📈 SEO Management · Starting at $1,500/mo · WrkBuilt Clients Only

SEO Services That Get Small Businesses on Page 1 of Google

If you're not on page 1, you're practically invisible. Over 91% of searchers never click past the first page of Google results. Every day your competitors rank above you, they're taking customers that should be yours. We fix that — systematically, measurably, month over month.

📈 From $1,500/mo
📅 Month-to-month
🎯 Page 1 within 90 days

How much business are you losing by not ranking?

Here's the brutal math: the first result on Google gets around 28% of all clicks. The second gets 15%. By the time you get to the bottom of page 1, you're looking at under 2%. And page 2? The running joke in SEO is that page 2 of Google is the best place to hide a dead body — because nobody goes there.

For local service businesses, this is even more acute. When someone searches "plumber in [your city]" or "best accountant near me," they're ready to hire. They're not browsing — they're buying. If you're not showing up in those top results, those customers are going straight to your competitors. That's not a hypothetical cost. That's real revenue walking out the door, every single day.

Our SEO management service exists to fix this. Available exclusively to WrkBuilt website clients, we use our intimate knowledge of your site's architecture to execute SEO faster and more effectively than any outside agency could. No onboarding lag. No learning curve. Just consistent, transparent work every month that compounds into more leads, more revenue, and a stronger competitive position.

⚠️ WrkBuilt Clients Only

Our SEO management is exclusively available to businesses with an active WrkBuilt website. This isn't arbitrary — it means we already know your site's architecture, code, and goals. That's why our results are faster. Need a website first? Start here →

Real SEO work. Every single month.

No fluff, no monthly reports full of graphs that don't mean anything. Here's exactly what we do for your business each month.

  • Keyword research — ongoing identification of high-value, buyer-intent keywords your competitors are ranking for that you're not.
  • On-page optimization — title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure, internal linking, and content optimization every month.
  • Technical SEO fixes — crawl error resolution, page speed improvements, Core Web Vitals, and site health monitoring.
  • Content creation — blog posts, service pages, and location pages written to rank and convert. Real content, not filler.
  • Link building — outreach to relevant sites, local citations, and directory listings to build your domain authority over time.
  • Google Search Console monitoring — weekly review of indexing, ranking fluctuations, and crawl issues with fast response to any problems.
  • Monthly report — clear, plain-English report showing exactly what we did, what rankings moved, and what's planned for next month.
  • Strategy calls — monthly check-in to review results, discuss priorities, and ensure we're aligned with your business goals.

For WrkBuilt clients who want to turn their site into a lead machine

You have the site. Now let's get it found by the right people at the right time.

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Local Businesses

You serve a specific city, county, or region. When someone searches "[your service] near me" or "[your service] in [city]," you need to be in the top 3 results. Local SEO is the most direct path to more inbound calls and form fills.

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Contractors & Trades

The best time to get a job is when someone is actively searching for help. SEO puts you in front of customers at the exact moment they're ready to hire — not scrolling past your ad, but actively seeking what you offer. See our SEO for contractors page.

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Service Companies

Less ad spend, more organic leads. SEO compounds over time — unlike paid ads that stop the moment you stop paying. Every piece of content we create, every link we build, adds permanent value to your site. See SEO for service businesses.

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Growth-Focused Businesses

You're not happy with where you're at. You want more leads, more revenue, more market share. You understand that SEO is a long-term investment that compounds — and you're ready to commit to the process.

Ads stop the second you stop paying. SEO compounds.

Google Ads work. We're not going to pretend they don't. But here's the fundamental problem with running ads as your primary lead generation strategy: the moment you pause your campaign, your leads dry up. You're not building anything. You're renting visibility at market rates, and those rates go up every year.

SEO works completely differently. When you invest in SEO, you're building an asset. Every blog post that ranks, every backlink earned, every technical improvement made — these compound over time. Month 1 of SEO is slower than month 1 of ads. But month 6 of SEO is dramatically more valuable, and month 12 is when clients start wondering why they didn't start sooner.

Think about the economics: if you're spending $3,000/month on Google Ads and getting 30 leads, your cost per lead is $100. With SEO at $1,500/month, month 6 might bring 20 leads organically — $75/lead. Month 12 might bring 50 leads — $30/lead. And those leads keep coming even if you reduce your SEO spend, because you've built real authority and rankings that don't disappear overnight.

There's also a trust factor. Organic results are perceived as more credible than ads by a significant margin. When someone searches for a plumber and sees your site ranking organically in position 1, they perceive you as the authority in your market — not just someone who paid for visibility.

The best long-term strategy is usually both — ads for immediate leads while SEO builds in the background — but if you have to choose, SEO is the investment that keeps paying. And because we built your site with a clean technical foundation, we're starting from a much better position than most businesses.

How we get your business ranking on Google

Methodical, transparent, and focused on results that matter — not rankings for keywords nobody searches.

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Site Audit

We start with a comprehensive audit of your site's current state — technical health, existing rankings, crawl issues, page speed, on-page optimization gaps, and backlink profile. Because we built your site, we already know the architecture. This means we can skip the "getting up to speed" phase that wastes the first 1–2 months at most agencies and move straight into strategy. We also audit your top 3–5 competitors to understand what it takes to outrank them.

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Keyword Strategy

Not all keywords are created equal. A keyword with high search volume but low buyer intent is almost worthless — traffic with no conversions. We identify the specific searches your ideal customers are making when they're ready to hire, not just browse. We map these to a content and optimization strategy that prioritizes the highest-ROI keywords first. You'll review and approve the strategy before we execute a single thing.

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Monthly Execution

Every month, we execute the plan: on-page optimization of existing pages, new content creation (blog posts, location pages, service pages), link building outreach, technical SEO monitoring and fixes, and Google Search Console review. We don't batch work or disappear for weeks at a time — this is consistent, ongoing work done every single month. No chasing us down, no wondering what's happening. You'll see the work, and you'll see the results.

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Report + Adjust

At the end of every month, you get a clear report showing exactly what we did, what keywords moved, what traffic changed, and what's planned for next month. No vanity metrics, no graphs full of meaningless numbers — rankings, organic traffic, and lead indicators. We also have a monthly strategy call to review results, answer questions, and make sure the strategy stays aligned with your business goals as they evolve.

Simple, transparent pricing

Month-to-month. Cancel anytime. No annual contracts, no BS.

From $1,500/mo

Month-to-month. No annual contracts. Cancel anytime.

What affects price:

  • Keyword competitiveness — ranking for "plumber Chicago" is harder than "plumber Smalltown, OH" and requires more work
  • Number of target locations — one city vs. multi-city vs. statewide vs. national
  • Goals and timeline — more aggressive ranking targets require more content, more link building, more hours
  • ✓ Keyword research & targeting strategy
  • ✓ On-page optimization every month
  • ✓ Monthly content (blog posts, landing pages)
  • ✓ Link building & authority growth
  • ✓ Technical SEO monitoring & fixes
  • ✓ Google Search Console monitoring
  • ✓ Monthly report — rankings, traffic, actions taken
  • ✓ Monthly strategy call — direct access, no account managers
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What our SEO clients see

90 days

Avg. Page 1 Ranking

Average page 1 ranking for local keywords within 90 days. Because we built your site, we're not wasting months getting up to speed.

Month 6

Compound Growth Kicks In

Organic traffic compounds — month 6 is always bigger than month 1. The longer we work together, the more valuable it becomes.

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Contracts. Lock-Ins. Hidden Fees.

No contracts, no lock-in, no surprise invoices. Month-to-month because the results should be the reason you stay — not a contract.

SEO questions, answered honestly

Most clients see meaningful ranking movement within 60–90 days. Because we built your site, we're not wasting the first 1–2 months learning your setup — we execute from month one. Significant results typically compound from there, with month 6 showing much stronger performance than month 1. SEO is a long-term investment, not a short-term tactic. The businesses that commit and stay consistent are the ones that win.
SEO management starts at $1,500/month. Pricing scales based on keyword competition (ranking in a competitive market like Chicago costs more than a smaller town), the number of target locations, and the scope of work. Every engagement starts with a clear proposal outlining exactly what you're getting for the price — no hidden fees, no surprise scope expansion without your approval.
Every month you get: keyword research updates and new opportunity identification, on-page optimization of existing pages, new content creation (blog posts and/or landing pages targeting high-value keywords), link building outreach, technical SEO monitoring with same-week fixes for any issues found, Google Search Console review, and a full monthly report. You also get a monthly strategy call where we review results and discuss what's next. No black box — you always know what we're doing and why.
No contracts. SEO is month-to-month — cancel anytime with no penalty. We do encourage giving it at least 3–6 months to see the compounding effect, because SEO takes time to build momentum. But we'd never lock you into something where you feel trapped. You stay because the results are there, not because a contract is forcing you to.
No. And any SEO company that guarantees specific rankings is lying to you — Google's algorithm involves hundreds of factors and is not fully controllable by anyone. What we do guarantee is: consistent, high-quality work every single month; full transparency in reporting; buyer-intent keyword targeting (not vanity traffic); and fast communication if anything changes. Our results speak for themselves — and we'll show you what past clients have achieved before you commit to anything.
Because we built your site, we know its architecture, its code, its technical baseline, and its goals intimately. That means we can execute SEO without wasting months getting up to speed — which is why our clients see results faster than typical SEO engagements. It also means the technical foundation is already solid. We're not fighting bad code or a bloated CMS someone else installed. We built the house, so we know every room. Need a website first? Start here →

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If you have a WrkBuilt site and you're not doing SEO, you're leaving money on the table every single month. Let's talk about what ranking looks like for your business.

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Also see: SEO for contractors · SEO for service businesses