 58% google searches showing AI Overviews.
However, startups and mid-market firms face classic marketing hurdles: small teams, limited expertise, and costly agencies.
Paid ads burn $30K+/month without tangible improvement in traffic.
With most agencies, execution is slow, content is generic, and traffic is weak.
Startups need AI-driven SEO to grow traffic with foundational SEO and win the AI search war.
MarketEngine quickly created a plan to build foundational SEO, setting us up to naturally benefit from AI citations along the way.
Samir Penkar, Co-founder, Simulation Powered Learning
| Benefits | MarketEngine | SEO agency for startups |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword and Competitive Research | Comprehensive keyword and competitive analysis by AI agents instead of leaving it for human errors | Painfully slow execution that takes months and quarters to see impact |
| Topical authority | On-message content clusters created in minutes | Generic, isolated pages that takes forever to publish |
| Content Quality | Humanized content tailored to your startup and built for conversion | Generic, robotic and uninspiring content that rarely converts |
| Cost | Up to 75% lower than agencies | High retainers and cumulative cost of multiple agencies |
| SEO Optimization | Reliable SEO optimization performed by AI agents instead of leaving it for human errors | Inconsistent and often poor on-page SEO does not help the content to rank high |
| Speed of Results | 10x faster execution with measurable results in 4–8 weeks | Painfully slow execution that takes months and quarters to see impact |
| Type of content | Tailored content based on a company’s unique differentiators and value proposition | Usually generic, robotic and uninspiring |
Faster organic traffiic
Results in weeks instead of quarters
Lower cost compared to a typical SEO agency for startups

Compelling content that drives traffic and conversion

Content ready for not just SEO but for AI Citations
We first heard about AI SEO and were curious about how it might affect us. MarketEngine was proactive in educating us on the changes happening with Google search. They quickly created a plan to build foundational SEO, setting us up to naturally benefit from AI citations along the way. I would strongly recommend MarketEngine.
SAMIR PENKAR
Co-founder, SPL

SEO is crucial because it is your most powerful growth engine. Instead of burning through cash on ads that disappear the moment your budget does with near zero results, a strong SEO strategy keeps working for you long after the initial effort. It helps you get organic traffic, all without paying for every single click
Unlike big brands with deep pockets, startups don’t have the luxury of massive marketing budgets. Every dollar has to work harder. Leveraging on affordable, strategic SEO SEO strategy helps them build a credible online presence and generate quality leads all without draining precious resources.
Yes! With the right AI-platform, you can achieve better than agency-level SEO, local search visibility, and lead generation, without hiring an SEO agency for your startup.
Most startups notice measurable improvements in traffic, leads, and conversions within 3–6 weeks.
Not at all. MarketEngine will do the heavy loading and you or your team will only need to review the content created by our platform once every week for 1 to 2 hours.