Brayde
Local SEO & GEO

Rank first where your customers actually look

The map pack decides who gets called. We put you in it across every city you serve, and make sure AI platforms like ChatGPT name you when someone asks who to call.

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Attributed to organic
$20M+

Tracked revenue driven for clients through organic search, at $9 to $15 returned per $1 invested.

The map pack is the most valuable real estate you are not paying for.

When someone searches for what you do plus "near me," the top three map listings take the overwhelming majority of the calls. Everyone below fights over what is left.

Organic results sit under the map. Paid sits above it but charges you per click, and in competitive categories that cost climbs every year. The map pack sits in the middle: highly visible, highly trusted, and free every time someone taps it.

Most agencies treat local as an afterthought. A few citations, a tidied-up profile, then confusion about why nothing moved. Local is the whole game for a business that serves an area, so we run it as the main event rather than a line item.

There is also a second search surface now. People ask ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews who to call, and those answers are assembled from the same signals plus a few of their own. Generative engine optimization is not a separate product for us. It is part of getting found.

01 / The approach

Four pillars. Skip one and rankings stall.

Every campaign we run is built on the same four foundations. They compound, which is why local takes a quarter to bite and then keeps paying.

Pillar 1
Profile and map presence

Your Google Business Profile and every directory that feeds the local algorithm.

Pillar 2
Reviews and reputation

The single biggest trust signal in local search, run as a system rather than a hope.

Pillar 3
Local content

City pages, service pages, and the questions your market actually types.

Pillar 4
Authority and links

Local signals from the places Google reads as proof you are part of the community.

Pillar 1

Profile and map presence

Your Business Profile is the foundation, but it is not the only listing that counts. We build and maintain consistent presence everywhere the local algorithm looks.

  • /Complete profile setup, verification, and category strategy
  • /Service area and attribute configuration for maximum reach
  • /Weekly posts, photos, and Q&A seeding
  • /Directory and citation consistency across the web
  • /Duplicate and suppressed listing cleanup
  • /Grid-based rank tracking across your service area, not one average
Pillar 2

Reviews and reputation

Reviews move rankings and they move buyers. Left to chance you get one after a complaint. Run properly they arrive steadily, mention the service you want to rank for, and get answered.

  • /Automated review requests at the right moment in the job
  • /Response strategy for both the good and the bad ones
  • /Review velocity monitoring against local competitors
  • /Multi-platform coverage, not just Google
  • /Coaching so reviews mention the service and the city
  • /Recovery workflow for anything below four stars
Pillar 3

Local content

Relevance is earned page by page. We build the pages that match how people search in your area, then link them so the whole site reinforces itself.

  • /A page for every city and every service you offer
  • /Nearby-city pages built to a documented calendar
  • /Content written to survive scrutiny in regulated categories
  • /Local questions answered where buyers ask them
  • /Internal linking between locations and services
  • /Gap analysis against whoever currently outranks you
Pillar 4

Authority and links

Profiles and content get you close. Authority is what breaks the plateau, and locally it comes from being visibly connected to the area you serve.

  • /Chamber, association, and local business links
  • /Sponsorships and community coverage
  • /Category-specific directory placements
  • /Competitor backlink gap analysis
  • /Digital PR pitched to local outlets
  • /Monthly link velocity tied to ranking movement
02 / Reporting

You see exactly what your money bought.

Call tracking, form tracking, and revenue attribution wired up before we start, so month one has a baseline to argue with. Every report shows spend against tracked revenue and the ROI math worked out in the open. When a metric falls, it is in the report with what we are doing about it.

Client reports have run between $9.29 and $15.58 returned per $1 invested, calculated monthly from GA4 purchase data.
Client reporting dashboard, identity redacted
Search performance, 12 months. 418K clicks from 12.4M impressions. Identity redacted.
03 / Why Brayde

Why work with us

We learned this where ads were illegal

Years growing multi-state retail brands in a category where Google and Meta ads are prohibited outright. Organic was not one channel in the mix. It was the only one.

Local specialists, not generalists

The map pack runs on a different algorithm than organic results. We treat it that way rather than bolting local onto a national playbook.

Done for you

We do not hand over a list of recommendations and wish you luck. Profiles, reviews, content, and links are ours to execute.

Reported in customers

Rankings are a means. Every report ends in tracked revenue and cost per acquired customer.

04 / Questions

Frequently asked

How long until we see movement?

Local terms typically move within 60 to 90 days, with revenue following 30 to 60 days behind that. Anyone promising week-one results is selling ads with extra steps.

What is the difference between SEO and local SEO?

Regular SEO targets the ten blue links. Local SEO targets the map pack, which runs on proximity, prominence, and reviews. For a business that serves an area, the map pack usually drives more calls.

What is GEO?

Generative engine optimization. Getting named when someone asks ChatGPT or Google AI Overviews who to call. It leans on the same foundations plus structured content those systems can quote.

Can you handle multiple locations?

Yes. Each location gets its own profile, citation set, review strategy, and pages. We have run this across brands operating in four states.

Do you lock us into a long contract?

No. We work in defined sprints with stated goals. If we are not delivering, you can leave.

Do you work with our existing website?

Usually yes. If the site is actively holding rankings back we will say so, and web design is a service we offer separately.

Find out what your market is actually worth.

Thirty minutes. We look at the search volume in your area, who is capturing it now, and what it would take to take it from them.

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Where you stand

A read on your current visibility against the businesses taking your customers today.

Low-hanging fruit

What can move inside 90 days, and what is a longer build.

The honest timeline

A realistic scope of how long it takes to hit your goals, not a sales version.

The forecast

What volume you should be getting from your market, based on real search data.