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Why Hiring an SEO Consultant Can Boost Your Sales

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

An aspect of SEO consulting is finding searches (keywords) your business/entity is invisible for, then fix the reasons why. SEO turns into sales because the person typing your service into Google is already trying to buy it.

How does SEO increase sales?

Someone scrolling past an ad was doing something else when they were interrupted. Meanwhile, another person searching “emergency plumber Kirkwood” has already decided to spend money. That’s how SEO works: search puts you in front of demand that already exists.

Google Is One Piece: Where Else Your Customers Already Look For You

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Your Google Business Profile covers one piece of how your business is found. Apple, Microsoft, and a layer of data brokers (whom most owners have never heard of) each run a separate listing that you have to initiate presence on.

Which One to Claim First, In the Order the Data Says To

BrightLocal’s 2026 survey tracked which sites people actually use to leave a business review, and it doubles as the closest thing to a straight priority list:

Why AI Assistants Don't Recommend Local Businesses

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

AI assistants only recommend what they can read with confidence. A thin Google Business Profile or vague homepage copy gets skipped, even when the work behind it is good.

The businesses AI never mentions

Nearly half of people now ask an AI tool which local business to call. BrightLocal’s 2026 survey found the share of people using ChatGPT and similar tools for local recommendations grew from 6% to 45% in a single year. Most of the businesses those tools could name, they don’t: SOCi’s 2026 index tracked big multi-location brands and found ChatGPT recommends only about 1.2% of their locations; even household names mostly get skipped.

The Google Business Profile Checklist for Busy Local Owners

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Your Google Business Profile is the free listing that puts you on Google Maps and in search. Filling it out and keeping it current is old, boring, battle-tested advice. It still decides whether the person searching nearby finds you or your competitor.

What you’re losing by ignoring it

This isn’t new. Back in 2016, Google found that 76% of people who searched for something nearby visited a business within a day, and 28% of them bought something. Almost ten years later, the finding still holds: Google’s own 2025 data shows people are about 90% more likely to visit a business that has photos on its profile. A blank or stale profile doesn’t just look neglected. It hands those customers straight to whoever bothered to fill theirs out.

Tales of a lvl 1 SEO student: Researching AEO, GEO, & LLMO

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What if I told you there’s a proven process to optimize one’s online presence to attract more business from relevant searches?

It’s called SEO: search engine optimization.

According to BrightEdge, venture-backed by some of the top venture capitalists in silicon valley,

“SEO is important for business because it provides organizations the visibility they need to attract customers during this digital era.”

“Eighty-one percent of customers and 94% of B2B (Business to Business) buyers will perform searches online before they make a purchase, so brands that do not have a strong online presence will find themselves falling behind the competition” (BrightEdge).