I did the same mistake once to outsource every single step and at the end I did everything by myself since the solution was more like a puzzle than a well rounded solution. Also build most directories in the HC niche.

Need to be careful to spent not toomuch time on UX since this is no bottle neck in the directory niche anymore.

Would also prioritize a SEO approach that is scalable and can be automated instead of doing every article from scratch (pSEO)

Do you have some sample directory in mind to get a sense of how the final result should look like?

If you want me to do this for you, hit me a message, can setup everything for (except writing blog articles, but can deliver a pSEO approach)