| Paid Advertising · ad budget billed separately |
| ▶Local Service Ads (LSA) Google Guaranteed pay-per-lead | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Setup and management of the Google Guaranteed cards that appear above standard search results. Pay-per-lead, not per-click. A low-commitment way to start getting paid leads on day one, available on every tier. |
| ▶Google Ads management Search campaigns + conversion tracking | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Google Search campaign management with ongoing keyword and account hygiene, conversion tracking, and regular audits to keep every dollar of ad spend accountable. |
| ▶Meta Ads (Facebook + Instagram) Lead-gen + creative + targeting | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Facebook and Instagram campaign creation and management, including audience targeting, creative production, and lead form integration that pushes inbound leads straight into your CRM. |
| ▶Apple Maps Ads Coming soon as inventory rolls out | ✗ | Roadmapwhen available | Roadmapwhen available, priority |
| Placement and management within Apple Maps ad inventory as Apple rolls it out. Extends paid reach beyond Google and gets you in front of the millions of iPhone users who default to Apple Maps. |
| Google Business Profile |
| ▶Initial & ongoing optimization Categories, services, attributes, photos, hours | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full GBP audit and buildout at onboarding (categories, services, attributes, hours, photos, Q&A) plus continuous tuning each month as Google adds new fields and as your business changes. Foundational across every tier. |
| ▶Review management Responses + removal of negative reviews | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Personalized response to every customer review and active flagging and removal of fake or unfair negative reviews through Google's reporting process. Reviews are the single biggest map pack ranking signal, so this is included on every tier. |
| ▶GBP posts Updates published to the listing | 4per month | 8per month | 12per month |
| Short text and image updates posted to the listing. Weekly cadence on Foundation, twice-weekly on Growth, three-per-week on Dominate. Feeds Google's freshness signal and gives you more surface area for keywords in the map pack panel. |
| ▶Ongoing description optimization Service + product descriptions tuned for keywords | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous rewrites of your GBP service descriptions and product tile descriptions as keyword opportunities shift. Foundation gets the initial buildout; Growth and Dominate get ongoing tuning each month. |
| Local Presence and Listings |
| ▶Apple Business Connect Apple Maps + Siri listing management | Coming soon | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Full listing setup, verification, and ongoing management so your business shows up accurately across Apple Maps and Siri. iPhone users default to Apple Maps; this captures search demand other platforms miss. Rolling out across all tiers. |
| ▶Citation cleanup & building Directory listings + data aggregators | Foundational cleanupNAP consistency sweep | Cleanup + active buildingnew placements monthly | Premium cleanup + targeted buildinghigh-authority directories |
| Foundation gets a one-time sweep to align your name, address, and phone across major directories and the data aggregators that feed AI training sets. Growth adds ongoing acquisition of new directory placements each month. Dominate goes after high-authority and industry-specific directories that take more manual effort but compound ranking authority faster. |
| Website Management |
| ▶Managed hosting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fast, secure, fully managed hosting included at no extra cost. Removes a separate vendor and a separate bill for you. |
| ▶Security & maintenance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous security monitoring, plugin and theme updates, and site upkeep so your site stays protected and online. No more emergency calls about a hacked WordPress site. |
| ▶Speed optimization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ongoing performance tuning to keep load times fast across every device. Better speed means better rankings and more visitors who actually wait for the page to load. |
| ▶Unlimited site updates Edits and changes on request | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited content edits and site changes, handled on request. No request queue cap, no monthly minutes counter, no per-change quote. If something needs to change, we change it. |
| ▶Service & location pages City + service combo pages, monthly | 2per month | 4per month | 8per month |
| New service and location pages built and published continuously, targeting the city and service combinations that drive search volume in your market. The main organic growth lever for any tree service site. |
| ▶Blog content Articles for topical authority + AI answers | 1per month | 2per month | 4per month |
| Blog posts written and published regularly to build topical authority and answer real customer questions. Structured for both Google search and AI answer engines. |
| ▶Internal linking Strategic link structure across the site | Basic setupone-time install | Standard ongoingmonthly optimization | Advanced strategiestopical clusters + hubs |
| Foundation gets your initial link structure set up at onboarding. Growth adds monthly link audits and optimization as new pages publish. Dominate layers in advanced strategies — topical clusters, hub-and-spoke models, anchor-text diversification — that compound site-wide authority as your content scales. |
| Pro Photography |
| ▶Pro photo & video capture On-site shoots by VicTree-arranged crew | ✗ | 1× per yearcapture day | 2× per yearcapture days |
| On-site shoots by a professional crew so your website, GBP, ads, and social posts use real photos of your actual work, equipment, and team. Solves the stock-photo problem most tree service sites have and gives you content that keeps producing returns for years. |
| Search Engine Optimization |
| ▶Keyword research & targeting Continuous, not one-time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous keyword research and on-page optimization guiding every page and post we build. Refreshed monthly as rankings shift and as new opportunities emerge. |
| ▶Backlink building Sponsorships, digital PR, trade directories | ✗ | 3 – 5per month | 8 – 10per month |
| Locally and industry-relevant link acquisition through supplier pages, local sponsorships, digital PR, and trade directories that compound authority over time. Quality-focused, not link-farm volume. |
| ▶AI Search Optimization Schema, entity, Q&A content | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Optimization to get your business cited in AI-driven search results across major answer engines. Clean schema and entity structure, question-and-answer content built for AI to reference, and research content that earns mentions in the sources these engines pull from. |
| CRM, Automation, and Lead Handling |
| ▶Lead Management System (CRM) Pipelines, unified inbox, online booking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| A dedicated CRM with lead and job pipelines, a unified inbox, an online booking calendar, and contact organization so every lead lands in one place regardless of source. |
| ▶Lead follow-up automations SMS + email intake flows | Standardgeneric templates | Service-specificper-service intake | Service-specific+ custom workflows |
| Automated SMS and email follow-up. Foundation gets standard templates (welcome, follow-up, review request). Growth adds service-specific intake — stump grinding requests photos and measurements, removals trigger their own workflow, each service type routes accordingly. Dominate adds custom workflows tailored to your specific sales process. |
| ▶AI spam filter Auto-filter junk submissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic filtering of junk and spam form submissions so only real leads reach your pipeline. Your office stops chasing phantom leads from form spam. |
| ▶Review funnel Auto review requests post-job | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated review requests sent at the right moment after a job, building the velocity, volume, and recency that drive map pack rankings. |
| ▶Call tracking Dedicated numbers tie calls to source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated tracking numbers per channel so every call ties back to its source. Shows you which channels are making the phone ring and your true cost per lead. |
| Reporting & Strategy |
| ▶Monthly PDF lead report ROI, lead map, progress | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| A clear branded PDF report delivered to your inbox after every month with ROI breakdowns, a historical lead map, and progress updates. Skimmable, not buried in dashboards. |
| ▶Real-time reporting dashboard Live access to leads, traffic, and ad performance | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live dashboard you can log into any time to see lead volume, channel attribution, ad performance, and ranking movement without waiting for the monthly PDF. |
| ▶Strategy call cadence Direct strategist time | Asyncemail/SMS | Quarterlystrategy call | Monthlystrategy call |
| Foundation handles strategic questions async via email or SMS. Growth includes a quarterly check-in call to review performance. Dominate includes a monthly strategy call to review what's working, what isn't, and adjust the plan accordingly. |