XALA Studio — Tijuana

El cronograma sin filtro / The unfiltered timeline

Every agency promises 30 days. Industry data says they ship in 8 to 14 weeks. We do neither. We tell you the truth, then beat it.

Based on benchmarks from JKC, Sleepless Media, Sharp Guys, Olymaris, Broworks, Bluehost, and solo-operator data from Pieter Levels and Marc Lou. Adjusted for the one constraint that matters: this is a one-person studio, not a 12-person agency.

Two tiers. Two honest promises.

Toggle between aggressive, realistic, and comfortable timelines. Default is realistic — what we put on the contract.
Site build
GEO foundations
Citation ramp (results)
Standard
The standard site
$10,000 setup · $3,500/mo · 30–50 pages · ES-MX + EN-US
Public promise: —
W1W4W8W12W20W24
Calendar weeks
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Solo hours
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Studio
The full system
$20,000+ · $6,000–$8,000/mo · multi-tenant · full GEO pipeline
Public promise: —
W1W4W8W12W20W24
Calendar weeks
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Solo hours
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What happens each week — Standard, realistic.

Click any row to expand. Hours are solo-operator estimates including AI-assisted build acceleration.
Two 90-minute stakeholder sessions (operator, marketing, sales). JTBD interviews with 2–3 current customers. Sitemap v1 in ES-MX, parallel EN-US scaffold. Content brief delivered to client by Friday — client must return raw copy by end of Week 2 or we slip.
  • Deliverable: discovery doc + sitemap.md + content brief.
  • Risk: client doesn't schedule the kickoff in week 1.
Design tokens (color, type, spacing, motion). Component library v1 (header, footer, hero, card, table, form, CTA). High-fi mockups for home, one product page, contact. Client review session at end of week.
  • Deliverable: Figma file + design.md tokens + 3 page comps.
  • Risk: client comes back with brand-direction change after seeing mockups.
Next.js 16 App Router project. i18n routing (es-mx default, en-us alternate). Sanity schemas for pages, posts, authors, FAQ. Drizzle schema if dashboards needed. Clerk auth wired if applicable. Vercel preview deploy live by Friday.
  • Deliverable: staging.xala.studio reachable with 3 pages rendered.
  • Risk: low — this is mostly Omar-controlled execution time.
Client copy lands. ES-MX is canonical, EN-US is a localized adaptation (not literal translation — cultural localization). First 15 pages built with copy in place. This is the single highest-risk week — translation turnaround is industry-cited at 7–15 business days.
  • Deliverable: 15 of ~40 pages live on staging in both languages.
  • Risk: client copy late, translation revisions, voice mismatch.
Remaining pages built. Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQPage, Article, BreadcrumbList schema implemented across applicable pages. llms.txt created with brand canonical claims. robots.txt allows GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.
  • Deliverable: 30+ pages live, schema validated, llms.txt published.
  • Risk: low — schema is well-documented engineering work.
First full client walkthrough on staging. Capture revision tickets in one batch (not drip-fed). Address copy fixes, layout nits, image swaps. Client signs off on copy by end of week.
  • Deliverable: revision punch-list closed.
  • Risk: revisions exceed scope — > 30 tickets triggers change order.
Round 2 should be small. Lighthouse 95+ on all key pages. WCAG 2.2 AA audit (keyboard nav, contrast, alt text, ARIA, focus visible). Cross-browser on Safari, Chrome, Firefox. iOS Safari + Android Chrome physical-device pass.
  • Deliverable: a11y report, Lighthouse report, browser matrix.
  • Risk: low — these are deterministic checks.
DNS cutover. Resend domain verified. Inngest jobs running. Analytics + uptime monitoring + error tracking live. Client handoff doc. Day-1 site live in both languages with all schema validated.
  • Deliverable: production launch + handoff packet.
  • Risk: low — Vercel production deploy is well-rehearsed.
Per-page GEO rewrites (~2–3h/page, declarative answer-first). FAQ schema on every applicable page. Wikidata item created with third-party citations. LinkedIn company page tuned. Google Business Profile claimed + optimized. Crunchbase entry. Profound or Peec.ai monitoring workspace live with 25+ tracked prompts.
  • Deliverable: monitoring dashboard + entity map + 15 pages GEO-rewritten.
  • Risk: Wikidata notability requires existing third-party citations — slow.
Industry-cited 80–120 hours for a credible first research piece, normally spread across 3–4 people; solo means we sit at the 12-week end. Survey design, AMPIP/CANACINTRA distribution, fielding, analysis, writeup, design, launch with outreach. This is what drives AI citations — not schema alone.
  • Deliverable: published research report + 3–5 derivative pieces.
  • Risk: response rate, sample size, distribution partners — all external.

The math of an honest promise.

Two paths to the same launch date. The brand cost gap between them is the entire reason we built this timeline page.
Scenario A — overpromise

Promised 30 days. Delivered 45.

Day 30 Client expects launch. Doesn't get it. First trust dip.
Day 35 "We're a few days behind." Second trust dip. Refund question raised.
Day 45 Launch lands. Client is relieved, not delighted.
Day 60 Retainer renewal conversation starts cold. Referral story is "they were late."
Net brand impact
−1.0 — story becomes "they slipped"
Scenario B — underpromise

Promised 60 days. Delivered 45.

Day 30 Mid-build review. Client sees real progress. Trust building.
Day 45 Launch lands 15 days early. Client tells their network.
Day 60 Retainer kicks in with momentum. GEO Phase 2 starts hot.
Day 90 Referral story is "they shipped early and the site is great."
Net brand impact
+1.5 — story becomes "they overdelivered"
3×
The brand cost of slipping an aggressive promise is roughly three times the brand reward of hitting it. Prospect-theory loss aversion shows up cleanly in B2B services trust. Source: Planview, Core dna, Boss Responses.

What goes on the XALA site.

Three promises, three internal targets, three contract caps. Internal target < public promise < contract cap. Every project.
Tier Public promise (on website) Internal target Contract hard cap How we win the trust
Standard Live in 10 weeks 8 weeks 12 weeks Bilingual launch, schema, llms.txt. Aggressive +$1,500 add-on compresses to 8 weeks for content-ready clients. Original research piece ships in month 3 of GEO retainer.
Studio Live in 14–16 weeks 12 weeks 20 weeks Multi-tenant, custom dashboards, dedicated quarterly research. Honest enterprise pacing.
GEO Phase 2 Foundations in 90 days · citations in months 4–6 60 days foundations 120 days foundations Industry-honest. ChatGPT/Perplexity training data updates 90–180 days after content lands.

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