Mālama Online Marketing
A three-person Kailua-Kona SEO, paid-search and WordPress team publishing local SEO from $550 per month and full end-to-end SEO from $1,100 per month plus setup.
Hub Score v2.0
73/100
Developing public profile
Top 10%A narrower capability profile; compare buyer fit and Evidence Confidence.
Tied #35 with 21 other companies of 399 listed United States companies.
Entry retainer
$550/mo
63% below peer median; confirm current scope
Operating history
Not published
Founding year not published
Documented breadth
8 services
6 industry categories
Evidence confidence
98% · High
374 comparable industry peers
Website traffic
No public estimate
HypeStat · Checked 26 Aug 2026
Traffic context: No defensible current public traffic estimate was recorded for this domain; this field is display-only and does not affect Hub Score. Traffic is display-only and does not affect Hub Score.
Open HypeStat sourceBuyer decision brief
Where the public evidence points
Mālama qualifies through a Kailua-Kona operating address, three named specialists, itemized current monthly plans and detailed Hawaii cases. The site does not publish a clear legal founding year, so tenure remains unscored despite team experience and a client relationship dating to 2015. Its $550 local plan is the only exact comparable recurring floor in the Hawaii shortlist; the required $1,495 setup is disclosed separately.
Current about and contact pages identify three specialists and a Kailua-Kona operating base
Exact local and full-service monthly floors, setup fees and deliverables are publicly itemized
Current cases connect search work to bookings, conversion rate, organic discovery and online-sales independence
Relative context
How Mālama Online Marketing compares
Compared with 374 United States profiles sharing at least one documented industry.
| Measure | Company | Peer median |
|---|---|---|
| Entry retainer floor | $550/mo | $1.5k/mo |
| Years operating | Not published | Not published |
| Hub Score v2.0 | 73 | 60 |
| 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
Founding year not published
Current pages describe long experience and client relationships but do not give a clear Mālama Online Marketing founding year, so the directory does not infer one.
Mālama about
Kailua-Kona operating base
The current contact page publishes PO Box 5059, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745 and a local 808 phone number.
Mālama contact
Three named specialists
The current about page names Aaron Brown, Tara Brown and Ciaran Paterson across SEO, SEM, development, operations, business development and analysis.
Mālama team
Full and local monthly SEO
Current plans cover technical and on-page work, content, authority, local profiles, citations, reviews, local links, reporting and consultation, plus separate SEM and WordPress services.
Mālama SEO services
Revenue-focused reporting
Current service material says reporting focuses on leads, conversions and growth rather than rankings alone and itemizes monthly deliverables.
Mālama SEO plans
Local SEO from $550 per month
The current shop and service page publish Local SEO at $550 monthly plus a $1,495 setup; full end-to-end SEO starts at $1,100 monthly plus $2,495 setup.
Mālama shop
First-party case evidence
Published client outcomes
Kona adventure company
190% year-over-year increase in bookings after an earlier 66% decline
Company-published anonymized Hawaii case using technical cleanup and high-intent local targeting; the agency reports more than 30 high-value December bookings.
Open sourceKona luxury boutique
22 service terms reached the top ten, with a 22.6% conversion rate and 500% more Yelp referral traffic
Company-published anonymized 30-day local SEO sprint correcting an old-island address and launching a high-margin service page.
Open sourceDa Vine Foods
41-fold increase in organic discovery and nine-fold increase in ranking keyword coverage
Company-published ten-year ecommerce relationship that moved the Hawaii brand from zero online sales to a steady storefront and secured 17 top-three terms.
Open sourceTransparent scoring
Why Hub Score v2.0 is 73
Operating resilience
0/153 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
20/204 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
3/15Team 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 of the three named specialists handles each workstream and whether any writing, links, development or paid media is subcontracted.
- Request Search Console, analytics, booking and sales exports for a comparable case with absolute counts and exact comparison periods.
- Confirm the setup fee, six-week trial language, monthly outputs, content and link quantities, cancellation terms and asset ownership.
What this profile does not prove
- No explicit company founding year is published, so tenure receives no Hub Score points.
- The $550 entry plan also requires a $1,495 setup fee; buyers comparing first-year spend should include both.
- Two cases anonymize the client and all outcomes are company-authored; the Da Vine result reflects a decade of combined SEO and ecommerce work.