Directive Consulting
An independent B2B agency headquartered in Irvine, with a current SEO, content and AI-discovery practice designed to connect organic visibility to pipeline.
Hub Score v2.0
75/100
Strong public profile
Top 10%Established capability across several operating dimensions.
Tied #23 with 10 other companies of 399 listed United States companies.
Entry retainer
Not published
No recurring floor published; confirm current scope
Operating history
0 years
At peer median
Documented breadth
9 services
4 industry categories
Evidence confidence
98% · High
332 comparable industry peers
Website traffic
No public estimate
HypeStat · Checked 26 Aug 2026
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Open HypeStat sourceBuyer decision brief
Where the public evidence points
Directive remains California-qualified through its current Orange County location and its founder's explicit account of launching the agency in Azusa in 2013. The current story now describes a 150-plus-person international agency, resolving the legacy headcount question without relying on old media kits. Its SEO practice is still substantive—technical, content, digital PR, internal linking and revenue reporting—but current pricing is proposal-led, so the old $10,000 floor is removed.
Company-owned listing identifies Irvine headquarters; company history documents a 2013 origin and a 150-plus-person agency
B2B SEO scope includes technical work, content, digital PR, internal linking, analytics and revenue-oriented reporting
First-party SaaS and technology cases publish organic user, conversion, keyword and traffic comparisons
Relative context
How Directive Consulting compares
Compared with 332 United States profiles sharing at least one documented industry.
| Measure | Company | Peer median |
|---|---|---|
| Entry retainer floor | Not published | $1.5k/mo |
| Years operating | 0 | Not published |
| Hub Score v2.0 | 75 | 62 |
| Evidence confidence | 98% | 95% |
Peer comparisons are computed from the current directory dataset, not external market estimates.
Documented services
Linked capabilities are included only when documented in the company research record.
Documented industries
Industry inclusion signals public experience, not exclusive specialisation.
Verified profile evidence
Products and operating claims
California origin in 2013
The founder's current company story says Directive began in an apartment in Azusa, California in 2013 and grew from local SEO into an international B2B agency.
Directive company story
Irvine headquarters
Location rechecked 7 September 2026: the company-owned LinkedIn page identifies Irvine headquarters at 5201 California Avenue, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92617. The main site uses the broader Orange County label. Office occupancy was not independently inspected; other profile evidence retains its existing review date.
Company-owned LinkedIn listing
More than 150 people
The current company story describes Directive as a 150-plus-person agency operating across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Directive company story
Custom partnership pricing
Current service pages route buyers to a partnership discussion and publish market-wide enterprise SEO guidance rather than Directive package prices, so no comparable agency floor is recorded.
Directive SEO services
Full-funnel B2B SEO
The current SEO offer covers technical audits, on-page and off-page work, content, keyword research, internal linking, digital PR and analytics tied to qualified pipeline.
Directive SEO services
Search and AI discovery measurement
Current content services include SEO, GEO, AEO and LLM visibility, supported by the Stratos reporting platform and first-party attribution.
Directive content services
First-party case evidence
Published client outcomes
TokenEx
282% quarter-over-quarter organic-traffic growth and 500% higher conversion rate from one article
Company-published discoverability case combining content marketing with search-focused keyword and topic expansion.
Open sourceVyond
46% increase in organic conversions
Company-published case PDF and current SEO-page testimonial; the public material should be checked for exact period and absolute conversion baseline.
Open sourceLakeside Software
105% year-over-year increase in organic new users
Company-published content and SEO case PDF; the result predates the current service architecture and should be treated as historical evidence.
Open sourceTransparent scoring
Why Hub Score v2.0 is 75
Operating resilience
3/153 points under 3 years; 6 at 3-5; 9 at 6-10; 11 at 11-15; 13 at 16-20; 15 at 21+ years.
Delivery capability
25/25A monotonic diminishing-return curve: 1 service = 6, 2 = 10, 3 = 14, 4 = 17, 5 = 20, 6 = 22, 7+ = 25.
Sector evidence
25/25Industry coverage contributes 10, 14, 16 or 18 points; 1, 2 or 3+ source-linked case studies add 3, 5 or 7 points.
Commercial clarity
9/204 for a live site + 6 for a disclosed entry floor + 5 for a stated pricing model + 5 for a specific best-fit client statement.
Delivery capacity
13/15Team bands map monotonically: 10-20 = 5, 20-50 = 8, 50-150 = 11, 150-250 = 13, 250-500 or 500+ = 15.
The five capability factors total exactly 100. Evidence Confidence is calculated and displayed separately. See sources, guardrails and formulas →
Questions for the sales call
- Confirm which division and named specialists will own technical SEO, content, digital PR and pipeline attribution for the account.
- Obtain a current proposal stating monthly fees, minimum term, content volume, implementation responsibilities and Stratos access or export rights.
- Request a recent comparable case with CRM, Search Console and analytics evidence showing absolute pipeline and revenue baselines.
What this profile does not prove
- Directive publishes broad market guidance for enterprise SEO costs, not a fixed price for its own engagements.
- Two selected cases are older PDFs retained on the current domain; buyers should request newer client-specific organic evidence.
- Pipeline and revenue attribution are central company claims, but public cases do not always expose the full CRM model or counterfactual.