# HotPepper Agency

> AI SEO for local businesses in St. Petersburg, FL and Marietta, GA


## Posts

- [Google Did Not Ban Promotions From Business Profiles](https://www.hotpepper.agency/blog/google-business-profile-promotion-policy-update): The new policy draws a line between permanent listing information and promotional Posts. Here is what changed, what remains allowed, and the profile cleanup local businesses should run now.
- [Google Ads Will Start Pulling Promotions From Your Website on Oct 12](https://www.hotpepper.agency/blog/google-ads-auto-promotions-oct-12): Here's what changed, who should opt out, and the 10-minute check to run before it goes live.
- [How Local Businesses Get Named in AI Answers When Page 1 Isn't Enough Anymore](https://www.hotpepper.agency/blog/how-local-businesses-get-cited-in-ai-answers): What ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI actually pull from when they recommend a local business, and the 10 moves that get a business cited, ranked by impact.

## Pages

- [Website Design](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/website-design): New builds and redesigns for local businesses. Fast pages built to rank on Google, read clearly to AI assistants and turn visitors into calls. Branding too.
- [Social Video](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/social-video): Short videos that make locals stop scrolling. We plan them, produce them, edit them and put ad money behind the ones that work, so views turn into calls.
- [Social Media](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/social-media): Planned, posted and managed. Local content that makes people recognize your truck when it pulls up.
- [Paid Ads](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/paid-ads): Google Search, Local Services Ads and Meta campaigns with call tracking, so every dollar has a name and a phone number attached.
- [Localized Content](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/localized-content): City pages, service pages, blogs and short video scripts written for your neighborhoods, not copied from a template.
- [Local SEO](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/local-seo): Map Pack and organic rankings for every service you sell in every town you serve. On-page, technical, schema, the works.
- [Local SEO Audit](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/local-seo-audit): The appetizer. A full teardown of where you stand, what is broken and what to fix first.
- [Local Backlinks](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/local-backlinks): Citations, local press, chambers and sponsorships. Real links from real places in your market.
- [Google Business Profile](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/google-business-profile): Categories, services, photos, posts, Q&A and a review engine that keeps the stars coming in.
- [AI SEO](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/ai-seo): Your customers ask Google, Maps, ChatGPT and Gemini who to call. AI SEO gets your business named in all of them. Cooked in St.
- [AEO](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services/aeo): Answer Engine Optimization. We make your business the one ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews recommend when locals ask.
- [Blog](https://www.hotpepper.agency/blog)
- [Thank You](https://www.hotpepper.agency/thank-you): Your ticket is on the rail. Chris reads every one himself and will come back with your free Heat Check.
- [Accessibility](https://www.hotpepper.agency/accessibility): Last updated October 14, 2026.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.hotpepper.agency/terms): Last updated October 14, 2026.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.hotpepper.agency/privacy): Last updated October 14, 2026.
- [Marietta, GA](https://www.hotpepper.agency/marietta-ga): AI SEO for local businesses in Marietta and across Cobb County.
- [Contact](https://www.hotpepper.agency/contact): Fill in the ticket and Chris will come back with a free Heat Check: where you stand on Google Maps, in search, and in AI answers, and what he would fix first.
- [Case Studies](https://www.hotpepper.agency/case-studies): Charts, not claims. Every graph below is a real client site. The red arrow marks the month HotPepper started cooking.
- [Services](https://www.hotpepper.agency/services): Search, AI answers, ads and social under one roof. Order one dish or the full spread.
- [About](https://www.hotpepper.agency/about): I've been ranking businesses on Google since 2006. I ran Full Scale SEO as CEO, and now I'm the founder of HotPepper, right here in St. Petersburg.
- [Home](https://www.hotpepper.agency/): AI SEO for local businesses · St.

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