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SEO & local search

Organic visibility that brings qualified demand, not traffic reports

Technical, content and local search work aimed at qualified demand — not vanity rankings for keywords that never convert.
Best for service businesses that rank for something — just not the searches that actually book work.
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The problem

What usually goes wrong with SEO & Local Search

SEO reporting is the easiest thing in marketing to make look good. Rankings improve, traffic climbs, and inquiries stay flat — because the terms being won were never terms a buyer searches before hiring someone.

What we typically find

  • Ranking reports built from keywords with no commercial intent

  • Technical problems that quietly cap everything else

  • Local presence inconsistent across locations and directories

  • Content published on a calendar rather than against demand

How we run SEO & Local Search

  1. Technical foundation

    Crawlability, indexation, site architecture, internal linking and page performance — the constraints that limit every other effort.

  2. Demand-led content

    Topics are selected by buying intent and the questions that precede a purchase decision, then mapped to the page type that can convert them.

  3. Local visibility

    Business profile completeness, category and service accuracy, review posture and location-level consistency where geography drives the sale.

  4. Report on inquiries

    Rankings and impressions are diagnostics. The scoreboard is qualified organic inquiries and what they became.

Scott Hashisaki

Selected contract work

Portfolio-documented scope from earlier contract and agency projects; not current direct MYM retainers or performance claims.

Ways to start

Clear starting points, scoped after a fit review

Transparent starting points for the bounded scope shown. A fit review confirms the right path before any work begins.

  • Local Visibility

    Monthly management · starting price

    Starting monthly service fee
    $1,250/month
    Separate one-time setup
    $1,000
    Starting first month (service + setup)
    $2,250

    Best for: One location and Google Business Profile; two existing-page optimizations monthly, listings and review-process guidance

    Included

    • Agreed search, listing and technical priorities
    • Monthly reporting
    • A unit is one agreed existing-page optimization OR one new article/service page up to 1,000 words, not both
    Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities

    What we review: One location and Google Business Profile; two existing-page optimizations monthly, listings and review-process guidance.

    All inclusions: Agreed search, listing and technical priorities; Monthly reporting; A unit is one agreed existing-page optimization OR one new article/service page up to 1,000 words, not both.

    Not included: Paid links and ranking promises; Additional locations or content outside agreed scope; Media spend and third-party subscriptions.

    You provide: Access, approved business facts and a contact for timely review and approvals.

    MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.

    Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.

    Start fit review
  • Local Growth + AI Search

    Monthly management · starting price

    Starting monthly service fee
    $2,250/month
    Separate one-time setup
    $1,750
    Starting first month (service + setup)
    $4,000

    Best for: One primary market; up to 4 agreed content/page units monthly, technical search and AI visibility

    Included

    • Agreed search, listing and technical priorities
    • Monthly reporting
    • A unit is one agreed existing-page optimization OR one new article/service page up to 1,000 words, not both
    Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities

    What we review: One primary market; up to 4 agreed content/page units monthly, technical search and AI visibility.

    All inclusions: Agreed search, listing and technical priorities; Monthly reporting; A unit is one agreed existing-page optimization OR one new article/service page up to 1,000 words, not both.

    Not included: Paid links and ranking promises; Additional locations or content outside agreed scope; Media spend and third-party subscriptions.

    You provide: Access, approved business facts and a contact for timely review and approvals.

    MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.

    Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.

    Start fit review
  • Multi-location Search

    Monthly management · starting price

    Starting monthly service fee
    $3,750/month
    Separate one-time setup
    $3,000
    Starting first month (service + setup)
    $6,750

    Best for: Up to 3 locations and 6 agreed content/page units total per month

    Included

    • Agreed search, listing and technical priorities
    • Monthly reporting
    • A unit is one agreed existing-page optimization OR one new article/service page up to 1,000 words, not both
    Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities

    What we review: Up to 3 locations and 6 agreed content/page units total per month.

    All inclusions: Agreed search, listing and technical priorities; Monthly reporting; A unit is one agreed existing-page optimization OR one new article/service page up to 1,000 words, not both.

    Not included: Paid links and ranking promises; Additional locations or content outside agreed scope; Media spend and third-party subscriptions.

    You provide: Access, approved business facts and a contact for timely review and approvals.

    MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.

    Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.

    Start fit review

Additional support, only when needed

We recommend additions only when the review shows a need. Required launch fixes are identified before you commit; optional additions need your approval. Work already included is never charged again.

  • Additional locationsMonthly · Quoted after review
  • Technical fixesOne-time · Quoted after review
  • Extra contentCustom scope · Quoted after review

Prices shown are starting points for the scope listed. One-time setup, project work, monthly management and third-party costs are shown separately. A no-cost fit review is not a full technical audit. When an assessment reveals work outside the package, we explain the requirement and agree the price before starting.

No guarantee of results

We commit to the agreed work, not a promised outcome. Rankings, traffic, lead volume or quality, bookings, revenue and advertising returns are not guaranteed. Results depend on your offer, budget, access, approvals, capacity and timely follow-up, as well as market and platform conditions. Read the Terms & Conditions.

Relevant proof

See the work behind the starting point

Part of Performance Marketing

Demand you can hold accountable

Paid media, search and local visibility planned and bought against cost per qualified lead and booked work — not impressions.

Operating rhythm

SEO & Local Search: how the engagement runs

Same audit-first sequence as every MYM engagement — measurement gets fixed before anything scales.

  1. Audit

    We map your current demand, tracking and lead handling. You get the truth about what's actually working.

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    Technical foundation

    Crawlability, indexation, site architecture, internal linking and page performance — the constraints that limit every other effort.

  2. Prioritize

    We rank fixes by revenue impact and effort. No 40-item wish list — a sequenced 90-day plan.

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    Demand-led content

    Topics are selected by buying intent and the questions that precede a purchase decision, then mapped to the page type that can convert them.

  3. Implement

    Senior-led execution with AI-assisted production. Tracking and lead capture get fixed before spend scales.

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    Local visibility

    Business profile completeness, category and service accuracy, review posture and location-level consistency where geography drives the sale.

  4. Measure & scale

    Reporting tied to qualified leads, booked work and attributed revenue. Scale what earns, cut what doesn't.

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    What we verify and report

    Qualified organic inquiries and their outcomes · Visibility for commercial-intent terms, not vanity terms · Local pack presence and profile actions by location

What it's measured on

The SEO & Local Search scoreboard we agree to up front

If a metric here cannot be produced from your systems, fixing that is part of the work.

  • Qualified organic inquiries and their outcomes

  • Visibility for commercial-intent terms, not vanity terms

  • Local pack presence and profile actions by location

  • Indexation and crawl health over time

Track record

Senior experience. Direct accountability.

Work directly with Scott, drawing on career experience across search, media, websites and analytics. Ad spend experience reflects his career, not only MYM client spend.

20+

Years in digital

$65M+

Career ad spend experience

70+

Brands & businesses

Client reviews & recommendationsRead approved client references

Where we run it

SEO & Local Search by vertical

The plays change by vertical even though the operating rhythm does not.

  • Legal

    Case-value-aware marketing for firms that need signed cases, not form fills. Intake speed is usually the difference.

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  • Home Improvement

    Contractor and home-services demand generation measured in booked estimates and closed jobs, by service line and service area.

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  • Senior Living

    Occupancy-focused marketing for communities, built around long consideration cycles and family decision-makers.

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FAQ

SEO & Local Search — common questions

Next step

Find out what SEO & Local Search would actually change

Start with a no-cost fit review. A full paid diagnostic or assessment is a separate, scoped next step when appropriate.

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