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Local SEO + AEO Academy 2026

Bring in local customers from Google, Maps and the AIs on autopilot. All the keys are in the academy, free and jargon-free.

61
lessons
15
chapters
100%
free
Win the customer searching near youWhy the shop down the road ranks and you don'tTwo businesses, same town, same trade, wildly different phones ringing. The gap is not luck. It is that one plays local search, and local search is winner-takes-most.Start the course

Win the customer searching near you

How local search really works, and why the business down the road ranks and you don't. The rules of Google Maps and AI, and what you can actually move.

4 lessons
Win the map packShow up when locals ask AI for a recThe three things that decide who ranks locallyWin Google and AI without doubling your work

Replace your SEO agency with Claude

Connect Claude to your live data once, then get audits, quick wins and reporting on demand. Free, read-only. Set this up first, every Do this now runs on it.

4 lessons
Turn Claude into your local SEO analystAudit your whole local presence in one promptTrack your local and AI visibility from ClaudeLet Claude write your monthly report

Make your Google Business Profile your best salesperson

Your profile is the single biggest lever in local search. Set it up to rank, and to turn a searcher into a call or a visit.

6 lessons
Claim and verify your profileFill the fields that move your rankingPick the categories that put you on the mapPost photos and updates that get you chosenAnswer questions right on your profileKeep your profile fresh, automatically

Target the searches that bring you customers

Stop guessing. Find the "near me" and city searches your customers actually type, and point each at the right page.

4 lessons
Find the "near me" searches your customers typeTarget service-plus-city searchesFind the searches with buying intentPoint every search at the right page

Build pages that rank in every town you serve

Location and service pages done right rank in every town you cover. Done wrong they read as spam. Here's the line.

4 lessons
Build location pages that rankWrite service pages that rank and convertKill the thin city pages dragging you downLink your local pages so Google finds them all

Turn reviews into rankings and customers

Reviews are the biggest lever after your profile: they rank you, convert visitors, and tell AI you're the safe pick.

4 lessons
Why reviews decide who wins locallyGet reviews flowing on autopilotReply to every reviewShow your stars where Google and AI see them

Stop your own listings from confusing Google

Inconsistent name, address and phone across the web quietly erodes your rankings. Fix your citations at the source.

4 lessons
Why inconsistent business info costs you rankingsFix the listings that contradict each otherGet into the directories that countFeed the data aggregators Google and AI trust

Send Google the local signals it wants

Schema, titles, contact details and speed: the technical signals that tell Google exactly what and where you are.

4 lessons
Add the LocalBusiness schema Google readsWrite titles and meta built for localAdd your map, hours and phone the right waySpeed up for the customer searching on their phone

Get named when someone asks AI for the best near them

How ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity pick local businesses, and how to be the one they name. The freshest, most open advantage in local.

5 lessons
Crack how AI picks a local business to nameBe the answer to 'best near me'Turn reviews and mentions into AI trustShow up in Google's AI answers for localLet the AI crawlers reach your pages

Get recommended on Reddit, Quora and local groups

When your neighbours ask who to hire, on Reddit, in the town Facebook group, on Nextdoor, on Quora, that thread is what the AIs read to answer "best near me". Get named there and you are the recommendation, on Google and in AI.

3 lessons
Win the local Facebook groups and NextdoorGet recommended on RedditGet named on Quora and trade forums

Run local SEO across multiple locations

Multiple shops, branches or service areas change the game. One profile per location, a real page for each, and a brand that stays consistent, so your locations lift each other instead of competing.

3 lessons
Manage multiple locations without the chaosBuild a page for every location that ranksKeep your brand consistent across every location

See how much money local search brings you

Prove it. Track the calls, directions and clicks you earn, the customers AI sends, and which searches turn into paying jobs.

4 lessons
Track the calls, directions and clicks you earnFind the customers AI is sending youProve which searches turn into paying customersPut your local numbers on one dashboard, or ask Claude

Find every local quick win in 30 minutes

A fast, repeatable audit that spots what to fix first and turns it into a ranked action plan.

3 lessons
Audit your whole local presence in 30 minutesScore it and know what to fix firstTurn your audit into a ranked action plan

Own your local market in 100 days

A day-by-day plan from claiming your profile to compounding local authority. Quick wins first, AI proof last.

4 lessons
Days 1-10: claim, verify, set upDays 11-40: grab the quick winsDays 41-80: pages, reviews and local linksDays 81-100: authority, AI proof and momentum