Practical growth advice for local service businesses

How small businesses get found by the customers they want most.

Plain-English guides on marketing, customer acquisition, and AI-era visibility for plumbers, dentists, lawyers, accountants, real estate agents, and the rest of the local economy. No jargon. No fluff.

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What we cover.

Real growth tactics for the businesses that keep neighborhoods running.

Local SEO that actually works

How to rank for "[service] near me" queries when you're competing against national chains and content mills.

Getting cited by ChatGPT

The AI search era. How small local businesses can show up when buyers ask AI tools for recommendations.

Customer reviews and reputation

How to systematically request, manage, and respond to Google reviews — the single biggest local ranking factor.

Content that converts

Service pages, neighborhood guides, FAQ articles, and the educational content that turns researchers into customers.

Reddit and community marketing

Why Reddit threads rank Google page 1 and how to participate in industry subreddits without sounding like an ad.

Practical tech for non-techies

Schema markup, Google Business Profile, llms.txt, structured data — explained in plain English with screenshots.

About this site

Built by someone who's been in your seat.

Local Service Growth is a resource for owners of small and mid-size service businesses navigating an internet that's changed dramatically in the last 18 months. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini now answer billions of questions that used to flow through Google. Most local businesses haven't adapted because nobody's explaining how.

We write practical guides, with real examples, in language that doesn't require a marketing degree. New articles publish weekly across the five focus areas above. Free to read. No newsletter signup. No course upsell.

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