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Affordable SEO for small businesses that need leads, not just rankings

We offer affordable SEO for small business owners who want more calls and enquiries from search, not a report full of numbers. We fix what holds your site back, write content that answers what customers ask, and show you each month what changed. We do not promise specific rankings, because nobody honestly can.

SEO

The best leads are already searching for you.

Every day, people type the exact problem you solve into Google, Maps or an AI assistant. If you are not in those results, they are finding a competitor instead. Organic search is one of the few channels where visibility keeps compounding after the work is done, which makes it one of the highest-return investments in marketing.

Our SEO approach is transparent and sustainable. No shortcuts, no link schemes and no mystery. We combine technical expertise with genuinely useful content and outreach, and we report on the numbers that matter: rankings for valuable terms, qualified traffic and the enquiries it generates.

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SEO for small business packages

Our SEO for small business packages are monthly plans sized to your site and your market. Each one sets out what we will do that month across technical fixes, on-page work, content and links, and how we will report on it.

A small local business with a handful of pages needs less than a company competing across several states, so the package and its price follow the amount of work. You see the full list before you sign up.

We offer three monthly packages, at $300, $600 and $1,000. The larger packages cover more pages, more content and more link work each month.

What SEO for small business owners includes

SEO for small business owners covers five things. Technical SEO, so search engines can read every page. On-page SEO, so each page targets one clear search. Content that answers real customer questions. Links from relevant, trustworthy sites. And visibility in AI search, so tools like Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT can find and quote you.

SEO for small business websites

SEO for small business websites usually starts with the basics that quietly hold a site back: slow pages, a confusing structure, pages Google has not indexed, missing titles and thin content. We fix those first, because nothing else works well until they are right.

If the site itself is the problem, our website design services for small businesses team can rebuild it, and our guide to website redesign SEO explains how to keep your rankings when you do.

Affordable SEO for contractors

Contractors, home services companies and trades win work from local searches. Affordable SEO for contractors focuses on your Google Business Profile, a page for each service and service area, reviews, and a site that loads fast on a phone and makes it easy to call.

Our guide to SEO for contractors explains what to do first.

How much SEO costs

Our SEO packages start at $300 a month, with larger packages at $600 and $1,000. The right one depends on the size of your site, how competitive your market is and how much content and link work is needed. You pay a fixed monthly price for an agreed list of work, so you always know what you are paying for. Affordable SEO for small business comes from doing the right work in the right order, not from doing less of it.

How we report results

Every month you get a short report in plain English: how often your site appeared in search, how many people clicked, where your key pages rank, and how many leads came in. We also list what we did and what we plan next.

SEO works best alongside other channels, so some clients add digital marketing for small business owners to bring in leads while rankings build.

SEO

What's included.

  • 01

    Technical SEO

    Site speed, crawlability, indexation, structured data and Core Web Vitals fixed at the source.

  • 02

    On-page SEO

    Titles, headings, internal links and content structure optimised for the terms that matter.

  • 03

    Keyword research

    Search demand mapped to your services and buyer journey, prioritised by value.

  • 04

    Local SEO

    Google Business Profile, local citations and location pages to win nearby searches.

  • 05

    Link building

    Earned links from relevant, reputable publications through outreach and digital PR.

  • 06

    AI search optimisation

    Content structured to be cited by AI overviews, ChatGPT and other answer engines.

Why it matters

What you gain.

1Compounding traffic
Rankings keep delivering visitors without paying for every click.
2Higher-intent leads
People searching for your service are often ready to buy.
3Lower acquisition cost
Over time, organic growth reduces your reliance on paid advertising.
4Lasting authority
Expert content and quality links build credibility with both search engines and customers.

In detail

How we deliver.

( 01 )

Technical foundations

Great content cannot rank on a site search engines struggle to crawl. We start by making sure your site is fast, clean and understood.

  • ✓Full technical audit and prioritised fix list
  • ✓Site speed and Core Web Vitals improvements
  • ✓Crawl, indexation and canonical management
  • ✓Schema markup and structured data
  • ✓Migration planning and redirect mapping

( 02 )

Content & on-page

We create and optimise pages around what your customers actually search for, in a voice that sounds like you.

  • ✓Keyword and topic cluster research
  • ✓Service and landing page optimisation
  • ✓Content briefs and article production
  • ✓Internal linking architecture
  • ✓Content refresh for declining pages

( 03 )

Authority, local & AI search

Rankings depend on trust. We build it through links, local signals and content that answer engines want to quote.

  • ✓Outreach and digital PR link building
  • ✓Google Business Profile optimisation
  • ✓Local citations and review strategy
  • ✓Entity and structured answer optimisation for AI search
  • ✓Competitor backlink gap analysis

How it works

Our SEO process.

A clear, proven sequence tailored to seo projects, so you always know what is happening and what comes next.
  1. 1

    Audit

    Technical, content and backlink audits benchmarked against your top competitors.

  2. 2

    Strategy

    A keyword map and roadmap prioritising quick wins and long-term opportunities.

  3. 3

    Implement

    Technical fixes, on-page optimisation, new content and outreach executed month by month.

  4. 4

    Measure

    Rankings, traffic and conversions tracked and reported, with the plan refined as results come in.

Working with us

What to expect.

01

A clear roadmap

You always know what we are working on this month and why it matters.

02

White-hat only

No private blog networks, spam links or tactics that put your domain at risk.

03

Meaningful reporting

Monthly reports focused on visibility, qualified traffic and leads rather than vanity metrics.

04

Realistic timelines

Technical fixes can show early impact; sustained organic growth builds over months. We set honest expectations from day one.

Related work

See it in action.

Studio concepts where seo played a leading role.

Working with businesses across the US

We provide affordable SEO for small business owners and contractors around the country, including:

Texas
We work with businesses in Texas such as builders and roofers, where a storm can send search demand up overnight and the firms that already rank get the calls.
Florida
Florida contractors and pool service companies compete in busy local markets, so service-area pages and reviews carry a lot of weight.
Arizona
Phoenix-area home services companies often need a page for each suburb they cover, written so each one is useful in its own right.
Georgia
Atlanta trades tend to rely on word of mouth until growth stalls, then use SEO to reach customers who have never heard of them.
Nevada
Las Vegas contractors serve both homeowners and commercial clients, and the site has to speak clearly to each.

Questions

SEO FAQ.

  • Technical fixes and quick wins can show impact relatively early, but meaningful, sustained growth builds over months. How fast depends on your site's starting point and how competitive your market is, and we will be honest about both.

  • Yes. Most of our SEO work is for small and growing businesses. We start with the technical fixes and local SEO that usually make the biggest difference, then build content around the searches your customers actually use.

  • No honest SEO agency can guarantee specific rankings, because search engines control the results. What we can guarantee is a transparent strategy, best-practice execution and clear reporting on progress.

  • AI assistants and Google's AI Overviews increasingly answer questions directly. We structure your content, entities and data so these systems understand your business and cite you as a trusted source.

  • Either. We can produce content end to end with our writers, or create detailed briefs for your in-house team and optimise what they write.

  • Paid ads stop the moment you stop paying. SEO builds an asset that keeps delivering traffic, and the two work best together: paid data reveals which keywords convert, and SEO captures them organically over time.

  • Our SEO packages start at $300 a month, with larger packages at $600 and $1,000. The right one depends on the size of your site, how competitive your market is and how much content and link work is needed each month. We agree a fixed monthly price for a set list of work.

  • Yes. Local SEO is a large part of our work for small businesses. It covers your Google Business Profile, consistent name, address and phone details across the web, service-area pages, reviews and local links. Local SEO starts at $300 a month.

  • Yes. Contractors and home service businesses are a core part of our SEO work. We focus on local searches, service and service-area pages, reviews and a site that makes it easy to call or request a quote. Our SEO for contractors guide covers the basics.

  • Yes. We work with contractors in Texas, Florida and across the United States. We are based in Sheridan, Wyoming, and work remotely with a monthly report and call.

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