SEO Services for Local Businesses
When someone needs what you sell, they search for it. Our SEO services make sure it's your business they find, whether they look on Google, check the map or ask an AI tool for a recommendation.
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What Our SEO Services Include
Every engagement starts with an audit of your site, your Google Business Profile and your tracking, so the plan is built on what's holding you back. From there, our SEO work comes as three services that build on each other.
- Local SEO
Every business that serves its own area starts here. We manage your Google Business Profile, the listing that shows your business on Google Maps, along with your reviews, your directory listings and the service pages on your site. It's what gets you in front of the customers closest to you.
See local SEO services - Link Acquisition
Once your local base is in place, we earn links to your site from local and regional publications, industry sites and best-of roundups. Search engines read those links as a sign your business can be trusted, and that trust helps your pages rank above competitors who offer the same service.
See link building services - GEO / AEO / AI Search Optimization
More people now ask ChatGPT or read an AI Overview before they call anyone, and those tools name the businesses they can find and understand. A clear site, a complete profile and mentions on trusted websites are what make yours one of them.
See AI search services
What SEO Does for Your Business
SEO puts your business in front of people who are already looking for what you sell, and it keeps working once it's built.
- Search results. When someone searches for a service you offer, your pages are the ones competing for the click.
- The map results. When someone nearby searches for a business like yours, your Google Business Profile is what gets you onto the map.
- AI answers. When someone asks ChatGPT for a recommendation or reads an AI Overview, your business is one it can name.
A site and a profile in good order also serve every other kind of marketing you do. We treat them as the base the rest is built on.
How Our SEO Process Works
Our SEO work runs as a loop: we find what's holding you back, fix it, improve what's working, then put more behind it.
- Diagnose
We run a full audit of your site, your Google Business Profile and your tracking, and study your keywords and your position in your market. We rank the findings by impact, highest first. Then our founder reviews the full audit with you on a strategy call and breaks down what it means for the order and schedule of the work.
- Build
We fix what the audit flagged. That means content and service pages, listings and links, and tracking that we set up and check.
- Optimize
We act on what the performance data shows and put the effort toward what brings in leads.
- Scale
We put more work behind what's proven and expand into more keywords and service areas. Then we go back to Diagnose to find the next thing holding you back.
What you see along the way
- A weekly update What we're working on and where things stand.
- The PULSE Our monthly report, in plain language, with the trends and what we recommend. We go through it with you in a strategy session.
- Direct access Between updates you can reach us on Slack, WhatsApp or by email.
Why Businesses Choose Us as Their SEO Company
Plenty of owners have paid for SEO and never been able to tell what was done. We run our SEO agency so you can check the work at every step.
- Straight communication. We talk to you the way people talk to each other: upfront, in plain words, with nothing dressed up in technical language. You always know what's going on, why, and what it means for your business, whether that comes in a weekly update, a monthly strategy session or a quick Slack message.
- Consistent, reliable and quick. We don't go quiet for most of the month and reappear when the invoice is due. We keep the work moving, stay in touch, and catch problems before they turn into real ones. We'd rather be proactive than reactive.
- Built around your business. A cookie-cutter strategy doesn't work the way it used to. What works for one business doesn't always work for another, even in the same industry, and less so in a different market. So we start with an audit and market research, and let what we find set the strategy.
SEO Client Results
4x search impressions
Total Impact Guns & Range, gun store and indoor range, Nokomis, Florida
Read the Total Impact Guns & Range case study- The situationA broken website that couldn't take orders, up against national online retailers.
- What we didWe rebuilt the store around their inventory, then grew how often it's found in search.
- The result4x search impressions; +182% clicks from Google.
+52% organic sessions
Avanti Green Eco Cleaning, residential and commercial cleaning, Las Vegas
Read the Avanti Green Eco Cleaning case study- The situationA previous agency's outdated tactics and broken tracking left them guessing.
- What we didWe cleared out the damage, then rebuilt their content, links and Business Profiles on research.
- The result+52% organic sessions; +107% Business Profile calls.
- The situationSolid SEO everywhere except the links, spread across a separate site for each region.
- What we didWe cleaned up their links and gave every region its own link plan.
- The result3x monthly link volume; 70%+ lower spam score.
How We Price SEO
We price our SEO services in one of two ways.
- Monthly retainer A set cost each month, with hours allocated to your SEO work. You know what you're paying and what the hours are going toward.
- Pay-per-lead You pay for qualified leads, so we're paid only when we add value to your business. We agree with you what counts as a qualified lead before we start, and spam and wrong numbers never count.
What Our Clients Say
Rated 5 out of 5Google review
Shawn and crew are the best. He has grown our web business by over 200 percent since we hired him. Easy to talk to. Doesn’t talk over your head. I would highly recommend
Joel SheranOwner, Total Impact Guns & Range Rated 5 out of 5Google review
I recently hired Modern Pulse Media to build the website for my new business, and I couldn't be happier with the experience.
Sean was incredibly easy to work with from start to finish. He truly listened to my vision and captured my ideas for the site perfectly. The final product was delivered exactly as promised and looks fantastic.
I will definitely be using them for my future marketing needs. If you're launching a new website or need SEO help, I highly recommend Sean and Modern Pulse Media.
Katherine WarrenOwner, Pelican Laundry Rated 5 out of 5Google review
Have had a great experience with Modern Pulse Media. The team initiates and responds to everything in a timely manner. They have a thorough and customized approach. They make sure that you approve everything prior, which is important to a business owner who likes to have a hands on approach and oversight. I have been with them a few months now and look forward to continuing having them run my marketing. It is hard to find a company who can make you stand out if you have a business in a saturated market, but Modern Pulse does just that.
Monica ZelkowskiOwner, Beachside Aesthetics
Frequently Asked Questions
What do SEO services include?
Our SEO services are local SEO, link acquisition and AI search optimization. We start with an audit, so the plan is built around what's holding your business back.
How much do SEO services cost?
We price SEO services in two ways: a monthly retainer or pay-per-lead. A retainer is a set monthly cost with hours allocated to your SEO work. On pay-per-lead you pay for qualified leads, and we agree with you what counts as one before we start.
How long does SEO take to work?
SEO usually takes three to six months to show clear results, and longer in a competitive market. Search rankings are earned over time.
Can SEO get my business into ChatGPT and Google's AI answers?
Getting your business named in AI answers is part of our SEO work. We offer it as GEO / AEO / AI Search Optimization, which covers tools such as ChatGPT and AI Overviews. The work makes your business easier for those tools to find, understand and name.
What's the difference between SEO and local SEO?
Local SEO is the part of SEO that gets your business found in its own area, on Google Maps and in local results. It works through your Google Business Profile, your reviews and your local listings, while SEO in general gets your website found in search results. Most local service businesses need both, and we offer both.
How will I know what you're working on?
You get a weekly update on what we're working on and where things stand. Each month we send The PULSE, our report, and go through it with you in a strategy session. Between those you can reach us on Slack, WhatsApp or by email.
What do professional SEO services give me that I can't do myself?
Professional SEO services give you a full audit of what's holding your site back, ranked by impact, and a team that works through it every week. The technical work, such as site speed, structure and schema, is often the hardest part to cover in-house.
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Tell us which searches you want to show up for and where you stand today. We'll tell you plainly what we'd look at first.