A·01How much does it cost?+
Rankwise has three set rates: Starter at $450 per month, Foundation at $750, and Growth at $1,250 — month-to-month, no long contracts, no negotiation. Starter gets your Google Business Profile fully optimized, with weekly rank tracking. Foundation is the complete Maps engine for one city. Growth adds analytics, content, and room to expand across 2 to 3 cities. For scale: across these categories, one new client, over the years they stay, is typically worth well over $1,000. If better visibility brings you one more a month, the fee covers itself. Book the free audit and we will show you the opportunity in your specific market and give you the exact break-even for your average ticket on the call.
A·02Am I locked into a contract?+
No long-term contracts. It is month to month, cancel anytime, no notice period. If you want to stop, just tell us and that is it. We do not believe in trapping people. The results keep you around, not a contract.
A·03What if it does not work?+
Before month one begins, we document your current Map Pack position for 3 to 5 agreed search terms in your area and set a 90-day target position in writing. We track it weekly using the same method we set up on day one. If we miss the agreed milestone, billing pauses until we hit it. No arguing about whether it counts: the starting position and the target are both documented before we take your first payment.
A·04How much of my time does this take?+
About 30 minutes upfront for a quick onboarding call where we get access to your Google listing and learn about your business. After that, we just need you to send us photos of recent work or your space. A quick phone photo works fine, and for patient or client areas, only send what you have consent to share. That is it. We handle everything else. You will get a monthly report and a check-in call, but the day-to-day work is all on us.
A·05How fast will I see results?+
Google Business Profile improvements show up within 30 days: more people seeing your listing, more clicks to your profile. Actual ranking improvements for search terms typically take 60 to 90 days. The full effect compounds over 6 or more months.
A·06Do you work with competitors in my city?+
No. I take one business per city, per service category. That is a hard rule. For fields with specialties, that means your competitive category (personal-injury law, or orthodontics), not the broad label, so it shields you from real competitors and not from businesses you never compete with. If your city is open when you book the audit, your local competitors in the same category cannot hire Rankwise while you are a client. It also means every strategy I build is built for your market, not split across businesses competing for the same customers.
A·07What is local SEO?+
Local SEO is the work that gets your business shown in Google's local results — the Map Pack of three businesses and the map that sit above the website links when someone searches for a service near them. It covers your Google Business Profile, your reviews, your citations across directories, and a page for each area you serve. Rankwise runs all of it month to month, tracked against a ranking target we put in writing.
A·08How do I rank higher on Google Maps?+
Google ranks the local Map Pack on three things: relevance (your profile's categories and services), proximity (where the searcher is), and prominence (reviews, profile activity, citations, and how complete your listing is). Proximity you can't change — the rest is winnable. A complete profile, a steady flow of genuine reviews, weekly posts, and clean citations move you up. That's the work Rankwise manages, tracked weekly against a written 90-day target.
A·09How do I get more Google reviews?+
The reliable way is a simple post-visit flow: ask every satisfied customer right after the job, with a direct link to your Google review page. Rankwise sets that up and keeps it running using Google's own tools — never incentivized or fake reviews — and following your industry's advertising rules. Review count and recency are among the strongest Map Pack signals, so a steady pace beats a one-time push.
A·10What does a local marketing agency do?+
A local marketing agency helps a business get found by nearby customers who are searching right now. Rankwise focuses on one part of that — local search: your Google Business Profile, reviews, and city pages that decide who shows up in the Map Pack. We don't run ads, build websites, or manage social; we win the local-search visibility that turns "near me" searches into calls, month to month, with pay tied to a written ranking target.
