Local SEO Pricing
Published rates. No contracts. No “schedule a call to find out what it costs.” The same rate card we publish nationally, for New Orleans and Northshore operators.
Why We Publish Our Rates
Most agencies hide pricing behind a discovery call because the price depends on how the call goes. Ours doesn’t. The industry runs $100–$200 an hour and a typical agency retainer lands near $3,000 a month — usually without telling you what the hours bought. We’d rather show you the rate card, tell you what each line delivers, and let the free diagnostic audit tell you which pieces you actually need. Plenty of audits end with us recommending the one-time foundation work and no retainer at all.
Everything below is month-to-month. No long-term contracts, no cancellation fees, no hostage clauses. We keep clients by performing — our average client tenure is measured in years, and that’s the business model.
Map Pack Local SEO
- Google Business Profile optimization & ongoing management
- Citation audit + 40+ primary and secondary citations
- Local authority link acquisition
- Press releases & Google Posts cadence
- Review velocity program
- Monthly grid scans + call reporting
Google Business Foundation
- Full GBP audit & rebuild — categories, services, attributes
- Competitive research for your category and territory
- Citation audit with correction list
- Website local-signal review
- The right first step if a retainer isn’t justified yet
Foundation Citations
- 40+ foundational citations on the platforms that matter
- One canonical NAP enforced everywhere
- Logo and image uploads included
- Backlinks from each property
- The cheapest meaningful local SEO money can buy
Add-Ons & Hourly Rates
Add-ons attach to a monthly program; hourly work is available standalone when you need an expert on a specific problem rather than a campaign.
| Add-on | Rate |
|---|---|
| Google Ads management (with an SEO package) | $550/month |
| Full analytics & reporting suite | $65/month |
| Social media basics | $250/month |
| Business social account setup (3 platforms) | $500 one-time |
| WordPress maintenance (backups, updates, monitoring, ½ hr dev) | $99/month |
| Hourly | Rate |
|---|---|
| SEO strategist | $250/hour |
| Technical SEO / web development | $135/hour |
| Block time (4 hours) | $400 |
Pricing Questions, Answered Straight
Why is your pricing public when most agencies hide theirs?
Because hidden pricing is a negotiation tactic, and we don’t negotiate against our own clients. The rate card is the rate card — the same one we publish nationally. What varies is which pieces you need, and the free audit settles that before any money moves.
Do you require contracts?
No. Monthly programs run month-to-month, and the one-time packages are exactly that — one-time. If we stop earning the retainer, you stop paying it. That arrangement has kept our average client relationship running for years, which is the only retention scheme we’re interested in.
Is $1,680 a month worth it for a small local business?
Run the math on your own numbers: what’s an average job or patient or closing worth, and how many extra calls a month does the program need to produce to pay for itself? For most service businesses in this metro the break-even is two to four calls. If your category can’t clear that bar, the audit will say so — and we’ll point you at the $749 foundation or the $199 citations instead of a retainer you don’t need.
What determines whether I need the monthly program or just the foundation work?
Competition, mostly. A Madisonville business in a thin category often just needs its data fixed — foundation work, done once, done right. A contractor fighting for the Metairie 3-pack needs the sustained program because the competitors are spending every month too. The diagnostic measures your actual gap and we scope to that.
What about Google Ads budgets — is that included in the $550?
The $550 is management — strategy, build, bidding, negative-keyword pruning, call tracking, and reporting. Your ad spend goes straight to Google in your own ad account, which you own. We don’t mark up media, and you can see every dollar.
Are there setup fees or surprise costs?
No setup fees on monthly programs. The one-time packages are flat. If something genuinely out-of-scope comes up — a site rebuild, a penalty recovery — it gets quoted separately and flat, before any work starts. Surprises on invoices are how agencies lose clients, and we like our clients.
Not sure which tier fits?
The free audit tells you — and if the answer is “just the $199 citations,” that’s what we’ll tell you.