Small Business
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Search and AI visibility advice sized for owner-operated businesses: what to fix first, what it costs, what to skip.
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What a Website SEO Audit Actually Costs in 2025
I've priced SEO audits at $400, $2,000, and $8,000. Here's what each tier delivers, where the money goes, and how to tell real strategy from a PDF in a suit.
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What Actually Gets You Cited in AI Search Answers
ChatGPT doesn't rank you. It cites you or it doesn't. Here is the structural work that puts small businesses into those answers with zero ad spend required.
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How to Set Up Google Search Console on Any Website: Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, WordPress and More
Set up Google Search Console in 15 minutes: pick a property type, verify on Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, WordPress or Webflow, submit your sitemap.
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How to Create a Free Ahrefs Account and Connect Your Website
Create a free Ahrefs account, connect and verify your website, and run your first site audit in under an hour. Step by step, with screenshots.
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What a Serious SEO Audit Report Really Costs
SEO audit reports run from $300 to $15,000. Here is what each tier actually includes, where the value jumps, and how to spot a hollow deliverable before you sign.
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What a Generative Engine Optimization Agency Costs in Practice
Compare three GEO agency pricing tiers with exact monthly costs, what each retainer delivers, and the trade-offs that quietly erode value by month three.
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Does Blogging Help SEO? What a Business Blog Actually Does, and What It Does Not
Yes, but the mechanism is narrower than most articles claim. What a business blog really does for search and AI answers, and when to skip it.
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Inside SEMPITE: Q&A With Founder Jacob Gerrish
SEMPITE founder Jacob Gerrish on AI search, automation as leverage, and building a one-person consultancy that ships like a team.
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Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Digital Consultant
The five questions that separate a real digital consultant from a reseller dashboard, and how SEMPITE answers each one.
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SEO Checklist Template: The Simple Local SEO Checklist
A copy-paste local SEO checklist template: GBP, citations, reviews, on-page signals, and the AI-search layer, plus a 20-minute lite version.
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How Much Does a Website Audit Cost? (2026 Pricing)
Website audit pricing in 2026: what the free, freelance, boutique, agency and enterprise tiers really cost, and how to spot an overpriced audit.
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How to Get Your Business Found Online in 2026: The Complete Playbook
The 2026 playbook for small-business visibility: Google Business Profile, local SEO, reviews, content, and the new layer, AI answers.
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