Answers
Straight answers to the questions people ask us.
The questions local business owners ask before they call, answered the way we'd answer them across a counter. No dates, no fluff, and we add to it as new questions come up.
Written for businesses in Valdosta, South Georgia, and North Florida. Most of it holds anywhere.
3 answers
Getting found
What are AEO and GEO, and does a local business need them?
AEO (answer engine optimization) and GEO (generative engine optimization) are the work of getting your business named when someone asks ChatGPT, Google's AI, or Siri a question instead of searching. If your customers ask "who's a good roofer near me" and the answer isn't you, yes, you need it.
Read the full answer →How do I get my business to show up on Google Maps?
Claim and fully complete your Google Business Profile, keep your name, address, and phone identical everywhere online, get reviews steadily, and add photos and posts. That's most of it. The rest is a website that backs up what the profile says.
Read the full answer →How long does SEO take to work?
Map and local results can move in four to eight weeks. Regular search rankings for competitive terms take three to six months to show clearly and keep improving after that. Anyone promising the first page in 30 days is either targeting terms nobody searches or is about to get you penalized.
Read the full answer →
2 answers
Follow-up
What is a CRM, and does a small business need one?
A CRM is one place that holds every lead and customer, what's been said to them, and what happens next. A small business needs one the moment leads come from more than one place (phone, form, Google, Facebook) and more than one person handles them. That's most businesses with two or more employees.
Read the full answer →How fast should I respond to a lead?
Within five minutes if you can, within an hour at most. Studies going back years show the odds of reaching and qualifying a lead drop sharply after the first hour and collapse after a day. Locally it's simpler: the customer is calling three businesses, and the first one that answers usually gets the job.
Read the full answer →
2 answers
Pricing
How much does a website cost in Valdosta?
For a normal local business in the Valdosta area, expect $250 a month for a subscription website that's built, hosted, and maintained for you, or $6,500 to $9,500 to build one outright. Anything under $1,000 total is a template; anything over $15,000 is for a much bigger business than most.
Read the full answer →Do I own my website if I pay monthly?
It depends on the company, so ask before you sign. With us, your domain and content are yours from day one, the site itself stays ours while you subscribe, and after 12 months you can buy it outright for a published price that drops every year.
Read the full answer →
Not here?
Ask us. We'll answer, and probably add it.
If you've got a question about your website, being found, or what something should cost, send it over. You'll get a plain answer within a business day.
Ready when you are
Let's talk about your business.
A 30-minute conversation about where things stand and what would help most. No pitch deck, no pressure.