I started Rise Marketing HQ in 2020 after meeting contractor after contractor who paid good money for marketing. None of them could say where their calls came from. Today I set the strategy on every account we take on, working out of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
If you hire us, you'll talk with me before any work starts. Six months later, I'm still the person you call.
Before Rise, I saw the same story with one local business after another. An owner would pay an agency thousands each month and get back a report full of impressions. Nobody could point to a single job it produced.
Contracts ran long, and the ad budget and the agency fee were blended into one number. The website often sat on a platform the owner couldn't take with them, and the person who sold the deal vanished once it was signed.
Rise was built to get rid of each of those problems. Four rules came out of it, and none of them has changed since day one.
Google charges you directly for every click. We send our own invoice for the work, so both numbers stay in plain view.
Lead tracking goes in before a campaign goes live, so form leads and phone taps are counted from the first day. If a lead can't be traced to a source, it stays out of the report.
Every engagement runs month to month. Clients stay because the work keeps paying off, not because a cancellation fee is waiting for them.
There's no handoff to a junior account manager or an overseas team. The people on your first call are the people doing your work.
Google search looks very different from the way it did when I started Rise. AI Overviews now answer many questions right on the results page, and the map pack weighs different signals than it used to.
In May 2026 I finished seven certifications from Semrush Academy, covering the parts of SEO our clients lean on most. Every one is valid until May 31, 2027, and you can open each certificate below.
Behind our Google Business Profile work and the map results people see when they search for a nearby business.
Technical SEO and AI Search Essentials
Behind every site audit: crawl errors, slow pages, and anything that stops Google or AI tools from reading a site properly.
AI Search Operating System
Behind how we shape pages so AI answers, like Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT, can quote them and cite the source.
Keyword Research Essentials
Behind finding the words real customers type, and deciding which page on a site should answer each search.
Off-Page SEO and AI Search Essentials
Behind planning the links, mentions and reviews that build a company's reputation away from its own website.
The groundwork for every plan we write: how search engines discover pages, judge them and decide their order.
International SEO
Covers language and country versions of a website, which matters once a business sells outside a single market.
I set the plan, and Filipos makes sure it gets done. Here's how the work splits between the two of us.
I write or review every free 24-hour audit before it reaches a business owner. I also agree the keyword targets, the budget split and the campaign structure with you.
When something breaks, my phone is the one that rings.
Filipos runs the daily work and the monthly round of improvements on each account. He also writes your monthly report, so you get one clear summary of what changed and why.
Here are a few of the companies whose work I've led at Rise. None of them is on a contract.
T&J All In Remodeling, Brookfield
A 468-page website built from scratch, followed by local SEO, over roughly two years. They started with no leads, no traffic and no calls. The site now brings about 15 online leads a month, and their Google Business Profile 13 to 15 calls a month.
Lehmann Electrical & Design, Wauwatosa
Ongoing SEO and website work for about two years. That covers service pages, supporting content and the routes visitors take to get in touch.
Generations Roofing and Remodeling
Local SEO, Google Business Profile management and new content, still going after two years.
A B2B program that pairs targeted Google Ads with organic search visibility, now one year in.
Full results and screenshots are on our SEO case studies page.
"Made my business website go from 20 calls a week to 50 calls a week. If you want your business to rise, this is the man to go with."
Samier Saleh, Milwaukee business owner, public Google review
Yes. I lead the first call, write or review your audit, and set the strategy. Filipos handles the daily work, and you can reach either of us.
No. Every engagement at Rise is month to month, and you can end it whenever the results stop justifying the cost.
You do, directly. Google bills your card for ad spend, and Rise sends a separate invoice for management: $799 a month plus 1% of ad spend. We never mark up the price of your clicks.
Christos finished all seven Semrush Academy courses in May 2026, and each one stays valid until May 31, 2027. You can see the expiry date on every certificate below.
Mostly contractors and home-service companies, such as electricians, remodelers and roofers. You can see the trades we work with on one page. We also run B2B programs, like the one for Matco Distributors. If you're in Illinois, I also work one to one as a Chicago SEO consultant.
Not sure your marketing is paying for itself? Start with a free 24-hour audit, and I'll tell you plainly what I'd fix first.
There's no obligation and no pushy follow-up. You can also email christos@risemarketinghq.com or find me on LinkedIn.
Tell Christos about your business and the help you're looking for. If you'd prefer to talk before writing, call or email us.
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