Now booking · Q3 2026
Arete runs SEO, websites, and digital ads for service-based businesses. We measure in booked jobs.
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Every engagement starts with the same audit — where your phone is leaking and where the next ten jobs can come from. We pick the right tools for that, not all of them.
Rank where your customers actually search. Service-area pages, Google Business Profile, and the unglamorous citation work that pushes you above the map pack.
Sites built for the way customers actually buy — phone-up, form-short, truck-on-the-way. Loads in under a second on a job-site 4G connection.
Google Local Services, search, and Meta. Tuned to cost-per-booked-job — not clicks, not impressions. Daily caps so a weekend doesn't burn a month.
A representative slice across HVAC, plumbing, lawn care, and auto detailing clients.
312%
Organic leads — Houston detailer, 90 days
$87
Average cost per booked job across paid + organic
47
Booked jobs in 30 days — Acme HVAC, Tulsa
0.7s
Median mobile site load, post-rebuild
Site rebuild, fourteen service-area pages, and a $2,400 / month local services test. A second van by month four.
312%
Organic lead growth
14
Service-area pages claimed
$2.4k
Monthly ad budget
4
Months to second van
Read the full study →We went from chasing leads on Craigslist to turning away work. Arete's the only marketing line in our P&L I don't squint at.
— Owner · Houston detailing co.
A two-week deep look at your site, your search presence, and your last ninety days of ad spend. We tell you exactly where the phone is leaking. You keep the audit even if you don't hire us.
Three months of work scoped on a single page. Quarterly goals expressed in booked-job count and cost-per-job — not clicks or impressions or vibes. Approve it, edit it, or walk.
Site rebuild (if needed), service-area pages, Google Business Profile cleanup, ads launched with daily budget guardrails. Most clients see first new leads in week three.
Monthly reporting that fits on a Post-it. Quarterly strategy reviews to expand the radius, add a vertical, or test new channels. We stay as long as we're earning our keep.
Why we exist
Most agencies sell you marketing. We sell you a phone that won't shut up — and the discipline to staff it.
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30-minute strategy call. No pitch deck. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.
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