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SEO for Small Businesses

Your competitors are investing in SEO right now. Every month you wait, they build more authority, rank for more keywords, and capture more of your potential customers.

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Always Included in Every SEO Package

Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime

Featured SEO for Small Businesses

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O-Liv E-commerce Design: From Zero to AI-Cited in 8 Months

From zero online presence to 241 ranking keywords and AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overview. I designed the full e-commerce experience for O-Liv, a high phenolic olive oil supplement brand launching in Bettendorf, Iowa.

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241 keywords ranking and AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview, and AI Mode
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Small Businesses Marketing Challenges

These are the problems I solve for businesses like yours.

Losing to Bigger Competitors

Larger companies outspend you on ads. SEO is the equalizer. Google does not care about your headcount. It cares about relevance, quality, and consistency.

Paying for Leads That Disappear

Google Ads stop the second you stop paying. SEO traffic compounds. The content I publish in month 2 is still driving leads in month 12.

No Visibility Across Service Areas

You serve 5-10 cities but only rank in one. Every surrounding city where you are invisible is revenue going to competitors who bothered to show up.

The actual SEO process

8 steps. No mystery. No confusion.

Figure out how you make money

Before touching your website: which services are profitable? Which calls do you want more of? How do people currently find you? If I don't know what a "good lead" looks like, SEO turns into guesswork.

Make sure leads can be tracked

Call tracking (which calls came from Google), form tracking, lead tracking events. If I can't see calls turning into money, everything else is noise.

Fix what quietly costs you leads

Pages that load too slow, confusing service descriptions, missing trust signals (reviews, photos, credentials), contact info buried or inconsistent. A small fix here often produces more revenue than months of "content."

Go after searches that mean business

Emergency and high-intent searches, location-specific intent, problem-based queries. I'd rather rank for 10 keywords that produce calls than 1,000 that don't.

Build pages people actually want to read

Service pages that answer real buyer questions, location pages that prove you're actually local, content that reduces doubt and gets the phone ringing.

Make Google trust you more

Cleaning up citations, strengthening your Google Business Profile, earning real links and mentions, building authority. No tricks. No shortcuts. No spam.

Watch what turns into money

Rankings checked. Traffic monitored. But calls and booked jobs matter most. If something brings wrong leads, I adjust. If something works, I double down. SEO isn't "set it and forget it." It's steer and correct.

Straight talk

No fluff reports. "This page is working, let's expand it." "These calls aren't closing, intake needs fixing." "This keyword looks good but isn't worth the effort." If something isn't paying off, I say it.

SEO Process

"I've Heard These SEO Promises Before"

Real objections from real conversations. Here's how I answer them.

Most SEO providers sell reports, not results. Ask your previous provider how many phone calls came from SEO last month. If they cannot answer, they were not tracking. I set up call tracking from day one. You see exactly which keywords produce calls.

If your average customer is worth $2,800, one new customer per month covers the investment. Compare that to Google Ads at $2-8 per click that stops working the moment your budget runs out. SEO is an asset that compounds. Ads are a rental.

How is that working? If your team is publishing 8 optimized articles per month, managing 50+ keyword rankings, and running a competitive analysis, keep going. If not, your competitors who hire specialists are building a gap you will have to overcome later.

Reviews help, but they are one piece. A business with 200 reviews and a slow, unoptimized website will lose to a competitor with 50 reviews and a fast, well-structured site. I handle both: review strategy is included, and the website gets optimized for the searches that drive calls.

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SEO for Small Businesses FAQs

Common questions about working with us.

GET FOUND starts at $2,800/mo for markets where competitors are not actively doing SEO. GET AHEAD is $5,500/mo for competitive markets. Both are month-to-month with no long-term contracts. The 30-Day Proof Period means you see measurable progress before committing.

Yes. Multi-location SEO is core to what I do. Each city you serve gets dedicated content targeting searches like "[your service] in [city]." GET AHEAD includes unlimited page optimization across all your service areas.

Monthly reports showing rankings, traffic, calls tracked to specific keywords, and competitive positioning. No vanity metrics. Bi-weekly (GET FOUND) or weekly (GET AHEAD) strategy calls keep your team informed. Everything is transparent.

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Kristian Kreaktive

Founder & Lead Strategist at Digital Marketing Services

Ranked #1 freelance web designer by Clutch. 17+ years building websites and SEO strategies that bring real results for small businesses.

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