Local Operators Running The NOLA Lab
Two decades of search engineering — same Gulf Coast, same coffee, same humidity. Local enough to meet face-to-face, technical enough to compete with anyone in the country.
Why We’re Different In NOLA
Most local SEO is delivered by agencies who never set foot in the market. We live here. We know that “the Northshore” means Mandeville-to-Slidell, that Magazine Street is different from Magazine Avenue, and that Jazz Fest weekend has its own search behavior.
That local knowledge feeds every entity graph and Local Map Pack strategy we deploy. No offshore content shop, no agency-of-record middleman. Performance-based, no long-term contracts, 5+ year average client retention.
Meet the Leadership Team
The operators running the laboratory. Two decades of compounded experience across search engineering, web architecture, and Gulf South client operations.
Dean Cacioppo
Two decades of technical search engineering and entity graph architecture. Dean acts as our lead organic architect, analyzing complex algorithmic search behaviors and formulating high-stakes content and backlink indexing blueprints that build massive revenue pipeline for local and national brands.
Brandon Joy
Orchestrator of visual UI/UX layout systems and Core Web Vitals optimizations. Brandon bridges the gap between premium design aesthetics and absolute page speed, ensuring every custom dark-theme canvas is built to convert high-intent organic visitors into active leads.
Kara Cacioppo
Managing team resources, operational compliance, and financial operations. A proud LSU alumna, Kara coordinates our administrative engines and client financial pipelines, maintaining absolute resilience and smooth coordination behind the search labs.
Jamie McRaney
A veteran systems architect with 26 years of professional IT experience spanning financial networks and enterprise databases. Jamie coordinates disaster recovery, database security, and complex schema integration profiles for our local and national platforms.
Josh Casebolt
Engineering localized search grids and Google Business Profile optimizations. Josh deploys geocoded citation networks, local review acquisition funnels, and conversational AI discoverability schemas across Orleans and St. Tammany Parishes.
Working with us is straightforward.
Pick the engagement that fits where you are right now — every path starts with honest data.
Book a Strategy Call
Real audit findings. No sales pitch. If we can’t improve your local rankings, we’ll say so.
Book Now → Free · InstantFree Local SEO Audit
Map Pack readiness, citations, schema, and entity signals — all in one branded PDF.
Request Audit → Local SEOGrab a Coffee
Tell us your market. We’ll show you exactly where the local search gap is and how to close it.
Start Conversation → $235/hr · PaidExpert Consulting Block
Block time directly with the operators. Local, GEO, entity — your agenda, your priorities.
Book Consulting →Frequently Answered Queries
How long has One Click SEO been operating in the New Orleans market?
Our founder, Dean Cacioppo, began search engineering on the Gulf Coast over two decades ago. Initially operating under the name “DEAN Knows,” the agency rebranded to One Click SEO in 2019 to reflect our focus on scalable local search, paid search, and custom WordPress engineering. Today, we run our Crescent City search laboratory with the same performance-first principles we established at launch.
Why do you call your agency a “search laboratory”?
We use the term “search laboratory” because local and national search optimization requires continuous telemetry, testing, and validation rather than static checklists. We run month-over-month geocoded grid scans on our own business listings and openly publish our invisibility and AI visibility metrics. This experimental, data-backed approach is how we develop and verify the search strategies we deploy for our partners.
What is your typical client retention rate?
Our average client relationship lasts over 5 years, with our flagship case-study partners remaining in the laboratory for 9 to 11 consecutive years. Because we operate strictly on month-to-month retainers without long-term contracts, our retention is driven entirely by ongoing results and direct ROI. We believe serious operators stay with partners who continuously perform.
Ready to put this to work?
Every engagement starts with an honest look at your current position. Pick where you want to begin.
Book a Strategy Call
Real audit findings. No sales pitch. If we can’t improve your local rankings, we’ll say so.
Book Now → Free · InstantFree Local SEO Audit
Map Pack readiness, citations, schema, and entity signals — all in one branded PDF.
Request Audit → Local SEOGrab a Coffee
Tell us your market. We’ll show you exactly where the local search gap is and how to close it.
Start Conversation → $235/hr · PaidExpert Consulting Block
Block time directly with the operators. Local, GEO, entity — your agenda, your priorities.
Book Consulting →