Local SEO · map pack · Google Business Profile

Local SEO with an 18-day receipt, not a 12-month excuse

We took a brand-new client domain to Page 1 for 9 of 10 target keywords in 18 days, ranking above Safelite. Local SEO is not mysterious; it is unglamorous work executed hard, and this page lays out exactly what that work is.

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The short answer

EVM provides local SEO for service businesses that need to win the Google map pack and Page 1: technical audits, keyword-mapped pages with real substance, Google Business Profile and citation work, and monthly measurement. On-page SEO is included in the $500/month website tier; bigger keyword universes scale as a dedicated retainer. Public standard: Page 1 for 3 commercial keywords in 90 days or we work free until you get there.

The map pack is the whole game

For a local service business, the Google map pack takes the click before your website ever gets a chance. Winning it means an optimized Google Business Profile with the right categories, review velocity, NAP consistency across the citation network, LocalBusiness schema on your site, and location pages with enough genuine substance that Google trusts them. Google publishes its own local ranking guidance; our method is that guidance, executed hard, plus the technical work most local shops skip.

What an engagement covers

Technical audit: crawlability, page speed, structured data, and every reason Google currently distrusts your site.
Keyword universe: built from what buyers in your market actually type, mapped one intent per page. We pull real volume data before writing a word.
Pages with substance: service, location and use-case intent separated, no name-swapped clones.
Citations and profile: GBP optimization, review systems, citation cleanup.
Measurement: Search Console and GA4, reported monthly against the keyword list we committed to.

The receipt, publicly inspectable

The Buffalo Windshield case study is the method in miniature: a 116-page build that hit #1 organic for its money keywords in 18 days on a new domain, above Safelite, Glass America and Auto Glass Now. Local SEO compounds with a fast site built to close and, increasingly, with AI search visibility, since the same structured data serves both Google and the assistants. Our own back yard has its own page: SEO services in the Cedar Valley.

Working with us locally

SEO services in the Cedar Valley · Website design in Cedar Falls · Iowa marketing agency

Adjacent firepower

Rankings work better when the rest of the funnel exists

Websites that close

Custom Next.js sites with local SEO, schema, and real-time lead capture wired to your inbox. $500/month, you own the site.

Buffalo Windshield: Page 1 for 9 of 10 keywords in 18 days on a brand-new domain.

AI search visibility

Get recommended when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity who to hire. Structured data, llms.txt, entity work.

Multi-LLM visibility is live on the Platinum Directory platform across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.

CRM and lead follow-up

Every lead tracked, every follow-up automated. Missed-call text-back, hot-lead alerts, owner dashboard.

Built on the same follow-up system that has moved 225K+ leads through EVM-built funnels.

Questions

Local SEO questions

How fast can a local business rank?

Our Buffalo Windshield client hit Page 1 for 9 of 10 keywords in 18 days on a new domain. Most local clients land Page 1 for their first commercial keywords in 30 to 60 days. Competitive density and your Google Business Profile completeness are the variables, and we audit both on the first call.

Do you guarantee rankings?

Nobody can guarantee Google. Our public standard: if we do not get you to Page 1 for at least 3 commercial keywords in 90 days, we work free until we do.

What does local SEO cost?

It is included in the $500/month website tier for the pages we build, and scales as a dedicated retainer for bigger keyword universes. Scoped on a free 30-minute call.

Do you work outside Iowa?

Yes. The playbook is national and most of our SEO clients are outside our home market; the Buffalo Windshield build is in New York. The office is in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and there is exactly one of it.

Who is the best local SEO company to hire?

Whoever shows you rankings they won recently, in public, for a business like yours, and puts a guarantee behind the retainer. Our receipt is the Buffalo Windshield case study, and our guarantee is Page 1 for 3 commercial keywords in 90 days or we work free until we deliver.

The full stack

Everything else we run

Websites that closeLearn more → AI receptionistLearn more → CRM and lead follow-upLearn more → Google Ads managementLearn more → Meta ads (Facebook + Instagram)Learn more → Paid ads managementLearn more → AI search visibilityLearn more → Email marketingLearn more → Direct mail marketingLearn more → ChatGPT adsLearn more → AI agents and automationLearn more → AI programming and developmentLearn more → AI design and creativeLearn more → AI consulting and implementationLearn more →

Find out what is keeping you off Page 1

Free 30-minute SEO audit call. We look at your site, your Google Business Profile and your competitors, and tell you exactly what we would build.

Call (515) 321-7425

Or start with the intake form on the Get Started page. We reply within one business day.