Pulled from client Google Business Profiles and Stripe on August 21, 2026. Calls are the last 90 days across the profiles we manage.
We asked our clients what Google brings them now: how many calls and quote requests, how many close, and what a job is worth. These are their answers.
Owner-reported numbers, collected September and October 2026. Yearly figures are our math on the owner's numbers, shown with each client.
"You're my fourth SEO guy. I never received any phone calls from my website. I did close three deals since working with you, and the hard numbers are $65,000."
Bill, owner
"I get super excited when I see these people actually coming through my website, because I've never seen it in four years."
"Probably after two months, things started flowing. But you were candid about that."
"I trust you. You're a very straight shooter."
Owner-reported, October 2026.
"SEO is kind of a bad acronym to a lot of business owners, until I found you. But it's working. It's working."
Bill, SoCal Artificial Turfs
Turf cleaning · San Diego County
"Now I'm so booked out, I can't even keep up. I'm looking to hire more people to grow my business."
James, owner · Watch the full version
"Brian really educated me on how these things work, and was able to implement systems and processes to help me grow my business."
"He responds quickly. It's been a breath of fresh air."
The math: ~22 more requests a month × 5 in 10 close × $400 average job = ~$4,500 a month.
Owner-reported, October 2026.
"He's totally different from any of these big marketing agencies that reach out to you on Google or Instagram."
James, Mr Green Turf Clean
"Since working with you my phone has been ringing off the hook and I have been getting lots of new clients. Whatever you are doing, please keep doing it!"
Brian Burkett, attorney
"I immediately noticed my phone calls were increasing dramatically."
"The leads and things I've been getting now are several notches higher."
"I've had a significant amount tell me they found me off of ChatGPT."
The math: 8 new clients × $4,700 retainer = $37,600. Counts every new client, whether they found him through Google, ChatGPT or his ads.
Owner-reported in our October 2026 interview: clients, retainer, and calls and contact forms (before: 3 to 5 forms and 9 to 15 calls a month).
"If this keeps up, I might have to hire a part-time employee to help me out."
Brian Burkett, Law Office of Brian Burkett
Pressure washing · San Diego
"I had a website for years and never got a single call from Google. Eight weeks with Echo Local and we are ranking page 1 for pressure washing San Diego."
Josh, owner
"I've tried all the other ads you can possibly think of. Yelp, Nextdoor. The ROI was just never good."
"He's a part of our team now."
The math: ~10 more requests a month × 6-7 in 10 close × $400 average job = ~$2,700 a month.
Owner-reported, October 2026.
"Anyone that's in the service industry, I highly recommend Brian. What he's doing is amazing."
Josh, Integrity Pro Washers
Owner-reported numbers, October 2026. Yearly figures are our math on the owner's numbers.
You pay monthly. They send a report you can't read. Nothing compounds. And nobody ever checks whether the work they billed you for actually moved you up.
Vague reports, vanity metrics, and "trust us" calls that never show real ranking movement.
They do the same work month after month. No system, no automation, no flywheel effect.
Big agencies charge $2-5K/month because they have 40 employees. You're subsidizing their office lease.
The Echo Engine runs the same loop every day. It reads your Google numbers, picks the change with the best odds, publishes it, then comes back about a month later to check whether it actually moved you.
On one real account we posted 42 job photos to Google. Measured a month out, it moved the needle twice. Most agencies bill for that line forever, because nobody ever checked.
See the real week, and the scorecardWe only work with home service businesses across Oceanside, Carlsbad, Escondido, San Marcos, Vista, and the rest of San Diego County. That focus is what makes the system work.
It depends on your trade, your market, and how much work your website and Google Business Profile need, so we quote it after a free audit and a short call. Google Ads spend, if you run ads, is billed by Google directly to you. No long-term contracts. See what each package includes.
Most clients see calls and quote requests pick up in months two to four. By months three to six they average about 15 more calls and requests a month, by their own numbers. The system compounds, so growth keeps building the longer it runs. See the owners' numbers.
Google Ads stops generating leads the moment you stop paying. SEO builds a compounding asset. Blog posts keep ranking for months and years. Location pages keep pulling calls from new neighborhoods. Reviews keep building trust. Every month of SEO work stacks on top of everything before it.
Echo Local is based in Oceanside, CA and works mainly across North County: Carlsbad, Vista, Encinitas, San Marcos, and Escondido. We also serve home service businesses elsewhere in San Diego County, including Poway, Rancho Bernardo, La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Chula Vista, El Cajon, La Mesa, Santee, and Lakeside.
Hyperlocal SEO targets neighborhood-level search terms rather than broad city keywords. Instead of competing with every contractor in San Diego for "plumber San Diego," we rank you for "plumber in Poway" and "plumber in Rancho Bernardo." Each location page is a new net in the water, pulling in customers from neighborhoods your competitors ignore.
Yes. Your Google Business Profile, your Google Analytics and your Search Console data all live in your own Google accounts and stay in your name. We work inside them rather than behind a wall, so you can see every number we see, any time you want.
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