Tacoma, Washington South Sound

Marketing & automation for Tacoma businesses.

Build around the work you want in Tacoma.

Strata works with Tacoma service businesses on local SEO, marketing strategy, websites, and practical automation. Build the plan around the projects and customers that fit your team, then connect discovery to response and follow-through.

Strata provides in-person service in Tacoma and across its other listed markets, with more frequent visits in the South Sound. Meeting cadence is scoped to the work.

Local conditions worth planning for

Make the growth plan fit the place and the work.

These municipal sources point to practical choices around job location, operating setup, customer area, and public work. They do not measure search demand or promise an outcome.

01Work performed in Tacoma

The job location can change the operating checklist.

Tacoma says an out-of-city business performing activity inside the city must obtain a Tacoma business license and pay any B&O tax that applies under current City rules. Subcontractors working at a Tacoma job site also need a Tacoma license.

Business decision
Before expanding a service radius or accepting a subcontracted job, confirm which City requirements apply to the business and work location.
Where Strata can help
We can capture job location and service type at inquiry, then connect agreed qualification checks and follow-up to your team's process.

City content current September 8, 2026
Geography: Activities and job sites within Tacoma city limits

This is operating context, not a licensing or tax determination. Confirm applicability with the City or a qualified adviser.

City of Tacoma · New Businesses
02Home-based operations

A residential business has its own City review path.

Tacoma Municipal Code Chapter 6B.130, Residential Business, makes a City license subject to applicable-law compliance and a signed Conditional Residential Business Agreement. The code lists exceptions to the agreement and fee, so activity-specific confirmation matters.

Business decision
Confirm that the address and proposed activity fit the current City process before promising a home visit, pickup, or customer-facing setup.
Where Strata can help
We can shape your service copy, inquiry questions, and scheduling flow around the operating model you have confirmed.

Code page checked October 4, 2026; section cites Ord. 29045, Ex. A, July 1, 2025
Geography: Residential-business locations in Tacoma

The code has defined exceptions. Strata does not determine zoning, permit, license, or tax applicability.

TMC Chapter 6B.130 · Residential Business
03Neighborhood and retail focus

Tacoma has place-based business support.

The City's Neighborhood Business Districts page describes 15 districts and technical assistance focused on retail recruitment, mixed-use development, business districts, and targeted retail areas.

Business decision
Compare specific neighborhoods with your real customer mix, travel pattern, delivery capacity, and margins before spreading a campaign across the city.
Where Strata can help
We can clarify your best-fit buyer and offer, then plan local pages and campaign paths around places you genuinely serve.

City content current April 1, 2025
Geography: City-designated neighborhood business districts and targeted retail areas

The City's dated district list is not a measure of current demand or purchasing power. Check current boundaries and program details.

City of Tacoma · Neighborhood Business Districts
04City procurement

Public work needs a deliberate fit check.

Tacoma's Equity in Contracting program offers procurement access, guidance, and technical assistance to historically underutilized businesses interested in supplying goods, services, or public-works support to the City.

Business decision
If City contracts fit your growth plan, set capacity-based bid/no-bid criteria and assign owners for requirements, deadlines, and follow-up.
Where Strata can help
We can organize your own qualification criteria, proposal handoffs, and reminders in a practical workflow.

City content current May 19, 2026
Geography: City of Tacoma procurement

The page does not establish an individual firm's program eligibility or the likelihood of winning a contract.

City of Tacoma · Equity in Contracting
05Growth and tax classification

A City tax credit depends on the activity and classification.

Tacoma describes a Multiple Activities Tax Credit for specified multi-city local gross-receipts-tax activity or multiple Tacoma tax classifications on the same revenue. A form accompanies each reporting-period return when a credit is claimed.

Business decision
If expansion changes where work occurs or how revenue is classified, ask a qualified tax adviser whether the credit applies before budgeting for it.
Where Strata can help
We can capture location and activity data and route approved tax-review tasks through the team's workflow.

City content current April 28, 2026
Geography: Qualifying local tax jurisdictions and Tacoma B&O classifications

This is not a general small-business grant or an eligibility or tax-savings estimate.

City of Tacoma · Tax Credits

Municipal sources reviewed October 4, 2026. Confirm current rules, program areas, and eligibility with the City before making a commitment.

From a local decision to a working system

Choose the next improvement by its effect on the work.

Strata connects what a buyer sees with what your team does after they reach out. Start with one bottleneck, then scope the right next layer.

Discuss the business as a whole

Monthly starting offers

Start with the support your team needs now.

Each option starts with a defined monthly scope. Tell us what you want to attract, where the current process slows down, and what your team can take on.

01

Discovery & Intake

A managed growth foundation with your website, search presence, AI voice lead agent and call management working together.

Monthly from$1,999

Included scope
  • Growth strategy and hands-on delivery led by Micheal Golliet
  • Managed website
  • Website care and routine content updates
  • Technical SEO setup and maintenance
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Website and profile performance summary
  • Website assistant
  • Missed-call textback
  • AI voice lead agent and call management
  • After-hours AI voice
  • Lead routing and follow-up automation
  • Inquiry pipeline and outcome reporting
  • Google review-request automation
  • Keyword and local competitor research
  • Service and location search plan
  • Topical mapping and AI buyer-question research
  • AEO content structure and internal-link optimization
  • Named strategy contact and agreed support channel
  • Supporting article graphics and editorial review
  • AI prompt visibility tracking and competitor comparisons
  • Brand-mention and citation reporting
  • Backlink prospecting and publisher outreach
  • Business citations and directory-profile management
  • Editorial and award opportunity research and submissions
  • Social and community content planning
  • Approved brand participation on relevant community platforms
  • Content repurposing and video briefs
  • Weekly written progress updates and competitor scorecards
  • Monthly strategy call and priority review
  • Access to Strata Modus-owned network and tools within the agreed scope
  • Monthly search strategy and site-wide technical optimization
  • Weekly search, Maps and AI visibility tracking
  • SEO, GEO and AIO optimization for one priority page per week
  • One blog post per week with supporting graphics and content management
  • Technical SEO setup and maintenance, local search, AI buyer-question research and AEO content structure
  • Supporting blog articles, graphics and editorial review, with backlink prospecting, citations and publisher outreach
  • Monthly search performance and action review
  • Intake experience setup by Micheal Golliet or Kyle Grenier
  • Content management by Sezen Güner
Discuss this offer
02

Growth

Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility, news and article publication work, digital PR and managed campaigns, connected to conversion and follow-up.

Monthly from$3,500

Included scope
  • Growth strategy and hands-on delivery led by Micheal Golliet
  • Managed website
  • Website care and routine content updates
  • Technical SEO setup and maintenance
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Website and profile performance summary
  • Website assistant
  • Missed-call textback
  • AI voice lead agent and call management
  • After-hours AI voice
  • Lead routing and follow-up automation
  • Inquiry pipeline and outcome reporting
  • Google review-request automation
  • Keyword and local competitor research
  • Service and location search plan
  • Topical mapping and AI buyer-question research
  • AEO content structure and internal-link optimization
  • Named strategy contact and agreed support channel
  • Supporting article graphics and editorial review
  • AI prompt visibility tracking and competitor comparisons
  • Brand-mention and citation reporting
  • Backlink prospecting and publisher outreach
  • Business citations and directory-profile management
  • Editorial and award opportunity research and submissions
  • Social and community content planning
  • Approved brand participation on relevant community platforms
  • Content repurposing and video briefs
  • Weekly written progress updates and competitor scorecards
  • Monthly strategy call and priority review
  • Access to Strata Modus-owned network and tools within the agreed scope
  • Google Ads management
  • Ongoing conversion optimization
  • Professionally managed media and digital campaigns led by Sezen Güner
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, and digital PR
  • Press-release writing and distribution coordination
  • Media-room setup and coverage tracking
  • Monthly search strategy and expanded site-wide technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility
  • Weekly search, Maps and AI visibility tracking
  • SEO, GEO and AIO optimization for up to five priority pages per week
  • One blog post per week with supporting graphics and content management
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility: SEO, GEO and AIO optimization, topic coverage, internal links and authority development
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, digital PR, press releases, media-room setup and coverage tracking. Third-party publishers decide acceptance; placement and distribution fees are separate
  • Monthly search performance and campaign review
  • Intake experience setup by Micheal Golliet or Kyle Grenier
  • Content management by Sezen Güner
Discuss this offer
03

Competitive Growth

A research-led growth team connecting competitive intelligence, digital experience, managed campaigns and technical delivery around your next market opportunity.

Monthly from$5,000

Included scope
  • Growth strategy and hands-on delivery led by Micheal Golliet
  • Managed website
  • Website care and routine content updates
  • Technical SEO setup and maintenance
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Website and profile performance summary
  • Website assistant
  • Missed-call textback
  • AI voice lead agent and call management
  • After-hours AI voice
  • Lead routing and follow-up automation
  • Inquiry pipeline and outcome reporting
  • Google review-request automation
  • Keyword and local competitor research
  • Service and location search plan
  • Topical mapping and AI buyer-question research
  • AEO content structure and internal-link optimization
  • Named strategy contact and agreed support channel
  • Supporting article graphics and editorial review
  • AI prompt visibility tracking and competitor comparisons
  • Brand-mention and citation reporting
  • Backlink prospecting and publisher outreach
  • Business citations and directory-profile management
  • Editorial and award opportunity research and submissions
  • Social and community content planning
  • Approved brand participation on relevant community platforms
  • Content repurposing and video briefs
  • Weekly written progress updates and competitor scorecards
  • Monthly strategy call and priority review
  • Access to Strata Modus-owned network and tools within the agreed scope
  • Google Ads management
  • Ongoing conversion optimization
  • Professionally managed media and digital campaigns led by Sezen Güner
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, and digital PR
  • Press-release writing and distribution coordination
  • Media-room setup and coverage tracking
  • Competitive market research and digital experience strategy led by Deja Gaines
  • Audience insights, competitor opportunity mapping and market expansion priorities
  • Scoped technical development
  • Consultation and growth strategy
  • Advanced SEO and technical marketing
  • Digital strategy
  • Authority and backlink strategy
  • Press-release and citation strategy
  • Optimization priorities shaped by competitor movement and market opportunity
  • Weekly search, Maps and AI visibility tracking
  • Competitor-dependent SEO, GEO and AIO priorities, without a fixed page allowance
  • Supporting content adapted to your industry, business profile and current need, without a fixed page or post quota
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility: SEO, GEO and AIO optimization, topic coverage, internal links and authority development
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, digital PR, press releases, media-room setup and coverage tracking. Third-party publishers decide acceptance; placement and distribution fees are separate
  • Weekly competitive and performance analysis
  • Intake experience setup by Micheal Golliet or Kyle Grenier
  • Content management by Sezen Güner
Discuss this offer
04

Market Ownership

Build owned media your company controls, then connect it into a working acquisition network: useful local websites, service content and lead intake, backed by ongoing market expansion and programmatic territory defense.

Monthly from$10,000

Included scope
  • Growth strategy and hands-on delivery led by Micheal Golliet
  • Managed website
  • Website care and routine content updates
  • Technical SEO setup and maintenance
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Website and profile performance summary
  • Website assistant
  • Missed-call textback
  • AI voice lead agent and call management
  • After-hours AI voice
  • Lead routing and follow-up automation
  • Inquiry pipeline and outcome reporting
  • Google review-request automation
  • Keyword and local competitor research
  • Service and location search plan
  • Topical mapping and AI buyer-question research
  • AEO content structure and internal-link optimization
  • Named strategy contact and agreed support channel
  • Supporting article graphics and editorial review
  • AI prompt visibility tracking and competitor comparisons
  • Brand-mention and citation reporting
  • Backlink prospecting and publisher outreach
  • Business citations and directory-profile management
  • Editorial and award opportunity research and submissions
  • Social and community content planning
  • Approved brand participation on relevant community platforms
  • Content repurposing and video briefs
  • Weekly written progress updates and competitor scorecards
  • Monthly strategy call and priority review
  • Access to Strata Modus-owned network and tools within the agreed scope
  • Google Ads management
  • Ongoing conversion optimization
  • Professionally managed media and digital campaigns led by Sezen Güner
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, and digital PR
  • Press-release writing and distribution coordination
  • Media-room setup and coverage tracking
  • Competitive market research and digital experience strategy led by Deja Gaines
  • Audience insights, competitor opportunity mapping and market expansion priorities
  • Scoped technical development
  • Consultation and growth strategy
  • Advanced SEO and technical marketing
  • Digital strategy
  • Authority and backlink strategy
  • Press-release and citation strategy
  • Client-owned domain acquisition and service-area website development
  • Exact-match domain research around real services and markets
  • Client-owned lead intake, routing and connected pipeline assets
  • Market-by-market plan to compete with lead marketplaces and established firms
  • Programmatic territory defense and regional competitor pulse
  • Continuous ranking, digital growth and lead-generation expansion
  • New domain acquisition or deployment of existing Strata Modus assets against competitive gaps
  • Documented asset ownership, account access and handover plan
  • Compliance and automation controls coordinated by Allana Steele
  • Connected automation with monitoring and named human escalation
  • DevOps and digital infrastructure development led by Keegan Justis, with implementation by Kyle Grenier
  • Ongoing search and conversion improvements driven by industry, business profile and current need
  • Weekly search, Maps and AI visibility tracking and regional competitor pulse
  • Competitor-dependent SEO, GEO and AIO priorities, without a fixed page allowance
  • Supporting content adapted to your industry, business profile and current need, without a fixed page or post quota
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility: SEO, GEO and AIO optimization, topic coverage, internal links and authority development
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, digital PR, press releases, media-room setup and coverage tracking. Third-party publishers decide acceptance; placement and distribution fees are separate
  • Weekly competitive and performance analysis informing territory defense
  • Intake experience setup by Micheal Golliet or Kyle Grenier
  • Content management by Sezen Güner
Discuss this offer
05

Executive

Daily analysis directs full-scale business support: back office, operations, contractor headhunting, complex financial reporting, IT management and custom app delivery, with content shaped around your business and current need.

Monthly from$14,800

Included scope
  • Growth strategy and hands-on delivery led by Micheal Golliet
  • Managed website
  • Website care and routine content updates
  • Technical SEO setup and maintenance
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Website and profile performance summary
  • Website assistant
  • Missed-call textback
  • AI voice lead agent and call management
  • After-hours AI voice
  • Lead routing and follow-up automation
  • Inquiry pipeline and outcome reporting
  • Google review-request automation
  • Keyword and local competitor research
  • Service and location search plan
  • Topical mapping and AI buyer-question research
  • AEO content structure and internal-link optimization
  • Named strategy contact and agreed support channel
  • Supporting article graphics and editorial review
  • AI prompt visibility tracking and competitor comparisons
  • Brand-mention and citation reporting
  • Backlink prospecting and publisher outreach
  • Business citations and directory-profile management
  • Editorial and award opportunity research and submissions
  • Social and community content planning
  • Approved brand participation on relevant community platforms
  • Content repurposing and video briefs
  • Access to Strata Modus-owned network and tools within the agreed scope
  • Google Ads management
  • Ongoing conversion optimization
  • Professionally managed media and digital campaigns led by Sezen Güner
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, and digital PR
  • Press-release writing and distribution coordination
  • Media-room setup and coverage tracking
  • Competitive market research and digital experience strategy led by Deja Gaines
  • Audience insights, competitor opportunity mapping and market expansion priorities
  • Scoped technical development
  • Consultation and growth strategy
  • Advanced SEO and technical marketing
  • Digital strategy
  • Authority and backlink strategy
  • Press-release and citation strategy
  • Client-owned domain acquisition and service-area website development
  • Exact-match domain research around real services and markets
  • Client-owned lead intake, routing and connected pipeline assets
  • Market-by-market plan to compete with lead marketplaces and established firms
  • Programmatic territory defense and regional competitor pulse
  • Continuous ranking, digital growth and lead-generation expansion
  • New domain acquisition or deployment of existing Strata Modus assets against competitive gaps
  • Documented asset ownership, account access and handover plan
  • Compliance and automation controls coordinated by Allana Steele
  • Connected automation with monitoring and named human escalation
  • DevOps and digital infrastructure development led by Keegan Justis, with implementation by Kyle Grenier
  • Back-office support and business operations management
  • Skilled contractor headhunting and partner recruitment
  • Complex financial reporting management and decision-ready reporting
  • IT management across networks, security and databases
  • Scoped custom application development and connected business tools
  • Monthly customer surveys and regional market reports
  • Monthly press-release writing and distribution coordination
  • Monthly digital growth and competitor pulse reporting
  • Founder-led business, technology and marketing leadership
  • Senior consultants and named specialists coordinated around the business plan
  • One or two executive strategy calls per month, at your preference
  • Acquisition budget, operating capacity and contribution-margin review
  • Roadmap, delivery ownership and cross-team operating cadence
  • Monthly search, Maps and AI visibility scorecard for your business and named competitors
  • Three-month and six-month progress reviews against the same scorecard
  • Ongoing search and conversion improvements directed by daily analysis
  • Daily search, Maps, AI visibility and inquiry-performance tracking
  • Competitor-dependent SEO, GEO and AIO priorities, without a fixed page allowance
  • Supporting content adapted to your industry, business profile and current need, without a fixed page or post quota
  • Expanded technical marketing for Google and AI search visibility: SEO, GEO and AIO optimization, topic coverage, internal links and authority development
  • News and article production, publication and distribution coordination, digital PR, press releases, media-room setup and coverage tracking. Third-party publishers decide acceptance; placement and distribution fees are separate. Monthly press-release writing and distribution coordination
  • Daily analysis of rankings, leads, competitors and operating priorities
  • Intake experience setup by Micheal Golliet or Kyle Grenier
  • Content management by Sezen Güner
Discuss this offer

Managed growth packages start at $1,999/month. Focused automation-only or digital-marketing-only services start from $999/month. Your proposal sets the scope, delivery capacity, setup, usage allowances and contract terms before work begins.

Advertising spend, domain purchases and renewals, hosting and provider usage, photography, video and third-party distribution or placement fees are separately scoped. Included production and management responsibilities are listed in your proposal.

Micheal Golliet drives strategy and hands-on delivery across every scope. Micheal or Kyle Grenier sets up the intake experience; Sezen Güner manages content, with media campaigns from Growth. Keegan Justis leads DevOps from Market Ownership, with Kyle Grenier handling implementation and Allana Steele coordinating compliance and automation controls. Senior consulting and specialist work support your business priorities.

Placements, rankings, and results are not guaranteed.

Review the full offer comparison

Work by Strata Modus

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These are real projects from the Strata catalog. They show relevant built capabilities, not a Tacoma customer result, office, or local ranking claim.

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What work would you like more of?

Bring the service, location, or follow-up problem that is limiting the next step. We can meet in the South Sound and shape a practical scope with your team.

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