Local SEO

Own the Map Pack near you.

When someone searches for what you do, you want to be the listing that gets the call. We build the rankings, reviews, and Google Business Profile that put you there and keep you there.

What you get
Map Pack rankings More phone calls $0 ad spend Month-to-month
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Map ranking scan with most of the service area green
A client’s real map scan after our local SEO work

If you're not in the Map Pack, you're invisible.

The three businesses in Google's Map Pack take the bulk of the clicks. Everyone below the fold splits what's left. Most buyers never scroll that far.

So every day you sit on page two, a competitor with better local SEO pulls the customers who should be calling you. Not because they're better at the job. Because Google found them first.

The ranking problem isn't marketing. It's a profile and a website Google can't trust yet.

Inconsistent listings, a thin review profile, and a site with no local signals all tell Google to show someone else. We fix the signals, then the rankings follow.

What a real local SEO system actually does.

Five signals decide who ranks in local search. We work all five, every month, until you own the Map Pack for the searches that buy.

Google Business Profile optimization

Your profile is the front door for local search. We fill every field, pick the right categories, post weekly, and answer questions so Google treats you as the most relevant result.

Citation and NAP consistency

Your name, address, and phone number must match across every directory and data aggregator. We audit existing citations, fix errors, kill duplicates, and build new listings.

On-page and technical local SEO

We build location pages, write title tags and meta for local intent, add local business schema, and fix speed and crawl issues so Google reads exactly what you do and where.

Review management

Reviews are a top-three local ranking factor and the reason a searcher picks you. We build a system that earns fresh reviews and we respond to every one in your voice.

Local link building

Backlinks from real organizations, publications, and community sites tell Google you're trusted and connected. No bought links, no spam directories. Real authority that moves rankings.

Tracking that follows the money

We track Map Pack position, calls, and form fills, not vanity impressions. You see which leads came from search and what they were worth.

How the first 90 days run.

Most businesses see real movement in local rankings within 90 days. Here's the order we work it.

01 · Audit

Find the gaps

We run a local search audit, map where you rank today, and flag every broken listing and missing signal holding you back.

02 · Foundation

Fix and optimize

We clean up NAP across directories, fully optimize your Google Business Profile, and start review generation in the first 30 days.

03 · Authority

Build the signals

Location pages, schema, citations, and local links go live. Your site starts speaking the language Google expects for local queries.

04 · Momentum

Rank and compound

Reviews, links, and ongoing profile work compound. Rankings climb, calls increase, and then it's month-to-month. You stay because it works.

Real client results

Spearleaf puts local businesses on the map and in the answer

Our clients came to us after agencies that didn’t deliver. Here’s what happens when the fundamentals are done right.

What they had before
  • Monthly reports, and no new customers
  • A site Google couldn’t read or rank
  • No way to tell which calls came from search
What Spearleaf does instead
  • Fix the foundation first: site, speed, schema and listings
  • Build a page for every service and city buyers search
  • Track every call and form so growth is provable
#1

ChatGPT’s top recommendation in Fort Myers for every major headshot search we tested

Our founder’s own headshot studio. We run our own brands on the same system we sell.

Real ChatGPT · 7 buyer questions · Oct 2026
#1

ChatGPT’s top recommendation for Reiki in Studio City, on every buyer question we tested

The same 15-year-old education brand. We built its entire online presence.

Real ChatGPT · 6 buyer questions · Oct 2026
+14,750%
2 → 297 in 6 months

Searches where the same shop ranks in Google’s top 3

Open since 2022. Its previous agency left it with a 13-page WordPress site that ranked on page one for just 2 searches.

Search Console · Mar vs Sep 2026
+2,550%
10 → 265 a month in 3 months

Visits from Google for a mental health practice

Open since 2017, averaging about 17 Google visits a month. A few months after our rebuild, the practice asked us to slow down because it couldn’t keep up with the calls.

Google Analytics · Jun vs Sep 2026
+188%
149 → 429 in 6 months

Searches where the same company ranks on page one

15 years in business. Its last agency had it for 3 years and moved nothing: 16 searches, almost all its own name.

Search Console · Mar vs Sep 2026
+239%
4.1K → 14K in 15 months

Monthly Google impressions for a family dental practice

An established practice with 35+ years of family dentistry, left on an old WordPress site by its previous agency.

Search Console · 28 days, Jun 2025 vs Sep 2026

Percentages measure search traffic and visibility, not revenue. Every figure comes from each client’s own Search Console, Google Analytics or a real ChatGPT answer. Most client names are withheld.

Google Maps ranking scan

A healthcare practice went from scattered red to green across its service area

Each dot is a real map search from that spot. Drag to compare before and after.

Map ranking scan before: mostly red and orange, low rankings Map ranking scan after: mostly green, top 3 rankings BeforeAfter

Client name withheld

Google Search Console · unedited

An education brand went from 18 search impressions to 4.4K a month

Google Search Console before: 0 clicks, 18 impressionsBefore
Google Search Console after: 26 clicks, 4.42K impressions in 28 daysAfter

Left: 0 clicks and 18 impressions in summer 2024. Right: 4.42K impressions in 28 days a year later. By March 2026 Google sent its own milestone: 200 clicks in 28 days.

Google Search Impact badge: 200 clicks from Google Search in the past 28 days
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Adam's Pool and Spa Service website
Full case study

Adam's Pool and Spa Service

Website, SEO and AI search for a Long Beach pool company. 14x Google impressions, 429 page-one searches, and ChatGPT's pick in 5 of 6 buyer questions.

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What's included every month.

No long-term contracts. After the first 90 days it's month-to-month, and you stay because the calls keep coming.

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Full Google Business Profile optimization and weekly posts.

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Citation building and NAP cleanup across the directories that matter.

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Location pages and local business schema on your site.

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A review system that earns fresh reviews and replies to every one.

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Local link building from real, relevant sites in your market.

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Rank tracking across Map Pack and organic results.

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Monthly reports on rankings, calls, leads, and revenue.

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Visibility tracking in AI search like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

AI search

ChatGPT now recommends our clients by name

Every service we run is built to get you recommended by AI. Buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI who to hire. The work on this page is how your business becomes the answer.

See how AI search works
#1

ChatGPT’s top recommendation in Fort Myers for every major headshot search we tested. Our founder’s own studio.

Headshot studio · Fort Myers · Real ChatGPT · 7 buyer questions · Oct 2026
#1

ChatGPT’s top recommendation for Reiki in Studio City, on every buyer question we tested.

Reiki academy · Studio City · Real ChatGPT · 6 buyer questions · Oct 2026
ChatGPT recommending our client, business names blurred
Real ChatGPT answer for our pool service client in Long Beach, Oct 2, 2026. Names blurred.

The questions owners ask before they start.

Regular SEO chases broad national searches. Local SEO targets buyers within driving distance who are ready to spend today. It leans on your Google Business Profile, reviews, and citations, not just your website, to win the Map Pack.

Most businesses see real movement within 90 days. Profile and review work can lift calls inside the first month. Rankings then compound as citations, links, and content build. The timeline depends on your competition and how much cleanup your listings need.

It's the single biggest factor for the Map Pack. Most businesses leave most fields blank, which tells Google they aren't the best answer. We fill every field and post consistently. See our Google Business Profile optimization service.

Yes. Review quantity, freshness, and sentiment are a top-three local ranking factor, and they decide who gets the click. We build the system that earns them. It's part of our broader reputation management work.

We give you a real number before you start, based on your market and competition. No long-term contract, no ad spend required. The honest frame: staying invisible costs you the calls going to a competitor right now.

Fort Myers is home base, and we know Southwest Florida well. The system works the same anywhere, so we run local SEO for service businesses across the country.

Stop being invisible
in local search.

Tell us your business and the customers you want more of. We'll show you exactly where you rank now and what it takes to own the Map Pack.

Talk to our team
Founder-built. $0 ad spend. Month-to-month after 90 days.