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Learning by building
Creating websites for owned businesses revealed the practical difference between being online and having a useful customer journey.
Arizona roots · Community-first growth
Built by a business owner. Grounded in community.
Local Business Ranks was created after seeing Arizona organizations work hard, invest in marketing, and still lose opportunities to broken websites, disconnected systems, and agencies that kept control of the accounts.
- 100% US-based operations
- No long-term contracts
- Your accounts stay yours
500+
Arizona websites audited
Since 2015
Building and learning online
100% US
Based operations
Month to month
No long-term contracts
The founder story
The agency grew from problems that had to be solved
Cody’s first website was not a marketing exercise. It was built for his own business. Moving from early website builders to modern development tools taught him where platforms help, where they limit growth, and how costly it is when a business does not control its own digital foundation.
When he later founded Fort Yuma ATM LLC, getting service locations represented accurately in Google Maps required a deeper understanding of Google Business Profile policies, structured data, and local search. The work became practical because the business depended on it.
During COVID, the same instinct shaped his work with payment processing and local businesses: remove unnecessary middlemen, make the system understandable, and help more value stay with the organization doing the work. Local Business Ranks applies that principle to visibility, websites, reputation, and lead follow-up.
- Strategies tested against real operating needs
- Technical work connected to business outcomes
- Ownership and transparency designed into the relationship
How the perspective developed
A path from building websites to building connected growth systems
The progression matters because every service recommendation is viewed through the responsibilities of an owner, operator, and community leader.
Solving the Maps problem
Fort Yuma ATM required hands-on work with service locations, profile policies, structured data, and local search visibility.
Protecting local revenue
Payment and business infrastructure work reinforced the value of clear systems, fair ownership, and fewer unnecessary handoffs.
Connecting the full path
Search, websites, reputation, CRM, and follow-up are managed as one system instead of isolated marketing tasks.
Leadership beyond marketing
Experience with governance, service, and business operations
Local Business Ranks brings an unusual combination of community leadership, legal-services operations, and small-business ownership to every engagement.
Quechan Tribal Legislative Committee
Cody’s work in tribal legislative leadership includes governance initiatives, lawmaking, constitutional reform, and advocacy focused on protecting community members.
Visit the Quechan TribeIndian Country Legal Services
Founding and operating a legal-services organization created firsthand experience with nonprofit capacity, compliance, governance, funding, and mission sustainability.
Explore Indian Country LegalFort Yuma ATM & payment systems
Operating local service businesses means living with the same visibility, customer experience, platform, and cash-flow decisions clients face.
Visit Fort Yuma ATMHow we operate
Four principles that keep the relationship clear
The standard is simple: clients should understand the work, retain ownership, and be free to evaluate the relationship on its value.
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Your accounts stay yours
Domains, profiles, content, and business accounts remain in the client’s name. Access is managed to do the work—not to create leverage.
02
No long-term lock-in
The work is structured month to month. If the relationship is not producing value, a contract should not be what keeps it together.
03
US-based operations
Account work and client data remain within US-based operations, with clear responsibility for who can access important systems.
04
Plain-English accountability
Recommendations and reporting should connect activity to a business reason that an owner or board can understand and evaluate.
Who we help
View All Services Organizations where trust and ownership matter
The approach is especially useful when local reputation, compliance, community relationships, or a high-value inquiry shapes growth.
Professional services
Law firms
Authority, clear practice-area journeys, reputation, and qualified consultation paths.
Explore law firm marketing → Mission-ledNonprofits
Visibility and digital infrastructure that support programs, funding, volunteers, and capacity.
Explore nonprofit marketing → Arizona-wideLocal businesses
Market-specific search, websites, reviews, lead capture, and follow-up across Arizona.
Explore Arizona locations →Common questions
What clients should know before working with us
Straight answers about ownership, geography, service-area businesses, and the first step.
Who is Cody Hartt?
Cody is the founder of Local Business Ranks, a multi-business owner, founder of Indian Country Legal Services Inc., and a leader in the Quechan Tribal Legislative Committee. His digital marketing work developed through solving practical visibility and operational problems in his own organizations.
Do you work outside Arizona?
Yes. Arizona is the agency’s deepest market focus, but Local Business Ranks can support law firms, nonprofits, and small businesses in other US markets when the services and working relationship are a good fit.
What happens to my accounts if we stop working together?
Your domain, Google Business Profile, website content, and business accounts remain yours. Access needed to perform the work can be removed without transferring ownership away from you.
Can you help a service-area business without a storefront?
Yes. Service-area businesses need an approach that respects Google’s profile rules while strengthening content, reviews, legitimate service-area relevance, and conversion paths. Learn more through our Local SEO services.
Where do we start?
Start with the free growth audit. We review visibility, website experience, reputation, lead capture, and follow-up, then explain the most important gap before recommending a service plan.
Start with clarity
Let’s find the first problem worth fixing
Tell us about the organization, market, and current challenge. We will review the path from local discovery to lead follow-up and contact you directly.
- Visibility and Google Business Profile review
- Website, message, and CTA path assessment
- Reputation and follow-up gap analysis
- Prioritized next-step recommendations
Submit the form once. There is no forced scheduling step; a member of the US-based team will follow up using the information you provide.