Open the right location, then get found by the people near it.
Cafés, clinics, gyms, studios, trades, and shops. We check the neighbourhood before you sign, build the site people find when they search, and set up the map listing that turns a search into a visit.
Three situations that keep coming up
Owners opening a first or second location tend to face the same three problems. None of them is about the product. They're about who is nearby and whether those people can find you.
The lease is signed on a feeling
The unit looked busy on one Saturday. Nobody checked who lives within a ten-minute walk, where the transit stops are, or why the last tenant left. Five years is a long time to be wrong.
The website exists and does nothing
A page a cousin built in 2019, slow on a phone, no clear list of services, no way to book. It doesn't show up for "near me" searches, so it doesn't bring anyone in.
The map listing is half filled in
Wrong hours, no photos, three reviews from two years ago. The competitor two blocks over has forty reviews and appears first when someone nearby searches.
The services that fit
For a local business the order usually runs: check the location, build the site, then get the listing and reviews working. Each is a short, fixed piece of work.
Location research
Who lives, works, and spends around an address, from public data, plus what nearby businesses already learned the hard way. A shortlist with a recommendation before you sign anything.
Websites
A fast service site with your services, area, proof, and a way to book or call on every page. Built to pass Google's speed test on a phone. Two to three weeks.
Local SEO
Google Business Profile set up properly, consistent listings, a simple routine for collecting reviews, and a page that answers the local search. Two weeks, then optional monthly upkeep.
The first local case study is being written
Location research and Local SEO are the newest services, and the first client case studies will be published from the first engagements. The method is the same one behind the seven products on the work page: real interviews, public data with sources, and a recommendation in writing. The site you're reading is the proof for the website work: it scores 99 for mobile performance and 100 for accessibility, best practices, and SEO on Google's PageSpeed test.
See the seven products →Local businesses, before you book
We haven't signed the lease yet. Is it too early to talk?
It's the best time. Location research is a two-week sprint and it's cheapest before you're committed. You get a shortlist with the numbers behind each option and a plain recommendation.
We already have a website. Do we need a new one?
Not always. A one-week website audit scores what you have across speed, search, and accessibility, and ranks the fixes. Sometimes a fix list is all you need; sometimes the honest answer is to rebuild.
Do you sell online stores or run ads?
No to both. We build service and brochure sites, not e-commerce, and we don't run paid ads. If you need either we'll say so on the first call and point you to someone who does that well.
How fast will we show up on the map?
Setup takes two weeks. Google usually reflects a verified, complete profile within days; ranking against established competitors depends on reviews and consistency, which is why the setup includes a review routine you can keep running.
Work in the other verticals
The same research runs on bigger questions too: a marketplace worth building, or a piece of hardware worth prototyping.
Bring the address you're considering, or the site you already have. Thirty minutes, and you leave with a written scope for the first step.