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Growth includes monthly SEO with your website, from $599 a month. Here is what a year of that work could look like for a Allen County business. Serving Fort Wayne, New Haven and Auburn.
On Growth, the monthly SEO is one targeted blog post a month aimed at a local search you want to win, plus Google Business Profile management. Below is one example of how those posts could be spread across Allen County. You choose the searches.
| Month | Example post focus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Job costs in Fort Wayne |
| 2 | [your service] near New Haven |
| 3 | Seasonal work in Auburn |
| 4 | Comparing options in Huntertown |
| 5 | How-to guide for Garrett |
| 6 | Urgent jobs in Fort Wayne |
| 7 | Job costs in Auburn |
| 8 | [your service] near Huntertown |
| 9 | Seasonal work in Garrett |
| 10 | Comparing options in Fort Wayne |
| 11 | How-to guide for New Haven |
| 12 | Urgent jobs in Auburn |
Allen County has 9,494 business establishments in the sectors the Census counts.
Nationally, 97% of consumers read reviews for local businesses (BrightLocal, 2026).
Review request page (included in every plan): a review page with a QR code that sends happy customers straight to your Google review form. Review management is scoped in an Untapped bid.
Source: County Business Patterns, 2022.
Growth holds the site and the monthly work in one plan, with no separate retainer. Typical agency SEO retainers, with sources.
Hosting, SSL and monthly maintenance are included, with up to 8 content pages on the lowest plan. Site design licensed. Domain and content owned by client.
Allen County has about 392,378 residents, with 5 cities of 5,000 or more people.
Median household income is about $71,000.
Utilities is the largest local industry by earnings.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files (ZIP codes); Census metropolitan area definitions (metro area).
46706, 46774, 46802, 46803, 46804, 46805, 46806, 46807, 46808, 46809, 46814, 46815, 46816, 46818, 46819, 46825, 46835, 46845, 46738, 46748
There is no build invoice: local seo for Allen County businesses comes inside a monthly plan. Local SEO is fully included in Growth at $649 a month on a 1-year term, or $599 on a 2-year term. Stand Up has it set up at launch only, with no ongoing work after launch.
Each post is aimed at one local search you want to win. For a Allen County business, the first three could be job costs in Fort Wayne, a search for your service near New Haven and seasonal work in Auburn. You pick the searches, and we write the posts.
Yes. The monthly post is written and structured to be cited by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews), and your AI search setup is maintained monthly. Stand Up has AI search setup at build only.
You do. The profile lives in your Google account, and we work on it as a manager you can remove at any time. If you cancel, the profile, its reviews and its history stay with your business in Allen County.
We do not promise a ranking or a date. It depends on your category, how established your competitors in Allen County are, and your reviews. What we do promise is in the plan spec: the work done each month and the launch standard of the site.
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Pick the searches you want to win in the bid builder. Stand Up and Growth have fixed prices, so your bid is instant. Custom work is reviewed by Chris, who gets in touch to talk it through.