Siege Media vs. Grow and Convert vs. Rock the Rankings
Choose Siege Media if you want content marketing at enterprise scale with design, interactives, digital PR to 5,000-plus publishers, Reddit, affiliates and research reports from one roof, an ROI estimate at proposal, and a founder who wrote the GEO book. Choose Grow and Convert if you want bottom-funnel content built on its Pain Point SEO method, with conversions tracked page by page in its own tool and a strategist, writer, analyst, technical SEO and designer on your account, from $10,000 a month. Choose Rock the Rankings if your board wants a pipeline number someone will be held to before the spend, published tiers from $5,000 on a monthly plan, and the founder on the account.
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How Siege Media, Grow and Convert and Rock the Rankings compare.
| Criterion | Siege Media | Grow and Convert |  Rock the Rankings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning | drawFull-service GEO agency since 2012. Eight industries. Austin, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. | drawPain Point SEO content agency; SEO and GEO for conversions. B2B and B2C, SaaS and services. | drawAI search as a pipeline channel. B2B SaaS and tech only. 300+ engagements. |
| Forecast and commitment | loseEstimated ROI and suggested spend at proposal. Scenarios and commitment: Not public. | loseConversions tracked per page after launch. Pre-contract forecast and commitment: Not public. | winThree scenarios before signing. The conservative scenario is the commitment. |
| Attribution method | drawTraffic value as the headline metric ($148M across clients). Method: Not public. | drawTraqer AI tracks conversions and assisted conversions per page. Direct reconciliation: Not public. | drawThe Two-Witness Rule: CRM source and buyer's answer, every contact tiered. |
| AI search baseline | drawGEO in every engagement; founder's GEO book; versus-page research. Pre-work baseline: Not public. | drawSEO and GEO service; 400-keyword GEO study. Pre-work baseline: Not public. | drawBaseline across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews before work ships. |
| Channel breadth | winDesign, interactives, digital PR, Reddit, affiliates, research reports, web design. | winPPC service; design and development on the account team; proprietary AI tools. | loseSEO, AI search, content, links, technical. No paid, design, PR or Reddit. |
| Who runs the account | loseSME editors, art directors and content marketing managers QA every asset. Account lead: Not public. | loseStrategist, writer, analytics expert, technical SEO, design and dev per account. Founder: Not public. | winFounder, Justin Berg and a senior strategist. No account managers. |
| Pricing transparency | drawMinimum $8,000 a month; 12-month contract with a 30-day out; unit-based scope. | drawStarting at $10,000 a month. Contract term and notice: Not public. | drawPrices published. Monthly plan, no minimum, 30 days' notice. |
| Link and citation building | drawPassive links from ranking content plus digital PR; DR 40+ typical, DR 50+ in tech. | drawLinks earned through content; volume and DR: Not public. | drawFrom 5 to 8 placements a month at DR 50+, scaled to the forecast. |
| Content production | drawHuman-written, AI-assisted editing; units per month set in the proposal. | drawWriter per account; WaveWriter AI assists; volume: Not public. | drawFrom 5 solution-aware pages a month, scaling to 20 or 30+ with the forecast. |
| Best fit | drawMid-market and enterprise brands wanting content, design and PR at scale across Google and AI. | drawB2B and B2C teams wanting bottom-funnel content measured in conversions, with PPC optional. | drawB2B SaaS and tech wanting a pipeline number before spending, on a monthly plan. |
Comparison methodology
Scored on what Siege Media and Grow and Convert publish on their own sites, checked 14 November 2026. Nothing from sales calls or third parties.
We read Siege Media's content marketing services page, including its FAQ on minimums, contracts, pricing and link quality, and its services navigation, and Grow and Convert's SEO and GEO service page, including its pricing line, team, tools and method, and scored only what those pages say. Rock the Rankings is scored on its published pricing, process and client results pages. Where an agency publishes nothing on a criterion, the cell says Not public.
Win, draw and lose describe the Rock the Rankings column only, scored against whichever competitor is stronger on that row. Win means we commit to more or publish more than both. Lose means at least one of them publishes or ships more. Draw means the approaches differ and the right choice depends on your situation.
We re-score every quarter and whenever any of the three agencies changes its published services, pricing or terms.
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What you pay, what you sign, and how you leave
All three publish a floor. Two publish their terms. One publishes the whole ladder.
Siege Media's minimum for content marketing is $8,000 a month, it asks for a 12-month contract with a 30-day out clause in every contract so you can leave if budgets or strategies change, and it prices in content marketing units based on time, scoped at proposal with an ROI estimate.
Grow and Convert's SEO and GEO service page states "Starting at $10,000 per month"; its contract length and notice period are not published.
Rock the Rankings is $5,000 for Consulting, $8,500 for Done-For-You and $15,000 for Authority a month, with no onboarding fee, on a monthly plan with no minimum term and 30 days' notice. Day 90 is the first forecast review, measured against the conservative scenario you received before signing.
Siege Media
- Published prices: $8,000 minimum; units scoped at proposal
- Contract term: 12 months requested, 30-day out clause
- Exit notice: 30 days
- Onboarding fee: Not public
Grow and Convert
- Published prices: Starting at $10,000 a month
- Contract term: Not public
- Exit notice: Not public
- Onboarding fee: Not public
Rock the Rankings
- Published prices: Yes, three tiers
- Contract term: Monthly, no minimum
- Exit notice: 30 days, any month
- Onboarding fee: None
The honest comparison: Siege Media is the better pick if you want scope priced by time rather than by tier; its 30-day out clause makes the 12-month contract carry little more risk than a monthly plan. Grow and Convert is the better pick if a $10,000 floor matches your budget and you want the terms settled on a call with the team that will run the account.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want the full ladder and the notice period on the page, with an entry point below both. The tradeoff is that we start focused and scale as the forecast proves out, and we do not price by unit.
"Justin and his team have been phenomenal from Day 0, and the consistency in quality and the measurable results they have delivered have been a true transformation to our business. We are extremely happy and we have already recommended them to our friends."
Who commits to the number before you sign
Siege forecasts at proposal. Grow and Convert measures after launch. We commit before the contract.
Siege Media's proposal stage evaluates the ROI it expects and brings a suggested spend, or models a plan to overtake a named competitor, or projects performance within a budget you set; its content strategy prioritises by time to ROI and will not build anything without a clear route to it. Whether the forecast carries scenarios or a committed case is not published.
Grow and Convert's method, Pain Point SEO, prioritises keywords by buying intent and tracks the conversions each page produces after it goes live; it publishes no pre-contract forecast or committed number.
Rock the Rankings builds three scenarios (conservative, realistic, optimistic) from your GA4 and CRM data before any agreement is signed, with capture rate as the only variable. The conservative scenario is the commitment, reviewed at day 90 and quarterly after.
Siege Media
- Pre-contract projection: Yes, estimated ROI at proposal
- Scenarios: Not public
- Commitment: Not public
- Re-forecast cadence: Not public
Grow and Convert
- Pre-contract projection: Not public
- Scenarios: Not public
- Commitment: Not public
- Re-forecast cadence: Per-page conversion tracking after launch
Rock the Rankings
- Pre-contract projection: Yes, on your GA4 and CRM data
- Scenarios: Conservative, realistic, optimistic
- Commitment: The conservative scenario
- Re-forecast cadence: Day 90, then quarterly
The honest comparison: Siege Media is the better pick if you want the forecast framed against a competitor or sized to a budget; three ways to build the number at proposal is more flexible than our one. Grow and Convert is the better pick if you trust conversions measured page by page after the fact more than any projection made before it.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the board wants a demo number someone will be held to before any invoice. The conservative case is what we are measured against at day 90 and quarterly after; it leans on benchmarks only when CRM data is withheld.
How each agency gets you named when buyers ask ChatGPT for your category
Siege works every citation surface. Grow and Convert extends Pain Point SEO to GEO. We baseline five engines and build outward from the pages.
Siege Media calls itself a full-service GEO agency: mixed-media content as a defence against AI summaries, research reports and data journalism that earn mentions, digital PR on the publications LLMs cite, Reddit and affiliates as citation surfaces, and research including a study finding versus pages predict B2B AI traffic; founder Ross Hudgens's Generative Engine Optimization was published by Wiley, and its Mentimeter case reports 250,000 ChatGPT visits.
Grow and Convert sells SEO and GEO together, applies its Pain Point SEO prioritisation to AI answers, and published a 400-keyword study of what AI engines cite; which engines it tracks and whether it baselines before work are not published.
Rock the Rankings baselines across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode and AI Overviews before work ships, then builds in the GEO Stack order: solution-aware pages first, citations second, problem-aware capture last.
Siege Media
- Engines covered: ChatGPT, AI Overviews and LLMs named; full set Not public
- Baseline before work: Not public
- Off-site surfaces worked: Digital PR, Reddit, affiliates
- Day-90 review: Not public
Grow and Convert
- Engines covered: Not public
- Baseline before work: Not public
- Off-site surfaces worked: Not public
- Day-90 review: Per-page conversion tracking
Rock the Rankings
- Engines covered: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews
- Baseline before work: Yes, before any page ships
- Off-site surfaces worked: Citations at DR 50+ by manual outreach
- Day-90 review: Against the conservative scenario
The honest comparison: Siege Media is the better pick if you want PR, Reddit, affiliates and original research all worked as citation surfaces by the team that wrote the book on GEO. Grow and Convert is the better pick if you want the same bottom-funnel prioritisation that drives its SEO applied to AI answers, with its own study behind the choices.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want five engines baselined before anything ships and the result held to a forecast, with off-site citations built in at DR 50+. We start focused and scale as the forecast proves out.
"I have been impressed with Justin and team's knowledge, work ethic and commitment to improving SEO. I have been in the digital space for nearly 20 years across different verticals and Rock the Rankings is the only SEO agency that I have worked with that has made a meaningful impact to the associated business. If I found myself at another company, needing help with SEO, Justin would be my first call"
How each agency proves the demos came from search when the CRM says Direct
Siege reports traffic value. Grow and Convert reports conversions per page. We reconcile each contact against the buyer's own answer.
Siege Media reports results in traffic value, $148M across clients and $557K for Purple, alongside rankings, links and LLM visibility; its attribution method is not published.
Grow and Convert built Traqer AI to track conversions and assisted conversions from each page it publishes, which is the measurement its Pain Point SEO method depends on; how AI-sourced demos that arrive without a referrer are reconciled is not published.
Rock the Rankings applies The Two-Witness Rule on every plan: the CRM source and the buyer's own answer are read together and every contact is tiered confirmed, recovered, probable or dark. On one client funnel, 11 CRM-attributed AI leads sat beside 809 self-reported ones, a 73× gap.
Siege Media
- Dashboard: Analytics in scope
- Attribution model: Not public
- Self-reported source used: Not public
- Revenue reported: Traffic value as the published measure
Grow and Convert
- Dashboard: Traqer AI, per-page
- Attribution model: Conversions and assisted conversions by page
- Self-reported source used: Not public
- Revenue reported: Conversions and leads in cases
Rock the Rankings
- Dashboard: Monthly reconciliation, no live view
- Attribution model: The Two-Witness Rule, contact-level tiers
- Self-reported source used: Yes, read with CRM source
- Revenue reported: QBR opens with the pipeline number
The honest comparison: Siege Media is the better pick if traffic value is a currency your leadership accepts, because it is comparable across campaigns and against paid spend. Grow and Convert is the better pick if you want to know which page produced which conversion, continuously, in a tool built for exactly that question.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the question is why the CRM says Direct when the buyer says ChatGPT, and you want each contact reconciled under a stated rule. Our reconciliation is monthly, by hand, at the contact level rather than the page level.
What else each agency can run for you
Both competitors run work we do not.
Siege Media gives nearly half of its content creation time to design, builds interactives, runs digital PR on 5,000-plus publisher relationships, and sells Reddit marketing, affiliate partnerships, research reports, web design and graphic design across eight industries.
Grow and Convert runs a PPC service beside its content work, puts design and development on every account team, and uses its own Traqer AI and WaveWriter AI tools; it serves B2B and B2C, SaaS and services.
Rock the Rankings runs SEO, AI search, content, links and technical for B2B SaaS and tech only.
Siege Media
- Design and interactives: Core of content creation
- Digital PR, Reddit, affiliates: Named services
- Paid search: Not named
- Research reports: Named service
Grow and Convert
- Design and interactives: Design and dev on the account team
- Digital PR, Reddit, affiliates: Not named
- Paid search: PPC service
- Research reports: Not named; GEO study published
Rock the Rankings
- Design and interactives: Not offered
- Digital PR, Reddit, affiliates: Not offered
- Paid search: Not offered
- Research reports: Not offered
The honest comparison: Siege Media is the better pick if design, PR and research are the engine rather than add-ons, and you operate at enterprise scale or outside B2B SaaS. Grow and Convert is the better pick if you want paid search run beside the content by the same team with the same conversion tracking.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if organic and AI search are the channel you are buying and the rest is already covered. We start focused and scale as the forecast proves out.
"Extremely responsive and analytical. We were impressed with the depth of knowledge brought to every meeting. Justin was great to work with. I highly recommend Rock the Rankings for your GEO/SEO needs."
Who you will actually talk to after the sales call
Siege publishes a review team. Grow and Convert publishes a five-role account team. We publish the founder.
Siege Media describes a review team of SME editors, art directors and content marketing managers QAing every asset, with humans writing and AI used for outlines, editing and research; who leads a given account is not published.
Grow and Convert states that each account gets a strategist, a writer, an analytics expert, a technical SEO specialist, and design and development support; whether the founders are involved in delivery is not published.
Rock the Rankings is founder-led through delivery: Founder, Justin Berg runs strategy on every engagement alongside a senior strategist with B2B SaaS category experience, with no account managers in between and Slack and email with same-day replies.
Siege Media
- Account manager layer: Content marketing managers in the review team
- Founder on delivery: Not public
- Seniority stated: SME editors, art directors, data journalists
- Communication: Not public
Grow and Convert
- Account manager layer: Strategist leads; five roles per account
- Founder on delivery: Not public
- Seniority stated: Named roles; seniority Not public
- Communication: Not public
Rock the Rankings
- Account manager layer: None
- Founder on delivery: Yes, every engagement
- Seniority stated: Founder plus senior strategist
- Communication: Slack and email, same day
The honest comparison: Siege Media is the better pick if every asset passing through subject-matter editors and art direction is the point, as it is for a brand-sensitive enterprise. Grow and Convert is the better pick if you want a full-stack team of five on the account, with a writer dedicated to you rather than drawn from a pool.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if a review-team coordinator or a five-person stack is more layers than you want and the founder on the strategy is what you came for. Output scales to the forecast, not to a roster.
"Our commercial pages were losing organic sessions month over month, and the demand coming from AI assistants was effectively invisible in our CRM. RTR pointed the first batch entirely at bottom-funnel pages. One quarter after launch, organic sessions to that page set were up 9x and demo requests attributed to search and AI had grown 2.3x. They also rebuilt how we read attribution, combining what tracking captures with what buyers tell us on the form. That surfaced roughly 12.5x more search and AI demand than our native classifier was crediting. That's the number our leadership team can actually defend."
Where each competitor wins
When Siege Media or Grow and Convert is the better fit.
When is Siege Media the better fit?
Siege Media is the better fit when you want content marketing at enterprise scale with the creative and distribution to match. Nearly half of creation time goes to design, interactives are standard, data journalists produce research that AI cites, and digital PR runs on 5,000-plus publisher relationships, with Reddit and affiliates as further surfaces. Founder Ross Hudgens wrote Generative Engine Optimization for Wiley, and the agency's research shapes how the field thinks about AI visibility. Its terms are published and fair: an $8,000 minimum, a 12-month contract with a 30-day out, units priced by time, an ROI estimate at proposal. Its cases are specific: 250,000 ChatGPT visits for Mentimeter, $557K in traffic value for Purple. If you operate in e-commerce, fintech, health or travel, or inside a regulated enterprise, Siege is built for you.
If you sell B2B SaaS and want the number before the invoice with the founder on the account, that is the case we are built for.
When is Grow and Convert the better fit?
Grow and Convert is the better fit when you want the content programme judged by conversions, page by page. Its Pain Point SEO method prioritises keywords by buying intent rather than volume, its Traqer AI tracks conversions and assisted conversions from every page it publishes, and its WaveWriter AI supports a writer dedicated to your account alongside a strategist, an analytics expert, a technical SEO specialist and design and development. It applies the same prioritisation to AI answers, backed by its own 400-keyword GEO study, runs PPC beside the content, serves B2B and B2C across SaaS and services, and publishes its starting price at $10,000 a month. For a team that wants bottom-funnel content measured in the metric it is meant to move, this is the method that defined the category.
If you want the conversion number forecast before the contract rather than tracked after it, on a monthly plan, that is the case we are built for.
Recommendation
Choosing between Siege Media, Grow and Convert and Rock the Rankings.
Choose Siege Media if…
- You want design, interactives, digital PR, Reddit, affiliates and research from one team
- You are mid-market or enterprise, or outside B2B SaaS
- You want scope priced by unit with a 30-day out on a 12-month contract
Choose Grow and Convert if…
- You want bottom-funnel content prioritised by buying intent and tracked per page in its own tool
- You want a five-role account team with a dedicated writer, and PPC run beside it
- You are B2B or B2C and $10,000 a month fits
Choose Rock the Rankings if…
- Your board wants a pipeline number someone will be held to before the spend
- You want published tiers from $5,000, no onboarding fee and a monthly plan
- You want the founder on the account and DR 50+ citations inside the price
Head-to-head
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FAQs
Siege Media vs. Grow and Convert vs. Rock the Rankings: common questions.
If yours is not here, bring it to the call. Same unpolished answer either way.
How does pricing compare across Siege Media, Grow and Convert and Rock the Rankings?
+All three publish a floor. Siege Media's minimum is $8,000 a month, priced in units by time on a 12-month contract with a 30-day out clause. Grow and Convert starts at $10,000 a month; its terms are not published. Rock the Rankings publishes its tiers, Consulting $5,000, Done-For-You $8,500 and Authority $15,000, with no onboarding fee, no minimum term and 30 days' notice. Siege and Rock the Rankings publish their terms; only Rock the Rankings publishes the whole ladder.
What happens if it is not working after 90 days with each agency?
+At Rock the Rankings, day 90 is the first forecast review: results are measured against the conservative scenario you received before signing and the plan is adjusted from there, and you can leave in any month with 30 days' notice. At Siege Media every contract includes a 30-day out clause even on the 12-month term, so you can leave on the same notice. Grow and Convert tracks conversions per page continuously; its contract length and notice are not published.
Which of the three gives you a pipeline forecast before you sign?
+Two of the three. Siege Media estimates expected ROI at proposal and suggests a spend, or models against a competitor or a budget; whether it carries scenarios or a committed case is not published. Rock the Rankings builds three scenarios from your GA4 and CRM data before any agreement and commits to the conservative one. Grow and Convert measures conversions page by page after launch rather than forecasting before it. If you want a projection, Siege or us; if you want a committed number, us; if you trust measurement over projection, Grow and Convert.
Which agency is strongest for AI search visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity?
+Siege Media works the most surfaces, from digital PR and Reddit to affiliates and research reports, and its founder wrote the GEO book. Grow and Convert applies its Pain Point SEO prioritisation to AI answers with its own 400-keyword study behind it. Rock the Rankings baselines five engines before any page ships, builds from your own pages outward with DR 50+ citations included, and measures the result against the forecast at day 90. Surface breadth, bottom-funnel prioritisation, or a baselined programme held to a number.
Who actually works on the account at Siege Media, Grow and Convert and Rock the Rankings?
+Siege Media runs every asset through a review team of SME editors, art directors and content marketing managers; who leads the account is not published. Grow and Convert puts a strategist, a writer, an analytics expert, a technical SEO specialist and design and development on each account. At Rock the Rankings, Founder, Justin Berg runs strategy on every engagement with a senior strategist, no account managers, and same-day Slack. A review team, a five-role stack, or the founder.
Which should a Series A to Series C B2B SaaS company shortlist?
+It depends on the constraint. If you want design, PR and research at scale and can plan on a 12-month programme with a 30-day out, Siege Media. If you want bottom-funnel content tracked per page by a dedicated team and $10,000 a month fits, Grow and Convert. If you need a pipeline number before the spend is approved, published tiers from $5,000 and the founder on the account, Rock the Rankings. All three publish a floor; two publish their terms.