Founder & Managing DirectorRowan Stainsby
Founder of Headland and the creator behind Income Stream Surfers. Rowan sets the group's direction across search, AI and venture — translating frontier technology into durable growth.
53.2707° N, 9.0568° W
Headland is a marketing and venture group. We build and operate our own growth engines — then deploy the same playbook for the world's most ambitious companies.
Scroll to exploreN 53°The Group
Most agencies sell advice. We sell proof. Headland owns and operates a portfolio of growth businesses — software, media and hospitality — and runs the same playbook for partners who expect to win.
2,000+Projects delivered
4Owned & operated ventures
7+Disciplines under one roof
2015Building & operating since
Trusted by category leaders & the companies building the future
A.Capabilities
Seven disciplines,
one standard.
We do the fundamentals exceptionally well — and a great deal more. Every discipline is staffed by operators who run it for our own ventures first.
Technical, editorial and AI-search SEO that compounds. We engineer the systems that put ambitious brands at the top of the result — and keep them there as search itself changes shape.
Technical SEOAI Search / GEOProgrammaticDigital PR
B.The Portfolio
We don't just advise.
We operate.
Three businesses we own and operate. Each one is a live test bed for the methods we bring to client work.
C.Selected Work
The same playbook,
on the world stage.
01
Semrush
Search · ContentPartnered with one of the largest names in search software to scale editorial output without diluting quality.
02
Anthropic
AI · GrowthWorking at the frontier of applied AI — the same models we deploy across every engagement.
03
Fáilte Ireland
Web · PerformanceDigital work for Ireland's national tourism development authority, reaching audiences across every market.
04
MotorCheck
SEO · ProductSustained organic growth for a category leader in vehicle data and history.
Engagements shown are representative of the group's work across search, paid media, web and applied AI. Detailed case studies available on request.
D.How we work
Four bearings we
never drift from.
Bearing 01
We operate, not just advise.
Every recommendation we make has been tested on our own balance sheet first. We own and run a portfolio of growth businesses — so the playbook is proven before it reaches you.
Bearing 02
AI is a tool, not a pitch.
We have deep, working fluency with frontier models and have built our own AI products on them. We use that leverage quietly, in service of the result — never as a buzzword.
Bearing 03
Design earns trust.
Craft is not decoration. The way a brand looks, moves and reads is the first proof of how it will perform. We hold every surface to that standard.
Bearing 04
Success is the only metric.
We measure ourselves on our partners' outcomes — revenue, rankings, reach — and structure engagements so our incentives sit on the same side of the table as yours.
E.Leadership
The people who
hold the helm.
Founder & Managing Director
Partner & Head of DeliveryHamish Davison
Hamish leads delivery across the group — engineering, operations and the systems that keep high-craft work shipping on time, every time, for clients and ventures alike.
53.2707° N, 9.0568° W
Whether you need a single discipline or a partner to run the whole voyage — start the conversation. We reply to every serious enquiry within a working day.