Built here. Working for businesses across Wilmington.
AI is the new first stop for Wilmington customers. We help your business be the one it points to.
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Wrightsville Beach. Mayfaire. Downtown. Hampstead. Leland. Wherever your customers are searching from, they're asking ChatGPT, scrolling Google AI Overviews, and making decisions before they ever land on your website. We make sure your business is part of those answers.
The greater Wilmington area is one of the fastest growing metros in the country. Year after year, more people are moving here. New residents are showing up looking for a dentist, a real estate team, a sodding company, an aesthetician, a contractor for their kitchen. Existing residents are re-evaluating where they spend their money, more often than they used to.
That growth is the opportunity. It's also the pressure. New businesses are opening every month. National brands with bigger budgets are establishing local footprints. And the way Wilmington customers find businesses has completely changed.
The old playbook of Google rankings, print ads, and word of mouth is still valuable. It's just not enough anymore. The businesses winning here right now are the ones structured to show up in AI answers, not just in blue links.
The Wilmington market is growing. So is the competition for who gets chosen.
the local moment
Start where you are. We'll take it from there.
how we work
Most people start with the audit. The truth is cheap and it points somewhere real. Some skip ahead to the 90 day test because they need leads on the calendar now, not next quarter. A few already know they want a strategist on the inside. Three doors. None of them wrong. Pick the one that fits where you are today.
$1,000
One delivery. Fixed price.
10 BUSINESS DAYS.
Diagnose
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AI Visibility Audit
See what AI says about you, where the gaps live, and which path actually fits.
$2,000
Plus, $500/mo ad spend, paid to platform
90 DAYS.
test
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Launch and Learn
A 90 day paid advertising test. So you can prove what actually works before committing to anything bigger.
Custom retainer
Scoped to the engagement
ONGOING.
run
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Fractional CMO
A senior strategist embedded inside your business. AI visibility, content, paid, and CRM all moving in one coherent direction, month after month.
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The principles don't change much from one industry to the next. The specifics absolutely do. Here's how AI visibility actually plays out for the businesses we work with most.
What AI visibility looks like for Wilmington businesses right now.
THE VERTICALS WE KNOW BEST
Home Services & Specialty Trades
Sodding and landscape companies. Custom builders. Remodelers. Roofers. Pool builders. In Wilmington, the customer asking ChatGPT "best landscaper near Wrightsville Beach" or "remodelers in Hampstead with good reviews" wants to see the work, the process, and the proof before they ever pick up the phone. We help your craftsmanship show up as the answer instead of getting buried in a list of ten companies that all sound the same.
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Real Estate Teams
Buyers move differently here than they did five years ago. The relocation buyer from Connecticut is asking Perplexity to compare Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Wilmington proper before they ever schedule a call. The local move-up buyer is checking AI Overviews for market trends, schools, and neighborhood feel. We position your team as the trusted local expert when those questions get asked, by both audiences.
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Wellness & Aesthetic Practices
Medspas. Plastic surgery. Boutique fitness. Holistic wellness. The first appointment in your space is bought on trust. We build content that establishes your authority and clarifies your difference, so when a Wilmington client searches "best [treatment] near me" or "medspa downtown Wilmington," your practice is the one AI describes most clearly.
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Different industries. Same approach. Start with the business, then build the visibility around what actually makes you different.
Dental & Healthcare Practices
Patients in Wilmington research practices before they book. They ask AI for "best biological dentist in Wilmington" or "pediatric orthodontist near Mayfaire with Saturday hours." If your practice has specialties that set you apart, AI either knows about them and surfaces you, or it doesn't and surfaces someone else. We make sure your specialties, your reviews, and your approach to care become the citation AI sends back.
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The work, in their words
"Anna's approach to marketing is, in my experience, unique. Her strategy and process is singularly focused on generating a financial return on every dollar spent. She's a brilliant strategist that listens, researches, and then compiles a strategy that takes your business from 0 to 100 in short order. She is fanatical about small details, yet grand in vision."
what clients say
todd stancombe
"Anna is kind, compassionate and so knowledgeable. She is hard working and provides excellent communication about what she's working on and how that relates to the business. She is incredible at what she does and a must have service for all business owners."
stefanie roback
Wilmington is my home. And my proving ground.
Top of Search began in 2019, when a small business in Wilmington gave me the chance to build their visibility from scratch. The business grew to four million in annual revenue. Since then, I've added real estate teams, dental practices, home service companies, and wellness businesses to the roster. All in this market. By design.
about the founder
Concentration is the advantage. Multiple clients. Multiple verticals. One market. Tactics. channels and frameworks get pressure-tested here in real time. The volume makes it possible. I spot patterns by ruling out the location variable. What lifts citations. What moves revenue. What fails. What proves out. By the time a tactic reaches a new client in a different market, it has miles on it. The work travels because the lab is real.
A differentiated brand AI can recognize
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Content designed to be cited
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You stand out to both prospects and the algorithms that decide whose name appears in answers.
Modular, multimodal, citation-ready. Built so your insights and proof get lifted into answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
THE OUTCOMES
What this work actually produces.
Not vanity metrics. Not empty rankings. The outcomes you can expect when your brand is built for both people and AI.
A strategy tied directly to your revenue goals.
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Visibility that brings the right customers at the right time, not just more traffic.
Not everyone is the right fit and if we have a chat and you feel that way, no hard feelings. Promise. I'll also let you know if your business challenge is out of the wheelhouse for Top of Search.
I'll try to leave our consult having given your business something actionable. Whether we end up working together or not.
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