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Local SEO
Local SEO that gets small and regional businesses found in Maps, organic, and AI answers. Google Business Profile, citations, reviews, on-page, and links.
Plans and Pricing
Local SEO Plans
Published prices, because you should be able to tell whether this fits before you spend twenty minutes on a call finding out.
Starter
$467.50/mo
One keyword topic, done thoroughly. For a business that needs to exist in local search before it can compete in it.
- 1 keyword topic
- 5 target keywords
- 25 tracked
Value + AEO
$780/mo
Two keyword topics instead of one. For a local business ready to compete on more than a single term without stretching the budget.
- 2 keyword topics
- 10 target keywords
- 50 tracked
Silver + AEO
$1,090/mo
Our most popular plan. Three keyword topics with advanced Google Business Profile and organic work. For a business that wants to win its city, not just show up in it.
- 3 keyword topics
- 15 target keywords
- 75 tracked
Gold + AEO
$1,435/mo
Four keyword topics and a quarterly deep-dive audit. For a business pushing into a midsize city or across a region.
- 4 keyword topics
- 20 target keywords
- 100 tracked
- Quarterly audits
Platinum + AEO
$1,715/mo
Our most competitive plan. Six keyword topics and a performance audit every two months. For an ambitious business going after a large metro or an entire state.
- 6 keyword topics
- 30 target keywords
- 150 tracked
- Bi-monthly audits
How It Runs
How AdsTalent Runs Local SEO
AdsTalent runs local SEO in four phases: audit, foundation, growth, and defense. Every engagement moves through all four, though the time spent in each depends on what already exists.
Audit
weeks one and two
We pull a full baseline before touching anything.
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That includes a Google Business Profile audit against the current guidelines, a citation audit across the sources Google actually reads (data aggregators, primary directories, vertical-specific sources), a technical site audit in Screaming Frog and PageSpeed Insights, a schema audit, a competitor rank analysis in the target grid using local grid tracking, a backlink profile check in Ahrefs, and a review audit across Google, the relevant vertical platform (Healthgrades, Avvo, Yelp, TripAdvisor, whatever fits), and Facebook. We also review the client's existing analytics setup and call tracking, because measurement is often broken before we get there. The deliverable is a written audit with a prioritized fix list and a ninety-day roadmap.
Foundation
weeks two through six
This is the cleanup phase. We fix or claim the Google Business Profile, correct categories and services, add real photos, and lock the NAP.
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We push consistent NAP data through the primary aggregators (Data Axle, Foursquare, Localeze, and the direct sources for the top ten to fifteen citations in the vertical). We deploy schema markup: LocalBusiness or the more specific type, Service, FAQ, and Review where appropriate. We fix crawl and indexation issues, improve Core Web Vitals if they are failing, and rebuild or write service and location pages that pass a straight-face test as content a customer would read. We install call tracking with dynamic number insertion so we can attribute calls back to the channel and page.
Growth
months two through nine
This is where rankings move.
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Work in this phase includes ongoing Google Business Profile posts and product updates, review generation through an automated ask-at-the-right-moment flow tied to the client's CRM or POS, content added to service pages based on the questions we see in Search Console and in AI answer engines, internal linking passes as new content is added, and local link building from real sources: chambers, business associations, suppliers, local news, sponsorships, and scholarships where they fit. We run monthly local rank tracking in a geo-grid so we can see radius-level movement, not just a single city-level number.
Defense
month nine forward
Once rankings are established, the work shifts to holding them and expanding to adjacent services or neighborhoods.
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That means monitoring for Google Business Profile suspensions and edits, watching competitor moves, refreshing content that has started to slip, keeping review velocity steady, and adding new service or location pages when the data supports it.
Cadence is a weekly working session with the account lead, a monthly report tied to calls and form fills rather than vanity rankings, and a quarterly strategy review where we adjust the roadmap based on what actually moved the needle. Tools include Google Business Profile Manager, Search Console, GA4, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Local Falcon for grid tracking, CallRail or a similar call tracker, and BrightLocal for citation management.
What Local SEO Actually Is
Local SEO is the work of getting a business found by people searching in the geographic area it actually serves. That means ranking in the Google Maps pack, in the organic results below it, and increasingly in the AI answer boxes that pull from those same sources. The output is qualified phone calls, direction requests, form fills, and walk-ins from people who are close enough to become customers.
Local SEO is not general SEO with a city name dropped into a title tag. It is not a monthly citation blast to 200 low-quality directories. It is not a set of blog posts about your industry. Those tactics either do nothing or actively hurt rankings by creating duplicate listings, thin content, and spammy backlink profiles that Google discounts or penalizes.
The real work is a mix of three things that have to move together. First, the Google Business Profile itself: category selection, service list, service area, hours, photos, products, Q&A, and the ongoing signal of reviews and posts. Second, the website: location and service pages that a human would actually want to read, technical health, schema markup, internal linking, and site speed. Third, off-site signals: consistent NAP data (name, address, phone) across the citations that Google actually reads, review volume and velocity on the platforms that matter for the vertical, and links from legitimate local sources like chambers, news sites, suppliers, and associations.
Tangible outputs include a cleaned and optimized Google Business Profile, a locked NAP across the top citation sources, a review generation system that runs on its own, a set of location or service-area pages that rank, a schema and technical fix list applied to the site, and a monthly report that ties movement in rankings to movement in calls and form fills. Nothing on that list is theoretical. Every item shows up either on the client's site, in their inbox, or in their phone log.
Who Needs Local SEO
Local SEO is worth paying for when the buyer has a geographic constraint on their purchase. If your customer has to physically show up, or has to hire someone who will physically show up, or strongly prefers a provider in the same metro, you are a local SEO business. If your customer can be anywhere in the country, you are not.
The clearest fits are service trades where a job requires a truck: HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, pest control, garage doors, tree service, restoration, and locksmiths. Emergency demand is high, decisions are made in minutes, and the Maps pack is often the entire buying interface. A single ranking improvement can be worth thousands of dollars a month in booked jobs.
Health and personal services are the next tier: dental practices, medspas, chiropractors, veterinary clinics, dermatologists, orthodontists, physical therapy, and family medicine. Patients search by proximity and reviews. Insurance networks narrow the field further, so ranking well in a small radius matters more than ranking loosely across a state.
Professional services with a local buyer include law firms handling personal injury, family, criminal, and estate work, along with CPAs, financial advisors, insurance agents, and real estate agents. These are high-value transactions where trust signals, reviews, and named practitioners on the site do most of the persuasion work.
Retail and hospitality benefit when discovery is the bottleneck: restaurants, cafes, boutique retail, gyms, salons, auto repair shops, and specialty stores. Menu items, photos, and reviews often carry more weight than written content.
Local SEO is a poor fit for pure ecommerce brands that ship nationally, SaaS companies with a remote sales motion, and B2B suppliers whose buyers do not search geographically. Those companies need a different playbook. It is also a weak fit for very new businesses in saturated metros with no reviews, no history, and no budget for the twelve to eighteen months of consistent work it takes to catch established competitors. Honest fit is part of the conversation before contracts get signed.
What Results Look Like
A local SEO engagement for an established single-location service business (HVAC, dental, law, and similar) typically produces measurable ranking movement in the Google Maps pack within sixty to ninety days, with a meaningful lift in booked jobs or booked appointments by month four to six. Mature results, meaning top three positions in the Maps pack across most of the service radius and a steady month-over-month lift in organic calls, usually land between month nine and month twelve.
A local SEO engagement for a multi-location group (regional dental group, HVAC franchise, law firm with three offices) takes longer to show system-wide movement but shows early wins at individual locations by month three. Full portfolio maturity is typically twelve to eighteen months.
KPIs move in a predictable order. First, Google Business Profile impressions and profile views rise as the profile gets cleaned up and posts start running. Then direction requests and calls from the profile increase, usually within sixty to ninety days. Organic website sessions from local queries follow, typically starting at month three or four as new service pages get indexed and ranked. Form fills and tracked phone calls from organic and from the profile are the last KPI to move because they depend on the whole funnel working. Review count and average rating move steadily throughout as the review generation system runs.
Ranges vary widely by vertical, metro competitiveness, and starting point. A dental practice in a mid-sized metro with no prior SEO work often doubles its call volume from organic and Maps within twelve months. A law firm in a top ten metro competing against national brands may see a thirty to fifty percent lift over the same period. AdsTalent does not promise specific numbers before an audit.
Local SEO FAQ
Q: How much does local SEO cost?
Local SEO plans run from $467.50 a month for Starter up to $1,715 a month for Platinum, and the prices are published on this page so you can tell whether it fits before you get on a call. Which tier you need depends on how many keyword topics you want to compete for, how competitive your metro is, and the current state of your profile and site. Multi-location engagements are quoted separately and scale with the number of locations.
Q: Is there a contract?
We run on a month-to-month agreement after the first ninety days. The first ninety days are a fixed engagement because that is the minimum window to complete the audit and foundation work and see the first ranking movement. Ending an engagement before that point means paying for work that has not had time to produce results.
Q: When should I expect results?
First ranking movement in the Maps pack usually shows up between day sixty and day ninety. Meaningful lift in calls and form fills usually shows up between month four and month six. Mature results, meaning top three positions across the service radius, usually land between month nine and month twelve. Anyone promising faster results is either working in a very low-competition market or overpromising.
Q: How do you measure success?
The headline metric is tracked calls and form fills from organic search and from the Google Business Profile, measured through call tracking and GA4. Supporting metrics include rank position across a geo-grid, profile impressions and actions, organic sessions from local queries, and review count and rating. We do not report on keyword rankings in isolation because a ranking that does not produce calls is not a result.
Q: What do you need from us to start?
Access to the Google Business Profile, the website CMS, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and whatever CRM or POS handles customer records for the review generation flow. If any of those do not exist or are not set up, we handle setup as part of the foundation phase.
Q: What are the most common mistakes you see in local SEO?
Wrong Google Business Profile category, duplicate or unclaimed profiles from old addresses, inconsistent NAP data across citations, a website that does not load on mobile, no schema markup, no review generation system, service pages that are thin copies of each other with a city name swapped in, and links bought from directories that Google discounts.
Q: How does local SEO fit with Google Ads and other channels?
Local SEO and Google Ads work well together. Ads produce calls in week one while SEO builds. Once SEO matures, ads can be scaled back on branded and highest-intent terms and refocused on gap coverage. Both channels feed the same tracking setup so attribution stays clean. Local Service Ads, when available in the vertical, are usually the highest-ROI paid channel and should run alongside SEO.
Q: Can you guarantee first-page rankings?
No, and any agency that does is either misrepresenting the work or targeting terms so easy that ranking for them does not produce calls. What we commit to is a specific scope of work, transparent reporting, and a clear roadmap. Rankings and calls follow when the work is done well.
Timeline
What Happens When
Day one to day thirty
Kickoff, full audit, and roadmap delivery. Google Business Profile claimed or reclaimed, categories and services corrected, hours and service area locked, first round of photos uploaded. Call tracking installed and verified. Baseline rankings captured in a geo-grid. Client sees a written audit, a ninety-day roadmap, and a live tracking dashboard by the end of week four.
Day thirty to day sixty
Citation cleanup pushed through aggregators and direct sources. Schema markup deployed. Technical fixes shipped. Service and location page rewrites begin. Review generation flow installed and tested against the client's CRM or POS. First Google Business Profile posts start running on a weekly cadence. Client sees the first monthly report with baseline versus current rankings, profile insights, and any early call volume changes.
Day sixty to day ninety
First measurable ranking movement in the Maps pack for lower-competition terms. New or rewritten service pages indexed and starting to rank. Review count climbing. First local links secured. Client sees the second monthly report with clear ranking movement on a grid map, growth in profile impressions and direction requests, and the first tracked calls attributed to organic and Maps.
Month four to month six
Broader ranking movement including some higher-competition terms. Call volume from Maps and organic showing a clear upward trend. Review velocity steady. Content additions based on the queries showing up in Search Console. Client sees calls and form fills as the headline metric in the monthly report, with rankings as a supporting metric.
Month seven to month twelve
Top three positions in the Maps pack across most of the service radius for primary terms. Organic sessions from local queries doubled or more from baseline in most engagements. Review count at or above the top competitor in the market. Client sees a mature reporting rhythm, a stable cost per acquired customer from the channel, and a roadmap for year two focused on defending rankings and expanding into adjacent services or neighborhoods.
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