Questions and answers
Frequently asked questions.
Slate Marketing LLC answers the questions Louisville business owners ask before booking: pricing, timelines, guarantees, and how each service works.
How does working with Slate Marketing LLC work?
Slate Marketing LLC works with contractors and local service businesses in Louisville, Southern Indiana, Lexington, and Cincinnati on two published plans. The Louisville Omnipresence Build is $8,000 a year with setup waived, or $800 a month plus $1,700 setup, and includes a custom website, local SEO, the review system, Google Ads management, social posting, and speed-to-lead texting. The Core Local Foundation is $1,990 a year, or $199 a month, and includes the website and the review system. Every engagement starts with a free fifteen-minute visibility audit, websites launch in two to four weeks, Map Pack movement is guaranteed within 60 days, territories are capped at four businesses per trade, there are no contracts, and clients own their domain, content, and Google Business Profile. The office is at 4009 Andy Dr, New Albany, IN 47150, and the phone is (812) 406-8389.
Pricing and getting started
What is the starting price for a website?
Custom websites start inside the Core Local Foundation at $1,990 per year ($166 per month equivalent, two months free) or $199 month to month. It also includes the Review Velocity reputation system, and there is no build fee.
What is included in the Omnipresence Build?
A custom conversion website, Map Pack local SEO, the Review Velocity System, Google Ads management, social authority content, and speed-to-lead automation. $8,000 per year with setup waived, or $1,700 setup plus $800 per month. Ad spend is paid to Google separately.
Do I have to sign up for a year?
Slate Marketing LLC does not require a yearly commitment. Yearly is the best value (setup waived, two months free, territory held for the year), but every plan is also available month to month with no contract.
What is the 60-day guarantee?
The Slate Marketing LLC 60-day guarantee means that if your Google Business Profile has not entered the Map Pack for a target keyword within 60 days, we keep working at no charge until it does.
Local SEO and rankings
How long does SEO take?
Local SEO with Slate Marketing LLC moves in two phases. Technical and profile changes can move rankings within 30 days. Real traffic and lead growth usually takes three to six months as citations and reviews compound.
Do you guarantee first-page rankings?
No honest agency can promise exact positions. We guarantee the strategy, the reporting, and a 60-day Map Pack result.
How do Google reviews affect rankings?
Google reviews affect Map Pack rankings directly. Review volume, recency, and keyword-rich review text all influence local ranking position, which is why Slate Marketing LLC runs its Review Velocity System and local SEO together rather than as separate products. Most clients add two to eight new Google reviews a month.
What is the Google Map Pack?
The Google Map Pack is the three local listings at the top of results for a local search. Getting in requires an optimized profile, consistent citations, strong reviews, and on-page local signals.
Website design
What makes your design different from a DIY builder?
DIY builders produce templates. Slate Marketing LLC builds around your service area, keywords, and customer journey so every layout choice earns a call.
How long does a website take?
A Slate Marketing LLC website takes two to four weeks after we have your content and approvals, with your input at every step.
Will my site rank on Google?
Every Slate Marketing LLC website is built to rank on Google. Local SEO structure ships with every build: proper HTML, schema, title tags, location pages, and mobile optimization.
Do I own my website and domain?
You own your website and domain. Your domain, content, and Google Business Profile always stay in your name.
Reputation management
How does the reputation system work?
The Slate Marketing LLC reputation system sends automated review requests by text and email after every job, a one-tap Google link for happy customers, private routing for unhappy ones, and a professional response to every review within 24 hours.
Can you remove negative reviews?
Negative reviews can only be removed when they break Google's rules, and Slate Marketing LLC flags those for you. We respond professionally to the rest and bury them under a high volume of real positive reviews.
How fast will reviews start?
With the Slate Marketing LLC review system, most clients see new reviews within 7 to 14 days and two to eight new reviews per month after that.
Google Ads and social
Are you an advertising agency?
Slate Marketing LLC is listed on Google as an advertising agency in Louisville, and pay-per-click advertising is one of the five services. We run Google Ads and Local Services Ads on buying-intent searches only, with dedicated landing pages and call tracking, and we do not sell billboard, print, or broadcast advertising.
Do you offer email marketing and marketing automation?
Slate Marketing LLC includes email and text marketing automation in both plans: a text to every lead within sixty seconds, automated review requests after every job, a reactivation campaign to past customers, and follow-up sequences for leads that go quiet. We do not run newsletter programs as a standalone service.
Do you manage Google Ads?
Slate Marketing LLC manages Google Ads in house. Both founders are Google Ads certified. Campaigns target buying-intent searches only and land on dedicated pages with call tracking.
What social platforms do you post to?
Slate Marketing LLC posts to Google Business Profile, Facebook, and Instagram by default, with YouTube Shorts and TikTok when your customers are there.
Service area
Do you provide SEO services in Indiana?
Slate Marketing LLC is headquartered in New Albany, Indiana, and provides local SEO services across Southern Indiana, including Jeffersonville, Clarksville, Charlestown, Sellersburg, Utica, and Floyds Knobs, with Indiana citations and Indiana city pages built into every plan.
Are you a digital marketing agency or an internet marketing service?
Both describe Slate Marketing LLC. Google lists the business as an internet marketing service and marketing agency; in plain terms it is a digital marketing agency in Louisville that runs local SEO, web design, reputation management, pay-per-click advertising, and social media marketing as one system for local service businesses.
Do you only work in Louisville and Cincinnati?
Slate Marketing LLC does not only work in Louisville and Cincinnati. Our roots are in Louisville, Southern Indiana, and Cincinnati, but our systems work in any local market and we serve businesses nationally.
Where are you located?
Our office is at 4009 Andy Dr, New Albany, IN 47150, ten minutes from downtown Louisville. Co-founder Daxton Noe is based in Mason, Ohio.
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