Page One Isn't Luck. It's Strategy.
Local SEO for Durham Businesses That Want to Be Found First
When someone in Durham searches for what you offer, you should be the first business they see. Not the fifth. Not the fifteenth. First. Local SEO is how that happens. Not overnight. Not by accident. Through a consistent, strategic approach that earns your spot at the top and keeps it.
Your Competitors Show Up on Google. You Don't. That's Not a Coincidence.
You’re great at what you do. Your customers love you. But none of that matters if people can’t find you when they search. Your competitor who shows up on page one isn’t better than you. They just invested in being findable. Every day you’re invisible on Google is a day they’re getting the customers who should be yours.
Invisible on Google
You search for your own service in Durham and your business is nowhere to be found. Page two might as well be page twenty. Nobody scrolls that far. The leads go to whoever shows up first.
No Strategy, Just Hoping
You added some keywords to your homepage once and hoped for the best. That's not SEO. That's wishful thinking. And Google doesn't rank wishful thinking.
Your Competitors Are Outranking You
They're not necessarily better. They're just more visible. They invested in local SEO and now they're harvesting the traffic you should be getting. Every month that gap widens.
We Practice What We Preach. And We Rank for It.
We don’t just talk about local SEO. We do it for our own business and for clients across Durham and the Triangle. We use professional-grade tools for citation management, rank tracking, keyword research, and content planning, backed by 28 years of experience to build strategies that actually move the needle. No black hat tricks. No shortcuts that get you penalized. Just consistent, technical, honest SEO work that compounds over time.
28+
Years of Experience
100%
Founder-Led
0
Agency Runaround
From Invisible to Unmissable
01
SEO Audit and Strategy
We audit your current rankings, analyze your competitors, and build a keyword strategy tailored to your business and your market. You'll see exactly where you stand today and where we're taking you.
02
Optimize and Build
On-page optimization, citation building, content strategy, and technical fixes. We work through your SEO systematically, tackling the highest-impact opportunities first and building momentum month over month.
03
Track, Report, and Grow
Monthly reporting shows exactly what's working. Keyword positions, traffic trends, citation health, and competitor movement. You see the numbers. We explain what they mean. Together we adjust the strategy to keep climbing.
What You Get
A Complete Local SEO Strategy for Your Durham Business
Keyword Research and Tracking
We identify the keywords your customers actually search for and track your rankings monthly. Single tracks 15 keywords. Double tracks 30. Home Run tracks 50 with map pack heatmap reporting.
On-Page SEO Optimization
Title tags, meta descriptions, header structure, internal linking, and content optimization for every key page. Your website speaks Google's language without sounding like a robot wrote it.
Citation Building and Management
Your business listed consistently across directories, maps, and local sites through professional citation tools. Inconsistent citations confuse Google. Clean citations build authority.
Competitor Analysis
We track what your competitors rank for, where they're getting links, and what content is earning them traffic. Then we build a strategy that overtakes them. Double and Home Run tiers include ongoing competitor monitoring.
Monthly SEO Reporting
Single gets a ranking snapshot. Double gets a full report with analysis and recommendations. Home Run gets the deep dive with map pack heatmaps, analytics breakdowns, and a quarterly strategy call to plan the next moves.
Blog Content Creation (Home Run)
One SEO-optimized blog post per month, backed by professional keyword research and written in your brand voice. Consistent content builds topical authority and gives Google fresh reasons to rank your site.
Map Pack Heatmap Reporting (Home Run)
See exactly where you rank in the Google Map Pack across every zone in your service area. Green where you dominate. Red where you don't. This visual data drives the quarterly strategy conversations that make Home Run worth every dollar.
6-month partnership minimum. SEO results take time. We won’t take your money knowing you’ll quit before it works. All plan members also save 10-20% on hourly project work ($135-$120/hr vs $150 standard). 10-hour blocks available at $1,000.
Single
$497/mo
Double
$797/mo
Home Run
$1,297/mo
Every Month You Wait, Your Competitors Build More Distance
SEO compounds. The businesses that started six months ago are six months ahead of you. Their citations are established. Their content is indexed. Their backlinks are building authority. Every month you wait is another month they’re pulling further ahead. Right now, someone at Ponysaurus is searching their phone for exactly what you offer. Are they finding you or your competitor?
Imagine Searching Google and Seeing Your Business at the Very Top
You Show Up When People Search
Your business appears in the Map Pack and organic results for the keywords that matter. Not page three. Not ‘somewhere on the first page.’ At the top, where customers actually click.
Leads Come From Google, Not Just Referrals
Word of mouth is great, but it doesn’t scale. When strangers in Durham find you through Google search and become paying customers, your business grows beyond your existing network.
You See the Numbers Prove It
Monthly reports show your keyword positions climbing, your organic traffic growing, and your competitors falling behind. Not promises. Proof. In writing. Every single month.
Common Questions
SEO Questions, Straight Answers
How much does local SEO cost?
Plans run $497/mo (Single), $797/mo (Double), and $1,297/mo (Home Run), depending on how many keywords we track and how aggressive the strategy is. All plans are month-to-month billing with a 6-month initial commitment, because that’s how long it takes for real results to start showing.
How long until I see results?
Most businesses see meaningful movement in three to six months, with momentum building from there. Anyone promising page one in two weeks is selling something that ends badly. We show you progress every month so you’re never guessing.
Why is there a 6-month commitment?
Because SEO is a long game, and the early months are foundation work: fixing what’s broken, building citations, and earning Google’s trust. Cancel at month two and you paid for a foundation without the house. Six months is when the strategy starts to show real results.
What's the difference between the three tiers?
Mostly depth and speed. Single covers the fundamentals with 15 tracked keywords, Double doubles the keywords and adds citation building, competitor tracking, and Jeremy’s monthly analysis, and Home Run adds monthly SEO content, advanced backlink work, and quarterly strategy calls. We’ll recommend the right fit on your discovery call, not the most expensive one.
Do you guarantee page one rankings?
No, and you should sprint away from anyone who does. Google doesn’t sell guaranteed rankings, so nobody else can either. What we do guarantee is honest work, transparent monthly reporting, and a strategy built on what actually moves local rankings.
What tools do you use?
Professional-grade tools for rank tracking, citation management, and audits, plus Google Search Console and Google Analytics. You get the data in a monthly report written in plain English, not a 40-page PDF of jargon nobody reads.
Can you help if someone else built my website?
Yes. You don’t need to be a web design client for SEO to work. We’ll audit what you have, tell you honestly if anything on the site is holding rankings back, and work with it either way.
What happens after the 6-month commitment?
You go month-to-month. Stay because the results are worth it, not because a contract traps you. Most clients stay, which is exactly how we like to earn it.
Ready When You Are
Let's Get Your Business to the Top of Google
Six months from now, your business could be the first thing Durham residents see when they search for what you offer. The first step is a discovery call. The last step is watching your competitors wonder what happened.
★★★★★
“Jeremy took my very vague idea and transformed it into a beautiful website. He has been great with SEO and I am now ranked top of Google. I really recommend working with Jeremy.”
Emily Jolley
Durham, NC