Gezin | Local Marketing for Owner-Run Service Businesses

For owner-run service businesses in Alberta

Local marketing that keeps your phone ringing

Fixed-scope help for owner-run service businesses. I take care of the marketing so you can get back to the work you do best, and you see the price and what's included before anything starts.

Most of the problem is small stuff

Most local businesses I look at aren't doing anything wrong. They're busy. A phone number changed a few years ago and never got updated everywhere, the Google profile was set up once and nobody's logged in since, and nobody has checked what AI search tools say about them. Each one is small, and together they send calls somewhere else.

Here's what that looked like in two recent checkups:

A gym with 139 five-star Google reviews had four different phone numbers online, and the number on its homepage dialed a different line than the one shown.

A contractor with more than 20 years in business had two web addresses, two phone numbers, and no street address online, and Google was mixing him up with a large US company that has the same name.

Neither owner knew. Both are fixable in a few weeks.

What I fix first

One phone number, everywhere

Your business name, address, phone, and website match on your site, Google, Facebook, and the directories people use to find you.

Your Google profile, claimed and correct

You own the profile, the details are right, and you can answer your reviews.

Found in AI search

Clear answers on your website that ChatGPT and Google can quote when someone asks for a recommendation near you.

How it works

  1. A free checkup

    I look at how your business shows up on Google, social media, and AI search, then send you what I found in plain language.

  2. A fixed-scope fix

    One firm price and a written list of what's included and what isn't. Most cleanups are done in a few weeks.

  3. Monthly help, if you want it

    Posting, reviews, and search work to keep everything current. It's optional, and you can stop anytime.

Built for owners who still answer the phone

Gezin works with owner-run service businesses: trades, gyms, clinics, and local shops. If your customers find you on Google and call you directly, this is for you.

It's not a fit if you want a promise of page one by next month (nobody can honestly make that promise) or a custom software build. Custom AI systems are handled by Distinct Digital Marketing, a separate business I also run.

Family-run, on purpose

Gezin is Dutch for "family." I'm Virginia Purnell, and I run Gezin from the Peace Region in northern Alberta. Before marketing, I worked in bookkeeping, insurance, a gym, and oil field safety, and my husband runs his own welding business. I know what it's like when the phone is your whole pipeline.

More about me

Find out what's costing you calls

Tell me a little about your business. I'll look at how you show up online and send you what I find, in plain language.