01
The Brief
Understanding before answering.
Stakeholders, audiences, competitors and analytics — a deep listen that becomes a positioning brief every later decision answers to.
SEO · Dubai
Search rankings built to compound, not spike.
Technical, on-page and content SEO — built around what people actually search for, not a keyword list nobody converts on.
DAO Marketing provides SEO for brands across Dubai and the UAE — technical audits, on-page optimisation, content strategy and local search. Every engagement starts with a clear read on where you actually rank today and what's realistically winnable, not a generic keyword report.
Deliverables
Technical audit, on-page SEO, content strategy, link building, local SEO
Approach
Intent-mapped keyword research, not vanity-metric chasing
Timeline
Technical fixes in week 1–2, rankings compound over 3–6 months
Investment
AED 6,000 – 20,000 / month
What's included
Four disciplines, one search strategy.
Technical SEO
Site speed, crawlability, structured data and the unglamorous fixes that decide whether Google can even read the site properly.
On-page SEO
Titles, headings and content mapped to what buyers actually type, not what sounds good in a meeting.
Content & authority
Content built to rank and to get cited — by search engines and, increasingly, by AI answer engines too.
Local SEO
Google Business Profile, citations and reviews, so the map pack shows you for searches near your address, not just organic results.
How we work
04 Phases
From brief to lift-off.
Four overlapping phases — discovery flows into design, design into build, and build into the work that lifts the number. No silos, no relay-race handoffs.
02
The Craft
Strategy, brand and product in lockstep.
Identity, narrative and interface designed in parallel — one team, one direction, no handoffs that lose the thread.
03
The Build
Engineering that holds up at scale.
Next.js, Shopify, headless commerce and bespoke stacks — production-ready code, content models that flex, infrastructure that ships.
04
The Lift
Launch, measure, then move the number.
Launch is the start of the work. Conversion testing, paid media, lifecycle and SEO compound the line that matters.
Selected work · Dubai
Latest cases
Sama Al Tariq
Concept Interiors
FAQ
Common questions
Ongoing SEO retainers typically run AED 6,000–20,000 a month depending on competitiveness and how much content/link work is involved. A one-off technical audit can be scoped separately if you just need a starting diagnosis.
Technical fixes (speed, crawlability, structured data) usually ship in the first two weeks. Ranking movement on competitive terms compounds over 3–6 months — anyone promising overnight rankings is not doing real SEO.
A full technical crawl, on-page review, backlink profile check, competitor gap analysis and a prioritised roadmap of what to fix first, ranked by impact.
Yes — Google Business Profile optimisation, local citations and review strategy, so you show up in the map pack for 'near me'-style searches, not just organic results.
They do different jobs. Paid ads buy visibility today; SEO compounds and keeps paying you back after you stop paying for the click. Most brands need both — we'll tell you honestly if one isn't worth it yet.
Testimonials
Their words, not ours.
DAO Marketing Management understands our brand DNA and turns it into authentic, premium storytelling.
Leontine
The team turns complex briefings into creative, customer-focused solutions every time.
Jurgen
Thanks to their work we have a site that reflects exactly where our company is headed.
Robbert
DAO Marketing Management understands our brand DNA and turns it into authentic, premium storytelling.
Leontine
The team turns complex briefings into creative, customer-focused solutions every time.
Jurgen
Thanks to their work we have a site that reflects exactly where our company is headed.
Robbert
DAO Marketing Management understands our brand DNA and turns it into authentic, premium storytelling.
Leontine
The team turns complex briefings into creative, customer-focused solutions every time.
Jurgen
Thanks to their work we have a site that reflects exactly where our company is headed.
Robbert
DAO Marketing Management understands our brand DNA and turns it into authentic, premium storytelling.
Leontine
The team turns complex briefings into creative, customer-focused solutions every time.
Jurgen
Thanks to their work we have a site that reflects exactly where our company is headed.
Robbert
Solution-oriented, exactly what you want as a client — a genuinely great collaboration.
Bert
Compliments on the redesign — only positive feedback, and it converts far better.
Rick
Creative, energetic and bold. They connected our goals to the right audiences.
Jenno
Solution-oriented, exactly what you want as a client — a genuinely great collaboration.
Bert
Compliments on the redesign — only positive feedback, and it converts far better.
Rick
Creative, energetic and bold. They connected our goals to the right audiences.
Jenno
Solution-oriented, exactly what you want as a client — a genuinely great collaboration.
Bert
Compliments on the redesign — only positive feedback, and it converts far better.
Rick
Creative, energetic and bold. They connected our goals to the right audiences.
Jenno
Solution-oriented, exactly what you want as a client — a genuinely great collaboration.
Bert
Compliments on the redesign — only positive feedback, and it converts far better.
Rick
Creative, energetic and bold. They connected our goals to the right audiences.
Jenno