Local SEO

Small business SEO consultant

From $500 a month. You work with me, not an account manager. I fix the Map Pack, the website, and the reporting.

  • Prices on the page
  • UK company No. 16211675
  • Wix → Next.js rebuilds, 90+ PageSpeed
  • No ranking guarantees

Sound familiar?

  • What's happening

    Competitors show up in Google Maps. You don’t.

    What we fix

    Your Google profile, categories and reviews get sorted first.

  • What's happening

    The website looks fine but the phone doesn’t ring.

    What we fix

    Service pages written for what people actually search, with your number where they can see it.

  • What's happening

    You paid an agency and got a report full of numbers.

    What we fix

    One page each month: calls, inquiries, and what changed.

  • What's happening

    You don’t have time to learn SEO.

    What we fix

    I do the work. You get a 30-minute call once a month.

Why small business SEO is a different job

Big-company SEO is about content teams, hundreds of pages and long reports. A small business has none of that. It has an owner who is busy, a website with ten pages, and a Google profile that often matters more than the site.

So the work is different. Fewer things, done properly, in the right order. Most of the early wins come from Google Maps, a handful of service pages and getting reviews in steadily.

  • Maps first

    For "near me" searches, the map results come before the website results.

  • Ten good pages beat fifty thin ones

    One strong page per service you sell.

  • Calls are the measure

    Rankings are a means. Inquiries are the result.

What's included

Fixed monthly price from $500. One point of contact. Monthly ranking and call report.
  • Google Business ProfileCategories, services, service area, photos, posts and opening hours, all checked and kept current.
  • Listings on other sitesYour name, address and phone number made consistent across directories like Yelp, Yell, Bing and Apple Maps.
  • Service pagesYour most important services rewritten so they answer what customers search, with clear calls to action.
  • Technical fixesSpeed, mobile issues, broken pages and indexing problems that stop Google showing your site.
  • ReviewsA simple way to ask every happy customer for a review, and replies that sound like you.
  • TrackingCalls and form inquiries from Google measured, so you can see what the work brings in.
  • A one-page reportCalls, form inquiries, Map Pack positions and what I changed. No forty-page PDFs.
  • A 30-minute callWith me. You’ll know what I did, why, and what’s next.
  • The work itselfI make the profile and page changes myself, or brief your web designer if you have one.

The first 90 days

  1. 01

    Month 1: Find the leaks

    I check your Google profile, your listings on other sites and the pages people land on. You get a short list of what’s costing you calls, in order.

  2. 02

    Month 2: Fix the basics

    Profile categories and services, mismatched listings, and the two or three service pages that matter most.

  3. 03

    Month 3: Build the routine

    A review request process your team can run, call tracking, and the first monthly report.

What this looks like in practice

Dublin phone repair Search Console recovery chart

Remote work, real results

Phone repair shop, Dublin: we changed the strategy

  • 4→84

    clicks / month

  • 4,180→10,600

    impressions

  • 13.8→10.8

    avg position

After the July drop, we migrated from Wix to Next.js with Payload CMS, remapped URLs, and rebuilt local SEO. Clicks went from 4 in July to 84 by late September.

  • Wix → Payload CMS + Next.js
  • PageSpeed 90+ mobile
  • PageSpeed 90+ desktop
  • Strategy, design, build, copy, SEO

Small business SEO prices

Most small businesses start with an audit or with local SEO. Prices are in USD. Minimum term 1 month. Prepaying 3 or 6 months gets a discount.
  • Local SEO Growth

    Best for most monthly retainers

    $1,250

    Enough depth to ship technical and content work.


    What's included

    • Everything in Starter
    • 50 citation fixes/builds
    • Track 50 keywords
    • Rewrite or optimize 3 service or location pages/month

Your options for small business SEO

  • Typical cost

    Your time

  • Who does the work

    You

  • Good for

    Very small budgets, simple sites

  • Watch out for

    Time, and knowing what to do first

Being honest about the last column: I take on a limited number of clients so each one gets proper time. See all local SEO packages on the pricing page.

Is this for you?

A good fit

  • One to five locations, or a service area you cover from one base
  • No one in-house whose job is marketing
  • You already get some work from Google and want more of it
  • You can spare 30 minutes a month for a call

Not a fit

  • You need results in a few weeks for a launch or a sale
  • You want someone to run ads, social media and email too
  • You don’t have the capacity to take on more work yet
  • You want guaranteed first-place rankings

Not sure? Book a $75 consultation (30-60 minutes). If SEO won't pay off for you, I'll say so.

Five things you can do this week

  1. Ask every happy customer for a Google review, in person or by text, the same day.

  2. Check your opening hours on Google match your website.

  3. Add photos of real jobs to your Google profile.

  4. Make sure your phone number is visible at the top of every page on your phone screen.

  5. Answer calls, or call back within the hour. Rankings don’t help if calls go to voicemail.

Saad Tanvir, SEO Consultant and Founder of SEO Freelancer Guru

Meet your SEO consultant

Saad Tanvir · Freelance SEO consultant

You work with me directly. I rebuild client sites from Wix on Payload CMS + Next.js, 90+ PageSpeed, and I do the SEO strategy, design, development, copywriting and SEO myself.
  • 400+

    Freelance projects

  • 9+

    Active SEO projects

  • Top Rated Plus

    On Upwork

  • UK

    DIGI WEB DESIGN LTD

Small business SEO questions

Local SEO starts at $500/month. An SEO audit starts at $499 one-off. The minimum term is 1 month. Prepaying 3 or 6 months gets a discount.

Still unsure?

Book a consultation, $75, 30-60 minutes.

Want to know what's costing you calls?

Book a $75 consultation (30-60 minutes). I'll look at your Google profile and website before we speak and tell you the first three things I'd fix.