Local SEO
We find the words your customers really use, including the problems they describe, and build pages that answer them for your city and service area.
Local Business Marketing
Your industry may not be on our list, but your customers behave like everyone else's: they search, compare a few options and contact the one that looks right. If that describes your business, the same methods apply. We learn how your customers choose and build the plan around it.
What local customers are searching for
Where we help you show up
27+ Years
helping local businesses grow
We have marketing plans written for contractors, dentists, restaurants and more, but the list of businesses we work with is longer than any menu. An adult learning center, a boiled peanut company, a DOT physical clinic and a smog check station have all been clients. They share a starting point: someone nearby needs what they offer and reaches for a phone.
Whatever the industry, that person is asking three things. Can I find you? Can I trust you? Is it easy to take the next step? A marketing plan is a set of answers to those questions, adjusted for how your particular customers search and decide. That adjustment is the part that takes experience, and it is where we start.
Most marketing guides are written for restaurants, dentists or contractors. A business outside those boxes has to work out which advice applies and which would waste money.
In a less familiar category, people search for their problem rather than your service. Your marketing has to meet them at the problem.
With fewer direct competitors advertising, there is less to learn from by watching others. Testing and measuring matter more.
Every dollar has to be traceable to a call, a visit or a sale. That requires tracking from the first day, not after the money is spent.
We start with questions about your customers, then choose from the same set of services we use for every industry. Not every business needs all of them.
We find the words your customers really use, including the problems they describe, and build pages that answer them for your city and service area.
For almost any local business, the profile is the first thing a customer sees. We choose the right categories, complete every section, add photos and help you build reviews.
A small, tightly targeted search campaign is often the fastest way to learn which services and searches bring paying customers. We start narrow, measure and expand what works.
Google limits these pay-per-lead ads to a list of service categories. We check whether yours is on it before suggesting them.
A clear, fast website that says what you do, who it is for and how to reach you, built so it can grow as the business does.
Regular posts that show the people and the work behind the business, on the platforms your customers actually use.
The process is the same one we use everywhere, with more listening at the start.
We ask how people find you today, what they ask before buying and who else they consider.
Accurate listings, a complete Business Profile and a website that explains the business clearly come first.
A focused campaign shows which searches and messages bring real inquiries, usually within the first weeks.
Tracking ties calls, forms and visits to their source, so each month's plan is based on evidence.
Websites our team has designed for businesses outside our main industry pages: a DOT physical exam provider, a smog check station and a synthetic turf company.
“In 2020 we switched to digital marketing, and I cannot say enough — I'm number one on Google search. I get a lot of reviews, a lot of good feedback. Fred and Alex always take care of it and maintain my digital marketing.”
Owners of a spa dealership, a pizzeria and an adult learning center are among the clients who share their experience on camera.
Watch their video testimonialsYou get a marketing partner that has done this for a long time and tells you plainly what is working. Here is what clients can count on.
We have been helping businesses get found since 1999, through every change in how customers search.
SEO, Google Business Profile, advertising, web design and social media are planned together, so your budget isn't split between vendors pulling in different directions.
No packages copied from another industry. Your services, service area and goals shape the strategy.
You see what we did, what changed and what comes next, without the jargon.
Your Google Business Profile and advertising accounts stay in your name, with full visibility at all times.
Based in Woodland Hills, California, we work with local businesses across both countries.
Yes. The industries on our Who We Help page are the ones we are asked about most, not a limit. If your customers look for businesses like yours online, we can build a plan. Tell us about the business and we will say honestly whether we are a good fit.
By starting with research instead of assumptions. We look at how your customers search, what your competitors are doing and what has worked for you so far. Then we begin with the foundations every local business needs and test paid campaigns on a small scale before expanding.
Claim and complete your Google Business Profile, make sure your name, address, phone number and hours are right everywhere, and ask satisfied customers for reviews. Those three steps cost little and affect nearly every local search.
It depends on which services you need and how competitive your area is. We recommend starting with the pieces most likely to pay back and adding to the plan as results come in. A free consultation is the quickest way to get a number that fits your situation.
Listing fixes and ads can show an effect within weeks. SEO builds over several months. We report on calls, form submissions and other actions from the start, so you can see progress before rankings fully develop.
We are based in Woodland Hills, California, and work with businesses across the United States and Canada by phone and video.
Let's build a marketing strategy around the customers you want to reach.