Awkward Media

Local SEO

Nobody scrolls past the top three.

Get into the Google Maps box. When someone nearby searches for what you do, Google shows three businesses on a map. Most people call one of them. We work to make it you. If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

Book my free strategy call

30 minutes on Google Meet. For businesses doing $20k a month or more.

See the receipts

(01) What local SEO is

Three spots. Your competitors own them.

Search “roofer near me” and Google shows a map with three businesses above everything else. That box is the Map Pack. Most people call one of those three and never look further.

Google picks the three by how well a business matches the search, how close it is, and how trusted it looks online. Local SEO is the work on the parts you can change: your Google listing, your details across the web, your reviews and your website.

Google’s AI Overviews and ChatGPT now recommend local businesses too, and they read much of the same information. AI SEO is included in every plan. See how it works in Google AI Overviews SEO and ChatGPT SEO.

Who we do this for

Personal injury lawyersFamily lawyersRoofersGarage door companiesLaser hair removalPhysiotherapyDentistsService-area businesses
roofer near me
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Competitor A

★★★★★ · Open now · Call

2

Competitor B

★★★★★ · Open now · Call

3

Competitor C

★★★★★ · Open now · Call

4

Your business

Not shown. Nobody scrolls this far.

An illustration of the Map Pack, not a real search. The job is to move you from the dashed line into the top three.

(02) Receipts

From #67 to #2. In 20 days.

360 Hazardous Cleanup, Louisville. These are their Google Maps results on day 20, straight from the report we sent them. Find “360 Hazardous Cleanup” in each list. The crossed-out number is where they ranked when we started.

Google Maps results for blood cleanup services with 360 Hazardous Cleanup first

“Blood cleanup services”

#37→#1

When we started vs day 20, Google Maps

Google Maps results for crime scene cleaning Louisville with 360 Hazardous Cleanup second

“Crime scene cleaning Louisville”

#48→#2

When we started vs day 20, Google Maps

Google Maps results for biohazard clean up with 360 Hazardous Cleanup second

“Biohazard clean up”

#65→#2

When we started vs day 20, Google Maps

Google Maps results for biohazard cleaners with 360 Hazardous Cleanup second

“Biohazard cleaners”

#67→#2

When we started vs day 20, Google Maps

Full Google Maps view of Louisville for biohazard cleaners with 360 Hazardous Cleanup second in the list
The whole screen for “biohazard cleaners”, day 20. 360 Hazardous Cleanup is second in the list on the left, with one review against competitors carrying 76 and 358.

(03) What we actually do

Five jobs. Done every month.

No mystery tactics. This is the work that moves a business up Google Maps, done properly and kept up. Month to month, no long-term contract.

Google Maps results for Storm Shutters Near Me with American Hurricane Shutters first
American Hurricane Shutters is based in Wilmington, NC. Searched from Ocean Isle Beach, 52 miles away, they show first for “storm shutters near me”. From their January 2026 report.
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Your Google listing

The box with your hours, photos and reviews. We set the right categories and services, add real photos, post updates and reply to reviews, so Google knows exactly what you do and where.

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Your details everywhere

Google checks your name, address and phone against sites like Yelp, Yellow Pages and your local chamber. We make them match everywhere. Mismatched details cost trust.

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Reviews

A simple way to ask happy customers for a review, and a reply to every review, good or bad. More recent reviews help you rank and help people pick you.

04

Your website

A page for each service and each town you serve, fast on a phone, with the call button where a thumb finds it. Google Maps leans on your site to decide what you are relevant for.

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Proof, not promises

Every report is a live call on Google Meet with your account manager. Positions, search by search: where you started and where you are now.

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity

No storefront?

You work from a truck. You can still rank.

Plumbers, roofers and cleaners who go to the customer can hide their address and list the areas they serve instead. And when the jobs are in towns far from your base, our multi-location SEO work gets you ranking in those towns too.

Read the 50-Mile Radius Playbook

Our SEO guarantees

We put our money where our rankings are.

Guarantee 01

20days

If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period.

What we measure: your traffic, what that traffic is worth, how much authority your site and its pages carry, and how many other sites link to you, against the day we start.

Guarantee 02

60days

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

What counts: at least one high-value search for your business on page one of Google.

No long-term contracts. Results keep you here. Paperwork doesn't.

Is this for you?

We don't take everyone. On purpose.

This is for businesses already doing $20k a month or more. We look at every business before we take it on.

$Monthly revenue

$20k+

Established businesses with a service that already sells.

Slack message from a law firm client celebrating a first-page Google ranking for family lawyer barrie
A law firm client in our shared Slack, the day “family lawyer barrie” reached page one.

Built for

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Businesses doing $20k+ a month

A proven service people search for

Room for more calls and bookings

Not for

  • Anyone after overnight rankings
  • No capacity for more enquiries
  • Shopping only on price

New clients a month

15

No more. That's what it takes to hold the rankings we promise.

30 minutes on Google Meet

See if you're a fit

Your next step

See who's taking your map spot.

A free 30-minute strategy call on Google Meet. We search your service in your town, live, and show you who's in the top three and why.

Bring with you

Your websiteYour main serviceTowns you serveCompetitors you see
  1. 01

    We search your market live

    The way your customers do, in the towns you serve.

  2. 02

    We show who's above you, and why

    On Google, on Maps and in the AI answers.

  3. 03

    You leave with a road map

    Yours to keep. If we can help, we'll invite you to work with us.

For established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month.

Straight answers

Questions owners ask before they book.

01 How long does local SEO take?

We put two guarantees in writing. If you don't see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

02 Do I need local SEO?

Search your main service plus your town on your phone. If Google shows a map with three businesses, that's where your customers are looking, and yes, you need it.

03 How much does local SEO cost?

Local SEO, organic SEO, or the two together usually run between $1,497 and $5,000 a month. Your exact number depends on your market and how strong the businesses above you are, and you get it on the strategy call.

04 What's the difference between local SEO and regular SEO?

Local SEO gets you into the Google Maps box for searches near you. Regular SEO gets your website into the normal results below it. Most of our clients run both, because the same work feeds the two.

05 I don't have a shop address. Can I still rank?

Yes. Service-area businesses can hide their address and list the areas they serve instead.

06 I don't have a website. Can you still help?

Yes, you can rank on Google Maps without one. But a site gives Google more reasons to trust you and gives people somewhere to go, so we'll usually recommend building one.

07 Am I locked into a long contract?

No. There are no long-term contracts. Results keep you here, not paperwork.