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Ten years of closings, and a Google presence ready to match them.

Ten years of closings, and a Google presence ready to match them.

Carmella Morrison, a top producing agent in New York’s Hudson Valley, closed a $30,000 commission within months of working with Ashford, through a transaction tied directly to her profile.

At a glance

Client

Carmella Morrison, Realtor

Market

Hudson Valley, New York

Who

A top producer with more than ten years in real estate

What we run

Google Business Profile, weekly geotagged posts, citations, Google ads, a landing page and a monthly report

Result

A $30,000 commission within months, from a transaction tied directly to her profile

Results

$30,000

Commission within months, from a transaction tied directly to her profile

10+

Years of success in the Hudson Valley

Results shown are hers and are not a guarantee of similar outcomes.

Where she started

Carmella had more than ten years of success in the Hudson Valley, and the people who’d worked with her knew it.

Her Google Business Profile didn’t show it yet. It hadn’t been optimized, it carried no posts tied to the towns she sells in, and it had little of the local authority Google looks for. A buyer searching the Hudson Valley couldn’t yet see what her clients already knew.

The problem, explained

This is the most common gap we see in experienced agents.

Their business was built on referrals, so their presence online never had to work. But a buyer moving into a new area doesn’t have a referral. They search, and Google shows three agents on the map before any website. It picks them by relevance, distance and prominence, and prominence is read from reviews, posts and how often the business is mentioned across the web. Ten years of reputation counts for little if Google can’t see it.

What we did

In the order it paid off.

01

We started with her profile

We started with her profile

Tailored to how Hudson Valley buyers and sellers search, with the towns, the services and the categories they look for.

02

Every week we posted with photos from her area.

Every week we posted with photos from her area.

Each post tells Google she works where she sells, and keeps the profile active.

03

We built her citations

We built her citations

The directory listings Google and AI tools read to confirm she’s who she says she is.

04

Then Google ads and a landing page built around her and the Hudson Valley

Then Google ads and a landing page built around her and the Hudson Valley

So the people the ads reached landed on Carmella, not on a portal.

05

Every month, a report built by hand.

It covered the month’s wins, notes on what Google changed and where to improve next.

What changed

Within her first months, Carmella closed a high-value transaction tied directly to her profile.

That one commission more than covered the cost of the work, and what it earned went back into her business. She ranks higher in search today, owns more of the results for her area and knows each month what’s working. She closed the deal. Our part was making sure the buyer could find her first.

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Client

Ashford South has been a major catalyst in fast-tracking my real estate career. Their social media and marketing expertise helped me build a strong brand, attract real leads, and grow fast. If you're in real estate and want results, they’re the team to call.

— Tim Schoenheit | Luxury Realtor

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Client

Ashford South has been a major catalyst in fast-tracking my real estate career. Their social media and marketing expertise helped me build a strong brand, attract real leads, and grow fast. If you're in real estate and want results, they’re the team to call.

— Tim Schoenheit | Luxury Realtor

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