SEO agency in Franklin, Tennessee
We are an SEO agency that fixes your website ourselves. We check your site by hand, fix what is wrong, build the pages you are missing and report every week. Most SEO agencies send the fixes to your developer. We are the developer.
A US-based SEO company in Franklin, Tennessee. We never buy links or send work overseas.
- We make the fixes ourselves
- We change your website directly. You do not need your own developer.
- Weekly reporting
- What we changed and what it brought in. Leads first, then rankings.
- Yours to keep
- The pages, the fixes and the tracking stay with you if you leave.
The usual reasons a site stops bringing in leads
People call an SEO agency when visits or leads drop. The cause is usually one of a few things. The site is slow. The pages that should rank do not exist. Google is still showing an old test copy of the site. The site builder turned headlines into pictures Google cannot read. Or a competitor has 400 reviews and you have nine.
Each one has a different fix, time and cost. So we spend the first two weeks finding out which one you have. If SEO is not the problem, we tell you. We do not sell you a monthly plan you do not need.
Some of these are not SEO problems. If the website itself is the problem, you need web development. If you need jobs this month, not next quarter, Google Ads is faster. We do all of our marketing in-house, so we can tell you which one you need.
A person checks your site by hand
We go through your whole site ourselves. We compare what Google sees with what a visitor sees. We read 12 months of your Google data before we recommend anything. Tools collect the facts. An engineer decides what they mean.
Where we are only matters for map results. Being in the Nashville area helps there. It does not help in Birmingham or Richmond, and our locations pages say so.
The report points to the exact problem wherever it can. It also sorts your pages by where they rank now. A page in position 15 can often reach page one with a better title. A page in position 45 usually cannot be saved by a rewrite. Spending money on those pages is the most common way SEO budgets are wasted.
How long SEO takes depends on the age of your site
Almost every first call starts with this question. The answer depends more on your site than on the plan. Give the same work to a ten-year-old site and a site that launched in March, and they will move at very different speeds. An SEO agency that gives you a timeline without asking your site's age has not looked at it.
An older site with a clean history is faster. Google already visits it, trusts it and knows what it is about. Technical fixes can show results in six to eight weeks. Searches that bring in money usually improve in three to six months. Most of the work is removing what holds the site back.
A new site is slower. Google has no history to judge it on yet. Expect four to six months before anything moves, and nine to twelve before it pays. The data backs this up: Ahrefs found that about 73% of pages in the top ten are over three years old. Only 1.7% of new pages reach the top ten within a year.
This changes what we work on first. A new site goes after longer, more specific searches it can win this year. It builds toward the harder ones over time. An older site goes straight for the searches it is already close to winning. The exception is an older site with a bad history, which can be slower than starting fresh.
What our SEO agency does, in order
Five kinds of work, all on one page, because you buy them together.
Technical SEO
Speed, Google access, page codeTechnical SEO is making sure Google can reach, read and load your pages quickly. We test speed on real phones. We remove code that slows the page down. We send old addresses to the right new pages. We add the hidden labels that tell Google what each page is about.
We also check what a visitor's browser actually shows, not just the code. The two are often different, and Google sees what the browser sees.
Most technical SEO companies send you a list of problems. We fix them ourselves, usually in the same week we find them.
Local SEO
Google Business Profile, map results, listings, reviewsIf your customers could drive to you, the map results on Google matter more than anything else. To show up there you need a complete Google Business Profile. Your address must be written the same way everywhere online. Your service pages should name the towns you serve. And you need a steady flow of reviews.
Map results depend a lot on how far the searcher is from you. A business in Franklin will not show on the Birmingham map. Outside Middle Tennessee we can still help with search and ads. We tell you this before you pay anything.
Being nearby is the one real advantage a local SEO agency has. The rest of the work can be done from anywhere.
Content that answers something
Page planning, writing, links between pagesWe collect the questions your customers ask you. We check which ones people also type into Google. Then we write one page for each question and link it from the right service page.
We would rather write fewer, better pages. We never write two pages for the same search, because they would compete with each other.
Ecommerce SEO
Category pages, product options, filters, product feedsAn online store can compete with itself. Every color, size and sort order can create a new web address. Hundreds of these can bury the main category page you want Google to show.
So most store SEO is removing pages, not writing them. Speed also matters more. Review, chat and upsell tools all load on the way to checkout and slow it down.
Measurement
Lead tracking, CRM, the weekly reportWe track every form and call. Each one is tagged with the page it came from and sent to your CRM, the system that holds your leads. This takes a code change, so many agencies skip it.
Your weekly report starts with the leads you got. Rankings come after.
What you get, written down before you pay
Ongoing SEO is our Core Retainer, at $1,750 a month. All of this goes in the agreement before you pay anything.
Month one
- A full check of your site, done by a person
- A review of your last 12 months of Google data
- A plan of which page targets which search, with no two pages competing
- A list of fixes, most important first
- Lead tracking set up and tested
Ongoing
- SEO work on 5 pages a month
- Website upkeep, updates and security fixes
- A weekly report on your pages and rankings
- Upkeep on the CRM connections we build, so leads keep reaching you
- Everything we build stays yours
Not included
- Bought links or private blog networks
- Guaranteed rankings. Nobody can honestly promise those
- Content published without your review
- Long contracts you cannot leave
Want a price for your own site? Tell us about it.
Three things to check before you hire an SEO agency
- Read the audit format
- A sample site check, with the client's details removed. Clients get the same document in week two.
- Check this site
- Fast, with Google labels on every page. We build client sites the same way.
- Ask the technical questions early
- An engineer answers them on the first call. Not a salesperson.
Questions people ask an SEO agency
How long before I see results from SEO?
It depends mostly on how old your site is. An older site usually improves six to eight weeks after technical fixes. Searches that bring in money take three to six months. A brand-new site is slower. Expect four to six months before anything moves, and nine to twelve before it pays. We report every week, starting with what we changed.
Why does the age of my site change the timeline so much?
Google trusts sites with a track record. Ahrefs found that about 73% of pages in the top ten results are over three years old. Only about 1.7% of new pages reach the top ten within a year. A new site is not being punished. Google just has nothing to judge it on yet. So a new site should first go after longer, more specific searches, which are easier to win.
My site is fifteen years old. Does that make this faster?
Usually, yes. It is your biggest advantage. Google already trusts an old site with a clean history. The work is fixing what holds it back, so results can come in weeks. The exception is an old site with a bad history, such as spam, a Google penalty or years of weak pages. That can take longer than starting fresh.
What do your SEO services include each month?
In month one we check your site, review your Google data, plan your pages and set up tracking. Then each month we work on 5 pages. We pick the services you want to sell more of, research that market and improve those pages. You get a weekly report. It is all part of the Core Retainer, at $1,750 a month.
Who does the work? Is any of it sent overseas?
None of it. We are a small SEO company in Franklin, Tennessee. The person who checks your site also does the work. So we only recommend things we can actually build.
How do I tell a good SEO agency from a bad one?
Ask two questions. First: what will you change in month one, and who will do it? A good SEO company names pages and people. A weak one describes a process. Second: what happens if nothing has improved by month six? A good agency will already have an answer.
Can you work on a site you did not build?
Almost always. Most of our SEO work is on sites someone else built. Some website builders will not let us change what needs changing. If so, we tell you and price both options: staying or moving.
What do SEO services cost?
Ongoing SEO is part of our Core Retainer, at $1,750 a month. It covers SEO work on 5 pages a month, website upkeep and a weekly report. If you need a new website, the Boost Your Digital Presence package builds one with SEO included for $7,500.
Is SEO still worth it now that AI answers everything?
Yes. The work that gets you quoted by AI tools is mostly the same work that gets you ranked. That means clear pages, real questions as headings and specific facts under them. We do not charge extra for AI search, because it is the same work.
Does an SEO agency work differently for a small business?
The work is the same, but the order changes. A small business cannot wait a year for results. So we do the work that pays back fastest first. Finding that work is most of month one.
How do I get on a Google search at all?
Three things must be true. Google has added the page to its index. The page answers something people search for. And Google trusts your site on that subject. If you do not show up at all, it is nearly always the first one. That is usually quick and cheap to fix. We will check it for free.
Do you handle ecommerce, or only service businesses?
Both. Online stores usually have the opposite problem to service businesses. They have too many pages, not too few, and the pages compete with each other. Fixing that is mostly a code change.
What happens if we stop?
You keep everything. The pages, the fixes, the tracking and the Google profile are all yours. Nothing switches off. There is nothing to keep paying for.
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