The Local Ranking Guy — Accepting New Clients

Google Business Profile

Local SEO Strategy

Map Pack Domination

Citation Building

Stop staying invisible on
page eleventeen — I put local
businesses in the Map Pack
where customers actually look

No quick fixes. No vanity metrics. Just a decade of SEO experience turning local businesses from invisible to unmissable on Google Maps.

Get your free audit : hello@thelocalrankingguy.com

Google Maps

Your competitors are in the Map Pack taking your customers. I’ll put you there instead — optimized, visible, and ringing.

Local Citations

Consistent NAP across 100+ directories. No shortcuts, no cheap tricks — real authority signals that make Google trust you.

Review Strategy

When the product is that good, the reviews practically write themselves. I’ll build the system that makes it happen.

What I Do

Local SEO that actually
moves the needle

I’m not about that basic, generic SEO life. Every strategy I deploy is laser-focused on one outcome: getting your phone to ring more often with qualified local customers ready to buy. No fluff. No filler. No wasted spend.

Google Maps Optimization

The Map Pack is where the money is. I optimize every aspect of your Google Business Profile — categories, attributes, photos, posts, Q&A — so when someone searches for what you do, you're the first name they see. Not your competitor. You.​

Review Generation & Management

When your service is that good, the reviews practically write themselves — you just need the right system. I build a review engine that earns you authentic 5-star reviews consistently. More reviews means more trust, more clicks, more customers.

Local Keyword Strategy

I don't guess which keywords to target — I research exactly what your ideal customers are typing into Google. From 'plumber near me' to 'best dentist in [city],' I make sure you're ranking for searches that actually put money in your pocket.

Local SEO Audits

Before I touch anything, I run a deep-dive audit that reveals exactly where you stand in local search and what's holding you back. Every gap, every inconsistency, every missed opportunity — identified and mapped into a clear action plan.

Citation Building & Cleanup

Your name, address, and phone number need to be identical everywhere online. One wrong listing and Google starts doubting you. I build and clean up citations across 100+ directories — no shortcuts, no cheap tricks, just real authority signals.

Geo-Targeted Content

Your content needs a personality. Your landing pages need to convince people. I create location-specific content that signals to Google exactly where you serve — service area pages, local blog posts, and neighborhood guides that sound like authority, not AI.

About

I've been in the SEO trenches for over a decade. Here's what I've learned.

Most local SEO agencies treat your business like a checkbox. Slap on some generic strategy designed for national brands, send you a pretty report full of vanity metrics, and hope something sticks.

That’s not how I work. Not even close.

For over 10 years, I’ve been buried neck-deep in everything SEO. I’ve studied exactly how Google’s local algorithm works — what moves rankings, what triggers penalties, and what separates the businesses sitting pretty in the Map Pack from everyone buried below them.  

I don’t produce run-of-the-mill, cookie-cutter local SEO. I push the envelope. I challenge the “same old, same old.” I deliver extraordinary results because I understand that real SEO takes time, skill, and actual effort.

Every strategy I deploy, every citation I build, every piece of content I create is designed with one goal: making your phone ring more often with customers who are ready to buy. No fluff. No vanity metrics. Just measurable growth in the customers that matter most — the ones in your backyard.

Sound Familiar?

"How many wrongs do I have to go through until I finally find a right?"

That’s what keeps most local business owners awake at night. You’ve tried agency after agency, going by the logic: “Try them all — one of them has to work eventually, right?”

You’ve watched your hard-earned money fly out the window on SEO packages that promise the moon and deliver nothing. Rankings that spike for a week, then tank lower than before — never to rise above page 5 again.

Meanwhile, your competitors are sitting pretty in the Map Pack, taking the calls that should be going to you.

$0

Return on "cheap" SEO

That $200/month package your cousin's nephew recommended? It's not saving you money — it's costing you customers every single day you stay invisible.

2 Weeks

How long "quick fix"
rankings last

Most SEO agencies deliver rankings that last about as long as a New Year's resolution. Then your site tanks and they blame "algorithm updates."

Page 11+

Where bad SEO leaves you

One bad strategy can neutralize years of effort. Instead of climbing, you're buried deeper — invisible on page eleventeen where no customer will ever find you.

Maybe it's time to stop going to the same door over and over again — and try someone who's actually done this for 500+ businesses.

Words Matter

Avoid lame content like the
plague

Here’s a motto I’ve lived by for over a decade: SEO will never — I mean seriously, never — be effective if your content is boring, ordinary, and sounds like it was spat out by a robot.

Just as your website needs to glue people to the screen, “your words need a personality.

Your Google Business Profile needs to convince people to pick up the phone. Your service pages need to sound like somebody of authority is talking — not a generic AI template that reads like every other plumber, dentist, or lawyer in your city.

Your blog posts need to turn casual browsers into booked appointments. Your local content needs to turn search intent into walking-through-the-door customers.

I don't produce run-of-the-mill, cookie-cutter content. I push the envelope. I challenge the "same old, same old." I deliver extraordinary.

❌ What most agencies deliver

"We are a professional plumbing company serving the greater metropolitan area. Our team of experienced professionals is dedicated to providing quality service. Contact us today for a free estimate."

Generic. Forgettable. Sounds like every competitor.

✅ What I create for my clients

"Your kitchen's flooding at 11pm and you need someone who actually picks up the phone. That's us. 15 years fixing pipes in {your city} — and we've never once ghosted a customer mid-emergency."

Specific. Authoritative. Makes the phone ring.

Stop staying invisible on page eleventeen

If your SEO struggles are causing you stress, it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve helped 500+ local businesses go from invisible to unmissable on Google Maps.

 

Get a free, no-obligation local SEO audit. I’ll show you exactly where you’re losing customers to competitors — and how to take those rankings back. No tricks, just top rankings.