Susumu Creative
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Tell us about your business. Get your real numbers.

30 seconds to fill out. We pull live from Google, run the math, and email you your verdict on a private URL.

Read this before you start

This audit answers one question: can your business get into the three businesses Google shows next to the little map when someone nearby searches for what you sell. Nothing else.

Run it if

  • You serve customers in a specific city or drive radius
  • You are already on Google Maps, with a listing showing your hours, photos, and reviews, even if you have never touched it
  • You would take more calls from people searching your service in your area tomorrow

Do not run it if

  • You sell online to the whole country with no local service area. There is no map to rank on. Start on the DTC page instead.
  • You have no Google Maps listing yet. The audit reads the listing you already have, so it has nothing to measure. Email kuni@susumucreative.com and we will walk you through claiming it first, free.
  • You are shopping for a general website or brand SEO review. This is not that.

I personally read every audit. Reply within 48 business hours.

Kuni Takahashi, Susumu Creative

First, is this audit for you?

Two questions. If the answers say the audit cannot help you, we will tell you here instead of emailing you a report full of numbers that do not apply.

How do customers find you today?

Are you on Google Maps already?

Search your business name on Google. If a panel comes up on the right with your hours, photos, and reviews, that is your Google Business Profile and the answer is yes.

Your business

The numbers come from Google. Be exact with the name and city so we find the right listing.

Trades, home services, dental, legal, retail, restaurants, professional services, more. Pick the closest fit, or use Other.

Budget reality

We compare your budget against the floor we estimate to clear top 3 in your category and market. If the math doesn't work, we'll say so.

Where to send the report

We email a link to your report and store it under a private URL.

Takes about 30 seconds. The report appears on a private URL you can share. We email you a copy.

What you get

  1. A binary verdict. Pursue, fix-then-pursue, commit-at-the-floor, or skip. No vague "do SEO and ads" non-answer.
  2. The real cost to top 3. Reviews to close the gap, months at a sustainable pace, monthly ad spend floor, and the total commitment.
  3. Your top 3 competitors. Pulled live from Google with their review counts and ratings. The same data we'd use on a strategy call.
  4. A site readiness check. We scan your homepage for the 8 signals Google uses to decide whether your site and your Google profile read as the same business. You see the first 3 results free.
Common questions

Still deciding? Read these.

Is this really free?
Yes. No card, no payment. The audit pulls live Google data, which costs us a few cents per run. The Strategic Review call after is also free. If you decide to work with us after, that is where pricing starts. Pricing is published on the report you receive.
What is the map pack, in plain English?
Search your service plus your city on a phone, or just your service and the words near me. Google puts a map at the top with three businesses under it. That block is the map pack, and it sits above the regular blue links. Those three businesses take most of the calls. Everyone else is on the second screen. This audit scores your odds of getting into those three.
I sell online and ship nationwide. Is this for me?
No. The map pack only exists for businesses tied to a place: a storefront, an office, or a service area you drive to. If you have no local service area, there is nothing here to rank in and the audit will not return a useful answer. The DTC page covers that side of the work.
What if I do not have a Google Business Profile yet?
Then the audit has nothing to read. Every number in the report comes from your existing Google listing and the listings of the businesses beating you. Claim the listing first, which is free and takes about a week to verify, then run the audit. Email kuni@susumucreative.com and we will point you at the steps.
Is this an SEO audit for my website?
Not the way most people mean it. We do scan your homepage, but only for the 8 signals that tell Google your site and your Google listing are the same business. Keyword rankings for blog posts, backlink profiles, and national SEO are a different job and are not what this measures.
What if I am not in Utah?
The audit works for any US local business. Same methodology, same numbers, same verdict logic, anywhere.
How accurate is the Google data?
Pulled live from Google. Review counts, ratings, business names, and competitor distances are real-time from Google's index. The verdict math uses category benchmarks calibrated against published agency data and our own client work.
What happens to my email and business info?
Stored privately with your audit. We do not sell or share your info. After your audit, we may send occasional plain-text follow-ups: a check-in on your situation, related local visibility tips, or a heads-up on relevant updates. One-click unsubscribe in every email.