Go AI Native Today
Chicago SEO Consultant
I help businesses adopt AI so they're modernized and positioned to win — in search, and everywhere else. That starts with reevaluating your tech stack and knowing exactly how to proceed. Move now, but move right: I'll help with the planning and the execution.
Free SEO Consultation
Tell us about your business and we'll get back to you with a plan to grow your search visibility.
I personally review every request that comes through, you'll hear back from me, not a faceless sales desk.
How We Work Together
Two ways to work together, however much you want us hands-on
Start with a one-time audit to see exactly where you stand, or come under an ongoing strategy engagement where we plan and, if you want, execute together. Either way, pricing is scoped to your business, not a one-size-fits-all package.
See what's included in each option on our services & pricing page.
Meet your consultant
I spent years automating SEO across 10,000+ Walgreens locations before bringing that enterprise playbook to Chicago businesses. In 20+ years my rule hasn't changed: optimize for humans first, put AI to work on the heavy lifting, and out-solve the problem in front of you. The win goes to the best problem-solver, not the biggest budget.
Our results by the numbers
Delivered for Chicago enterprises and small businesses, from single locations to multi-location franchises.
The kind of compounding organic growth our data-driven SEO strategies are built to produce.
Two decades optimizing websites and winning some of the most competitive local search markets.
Brand Mention Counter
How Often Is Your Brand Mentioned Online?
Enter your brand name and find out how many times it's been mentioned across the web in seconds.
Compounding Growth
SEO is the channel that compounds
Unlike paid ads that stop the moment you stop spending, organic visibility builds on itself. Every fixed technical issue, earned link, and ranked page stacks — turning steady work into an asset that keeps returning traffic and revenue month after month.
Illustrative trajectory of compounding organic growth — not a specific client account.
Go AI Native Today
There's no reason to wait. There's every reason to plan it right.
I help businesses adopt AI so they're modernized and positioned to excel, not left scrambling to catch up. For most companies, going AI native isn't a mystery. It's a matter of honestly assessing and reevaluating your current tech stack and understanding exactly how to proceed from here.
I help with both halves of that: the planning and the execution. That means moving with urgency, because every month you wait is a month a competitor pulls ahead, but never moving in a panic. Purposeful, meticulous planning beats a rushed rollout every time. Move fast, but move right.
That's the work behind the Strategy, Planning & Execution engagement: recurring strategy sessions where we do the discovery, build your roadmap together, get aligned, and adopt the right tools, whether your own team executes or I do. Pricing is flexible and scoped to your business, usually $1,200-$5,000/month.
The Shift to AI Answers
Google is answering searches before anyone clicks
AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini now settle more and more searches right on the results page. For Chicago businesses, that means the clicks (and the calls) that used to be yours are quietly going to whatever the AI decides to cite.
of the #1 result's clicks vanish when an AI Overview sits above it, leads that never reach your phone.
of informational and “how-to” searches already trigger an AI Overview, exactly where service businesses get found, and it's climbing.
Google searches still send a click to the open web. The rest end on the results page, and AI answers are accelerating it.
The businesses that adapt now will own the answer box.
We make sure AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini cite you, not the competitor down the street, so the next wave of searchers still ends up on your phone.
Chicago SEO Market Report — July 2026
We analyzed 120 Chicago SEO providers.
The data is harder to ignore than the sales pitch.
Before you hand your search rankings to someone, you should know what the Chicago SEO market actually looks like. We mapped it — every agency, every consultant, every firm we could find on Google Maps. Here's what 120 provider profiles reveal.
Every SEO & digital marketing firm we could find on Google Maps in Chicago.
One in three Chicago SEO providers can't demonstrate local SEO works for their own business.
That's how many clients most providers can point to publicly. A thin track record for a year-long investment.
True independent consultants — where the strategist is also the practitioner — are genuinely rare.
Our Services
Specialized SEO Services
The technical, content, local, and AI disciplines required to dominate modern search, all under one senior Chicago team.
Beyond SEO
Part marketing consultant, part technology company
Every free tool on this site, the brand mention counter, the domain snapshot, the market report, was built in-house, not licensed from a vendor. That's not a side project. It's proof of the same custom development, integration, and AI work we do for clients who need more than rankings.
The gap between businesses using AI well and everyone else is widening, not closing.
Development and integration costs that used to require a full agency team have dropped enough that a single builder can ship in weeks. The businesses that start now compound that advantage every month; the ones that wait keep paying yesterday's price for yesterday's timeline.
Tools & platforms we work with
Tools and platforms we work with
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Frequently Asked Questions
An SEO consultant analyzes your website, your market, and your competitors, then builds and executes a strategy to grow your visibility in search. That includes technical fixes, on-page and content optimization, local SEO, link and citation building, and ongoing measurement. A good consultant ties every recommendation back to revenue (calls, leads, and bookings) rather than vanity metrics, and works as a senior partner instead of farming the work out to junior staff.
A local consultant understands the Chicago market, its neighborhoods, and the competitive landscape your customers actually search within. We tailor strategy to the suburbs and service areas you serve, optimize your Google Business Profile for proximity, and build genuinely local relevance signals. The result is visibility where your buyers are (downtown, across Cook County, and in the surrounding suburbs) backed by transparent reporting and senior-level execution.
Realistically, expect meaningful movement in 3-4 months and competitive rankings in 6-12. Local SEO often moves faster, with improved map pack visibility in 60-90 days. The timeline depends on your starting point, the competitiveness of your market, and how quickly technical and content work can be implemented.
No ethical SEO guarantees #1 rankings due to Google's algorithm volatility. We guarantee a data-driven process, technical excellence, and transparent reporting tied to your actual revenue (calls, leads, and booked work) not promises no one can keep.
We keep it simple: two ways to work together. The Strategy, Planning & Execution engagement is ongoing, typically $1,200-$5,000 per month depending on scope, whether you have your own team executing or want us to do the hands-on work directly. Prefer a one-time deep dive first? A standalone SEO & AI Audit is $5,000, delivered across three meetings (discovery, check-in, and a final presentation), and it doubles as the roadmap for a larger engagement. Pricing is always scoped to your business rather than a fixed package. You can review both options on our services and pricing page.
No. All strategy, technical SEO, and content development is handled by our senior team in Chicago. We don't farm out your digital presence to junior account managers or overseas content mills, the people who plan your campaign are the people who execute it.