NEARFRONT Local SEO Agency

Prepared for Yellowstone Buds
Bozeman · Billings · Laurel, MT · August 27, 2026

Local SEO Growth Proposal

Google search and AI decide who gets found.

Montana shoppers search “dispensary near me” hundreds of times a day. We pulled live Google Maps data for all three locations to show where you rank today, and how fast Nearfront gets you to #1.

Share of Local Voice (SoLV)

The percentage of a 10-mile grid around your store where you rank in the top 3. Higher means more of the map sees you first.

Average ranking position (ARP)

Your average position across that same grid. Lower is better: a 1 means you’re the top result almost everywhere.

Bozeman

Rank #8

11.11% share of local voice

Crowded pack, buried below eight competitors.

Billings

Rank #1

30.86% share of local voice

Taking the lead as of the latest scan.

Laurel

Rank #1

45.68% share of local voice

Defending the lead against closing competitors.

Google Maps Ranking Data

Here’s exactly who’s beating you to the search

Each dot is a real search origin point. The number is where Yellowstone Buds ranks there today. Lower means more customers see you first.

Local search ranking grid for Yellowstone Buds in Bozeman, MT, showing rank position at each map point

Bozeman Rank #8 · 11.11% SoLV

Red dominates the grid: ranked 9th or worse across most of the city, just a small pocket of visibility downtown.

Outranking you here Treasure Tree Dispensary 39.5% Apogee Gardens Dispensary 33.3% Pure Dispensary 27.2%

View full scan report →

Local search ranking grid for Yellowstone Buds in Billings, MT, showing rank position at each map point

Billings Rank #1 · 30.86% SoLV

Green covers the south side. Billings just took the #1 spot from a name pulling searches meant for you.

Closest challengers Yellowstone Cannabis | Billings Dispensary 23.5% Apogee Gardens Billings 19.8% Seed of Life | Main St 19.8%

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Local search ranking grid for Yellowstone Buds in Laurel, MT, showing strong rank-1 coverage

Laurel Rank #1 · 45.68% SoLV

Green covers most of the grid, the location to defend, with only a few points left to protect.

Closest challengers Lone Peak Cannabis Company 39.5% Bloom Montana (Laurel) 38.3% Holistic Releaf by Design, Laurel 22.2%

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Rank 1 to 3, dominant Rank 4 to 6, competitive Rank 7 to 10, losing the pack Rank 11+, effectively invisible

Our Recommendation

Each location gets a custom strategy

Location	Today	Tier	Ranking timeline	Monthly	Quarterly (prepay)
BozemanRank #8 · 11.11% SoLV	Crowded pack	Authority	1 to 3 months	$2,500	$6,750
BillingsRank #1 · 30.86% SoLV	Taking the lead	Essential	1 to 3 months	$1,100	$2,970
LaurelRank #1 · 45.68% SoLV	Defending lead	Essential	1 to 3 months	$1,100	$2,970

Total across 3 locations				$4,700	$12,690

Quarterly prepay saves $1,410 across all three locations. Tiers can be adjusted anytime as the data changes.

Bozeman Crowded pack

Today

Rank #8 · 11.11%

Tier

Authority

Ranking timeline

1 to 3 months

Investment

$2,500/mo

Billings Taking the lead

Today

Rank #1 · 30.86%

Tier

Essential

Ranking timeline

1 to 3 months

Investment

$1,100/mo

Laurel Defending lead

Today

Rank #1 · 45.68%

Tier

Essential

Ranking timeline

1 to 3 months

Investment

$1,100/mo

Total across 3 locations Blended snapshot

Today

29.22% avg. SoLV

Tiers

Authority · Essential · Essential

Ranking timeline

1 to 3 months, all three

Investment

$4,700/mo

$12,690 billed quarterly, saving $1,410 versus month-to-month.

How We Track Success

We track rankings, customer actions and revenue all in one view

We track SoLV and ARP for every location, and connect to Google so those numbers tie back to real actions.

What we connect

Google Business Profile

Customer actions

Phone calls, direction requests, and website clicks from your Google Business Profile.

Google Analytics 4

Revenue

We connect to your ecommerce menu to track revenue.

Google Search Console

Organic performance

Impressions, clicks, position, and click-through rate for organic traffic.

Point of Sale

Automated review requests

Every purchase can trigger an automated review request by text, fully automated.

Monthly Report · Revenue & Conversions

A sample dashboard: organic revenue from GA4, calls and direction requests from your Business Profile, and rank and SoLV, all in one view.

Automated Review Request · SMS Conversation

Example automated review request text conversation, from the first rating request through to a completed Google review

A real example: a purchase triggers a text asking for a rating. A five-star reply triggers a follow-up asking for a Google review, link included.

Google search and AI decide who gets found.

Here’s exactly who’s beating you to the search

Each location gets a custom strategy

We track rankings, customer actions and revenue all in one view

Customer actions

Revenue

Organic performance

Automated review requests

Let’s get Bozeman and Billings in the top three.