SEO Audits with a Fix List, Not a PDF Dump
Kreativ HQ runs search engine optimization (SEO) audits for Twin Cities businesses. We review your map rankings, technical health, on-page and local content, reviews, citations and competitor links, then walk you through a prioritized fix list. Know what is holding you back before paying anyone monthly.
Fixed fee. Yours to keep, even if we never work together.
Before you buy a retainer
A Diagnosis, Not a Sales Document
Free audits are sales tools: eleven problems true of any site, then a proposal. Our SEO audit services end with a ranked list specific enough that your own developer can act on it. Part of our SEO in Minneapolis.
What the Audit Covers
An SEO audit is a comprehensive health check of your entire digital presence, designed to identify exactly why your business isn’t ranking well and what is blocking your traffic.
Because local SEO requires winning two separate races, a proper local audit cannot just look at your website, it must look at your map infrastructure, your code, your content, and your competition. A thorough local SEO audit typically covers five core pillars.
What the Findings Look Like
Every finding comes in the same shape. Ask to see a redacted sample.
What You Get and How It Is Handed Over
Most audits arrive as an attachment and die there. Ours come with a walkthrough call so you can argue with the findings and ask what to do first. After that, take it anywhere. We would rather earn the work.
What Happens After the Audit
You keep the fix list whatever you decide. Work through it yourself, hand it to your developer, or ask us to do it. We quote the fixes separately, in the same priority order as the list.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to what people ask before they call.
How much does a SEO audit cost?
A professional local SEO audit typically starts from $500 flat fee, while automated software audits can be run for free or under $100.
The price varies drastically because an automated report generated by a tool takes five minutes, whereas a manual, strategic audit requires hours of expert analysis to untangle complex local map data and technical website errors.
How long does an SEO audit take?
A comprehensive local SEO audit typically takes between 1 and 3 weeks to complete.
While automated software can crawl a website and spit out a basic report in just a few minutes, a professional, human-led audit requires time to collect accurate data, monitor search trends across your city, and build a customized action plan.
The exact timeline depends entirely on the depth of the audit and the size of your business footprint.
How often should an SEO audit be performed?
A local SEO audit should be performed once or twice a year for a standard business, while highly competitive industries require quarterly checks to protect their rankings.
You don’t need one every month, but leaving it too long allows technical website bugs to compound, map spam to go unnoticed, and competitors to slowly chip away at your lead volume.
The exact frequency depends entirely on your industry’s competition level, your business model, and recent updates to the search environment.
Can ChatGPT do an SEO audit?
ChatGPT can perform a highly effective local SEO audit, but it cannot operate completely on its own.
Because ChatGPT does not have direct, integrated access to private back-end data systems (like Google Search Console or Google Analytics) or hyper-local geo-grid map tracking networks, it functions as your senior data analyst rather than an automated tool.
To get a comprehensive audit from ChatGPT, you must provide it with raw data or specific website text. It can then break down that information and build a prioritized fix-it list.
Do you do the fixes as well?
We can, and you are not obliged. The list is written so any developer can act on it.
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