What people ask Spokane Biz Doctors, answered straight.
Short answers first, the full explanation on each page. If yours is not here, ask us or call (509) 270-3521.
The free Snapshot
What does the free 40-Point Snapshot check?
The free 40-Point Snapshot runs your homepage through the same 40-factor diagnostic engine we use on paying clients. It scores 40 factors across Technical Foundation, AI Visibility, Local Presence, Social Signals and Conversion, names your top 5 leaks in plain English, and gives you a single Health Score you can watch move over time. It's free, no call is required, and we run and review every Snapshot by hand before we email it to you.
Full answer →Does this work for my industry?
The diagnostic works for any local business that needs to be found and chosen: trades, clinics, restaurants, professional services, retail, and more. The prescriptions change by industry; the method doesn't. If your model is genuinely outside what we can help with, we'll tell you before you spend a dollar.
Full answer →What it costs
Why is the Protocol $497 and not $5,000?
Because the diagnosis is machine-assisted and the judgment isn't. A consultancy would bill forty hours to produce this and charge accordingly. We built the diagnostic engine once, it runs against your business in minutes, and a Biz Doctor reads every section before it reaches you. You're paying for the prescription and the review, not for someone's billable afternoon. The price is the price; there's no founding discount, no countdown, and no version of this where waiting gets you a better number.
Full answer →What does SEO cost with Spokane Biz Doctors?
It starts free. The 40-Point Snapshot shows where your site is invisible and what to fix first. From there, the SEO & AI Visibility Package is $247 as a one-time implementation document. If you want us to do the work, the Optimization Setup & Triage Call is $747, and the Always-On Engine runs $200–$850/mo, priced to your tier. You choose the dose after the diagnosis.
Full answer →What does AI search optimization cost?
The SEO & AI Visibility Package is $247 as a one-time implementation. It covers SEO, Google search and AI answer-engine visibility, with each fix written for your site and ready for you to put live. Monthly upkeep can be added for $49/mo. If you want us to run it every month, the Always-On Engine is $200–$850/mo, priced to your tier after a free Snapshot and a scoping call.
Full answer →What's the difference between the $247 package and the $497 Protocol?
The $247 SEO & AI Visibility Package is a step-by-step fix for every leak your free Snapshot found, written for your site and ready for you to put live. The $497 Profit Surge D.O.C. Protocol includes all of that, plus the full 100+ page plan across 90 days and a 46-point examination of your market and competitors. The Protocol also comes with our written guarantee.
Full answer →How the work gets done
Is this just another generic AI ebook?
No. The Profit Surge D.O.C. Protocol is generated from your intake answers: your numbers, your neighborhood, your bottlenecks. Two Spokane businesses get two different documents. If any section of yours reads generic, that's a defect, and we'll fix it.
Full answer →I'm not a tech person. Can I still use this?
Yes. Every recommendation comes with plain-English setup steps written for a non-technical owner, including the exact prompts to use. And if you'd rather not touch any of it, that's what the Triage Call and the done-for-you build are for.
Full answer →What if I get stuck?
You're never left alone with a document. The Optimization Setup & Triage Call is a working session with a founder. We execute your hardest moves together, live, rather than handing you another plan. It's open to owners with a verified Spokane Biz Doctors purchase, so your order number is your way in.
Full answer →What's the difference between SEO and AI search optimization?
SEO earns a ranking in a list of ten links. AI search optimization earns a citation when ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI answer picks the few sources it trusts. The work overlaps, including structured data, local signals and content that answers questions, but the target is different. A site can rank fine on Google while being invisible in AI answers. We do both, and we measure both.
Full answer →Do you do the work for me, or do I?
It depends on the rung. The $97 Implementation Kit, the $247 SEO & AI Visibility Package and the $497 D.O.C. Protocol are written for you to put live. We diagnose, write the prescription and hand you the finished assets. If you want our hands on it, AI Visibility Management ($49/mo), the $747 Optimization Setup & Triage Call, the Always-On Engine and the Platform Build are the rungs where we do the work.
Full answer →Results
How soon will I see results?
The Protocol arrives within 24–48 hours of you sending your answers back. Business results depend on execution: some fixes, like your Google Business Profile category, can move visibility within weeks, and the full plan is sequenced over 90 days. We don't promise a revenue number; anyone who does is guessing.
Full answer →How do I get my business recommended by ChatGPT?
There's no submit button. ChatGPT and other AI assistants recommend businesses they can confirm, so the work is on five inputs: one consistent name, address, phone and description everywhere you appear; reviews, citations and directories that agree with your site; structured data machines can read; your current site in both Google's and Bing's indexes, since ChatGPT's live search runs on Bing; and pages that answer questions directly enough to be quoted.
Full answer →What's your guarantee?
Our guarantee covers the $497 Profit Surge D.O.C. Protocol: a full refund any time before your Protocol is delivered. After delivery it isn't cash-refundable; instead you get unlimited revisions until it's right. The 90-day backstop, tied to your own Google Business Profile numbers, and its conditions are on our guarantee page.
Full answer →About us
Who is behind Spokane Biz Doctors?
Spokane Biz Doctors is a two-person Spokane, WA practice that diagnoses why local businesses don't show up in Google and AI assistants like ChatGPT, then writes the fix in order, starting with a free 40-Point Snapshot. The two people are Cory James, Managing Member, and Shad Armstead, Technical Architect / CTO / Principal Engineer.
Full answer →Diagnosis first. Then the cure.
We run the Snapshot by hand, review it, and email it to you. No call required.