The process starts with a free audit and a short fit conversation, not a contract on the first message. Send a description of your business and what’s not working — a Google Ads account that isn’t performing, a site that isn’t ranking, a marketing funnel that’s leaking leads — via the contact form or WhatsApp. From there, a free audit gets done on the relevant part of your marketing, followed by a call to confirm it’s a genuine fit on both sides. Only after that does a written scope and price get proposed, which you can accept, decline, or negotiate before anything is signed. This is deliberately slower than a same-day sales close, because a scope built without a real audit first tends to be wrong.

Expect a response within 24-48 hours, not an automated reply followed by silence. The first real step is the free audit — a genuine review of whatever part of your marketing is most relevant to your enquiry, whether that’s a Google Ads account, an SEO setup, or a broader funnel. That’s followed by a short call to walk through the findings and confirm fit — is the scope realistic, is the budget aligned, does the timeline make sense for both sides. If it’s a fit, a written proposal follows with the engagement type and price spelled out. If it’s not a fit, that gets said directly rather than strung along, and the audit findings are still yours to use either way.

Yes — freelance, hourly, and project-based engagements are a normal way to work together here, not an afterthought next to a retainer push. A freelance AI marketing consultant engagement in Delhi NCR typically looks like a paid strategy session, a scoped audit-and-fix project, or a defined number of advisory hours, billed against what’s actually agreed rather than an open-ended clock. This tends to suit businesses that already have some in-house marketing capability and need targeted expert input on a specific problem, rather than businesses that need their entire marketing function run externally. If ongoing management would genuinely help more than occasional input, that gets raised as an option during the work — never assumed or pushed.

There’s no single number, because a free audit, a one-time SEO fix, and an ongoing multi-channel retainer are genuinely different in scope and cost — publishing one price would misrepresent most engagements. What’s consistent is the process: the free audit clarifies what’s actually needed, a written scope and price get proposed based on that specific need, and tool subscription costs like Semrush access are kept separate and visible rather than hidden inside a package price. If a smaller engagement — a one-time project or freelance hours — fits the budget better than a retainer, that gets recommended honestly rather than upsold past what’s needed.

If you’re mid-contract with another agency, that’s worth factoring in before starting anything new — running two people on the same ad account or SEO strategy simultaneously usually creates confusion, not better results. For businesses transitioning away from an existing agency, the audit and onboarding process is built to happen after that relationship has actually ended or during an agreed handover window, not in parallel with it. Where an engagement runs alongside work you’re already doing in-house, changes to live campaigns or content get made gradually and tested on a smaller slice first, rather than overhauling everything on day one — the same caution applies to any live, already-performing marketing regardless of who was running it before.

The free audit typically happens within a few days of first reaching out, and the fit call usually follows within the week. Once a scope and price are agreed, onboarding — account access, baseline documentation — usually takes another few days to a week depending on how many systems or accounts are involved. For a one-time project or freelance engagement, actual work can often begin within one to two weeks of first contact. For a full retainer involving multiple channels, three to four weeks from first message to fully onboarded is a more realistic expectation, mainly because a rushed onboarding tends to cause avoidable mistakes later.

Yes — every engagement, whether freelance hours, a one-time project, or an ongoing retainer, gets a written scope covering deliverables, timeline, and price before work begins, not a verbal agreement. Payment terms vary by engagement type: project work is typically structured around milestones rather than 100% upfront, and retainers are billed on a recurring monthly basis. Specific terms get confirmed during the proposal stage, since a one-week freelance project and a twelve-month retainer reasonably call for different payment structures. Nothing here is designed to lock you into a long commitment before you’ve seen real work product.

No. Anyone guaranteeing a specific ranking, ROAS, or revenue number before even seeing your account or site is making a promise they can’t actually control — search algorithms, ad auctions, and your own site’s conversion rate all affect the outcome. What gets committed to instead is the process: a documented baseline before changes start, honest reporting on what’s moving and what isn’t, and a direct conversation if something isn’t working rather than quietly carrying it forward. If a particular approach isn’t showing results after a reasonable period, that becomes a signal to change the approach, not something glossed over in the next report.

The same stack referenced across every service on this site: Claude for long-form content and brand-voice consistency, ChatGPT for fast drafts and brainstorming, Perplexity for current market and competitor research, Semrush for real keyword and competitor data, and Google Gemini for Workspace-integrated reporting where relevant. None of these tools make strategic decisions or publish anything unsupervised — they accelerate research and production, while scope, budget, and judgment calls stay entirely manual, reviewed personally before anything reaches a live campaign or your site.

The fastest path is either the contact form or a direct WhatsApp message — both go straight to Amit, not a shared inbox or an account handler. A short description of your business and what’s not working right now is enough to get the free audit started; there’s no intake form to fill out first. If WhatsApp is easier for a quick back-and-forth before committing to anything formal, that’s genuinely fine — pick whichever feels lower-friction, since the goal at this stage is just starting the conversation, not filling out paperwork.