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A complete sample with a fictional physical therapy clinic: what we found, what we'd do and how the price is presented. Yours will be about your business.

Sample document. The business, website, searches, rankings and competitors are fictional, made up to show the format.

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Ridgeline Physical Therapy

Business
Physical therapy clinic
Area
Columbus, OH
Website
ridgelineptclinic.com

The essentials, in four lines

  • When people in Columbus search for physical therapy on a phone, you show up fifth, below two directories and two clinics.
  • Your Google listing has the wrong category and old hours, and 14 reviews against 180 for the leader.
  • Your website has one “Services” page, so Google has nothing to show for sports injuries or back pain.
  • On a phone, your home page takes several seconds to show anything, and the call button is at the bottom.

1 · How customers search

The searches that bring patients

Most people search for the service plus the city or “near me”, and a smaller group searches for the problem: back pain, a sports injury, pelvic floor therapy. Each group needs its own page.

Findings: The searches that bring patients
physical therapy columbusyou appear 5th(Needs work)
sports injury therapy columbusnot in the top 20(Poor)
ridgeline physical therapy1st(Good)

2 · Your Google listing

Google Business Profile

The listing is categorized as “Medical clinic”, has last year's holiday hours and no photos of the treatment rooms. Competitors in the top three have their category right, recent photos and replies to every review.

Findings: Google Business Profile
Primary categorywrong(Poor)
Reviews14 vs 180(Needs work)
Replies to reviewsnone(Poor)

3 · Your website on a phone

Speed and contact

Away from Wi-Fi the home page is slow, and the phone number is only in the footer. The contact form asks for nine fields.

Findings: Speed and contact
Time to first contentslow(Poor)
Taps to call4(Needs work)
Form fields9(Needs work)

The plan

The plan, page by page

Each page answers a group of searches and leads to a call or a booking.

PageFor people searchingWhy
/physical-therapy-columbus“physical therapy columbus, physical therapist near me”The main search, today served by a generic home page. It's the core of the local SEO work.
/sports-injury-rehab“sports injury therapy columbus”Athletes search for this specifically and find nothing on the site.
/back-pain-treatment“back pain physical therapy”The most common problem patients mention.
/pelvic-floor-therapy“pelvic floor therapy columbus”A specialty with little local competition.

What we wouldn't do

  • Ads for now: the listing and the main pages would bring more for the money.
  • A blog with weekly posts: four strong pages first.
  • Pages for towns you don't really serve.

The fixed quote

In your audit, this is where the price for the whole plan goes, line by line. For this clinic it would look like this:

  • New website with the four pages above, the Google listing fixed and calls and forms tracked, at a fixed price paid once it's live and you've checked it.
  • SEO afterwards, if you want it: a monthly fee, with the first one once the setup is live and no long-term contract.
  • Delivery: about 6 weeks from the day you accept, with the exact date signed.
  • The price covers the work in the proposal. Rankings aren't part of it, because Google decides them.

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