Local SEO and Google Maps services for small businesses
SME Solution is a search marketing team in Hanoi, Vietnam. We help local businesses in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and Singapore show up on Google Maps and Google Search when nearby customers are looking, so more of them call, ask for directions and book. Plans start at $350 a month per location.
Google-compliant work only: no fake reviews, no keyword-stuffed names.
Measured by calls, direction requests and enquiries.
I’m Đăng. I’ve done SEO and Google Maps work for small businesses for 6 years, and I lead every account myself. You’ll hear from me, in plain English, about what we did and what changed.
6 years
Doing SEO and Google Maps for small businesses
164 calls
From Google Maps in 5 months for a retail showroom
63 → 2,342
Organic clicks a month for a steel products site
From $350
Per month, per location, no setup fee
Why Google Maps decides who gets the call
When someone searches for a dentist, a plumber or a hardware supplier nearby, Google usually shows a map with three businesses before any website. Those three get most of the attention. Google says local results depend mainly on relevance, distance and prominence, and that there’s no way to pay for a better local ranking. So the only way in is to be the most relevant, best-presented and best-reviewed option near the searcher.
What decides who appears in the local pack. Factor ranks from Whitespark’s 2026 survey of 47 experts.
In Whitespark’s 2026 survey, 47 local SEO experts ranked the primary Google Business Profile category as the single strongest factor out of 187, ahead even of distance. Most of the top ten live inside the profile itself: categories, hours, address, ratings, reviews and the map pin. That’s good news for small businesses, because those are things you control.
Technical fixes, service pages and content that rank beyond the map and turn visitors into enquiries.
Who we help
Three kinds of businesses we work with
Industry doesn’t decide fit. What matters is a real location or service area and wanting customers from it.
Local businesses
Clinics, dentists, salons, restaurants, trades, law and accounting firms, shops. Anyone who needs customers within driving distance.
Vietnamese-owned businesses abroad
Nail salons, restaurants, tax and insurance offices run by Vietnamese owners in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. We can talk in Vietnamese and handle your English-language presence.
Agencies and web designers
Agencies that sell local SEO but don’t want to hire. We deliver behind the scenes under your brand.
Results from client accounts
Organic clicks per month from clients’ Search Console accounts.
These clients are in Vietnam, where we’ve worked for six years; Google Maps and Search work the same way in every country. A retail showroom’s profile recorded 164 calls and 1,367 direction requests in five months. A steel supplier reached the top three on Google Maps in its area with about 30–50 calls a month. Read the details, including where each one started, in our local SEO case studies.
Why businesses abroad hire a team in Vietnam
Most local SEO is research, writing, profile management and reporting, and it can be done well from anywhere. The difference is cost. Ahrefs’ survey of 439 SEO providers found local SEO averaged about $1,557 a month, around $1,819 at agencies. Our plans run from $350 to $850. The trade-off is a time difference and mostly written communication. Our guide to outsourcing SEO to Vietnam covers the pros and cons honestly, including when you’d be better off with a local provider.
Simple monthly pricing
Plan
Price
Best for
Google Business Profile
$350/month
One location in a low-competition area, or a business with a solid website
Local SEO
$550/month
Most single-location businesses: profile, local pages, citations and reviews
Local SEO + Website SEO
$850/month
Competitive areas, or ranking beyond the map
Per location, billed monthly in USD, no setup fee, 3-month minimum. What drives local SEO prices, and how to set a budget, is explained in our local SEO pricing guide.
How we start working together
Everything starts with a free audit. You’ll see what we found and what we’d fix first before you decide anything. Learn more about SME Solution and the team.
We help small businesses get found on Google Maps and Google Search: Google Business Profile optimization, local pages, citations, reviews, website SEO and reporting on calls and enquiries.
In Hanoi, Vietnam. We work with local businesses in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and Singapore, mostly in writing, with calls booked at a time that suits you.
Plans are a fixed monthly price per location: $350 for Google Business Profile management, $550 for local SEO and $850 for local SEO plus website SEO, with no setup fee and a 3-month minimum.
No. Google says there’s no way to pay for a better local ranking. We commit to the work and report the numbers that matter: calls, direction requests and enquiries.
