Des Plaines runs on passing trade. Seven minutes from O’Hare, cut through by Oakton Street, Golf Road and Mannheim, with the Rivers Casino pulling traffic in from across the north-west suburbs.
Brunch City Cafe sits at 901 East Oakton, on a road thousands of cars use every day. They were watching all of it drive past. Visibility on a busy street is not the same as visibility on Google, and only one of those brings people through the door.
A large share of searches here come from people who are not local — travellers, crews, people staying in Rosemont. They search "near me" with no idea what is good. Whoever occupies the map pack wins that customer by default.
Des Plaines businesses lose custom to neighbouring suburbs constantly. Ranking in the towns next door, not just your own, is usually the cheapest growth available.
Des Plaines is a good market to do local SEO properly in, because a lot of the competition still is not. Most independents here have an unclaimed or half-finished Google listing.
Local SEO and Google listing management so you show up when somebody nearby searches. Google Ads and paid social for when you need work coming in this month. Video and photography shot inside your business. And a website that turns the visit into a phone call.
We also work across Park Ridge, Mount Prospect, Rosemont, Niles, Glenview, Elk Grove Village.
Tell us what you are trying to grow. We will tell you honestly what we would do first.
Get a free growth plan