Two audiences, one map
Agassiz is the heart of the District of Kent. Dairy farms, corn fields, the federal research farm, and a small-town main street off the Lougheed Highway.
Five minutes north is Harrison Hot Springs, which fills up with visitors every summer and every long weekend. Harrison Mills sits to the west. The Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge links the whole area to Chilliwack and Highway 1 to the south.
So a business here serves two groups. Locals who need a plumber, a mechanic or a feed supplier. And visitors who need food, a place to stay, a boat rental, or a tow when their trailer blows a tire on Highway 7.
Both groups search on Google. Visitors especially, because they don’t know anyone to ask.
Agassiz or Harrison?
Here’s a question that matters more than people think: which place name are you targeting?
Google treats Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs as separate places. A cafe in Agassiz can rank well for “cafe Agassiz” and barely show up for people searching from the Harrison waterfront, even though it’s a short drive.
So we decide up front. Where are your customers searching from? What do they type? The answer shapes your Google Business Profile, your website and your service area. If you genuinely serve both, both get covered properly.
Who I work with in Agassiz
Farm, agricultural and equipment service businesses.
Trades: plumbing, electrical, roofing, heating, renovation.
Auto repair, towing and RV service.
Restaurants, cafes and accommodation near Harrison.
Tourism and outdoor businesses: rentals, tours, guiding.
Property maintenance, landscaping and snow removal.
What I do for Agassiz businesses
Your Google Business Profile
In a small market, a complete profile goes a long way. The right primary category, a full list of services, accurate hours, real photos, and posts every week. Google Business Profile optimization is where the biggest gains usually are.
Your reviews
Visitors lean heavily on reviews. They’ve never heard of you, and reviews are all they’ve got. Locals check them too. I set up a simple review system so every customer gets asked, every time.
Your website
“Agassiz” (and Harrison, if it fits) in your title tag and H1, your name and number in the footer, schema, and a page for each of your main services. That’s on-page local SEO. Small sites can do very well here with the basics done right.
Then citations: Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp and the Canadian directories, all showing your exact name, address, phone and hours.
The upside of a small market
There aren’t many businesses fighting over each map result in Agassiz. That means a business that does the work properly can get to the top 3 and stay there with a steady routine.
The routine is simple. Fresh photos, weekly posts, a steady trickle of reviews, accurate hours. Most of your competition won’t bother.
Get the local details right
The details that tell Google you belong in Agassiz:
Your address written exactly the same way everywhere. Decide whether it’s “Agassiz” or “Kent” on your listings and stick with it.
A service area that covers Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs, Harrison Mills and wherever else you genuinely go.
Photos that look like here: farm fields, the mountains, Harrison Lake, your shop on a real street.
Accurate seasonal hours if you’re busier in summer or shut down in winter.
Listings in the local and tourism directories visitors check before they drive up.
What Agassiz customers search for, season by season
Agassiz runs on two calendars at once. The farm calendar: equipment repair before planting, harvest help in late summer and fall, and plenty of corn by the end of summer. And the tourism calendar: Harrison fills up from late spring through the September long weekend, bringing searches for food, rentals, boat service and places to stay. Winter brings outflow winds, snow and the usual furnace and frozen-pipe calls.
Your posts and photos follow both calendars, so your profile matches whoever’s searching that month.
The first 90 days
Week 1: heatmap across Agassiz, Harrison and the surrounding area, plus competitor research.
Weeks 2 to 4: your Google Business Profile.
Weeks 5 to 8: your website.
Weeks 9 and 10: citations.
Weeks 11 and 12: fresh heatmap and full review.
A short email every Friday: what got done and what’s next.
The guarantee: top 3 on Google Maps for your agreed main keyword within 90 days, or I keep working for free until you’re there. One business per industry per area.
Working with me
I’m based in the Fraser Valley. The work happens on your profile, your website and your listings, so we stay in touch by phone and email.
I also work across the bridge in Chilliwack and up the road in Hope.
Questions Agassiz business owners ask
Most of my summer customers are in Harrison. Should I target Harrison instead of Agassiz?
It depends where your business is and where your customers search from. If you’re in Agassiz but most jobs come from Harrison, we include Harrison in your service area and website content, and keep Agassiz as your base.
Can I rank in Chilliwack too?
You can show up in the parts of Chilliwack closest to you, like Rosedale. Ranking across all of Chilliwack from Agassiz is a much bigger job. Win your home market first.
My business is seasonal. Will I drop off the map in winter?
Not if the profile stays active. We keep posting, keep hours accurate, and ramp up before your busy season starts.
I run my business from my farm. Can I hide my address?
Yes, if customers don’t come to you. Set up as a service-area business with your address hidden.
Do I need a fancy website?
No. A simple site with the right title, heading, contact details and service pages does the job in a market this size.
What do I need to give you?
Access to your profile and website, photos of your work every week, and a habit of asking customers for reviews.
What does it cost?
It depends on your type of business and how much groundwork your profile needs. You get a flat price on the strategy call, before you commit to anything.
Find out where you rank in Agassiz
Book a free strategy call. I’ll show you what locals and visitors see when they search for what you do, and what it takes to get into the top 3.