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Local marketing

What people find when they look you up.

Almost everyone checks a phone before walking into a business they haven’t been to. So what do they see about you? I go find out, then I fix it and keep it working. Your listings and reviews, what you post, the ads you run.

Takes about a week, and you keep the findings either way.

Start here

Thirty questions your customers ask.

I type them into Google, ChatGPT, Gemini and Siri the way somebody in your town would, and I save whatever comes back. Most owners have never seen it.

What the AI said (real audit, name removed)

best kabob in townNot listed
open late near meNot listed
are they still open?Says closed
somewhere for a group of eightNot listed
halal food nearbyRanked #1

Listing check, same business

Google Business ProfileCorrectMaps · AI Overviews · Gemini
Bing PlacesNot claimedChatGPT · Copilot · Edge
Apple BusinessOld addressSiri · Apple Maps · every iPhone
YelpDuplicate foundAlexa · restaurant discovery

That business moved. They updated one address and forgot three, and an old listing spent months telling every AI assistant they had shut down.

Why this happens

Google, Bing, Apple and Yelp read different sources.

Your name, address and phone have to match on all four. If one is wrong you stop showing up on everything that reads it.

GoogleMaps, AI Overviews, Gemini

The one most owners have claimed, and usually the only one they’ve ever checked.

BingChatGPT, Copilot, Edge

ChatGPT searches Bing, not Google. Almost no local business has claimed it.

AppleSiri, Apple Maps, every iPhone

About half the phones in your town, and completely separate from Google.

YelpAlexa, restaurant discovery

Where old and duplicate listings sit for years telling people you closed down.

The part nobody sees

You never find out you lost them.

Somebody checks your hours, your reviews, your photos, whether you’re still open. If it looks bad they don’t call to tell you. They just go somewhere else.

See what yours says

Services

Three stages. Take one piece or all of it.

Most people start at the top and work down. None of it needs a long contract.

Stage one

Get found

Do you show up at all?

Visibility audit

Thirty customer questions run through Google, ChatGPT, Gemini and Siri, with screenshots of what comes back.

  • What AI says about you and your competitors
  • Every listing that has you wrong
  • A written fix list you keep either way

Listings and maps

Google, Apple, Bing and Yelp claimed and corrected so all four finally agree with each other.

  • All four platforms claimed
  • Duplicates and dead listings removed
  • Re-checked at six weeks

Reviews

The biggest single thing behind whether you show up, and what an AI says when somebody asks it for a recommendation.

  • Every review answered within 48 hours
  • A system for asking, never for buying
  • Bad ones handled early
Stage two

Stay active

Are you worth finding?

Content, near-daily

Instagram, TikTok and Facebook on a calendar built a month ahead. You film to my list, I handle the rest.

  • Ideas, hooks and a monthly shot list
  • Editing, captions and posting
  • Comments and messages answered

Websites

For businesses without one, or with one built in 2016. Made so search engines and AI assistants can actually read it.

  • Your account, your card, your logins
  • Hours, menu, services, contact
  • One round of revisions included

Marketing direction

Not content, direction. Promotions, packages, seasonal pushes, something to run on the slow days.

  • Campaign and promo planning
  • Time with your staff on the floor
  • Turned into things you can actually run
Stage three

Get booked

Turning attention into customers.

Meta ads

Facebook and Instagram ads built from posts that already proved they work, so the creative isn’t a guess.

  • Run in your ad account, on your card
  • Creative refreshed every month
  • Aimed at messages and calls

Lead watching

People announce what they want to buy in public, then buy from whoever answers first.

  • Local groups and Marketplace watched
  • Replies drafted in your voice
  • You approve; nothing posts on its own

Monthly reporting

One page, same format every month, in plain English. Not a dashboard you’ll never log into.

  • Reviews, rank, and what AI now says
  • What went out and what it cost
  • What I’m working on next

How it works

Start with the cheapest part.

No long contract. There’s no reason to buy the whole thing before you know if it works.

Step one

Audit

About a week. You see exactly what customers and AI assistants are told about you today, plus a written fix list that’s yours whatever you decide next.

Step two

Fix

Listings claimed and corrected, duplicates cleared, reviews handled, a website if you need one. Re-checked at six weeks with a before and after.

Step three

Grow

Content going out near-daily, ads behind whatever performs, and one page a month showing what changed.

FAQ

Fair questions.

Who owns the accounts and the ad spend?

You do, all of it: profiles, domain, ad account, logins, footage. Everything gets built in your accounts on your card from day one and I take partner access. If we stop working together there’s nothing for me to hand back, because none of it was ever mine.

Shouldn’t you be the one filming?

Customers came for you, and you know your product better than I ever will. Footage I shoot looks like an ad. Footage you shoot looks like you, and that does better in local feeds. I tell you exactly what to point the camera at, and I’m there in person for the first session.

How many customers will this bring in?

I won’t give you a number, and anyone who does is guessing. What I’ll promise is the work itself: posts delivered, ads live, reviews answered, reporting on time. We also put something countable in place on day one, like a code or a booking link, so by month three you have a real number instead of a hunch.

Do I have to buy everything at once?

No. Start with the audit. It’s about a week, you keep the findings, and there’s no obligation to do the fixes with me.

Can you buy me reviews?

No. We just ask, and we ask a lot: signage, receipts, a line your staff can say out loud. Incentivized reviews get profiles filtered or suspended, and that costs way more than the reviews were worth.

Book the audit

Tell me the business name and the town.

That’s all I need to run the audit before we ever talk. You don’t have to get on a call to find out if something is wrong.

Free to ask. I answer within two business days.

Or call or text me: (209) 678-9030  ·  forgefoundmarketing@gmail.com