For Local SEO in San Antonio, you should see Google Business Profile improvements within 2-4 weeks and meaningful map-pack ranking gains in 3-6 months. Organic search rankings outside the map pack take 6-12 months to mature. Anyone promising faster is either lying or doing something that will get your site penalized.

A one-time AI Search Visibility Audit is $1,500. A Local SEO Audit starts at $1,500 (scope-dependent). The AI Visibility Retainer is $3,500 per quarter for firms that want ongoing measurement. Hourly consulting is $300/hour for one-off work. No setup fees, no long-term contracts, and a 90-day minimum on the retainer so the work has a fair window to produce results.

Google Ads stops working the day you stop paying. SEO compounds. National firms assign your account to whoever’s cheapest — usually offshore, with no local context. I’ve spent eight years inside search engines themselves, at FAST and Microsoft. You get that experience, applied directly to your business, by the same person who took your call. No account managers in between.

Maybe not. If you’re booked solid through next year on word-of-mouth alone, SEO is a luxury. But if you ever want to grow, raise prices, hire, expand to a second territory, or stop relying on referrals — search visibility is the foundation. We can talk through whether it’s the right time for your business in a free 30-minute call.

More relevant, not less. Google’s AI Overviews and tools like ChatGPT Search still pull from the same fundamentals — your Google Business Profile, your local citations, your reviews, your website’s authority. The mechanics shifted; the basics didn’t. I track all of it and make sure your business shows up in both classic search and the new AI answer engines.

No. Month-to-month after a 90-day minimum. The minimum exists because no honest SEO consultant can produce results in 30 days — promising otherwise would be a lie. After 90 days, you can leave any time with no penalty. If the work is good, you’ll stay because it’s working, not because you’re locked in.