I help businesses in Wilmington show up where customers search.
Most websites were never built to be found. I fix that, on Google and inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and the other AI tools customers are now asking first.
More customers now start their search inside ChatGPT or Perplexity. Google still matters, but if you're missing from either, you're losing calls to whoever shows up instead. What I deliver is more exposure online.
You'll get a one-page report with your overall score and a rating out of 10 for each category. See a sample.
What I do, and what it costs.
The starting point is an audit ($1,000). I run a full pass of your online presence: technical health, structured-data coverage, Google Business Profile setup, Core Web Vitals on real-device data from CrUX, and the site's visibility inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews for queries customers in your space ask. The report comes with a score, a side-by-side against up to three competitors of your choice (or hand picked ones by me), and a punch list ordered by what's worth fixing first.
If you want the fixes done too, that's the audit plus implementation ($3,500). Same audit, then I implement the findings: technical issues, schema markup (LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage where it applies), Google Business Profile cleanup, citation work on the directories that still move the needle, on-page content updates.
Ongoing work runs on a monthly retainer ($2,000/month, three-month minimum). Each month: new content targeting your highest-value local searches, GBP management, a review-generation workflow, visibility tracking across Google and the AI search tools, competitor monitoring, and a monthly report led by phone calls and form submissions rather than keyword positions.
Founding program. The first three clients get the retainer at $1,200/month for six months, locked. In return, you agree to let me publicly list you as a client, participate in a written case study once results are clear (typically month four), sit for a recorded video testimonial conversation, and leave an honest review of your experience on Google.
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About.
I'm Jacob Smith, a Cybersecurity major at UNCW. I was exploring a passion in website development and became curious about how to get a website viewed by more people. That lead me to search engine optimization, and with AI, generative engine optimization.
Common questions.
Why hire a consultant instead of doing this myself?
SEO and GEO are doable in theory, but they require time you probably don't have, tools that cost more than my retainer, and ongoing attention to algorithm and AI search changes that happen every month. Most business owners who try to do it themselves spend 5–10 hours a week on it for 6 months, produce middling results, and eventually hire someone anyway. I'd rather you skip that step and have me do it from day one.
Why hire a newer consultant instead of an established agency?
Two honest reasons. First, you get me, not a junior account manager. When you hire most agencies, your day-to-day work is handled by someone less experienced than the person who sold you the deal. With me, you're working directly with the person doing the actual work.
Second, established agencies often have multiple clients in your industry in your city, which means they're mathematically competing against you on behalf of someone else. I work with one business per industry per metro. When you hire me, no competing business in your space can hire me.
Will I see results in 30 days?
Some, yes. The first 30 days produce Google Business Profile improvements, technical site fixes, and first map pack movement on long-tail keywords. The big lifts (competitive keyword rankings, AI search citations, full ROI) typically take 90 days to start showing and 6 months to fully compound. Anyone promising faster results is either lying or about to do something that gets your site penalized.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No, and you should be skeptical of anyone who does. Google explicitly warns against SEO providers who guarantee specific rankings — it's listed as a red flag in their official documentation on hiring an SEO. What I do guarantee: I'll tell you what I'm doing each month, why I'm doing it, and what it produced.
How much of my time will this require?
Roughly 30–60 minutes per month from you. Most of it is a single monthly call to review results and approve direction. I'll also occasionally ask for a 20-minute call to interview you on a topic for new content (your industry expertise is what makes content genuinely good, not generic). Beyond that, you're free to run your business. I handle everything else.
What does this cost?
- Audit Report: $1,000
- Audit + Implementation: $3,500
- Monthly Partnership: $2,000/month, three-month minimum
I'm currently offering a founding client rate to my first three clients in 2026, which brings the monthly partnership to $1,200/month, locked for 6 months. Two founding spots remaining.
Let's talk.
Tell me about your business and what's not working.
jacob@jsmithGEO.com