Saltwater Studio

Services

Get found. Get recommended.

Systems engineered for Google, AI search, and the people in between.

Saltwater Studio makes local businesses visible to Google and to the AI assistants customers now ask first. Start with a $150 audit; everything past it is scoped to your business and quoted within a day.

Engagements

Start with the audit. Scale when it earns it.

T1

AI Visibility Audit

$150 flat, one-time

Delivered within 72 hours, fully async

A written audit of how your business shows up when AI assistants and Google's AI results answer for your market — brand presence, answer-first structure, schema and entity consistency, Google Business Profile, and technical SEO.

  • AI-assistant brand-presence check across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google's AI results
  • Answer-first structure review of the pages that win or lose you customers
  • Schema and entity-consistency check — is every source telling the same story
  • Google Business Profile review
  • Technical SEO baseline

You get a written report: a scored breakdown by category, the issues ranked by impact, and a sequenced fix list — the same format we run on client engagements.

The report stands alone. Fix it yourself, hand it to your developer, or have us run the Sprint.

T2

AI Search Optimization Sprint

Quote-based

The audit, implemented. Schema, answer-first restructuring, entity fixes, and Google Business Profile — the items in your report, done in one scoped sprint.

  • Schema.org structured data written and deployed
  • Answer-first restructuring of your money pages
  • Entity fixes — one canonical fact set, everywhere
  • Google Business Profile brought current and configured

Scoped from your audit report and quoted within a day. Yours or ours — an existing audit works.

T3

AI-Managed Presence

Quote-based

Ongoing management of your search and AI presence — the monthly work that keeps rankings, profiles, and AI answers current after the fixes land. Currently running for an active monthly client.

  • Monthly upkeep of rankings, schema, and content signals
  • Google Business Profile management
  • AI-answer monitoring — what assistants say about you, checked and corrected
  • A monthly written report of what moved and why

Proof of work

Engagements delivered

Site builds

Custom Next.js builds for local service businesses

SEO / AEO / GEO audits

The same report format the $150 audit ships in

Google Business Profile

Setup, remediation, and ongoing management

Monthly management

An ongoing management retainer, currently active

The full service catalog

Every engagement above is assembled from these.

01

AI Strategy & Logistics

Before anything gets built: which work is worth automating, which isn't, and what order to do it in. The plan you can hand to someone else and have them follow.

  • Process map of how work actually moves through the business today
  • Every repetitive task inventoried and ranked by hours it costs you
  • Build, buy, or leave alone — a call on each one, with the reasoning
  • Sequenced 90-day roadmap, cheapest reversible wins first
  • Written SOPs for the processes worth keeping as-is
  • Staff walkthrough — what changes, what doesn't, who owns what
  • A short list of what to measure so you know if it worked
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02

AI Automation

The repetitive parts of the day, handled without you. Intake, follow-up, quoting, scheduling, reporting — running on their own and telling you when something needs a human.

  • Automation of a scoped process, end to end — not a demo
  • Intake and lead routing that reaches the right person immediately
  • Follow-up sequences that stop the moment someone replies
  • Quote and estimate prep assembled from what you already collect
  • Records kept in sync so nothing gets typed twice
  • Reporting that arrives on a schedule instead of on request
  • Failure handling — every automation says so when it breaks
  • Handover documentation and a walkthrough for whoever runs it next
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03

AI Agents

The front desk that never closes. Missed calls answered by text in seconds, questions handled at midnight, bookings taken while you're on a job.

  • Missed-call text-back — every unanswered call gets a reply in seconds
  • Chat that answers real questions using your actual pricing and policies
  • Voice answering for after-hours and overflow, with clean handoff
  • Booking taken straight into the calendar you already use
  • Inbox triage — urgent surfaced, routine handled, noise filed
  • Scoped so it says "let me get Travis" instead of guessing
  • Every conversation logged where you can read it
  • Tone tuned to how you actually talk to customers
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04

Websites, Built Right

Next.js performance, immersive where it earns its keep, fast where it counts. The version you don't rebuild in two years.

  • Custom Next.js build — no templates
  • Schema.org structured data from day one
  • GA4 + GTM tracking configured before launch
  • Core Web Vitals optimized (LCP, CLS, INP)
  • Mobile-first, accessible, WCAG-compliant
  • Vercel deploy with www → apex redirect
  • GSC + Bing Webmaster submission on launch
  • Built to accept automation later without a rebuild
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05

SEO / AEO / GEO

Ranked in Google, quoted by AI search, named as the entity. The search presence your competitor skipped.

  • Technical SEO audit and remediation
  • Entity strategy — one canonical fact set everywhere
  • Answer-engine optimization (featured snippets, PAA)
  • Generative-engine optimization (AI Overviews, Perplexity, ChatGPT)
  • llms.txt and AI crawler access configured
  • IndexNow integration for instant Bing/AI indexing
  • Monthly rank and visibility reporting
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06

Google Presence

Google Business Profile setup, optimization, and the local pack — the most underused free channel a local business has.

  • GBP creation or full audit + remediation
  • NAP consistency across all directories
  • Category selection and service area configuration
  • Photo strategy and first-post content
  • Review response framework
  • Local pack ranking baseline and monitoring
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07

Social & Content

The weekly engine that keeps the profile alive — content that builds the entity, not just fills the feed.

  • Content calendar aligned to service pages and keywords
  • Platform-native posts (GBP, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn)
  • Answer-first copy — every post a potential AI citation
  • Brand voice consistency with BRAND.md standards
  • Monthly content performance review
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Common questions

What services does Saltwater Studio offer?

Four engagements: a $150 AI Visibility Audit, the optimization sprint that implements it, ongoing AI-managed presence, and custom AI systems — automation, agents, and integrations. The audit has a flat price; everything else is quoted to the business.

What does the $150 AI Visibility Audit include?

Five checks: how your business shows up in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google's AI results; whether your key pages are structured answer-first; schema and entity consistency; your Google Business Profile; and a technical SEO baseline. It arrives as a written report — scored by category, issues ranked by impact, fixes in order — within 72 hours.

How fast is the audit delivered?

Within 72 hours of purchase, fully async — buy it, and the report arrives by email. No call, no meeting; if something needs clarifying, we ask by email.

Do I need to get on a call?

No. Every engagement can run entirely over email. The intake form asks how you would rather be reached — a call is available, never required.

What happens after the audit?

The report stands alone. Fix the items yourself, hand the report to your developer, or have Saltwater Studio implement it as a scoped sprint — your call, no obligation either way.

What does the AI-Managed Presence retainer cover?

The monthly work that keeps rankings, profiles, and AI answers current after the fixes land: Google Business Profile management, schema and content-signal upkeep, monitoring what AI assistants say about the business, and a written monthly report of what moved. Quote-based, scoped to the business.

Where should a business start?

With whichever repetitive task costs the most hours, or with the phone. Strategy is the right first step when nobody has mapped how work moves through the business yet; automation or an agent is the right first step when the bottleneck is already obvious.

Do you work with businesses outside the Gulf Coast?

Yes. Saltwater Studio works with local businesses across the United States; the Gulf Coast, from Gulf Shores, Alabama to Panama City, Florida, is home base, not a limit.

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