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You’re probably ranking on page 3 for searches that should be sending you customers every week.

Local SEO + Generative Engine Optimization. Same playbook the big agencies use. Half the bill. No contracts. Built by the team that built your website.

The Bottom Line

Save 60–80% vs. National SEO Agencies

Same playbook the national agencies run. Often less than half the monthly bill. Real numbers below — scroll to ⚖️ Compare.

Local SEO
Theirs: $1,500+/mo
$249/mo
↓ Save $1,251/mo
Growth SEO
Theirs: $2,000+/mo
$399/mo
↓ Save $1,601/mo
Dominate SEO
Theirs: $3,000+/mo
$549/mo
↓ Save $2,451/mo
Setup Fees
Theirs: $1,500–5K
$0
✓ No setup fee

"Theirs" figures pulled from national SEO agencies' published pricing pages, verified May 2026.

One team for your whole search stack

Your website, your SEO, your Google Business Profile, your AI citations — all from the same shop using the same playbook. No vendor finger-pointing when rankings dip.

Real monthly reports — keyword by keyword

Every month you get a one-page report: where you ranked, where you rank now, what we shipped, what's next. Not a 30-tab spreadsheet. Not a black box. Just the movement.

Local, not offshore

Mark answers your calls. The work happens in Magnolia, not a content farm in another timezone. Texts get answered same-day.

Three Published Tiers

Pick the Lane That Matches Your Goal

3-month minimum, then month-to-month. No setup fee. No contracts. Cancel with 30 days notice once the minimum is done.

Foundations
$249/mo
For getting started · 3-month minimum
  • 10 keyword tracking
  • Google Business Profile optimization
  • Weekly GBP posts + photo uploads
  • 1 SEO blog post per month
  • Monthly performance report
  • Local directory submissions
  • Search Console monitoring
  • Schema markup baseline
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Growth
$399/mo
The bread-and-butter retainer · 3-month minimum
  • Everything in Foundations
  • 25 keyword tracking
  • 2 SEO blog posts per month (800+ words)
  • Competitor monitoring
  • Quarterly strategy call
  • Schema markup expansion + updates
  • Backlink outreach (chamber, HARO, local citations)
  • GEO setup (AI-discovery files + AI-crawler allowlist)
Dominate
$549/mo
Category leadership · 3-month minimum
  • Everything in Growth
  • 50 keyword tracking
  • 4 SEO blog posts per month
  • Monthly strategy calls
  • Active backlink campaigns
  • Quarterly content refresh
  • Google Ads consulting (no spend management)
  • Priority same-day support

Already a website client? SEO adds on top of your website plan — one bill, same invoice. New to us? You don't need a new site to start — we work on whatever you have. 15% veteran discount on every tier for verified veteran-owned businesses.

How the Work Actually Happens

No mystery, no vendor lock-in, no "trust the process" hand-waving. Four phases, repeated monthly.

1

Audit

Pull current rankings, GBP health, Search Console + Analytics baseline, top competitor positions, technical site issues. You get a one-page baseline before we charge a cent.

2

Fix

Technical SEO repairs first — site speed, broken schema, indexing gaps, internal linking holes. Then on-page work on the highest-leverage pages.

3

Publish

Monthly blog content, weekly GBP posts, ongoing backlink outreach. Real publishing on your domain, in your name, in your voice.

4

Report

End of every month: one-page report showing keyword movement, traffic deltas, GBP impressions, what shipped, what's next. Plain English.

The New Search Stack

Two Search Engines, Both Matter Now

SEO is for Google. GEO is for AI assistants. They reward different signals, and the businesses that win local search in 2026 work both.

SEO — Built In, Not Bolted On

Show up on Google

Google rewards fast, well-structured, locally-relevant sites. Most agencies treat SEO as an add-on cost; we treat it as a foundation. The included work:

  • Sub-second page loads (Core Web Vitals green)
  • Schema.org structured data on every page
  • Local citations, GBP, Maps optimization
  • Topic-cluster blog architecture
  • Internal linking + sitemap hygiene
GEO — The New Frontier

Get cited by AI assistants

People are asking ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Siri, and Claude for local recommendations. AI assistants cite businesses with structured data, authoritative content, and clear answers — and we work all three.

  • AI-discovery files + AI-crawler allowlist
  • Answer-first passage formatting
  • Entity-anchored content (real names, addresses, attributes)
  • FAQ + how-to + comparison content (what AI quotes from)
  • Topic cluster authority signals

Both are included in every tier — Foundations and up. GEO isn't an add-on; it's part of the standard playbook now.

⚖️ Verified May 2026

Why Local Beats a National Agency Here

Same work, often half the price, none of the account-rep hand-offs.

National Agency
$1,500–$3,000/mo
  • Account-rep treadmill
  • Setup fee $1,500–5K
  • 12-month contract typical
  • Your work shared with junior staff
  • Reports are 30-tab spreadsheets
Big SEO SaaS Tool
$129–$499/mo
  • You do the work yourself
  • Doesn't publish content for you
  • No GBP management
  • No backlink outreach
  • Takes hours per week of YOUR time
The Shipping Place
$249–$549/mo
  • One Mark, answers the phone
  • No setup fee
  • 3-month minimum, then monthly
  • You keep every asset we ship
  • One-page report, plain English
❓ What Most People Ask First

Straight Answers, Up Front

How is this different from a national SEO agency?

Big agencies bill $1,500–$3,000/mo and put you on an account-rep treadmill — your work gets handed to whoever's free that day. We're a local shop with one Mark answering the phone. Same playbook the big agencies use, often half the price, none of the hand-offs. And we actually answer the phone when you call about your rankings.

How long does SEO take to work?

Straight answer: Google Business Profile work and technical fixes can show movement inside 30 days. Real keyword ranking gains and traffic growth compound over 90–180 days — that's why we ask for a 3-month minimum on every tier. SEO isn't a switch; it's a campaign. The clients who win are the ones who don't bail at month 2 because they didn't see a 10× lift in week 6.

Do I need a new website to work with you on SEO?

No. We work on the site you already have. If it's slow or technically broken in ways that block ranking, we'll tell you straight before you commit — and offer to fix the blockers, but you don't have to rebuild. Plenty of clients have WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix sites and we still get them ranking.

What is GEO and why does it matter?

GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimization — the work that makes your business show up when someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Siri, or Claude for a local recommendation. SEO is for Google. GEO is for AI assistants. They reward different signals — structured data, a handful of machine-readable files most sites never set up, answer-first content formatting, entity-anchored copy — and we work both at once because that's where search is going.

Who owns the work — accounts, content, rankings?

You do. Always. Your Google Business Profile, your Search Console, your Analytics, your blog content — all in your name, on your accounts. We get manager-level access while we're working together; if you leave, we leave, and you keep every blog post, every backlink, every optimization we ever shipped.

Can I cancel anytime?

After the 3-month minimum, yes — 30 days notice and we wrap clean. We don't lock anyone into a year-long contract. Same-day cancellations are not a thing because we plan content monthly, but month-to-month after the first quarter is the standard.

What if I'm not sure which tier I need?

Book the free 20-minute audit. We'll look at your current rankings, your competitors, your Google Business Profile, your site's technical health — and tell you straight which tier (or whether you even need an ongoing tier yet) would move the needle first. No pressure to sign anything that day.

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