Google Business Profile
Full GBP optimization — photos, posts, services, attributes, Q&A seeded, review request flow. The foundation of local SEO nobody bothers to maximize.
Digital Marketing · Cumming, GA
Get found on Google — and on ChatGPT.
Local SEO and AI-search optimization for small businesses in Cumming, Forsyth County, and across North Metro Atlanta. Ranking in the maps pack is still the core — but in 2026 you also need to show up when your customer asks Claude or ChatGPT.
Book a free 15-min call
From $499/mo · 3-month minimum · GEO-ready
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The short version
Digital marketing from Branding Zombie Designs is local SEO, AEO (AI-search optimization), Google Business Profile management, and content for small businesses in Cumming, GA and across North Metro Atlanta — built to get you found on Google and cited by AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini, from $499/month. Honest scope, no long contracts.
- Local SEO & AEO from
- $499/mo
- Local SEO & AEO from
- Ranked and cited
- Google + AI
- Ranked and cited
- On our own Google reviews
- 5.0★
- On our own Google reviews
“SEO didn't die — it grew a second head. Now you have to win the Google map pack AND the AI answer box. I set businesses up for both, and I'll tell you honestly when you don't need to pay for it.”
Who this is for
If any of these sound like you.
- Local Cumming and Forsyth County businesses wanting to show up in 'near me' searches
- Businesses that have a website but get zero organic traffic from it
- Anyone who's been burned by cheap SEO services that never actually delivered
- Owners who've noticed customers saying 'ChatGPT recommended you' and want more of that
Not sure if you fit? Book a free consultation
Sound familiar?
Your competitor shows up, you don't.
Local search is brutal. You can have the better business, the better prices, and the better reviews, and still lose because your competitor hired someone who actually knows what they're doing.
You Google your own business and your competitor shows up in the maps pack above you.
Your Google Business Profile is set up but 'not maximized' — whatever that means.
You hired an SEO guy two years ago, paid him $300/mo for eight months, and nothing happened.
A customer told you 'ChatGPT recommended your competitor' and you didn't know that was even a thing.
Your website gets two visits a day and they're both you, on your phone, checking the website.
What you get
Local SEO, honestly executed.
No 'submit your site to 500 directories' nonsense. We focus on the 20% of work that drives 80% of local ranking — and the new work (AI-search) that most of your competitors haven't caught on to yet.
Local Citations + NAP Consistency
Your business listed and consistent across Google, Bing, Yelp, Apple Maps, Nextdoor, Alignable, industry directories — so Google trusts that you are where you say you are.
On-Page SEO
Page-level optimization — titles, metas, schema markup, internal linking, Core Web Vitals. The technical fundamentals done right, not chased every time Google sneezes.
Content Strategy + Blog
A calendar of blog posts and cornerstone pages targeting the searches your customers actually make. Written in your voice, SEO-ready without reading like keyword stuffing.
AI Answer-Engine Optimization
Structuring your content, schema, and entity signals so ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can cite you when a customer asks for recommendations. This is the new SEO — we're already in it.
Review Management
Systems to ask for reviews the right way. Timely responses to every review (in your voice). Reputation defense when something sideways shows up.
Local SEO plans start at
$499 / month
Growth at $999/mo is our most requested tier. Also available: one-time GBP Audit + Setup at $499 (no monthly commitment).
Pricing
Three tiers, zero hidden fees.
Pick the level that matches where you are. Upgrade later if the business outgrows it — we don't charge to re-open a project.
Local SEO GrowthOngoing
$999/mo
3-month minimum
- Everything in Starter
- On-page SEO audit + fixes across your site
- 4 blog posts per month
- Review response management (we reply; you approve)
- ChatGPT / Perplexity / AI-search (GEO) optimization
- Quarterly strategy call
Best for
Choose GrowthLocal businesses serious about dominating 'near me' searches and showing up in AI answers.
Local SEO StarterOngoing
$499/mo
3-month minimum
- Google Business Profile optimization
- 10 local citations (directories, listings, NAP consistency)
- 1 blog post per month (750–1,200 words, SEO-ready)
- Review monitoring + response guidance
- Monthly performance report
Best for
Start with StarterMicro-businesses getting the local SEO foundation in place for the first time.
Full SEO + GEOOngoing
$1,999/mo
3-month minimum
- Everything in Growth
- Authority-building link outreach
- 8 blog posts per month + 2 cornerstone pages
- Competitor tracking + gap analysis
- Conversion rate optimization on landing pages
- Monthly strategy call with actual recommendations
Best for
Book a strategy callBusinesses competing in harder markets, multiple service areas, or a national niche.
Every tier includes a free 15-minute discovery call. Book yours →
Pricing not the right fit?
Get a quote built around your scope and budget.
Tiers are starting points, not gates. Send a quick brief — even a sentence — and we'll come back with a custom quote within 24 hours. Most small businesses don't need everything in a tier; some need more.
- · Free
- · No spam
- · Reply within 24 hours
Custom brief · 90 seconds
Pick the services, describe the project, drop in references if you have any. Optional budget + timeline help us scope.
Request a custom quoteOr skip the form: call (770) 744-2536 or email [email protected].
80+ projects delivered. 15+ years in the trenches.
See the workRestaurants and streetwear. Supplements and construction. Local storefronts and DTC ecommerce. If it needs a logo, a label, or a website, we've shipped it.
Selected work
Campaigns and creative we've shipped.
Paid social, mailers, banners, and lifecycle work for DTC supplement brands, service businesses, and B2B teams. Real assets that ran in real markets.
Pruvit — KETO//OS mailer
Direct-mail flyer for the KETO//OS line — full lifestyle band, flavor lineup, referral code. Built to convert from inbox to purchase.
ANS Performance — capabilities ad
Print + paid hybrid ad — 250K sq. ft. of production, in-house design + print, 25-year anniversary medallion. Sells the manufacturer's pitch in one frame.
S.W.E.T. — diuretic + burn campaign
Packaging plus lifestyle campaign assets. Box, bottle label, and editorial shot delivered together for retail and digital.
Carnitine PLS Series — paid social
Beach-set lifestyle ad for the Carnitine PLS Series. Designed for IG feed + Stories with mobile-first composition.
Shield Labs — campaign banner
All-in-one daily multivitamin campaign visual — packaging, athlete photography, and tagline locked together for paid social and web hero.
B-NOX Androrush — tropical lifestyle
Beach-set lifestyle render for the flagship pre-workout. The kind of ad that performs on Meta and stops the scroll.
dMAX10 Reloaded — watermelon slushie
Flavor-specific lifestyle ad for an intra/post-workout recovery formula. Hero food photography meets compliant supplement claims.
Test Pro — Advanced Daily Multivitamin
Lifestyle hero with packaging composited into a runner shot. Built for paid social and storefront banner duty.
VPM Pools — services flyer
Bilingual residential + commercial pool service flyer with three-tier offer block. Bright, scannable, conversion-tuned.
How it works
From invisible to found.
- 01
Audit
FreeA 20-minute audit of your current SEO posture — GBP, on-page, citations, content, and AI-search presence. You get an honest read whether you hire us or not.
- 02
Foundation
First 30 days — GBP max, citation cleanup, technical fixes, content calendar. The stuff that has to be right before monthly content can compound.
- 03
Monthly Work
Content published, reviews managed, GBP posted weekly, rankings tracked, schema maintained, AI-search optimization iterated. Real SEO is a monthly discipline.
- 04
Report & Iterate
Monthly report with rankings, traffic, leads, and what we're adjusting. Quarterly call to zoom out and plan the next 90 days.
How we compare
Local SEO + AEO vs. doing nothing
What managed local search from Branding Zombie changes versus leaving it alone.
| Comparison point | Branding Zombie | Doing nothing |
|---|---|---|
| Google map pack | Optimized profile + schema | Invisible to 'near me' |
| AI search | Built to be cited | Not in the answer box |
| Content | Local posts that rank | Silent |
| Reviews | A system to grow them | Whatever trickles in |
| Cost | From $499/mo, no lock-in | $0 — and lost customers |
Local to North Metro Atlanta
Local SEO in your town
We're based in Cumming and build for businesses across Forsyth, North Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Cherokee, and Dawson counties. Pick your city for local seo details and answers specific to your area.
- CummingLocal SEO · Forsyth County
- AlpharettaLocal SEO · Fulton County
- Johns CreekLocal SEO · Fulton County
- MiltonLocal SEO · Fulton County
- SuwaneeLocal SEO · Gwinnett County
- BufordLocal SEO · Gwinnett County
- DawsonvilleLocal SEO · Dawson County
- GainesvilleLocal SEO · Hall County
- RoswellLocal SEO · Fulton County
- WoodstockLocal SEO · Cherokee County
Need the whole thing?
Local Business Kit — $2,800
Logo + 5-page website + business cards, flyers, and Google Business Profile setup — delivered in 4 weeks. You save $1,200 vs. buying each à la carte.
See what's included
Already launched?
Keep it moving — from $499/mo
Monthly social or SEO support. No project-by-project hassle, no month-to-month mystery — just consistent work on the things that bring you business.
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Ready to get found
Your next customer is searching for you right now. Be in the first three results.
Book a free 15-minute call. We'll tell you honestly where you rank, where you're leaking, and what the path to the top 3 looks like — whether we're the ones who execute it or not.
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No pitch · No pressure · Just a straight answer