
Search Engine Optimization Service in Cedar Rapids, IA

Struggling to Rank on Google? We’ve Got You Covered!
Your website deserves to be seen by the right audience. If your business isn’t ranking where it should be, you’re missing out on potential leads and revenue. At Illuminate Digital, we offer Full-Service SEO solutions that put your brand at the top of search results. Our expert team uses data-driven strategies to boost your Google rankings, website traffic, and conversions—so you can focus on running your business while we handle the SEO magic.

On-Page SEO
Optimize Your Website for Search Success

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Keyword research and implementation to target the right audience
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Meta title, description, and header tag optimization for better click-through rates
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High-quality content creation that engages users and improves rankings
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Image and multimedia optimization for faster site speed and better user experience
​Off-Page SEO
Build Authority & Credibility

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Google Business Profile analysis and optimization
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Strategic backlink building to increase website trust and domain authority
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Social media integration to expand your digital footprint
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Local citations and business directory submissions for better local ranking
Keyword Optimization:
It takes a lot to rank well for a keyword, so we do exhaustive research to find the very best keywords for the business.
Website Copy Optimization:
Our team of copywriting and content specialists crafts high-quality, keyword-focused content to enhance your website’s relevance with Google. By implementing strategic onsite recommendations and consistently publishing fresh, engaging material, we help keep your site at the top of search rankings while capturing the attention of potential customers.
Google Search Console Optimization:
To ensure our keyword and content optimizations take full effect, we add new pages to Google Search Console for indexing and request re-indexing for updated pages. This helps Google recognize changes faster, improving search visibility and maximizing the impact of our SEO efforts.
Business Profile Development:
To make sure Google and prospective customers know that the business is active, we create and maintain up-to-date profiles on trusted online business directories.
Link Portfolio Development:
Get the word out about the business. We help by creating a diverse portfolio of links to the website and place them in strategic locations all over the web—on popular industry sites, news sites, blogs, articles, and more.
Google Business Profile Optimization:
We optimize your Google Business Profile (GBP) by ensuring accurate Name, Address, and Phone Number (N.A.P.) consistency, proper service categorization, and compliance with Google’s best practices. A well-optimized GBP boosts local search rankings, increases visibility, and strengthens off-page SEO.
Service and Performance Reporting:
We provide reporting tools that show businesses at a glance how their campaign is performing as well as an in-depth review of all the work we’ve done on their behalf.
Campaign Monitoring and SEO Consulting:
Our goal is to help small businesses succeed online. To help achieve this we actively monitor every SEO campaign to identify areas for improvement. We also provide monthly consultations to review each campaign and ensure client goals are being met.
How Illuminate Digital SEO Works For You
In today’s world, more than 5.6 billion searches are made on Google every day and 99% never scroll past the first page
1. RELEVANCE

Onsite Work

Website Code

Website Content
Creating Relevance with Onsite Work:
We work to optimize your content, keywords, and geolocation in order for people visiting your website (i.e., Illuminate Digital in Cedar Rapids, builds SEO campaigns for SMBs) This provides your website visitors information get all the information they need about what services or products you offer while proving to Google that your relevant for the searches that happen every day online for businesses like yours.​​
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Improved Search Relevance
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Stronger Keyword Targeting
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Better User Experience
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Higher Search Rankings ​
If your website says you are a shoe company, Google wants to see that you sell shoes. Not furniture, books, or plumbing services. This is why it's essential to have a page dedicated to each profit center so your pages are Google wants to make sure you are whom you say you are so they can give their users the best search experience possible.
2. TRUST

Offsite Links

Business Profiles

Authority
Creating Trust with Offsite Work:
We create custom content about your industry and place it where other people can like, share or even click to route back on the website it's also important so the search engines can index the information.
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Articles
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Bookmarking Websites
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Submissions to Business Directory sites
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Blog Publications
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Article Publications
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Infographic Syndication​​
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Backlinks are like signals that Google needs in order to determine if your site is trustworthy. The more links there are recommending the services or products you offer on-site and off-page then surely everyone will trust what they see!
While some SEO providers only focus exclusively on off-site or onsite optimization we take a holistic approach and create an SEO strategy that includes both on-page and off-page SEO needs

Detailed and Transparent
Reporting
Our Full-Service SEO services are broken down by the hour and is based on the needs of the client. So whether you are in need of local SEO in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City or even New York City we focus on your unique needs and we customize our SEO strategy to your geo-location, market, and client persona.​
We will provide you with a monthly report of the SEO services that we have performed including how all of your keywords are performing on the search engines. You will also be provided with a direct link to your own Search Engine Optimization Dashboard so you can review our work and your website performance 24/7.

Full-Service SEO Package!
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Metro -Larger City SEO
↪ 50-100 Hours
↪ 10-12 Main Keywords *70-100 Hours Keyword counts are customized
↪ Real Estate, Attorneys, health care clinics, in larger cities or metro areas
âž› SEO Onboarding Call
âž› SEO Audit
âž› Keyword Research
âž› Business Directories Listings
âž› Website Bookmarks
âž› Classified Listings
âž› Creating Article Engagement
âž› Onsite Content Recommendation
âž› Onsite Content Changes
âž› Google Search Console Updates
âž› Creation Robots.txt
âž› XML Creation & Implementation
âž› Creation of Sitemap & Implementation
âž› Google Analytics Canonical Tag Implementation
âž› Local Google Business Citation
âž› Business Citation Subscription
âž› 301 Redirecting
âž› Website Menu Edits
âž› Insert No-follow Tags if needed
âž› Optimization for Site Speed
âž› Onsite Copy Creation
âž› Campaign Update each month
âž› Blog Publication
âž› Deleting of Aged Article
âž› Repairing of Broken Links
âž› Content Marketing (offsite)
âž› Onsite Blog creation
âž› Article Publication
At 60 Hours or above the following services are also added.
➛Creation of Premium Road Map
âž› Premium Monthly Campaign
âž› Premium SEO Audits
âž› Post-Premium Preliminary
âž› Audit Premium Onsite Copy
âž› Creation Premium Link Removal
âž› Update Premium Onsite Blog
Case Studies
See how we helped Skypoint Recovery achieve a 165% increase in organic traffic.
Our team boosted site visibility and optimization for a client by rewriting onsite copy to include targeted keywords, improving 26 key terms. We completed 71 tasks, including backlink building and technical SEO improvements. As a result, organic traffic increased by 165%, from 201 to 533 monthly visitors in three months.
seo case study
Skypoint Recovery
Campaign Information
Industry: Health & Medical
Location: Akron, OH
Campaign Results: 3 months
SEO Hours per Month: 50
Campaign Type: Local
Campaign Goals: Increase website traffic and visibility
within Google

Results
Our team focused on enhancing site visibility and optimization. We rewrote the onsite copy to include targeted keywords, improving 26 key terms. Alongside this, we completed 71 work items involving both offsite and onsite activities, such as backlink building and technical SEO improvements. These efforts led to a 165% increase in organic traffic, rising from 201 to 533 monthly visitors over three months.
This growth bolstered our site's authority, enabling us to acquire 88% more high domain authority backlinks. Consequently, Google now recognizes 1,021 organic keywords for our site. This improved keyword visibility has solidified our search engine rankings and ensures continued organic growth.
Performance
Keyword Phrase Start Current
alcohol recovery program 18 3
addiction recovery programs 17 5
addiction treatment programs 21 5
alcohol recovery program akron oh 18 3
alcohol recovery akron oh 14 8
alcohol addiction recovery program 18 2
Drug Detox akron oh. 36 8
42 Keywords within the Top 10 Google Results
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165% Average increase in traffic YoY
52% Average increase in organic keyword
Top SEO 10 Tasks
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17 business directories submitted
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13 backlinks created
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26 keywords improved
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A total of 71 work items were completed.