About Local Growth Marketing

Built in Florida. Built for Florida.

We're not a national agency that treats Florida like a zip code. We live here, work here, and know exactly how local buyers search — county by county, city by city.

67
Florida Counties Served
3.2M+
Leads Generated
98%
Client Retention Rate
8
Verticals Mastered
132
AEO Authority Answers
4.8x
Average Client ROI

Our Story

Local Growth Marketing was founded in the heart of Central Florida with one mission: give local businesses the same digital firepower that national brands use — without the national agency price tag or the one-size-fits-all playbook.

We started by working with small service businesses in Citrus and Marion County who were getting crushed in search results by out-of-state competitors who didn't even serve the area. We built hyper-local SEO and AEO strategies that put them back on top — and the results spoke for themselves.

Today we serve businesses across all 67 Florida counties, with deep expertise in the markets that national agencies ignore: Levy County, Hernando County, the Nature Coast corridor, and the communities in between. These are our neighbors. Their success is our success.

Local SEO & AEO
Dominating search results in every Florida market we enter.
Lead Generation
Pre-qualified buyers delivered directly to your business.
Proven Results
98% client retention. 4.8x average ROI. Real numbers.
Florida Experts
Deep knowledge of every county, city, and community we serve.

What We Stand For

Local First

We build strategies around how your specific community searches — not generic national templates. Every county has its own search behavior, and we know them all.

Radical Transparency

You always know exactly where your budget goes, which channels are performing, and what your cost per lead is. No black boxes, no vanity metrics.

AEO Authority

We're ahead of the curve on Answer Engine Optimization — ensuring your business gets cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews before your competitors even know it's a thing.

Long-Term Partnership

We don't do churn-and-burn. Our 98% client retention rate reflects the fact that we treat every client's business like it's our own — because in a sense, it is.

The Team

Florida marketers who know the territory — literally.

David Cogdill
Founder & CEO

Founder and CEO of Local Growth Marketing. Built the agency from the ground up with a singular focus: giving Florida's local businesses the digital edge they deserve — county by county, market by market.

Marcus Rivera
Founder & Lead Strategist

15 years in local SEO. Built ranking systems for 200+ Florida businesses across every major vertical. Former Google Ads certified trainer.

Kayla Thompson
AEO & Content Director

Pioneer in Answer Engine Optimization. Manages our 132-entry AEO authority database and ensures clients get cited in AI-generated answers.

Diego Morales
Lead Generation Manager

Multi-channel campaign specialist. Has managed over $4M in Florida local ad spend with an average 4.8x ROI across home services, legal, and healthcare verticals.

Ready to Dominate Your Local Market?

Let's talk about your business, your market, and what a real local growth strategy looks like for you.

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