for BCWhen someone nearby searches for what you sell, the businesses that show up first get the call. Our local SEO services are built to put you in that shortlist: in the Google Map Pack, in the regular results under it, and increasingly in AI answers. If your main goal is the map itself, start with our page on Google Maps ranking, which goes deeper into how your Business Profile competes there.
You have probably been pitched by agencies that would not tell you the price before a sales call, or that sent a report full of charts but never said what they actually did that month. We work differently. On this page you will see exactly what local SEO includes, how long it realistically takes, what each package costs, and what we promise in writing if we fall short.
Packages
$400 to $800
CAD per month, written guarantee
The basics
And why it is different from regular SEO.
Local SEO is the work that helps a business appear for searches with local intent, such as “plumber near me”, “dentist in Burnaby” or “best bubble tea Richmond”. It is part of search engine optimization, but the rules are not the same as ranking a national blog or an online store.
A local search usually shows two separate sets of results:
The box with a map and three businesses, pulled from Google Business Profiles.
The regular blue links under the map, pulled from websites.
You can rank in one and be invisible in the other. A strong Business Profile with a weak website often shows up on the map but loses the click. A good website with an empty profile ranks in the links but misses the map, where many local customers tap first. Good local SEO works on both at the same time.
Relevance, distance, prominence
Google has said publicly that local results are based mainly on three things. Knowing them makes it easier to see why each part of our work exists.
Relevance
What Google looks at
How well your profile and website match the search
What we work on
Categories, services, on-page content, service pages
Distance
What Google looks at
How close you are to the searcher or the area in the search
What we work on
Service areas, city and neighbourhood pages, location signals
Prominence
What Google looks at
How well known and trusted your business is
What we work on
Reviews, citations, links, mentions, content
Distance is the one you cannot change much. A business in Coquitlam will always have a harder time showing on the map for a searcher standing in Kitsilano. That is why we combine the map with city pages on your website: your site can rank organically in places your map pin cannot reach.
In every package
Every package covers the same core areas. What changes between packages is how many services and cities we cover, and how much content and off-page work goes out each month.
Your Business Profile is often the first thing a local customer sees. We start with a Google Business Profile audit that checks your categories, services, description, hours, photos, attributes and reviews against the businesses already ranking above you. On Growth and Pro plans, we also handle ongoing Business Profile management, including four posts every month to keep the profile active and current.
We research what people in your area actually type, then assign each search to one page on your site so your pages do not compete with each other. After that, we optimize those pages to rank for their keywords: titles, headings, content, internal links and calls to action.
A slow or broken site holds everything else back. In month one we fix the technical issues that block crawling and indexing, and we add schema markup (structured data that tells Google your business name, location, services and hours in a format it reads easily). Schema is included in every package.
Blog posts give Google more reasons to show you and give customers answers before they call. Depending on your plan, we publish four or six SEO articles each month, written around your services and the questions people in your area ask.
Mentions of your business on other websites build prominence. Our off-page work is a mix of citations (listings on directories with your name, address and phone), guest posts and backlinks, chosen based on what your business needs most. We are specific about quality: higher plans include links from sites with a Domain Rating of 30 or more, a common measure of how strong a website’s own backlink profile is.
We set up Google Analytics 4 and Google Search Console for free if you do not have them. Every month you get a report that lists each deliverable with a link, so you can open and check every article, post and link yourself.
An honest timeline
Local SEO is not instant, and anyone promising first-page results in two weeks is guessing. Here is what a typical start looks like with us.
Week 1
Audit and access
We run a full audit of your website and Business Profile, set up tracking, and agree with you on two or three progress indicators to measure.
Weeks 2 to 4
Foundation
Technical fixes, keyword mapping, schema and the first round of on-page optimization go live. Your first articles and off-page work start.
Months 2 & 3
Build and measure
Content and off-page work continue on schedule. Your monthly report compares progress against the starting point.
Most businesses see early movement in impressions and long-tail keywords within the first three months. Competitive keywords in larger cities usually take longer, often six months or more, depending on your competition and your starting point.
Packages and pricing
All prices are in Canadian dollars per month. Every plan has a three-month minimum, then continues month to month. A full SEO audit, technical work, keyword mapping, on-page optimization, schema, free GA4 and Search Console setup, and a monthly report are included in all three.
Starter
$400/mo
Suits a business serving one city with a few core services, or one that wants to test SEO before committing more.
Growth
$600/mo
Suits most service businesses: two cities, five services, and active Business Profile management included.
Pro
$800/mo
Suits businesses covering several cities, or those who also want to see how they appear in AI tools like ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overviews through our AI visibility audit.
Not every business needs a full plan on day one. These two services can be ordered on their own.
Business Profile setup
We set up a complete, verified profile, or clean up the one you already have.
$150 one time
Four posts per month and ongoing upkeep of your profile.
$100 per month
Our guarantee
Nobody can honestly guarantee a #1 ranking, because nobody controls Google. What we can guarantee is our own work, so that is what we put in writing. Read the full terms on our guarantee page.
Every deliverable, every month
Everything listed in your plan is delivered and shown in your report with links. If anything is missing, that month is refunded or credited, your choice.
30-day risk-free start
If you are not happy in the first 30 days, cancel and we refund your first month in full.
90-day progress guarantee
If none of the indicators we agreed on at the start has improved after 90 days, your fourth month is free.
On top of that, you own everything we build: your Business Profile, analytics, content and links stay yours if you leave. We only use white-hat methods, and if our work ever causes a Google penalty, we fix it at no cost. These promises apply as long as we receive the access we need within 7 days of signing up and your approvals within 5 business days.
We have handled SEO, content and website work for businesses in cleaning, security systems and e-commerce. These are a few of them.
Designer: official logos from each client’s site, linked. Case study numbers (GSC/GBP results) added later only with real data.
Who it is for
We work with small and growing businesses across the Lower Mainland, including trades, home services, clinics, restaurants, retail shops and professional offices. Most local businesses fall into one of two types, and local SEO works a little differently for each.
A shop, clinic or restaurant customers visit. Your address is shown on the map, so the profile, reviews and nearby searches matter most.
Plumbers, cleaners, contractors and others who go to the customer. Google lets you hide your address and list the areas you serve instead. Since your map reach is limited to around your base, city pages on your website do more of the heavy lifting.
Questions
These are the questions small business owners ask us most before signing up.
Our local SEO packages are $400, $600 or $800 per month in Canadian dollars, depending on how many services and cities you want to cover. Google Business Profile setup alone is $150, and profile management alone is $100 per month.
Most businesses see early signs, such as more impressions and new long-tail keywords, within three months. Competitive searches in large cities often take six months or longer.
No, and you should be careful with anyone who does. We guarantee our deliverables, a risk-free first 30 days and measurable progress within 90 days, as described in the Rata Promise.
Each plan has a three-month minimum, which starts after your first 30 days. After that, plans run month to month and you can cancel any time.
Yes. Everything we create or set up belongs to you, and we never take ownership of your profile or analytics accounts.
Usually not. Most sites can be improved as they are. If your site is very slow, outdated or hard to edit, we will tell you in the audit, and Pro clients get 50% off a redesign.
Yes. Service-area businesses can rank on the map with a hidden address and a defined service area. We combine that with city pages so you can also reach customers further from your base.
It helps, because AI tools often draw on the same reviews, listings and website content. If you want a clear picture of where you stand, the Pro plan includes an AI visibility audit.
Not sure which plan fits, or whether SEO is the right move yet? Start with a free audit of your website and Business Profile, then talk it through with us in a 20-minute call. You will leave with a list of the biggest issues holding you back, whether you work with us or not.
Prefer email? Write to us at info@ratadigitalmarketing.com.
