SEO Services & Website Design Since 2010

SEO that ranks.
Websites that
convert.

Whitewater Digital Marketing builds two things: organic search visibility for businesses that need leads, and conversion-focused websites engineered with an SEO foundation from the start. The two services work together. The site gets built right, the rankings follow, the qualified traffic shows up. Based in Navarre, Florida. Clients across the country.

15+ Years in SEO
100+ Sites worked
2 Lanes SEO & Web Design
USA No offshore work
Based in Navarre, FL
BBB Accredited Business · A+ Rating
Member, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Working in search since 2010
SEO & Website Design under one roof
Clients across the country
100% US-based · No offshore work
Free SEO consultations
Month to month · No long contracts
Both services, one investment

Get a free website with an SEO retainer.

A free website with SEO retainer plans, exactly as it sounds. Start a monthly SEO retainer and Whitewater builds your new website at no extra cost, engineered with an SEO foundation from the start so the retainer work compounds on top of it.

Not ready for a monthly commitment?

Start with a Technical SEO Audit.

The Technical SEO Audit is how every Whitewater engagement starts and the lowest-commitment way to find out if the fit is right. One-time fee, two to three weeks, a full diagnostic across the nine areas that actually move rankings. No retainer, no contract, just findings and a roadmap.

01 Technical Crawl 02 Internal Links 03 Page Speed 04 Local SEO 05 Content Audit 06 Backlink Profile 07 On-Page SEO 08 Schema Markup 09 AI Search Optimization 9 FOCUS AREAS Technical SEO Audit Hover any segment
SEO Audit
Order a Technical SEO Audit
From $1,500

One-time fee. Two to three weeks. PDF report, Excel data, prioritized fix list, and three hours of walkthrough calls split across two or three sessions, all included.

All 9 focus areas PDF + Excel 3 hrs of calls
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Two service lanes

Build the site. Rank the site. One team, one foundation.

Most agencies do one or the other. Whitewater does both, and treats them as one connected system. The site gets engineered with an SEO foundation from the start. The ongoing SEO compounds on a base that's already crawlable, fast, schema-rich, and structured around the keywords customers are using.

Most clients use both lanes
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Technical SEO Audit

One-time deep Technical SEO Audit covering technical, content, links, and competitor positioning. You get the findings, the fixes ranked by impact, and the roadmap. Most engagements start here.

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Free SEO consultation

30 minutes on your site, live. Whitewater tells you what's blocking your rankings and where the easy wins are. No pitch deck, no contract pressure. The fastest way to see if the fit is right.

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SEO Retainer

For established businesses that want flexible SEO hours. Set monthly hours allocated however the strategy calls for that month. Good fit when the scope is unpredictable and the work needs to flex.

Learn about SEO Retainers →
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Local SEO Services

Map pack rankings, citation cleanup, review systems, and local landing pages. Built for service businesses where the closest result in the local search results wins the call.

See Local SEO plans →
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Google Business Profile optimization

The single biggest piece of local SEO when it's done right. Profile setup, ongoing posts, review acquisition strategy, and category tuning that drives map pack visibility.

Optimize your GBP →
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White Label SEO

For agencies that want experienced SEO behind their brand. Whitewater works invisibly under your name with reports and deliverables you ship as your own. No offshore handoffs, no quality compromise.

White Label SEO details →
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AI Search Optimization

Get cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Citation tracking, entity markup, and retrieval-friendly content structured for the answer engines reshaping search behavior.

See AI Search Optimization →
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SEO Content Writing

Original content written for search and human readers. Pillar articles, supporting blog posts, service pages, and category pages built around real keyword research and topical authority models.

SEO content writing →
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PPC Management

Paid search where the math works. Google Ads, Local Services Ads, and Meta paired with the organic strategy so the channels reinforce each other instead of overlapping.

PPC management →
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Full Digital Marketing

SEO is the anchor, but a complete strategy includes content, email, paid where it makes sense, and conversion work on the site itself. The umbrella service that pulls every lever.

Full marketing →
How the work goes

Four phases. No mystery.

SEO isn't magic and shouldn't feel like it. Here's exactly what happens after you hire Whitewater, in the order it happens.

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Technical SEO Audit

A real Technical SEO Audit. Proprietary crawler maps the site, Search Console and analytics data get pulled, the ranking simulator runs against your top competitors, and the report identifies exactly what's holding you back. You get a written report you can read in 20 minutes, not a 60-slide PDF nobody opens.

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Strategy

Based on the Technical SEO Audit, the plan gets written. Which terms to go after, in what order, what it'll take to rank for each, and what realistic timelines look like. You see the plan before any work starts. If something doesn't make sense, it changes.

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Execution

Technical fixes first because they unlock everything downstream. Then content, then links. The order matters because Google measures things in roughly that order. You get monthly milestones and the actual work product, not a vague "things are progressing" email.

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Reporting

Monthly reports that show exactly what changed during the month and how rankings moved against the strategy. Plain English. Real numbers. If a term you cared about dropped, the report says so and explains why. If something we tried didn't work, you hear that too.

Why Whitewater

The agency model is broken. This isn't an agency.

Most digital marketing agencies sell with their experienced people, then hand the account to someone who's been doing this for eight months. The lead shows up for the quarterly check-in, by which time the client has paid for three months of work that didn't move anything. Whitewater has watched this happen too many times before clients made the switch.

The model here is different on purpose. Whitewater stays small. Tye plus two trusted contractor analysts. No junior account managers, no offshore writers, no quality compromise. Each analyst's client roster is capped so attention stays sharp. The trade off is a waitlist sometimes. Most clients consider that an upgrade.

Some prospects also get told they're not a fit. Sometimes the budget doesn't support what the market requires. Sometimes the site needs a ground-up rebuild before SEO will compound. That conversation happens early so nobody wastes the other person's time.

2010 Year Whitewater started doing SEO professionally
7 Clients per analyst, by design
0 Offshore writers, junior staff, or account managers
2 Revenue streams: SEO services + website design
Client work

Results that survive the hard quarters.

These are clients who hired Whitewater and stuck around. Through algorithm updates, market shifts, and the months when nothing came easy. The work has receipts.

Verified on LinkedIn
★★★★★
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Tye Odom is unlike anyone I have ever worked with in the digital realm. He goes above expectations when it comes to putting together a plan that ACTUALLY fits your unique business needs. We are all inundated with "SEO Experts" in the Marketing field, but Tye and his team actually live up to that title. Not only do they create a plan for your unique business case, they actually execute and DELIVER the results they promised. It was remarkable the positive data they started showing us once the implementation phase was complete. I had to look twice, maybe three times to make sure my eyes weren't tricking me. The results were amazing just within the first couple of months of implementing their SEO recommendations. We all want a "quick fix" but with Tye's thoroughness and leaving no digital stone left unturned, the auditing and implementation process is worth the time it takes.

I would stand Tye and his entire SEO team against anyone that claims they are "the best" and Tye's team will surely blow them out of the water. Of course with the results he brings, he also brings excellent and constant communication, determination to make your business successful in the digital space and truly represents what professionalism means. I am truly honored to have worked with Tye and his team and look forward to partnering with him on projects in the future.

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Rachel Etemadi, MBA
President & Owner, Freebird Asset Management · Oct 2020
Verified on Google
★★★★★
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I would like to personally thank Tye for the exceptional work he did for our company. When we faced a significant decline in organic traffic that no one else could resolve, Tye stepped in and helped us turn things around.

Over the years, we've worked with several SEO companies, but Tye stands out as the best by far. His analysis is incredibly thorough, and he often identifies issues that other firms overlooked. Tye doesn't just provide insights; he translates them into actionable recommendations that, when implemented, have led to noticeable improvements in our search rankings.

If I had to choose just one SEO specialist to work with, it would undoubtedly be Tye Odom.

JB
Jim Brown
Feb 2025
Verified on Yelp
★★★★★
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Whitewater Digital Marketing rebuilt our website and it looks and runs so much better than before. Beyond the website design, they optimized our Google Business Profile and tightened up our local SEO, so now we actually show up when people search for movers near us. More calls, more booked jobs, and Tye is quick to respond whenever we need him. Couldn't be happier!

Bayside Moving Company
Pensacola, FL · Jun 2026
Verified on Google
★★★★★
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We hired Whitewater Digital Marketing for a website rebuild and it was the right call. Tye and his team really listened to what we were going for, and the new site is clean and easy to navigate. He even built in a feature that lets people book a tour right from the site, which has been great for us. He also keeps everything managed, so anytime something needs updating he handles it fast, and his rates are genuinely fair. It was a great experience the whole way through, and I'd send any business his direction.

YC
Yorktown Commons Apartments
Jun 2026
Meet the founder

Behind the work: Tye Odom.

Fifteen years in search. Every algorithm update from Panda forward. The work, the strategy, and the calls all run through one person plus two trusted contractor analysts. That's it.

Tye Odom, founder of Whitewater Digital Marketing
Tye Odom
Founder

Whitewater started because watching agencies sell their best people and hand off the actual work to their juniors got old. Fifteen years in search. Every algorithm update from Panda forward. Two service lanes that actually reinforce each other: SEO Retainer Services and website design. The site gets built right, the rankings follow, the qualified traffic shows up. That's the whole pitch.

Tye Odom
SEO since 2010 100+ sites Navarre, FL
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Common questions

The questions every prospect asks.

How long does SEO take to actually work?
For most sites, expect movement on long tail terms inside 60 to 90 days, and meaningful page one rankings on commercial intent keywords in 4 to 8 months. New domains take longer. Sites with technical debt take longer. Sites with manual penalties or domain authority issues take longer still. Anyone promising you page one in 30 days for competitive terms is selling you something other than SEO.
How much does SEO cost?
Technical SEO Audits start at a fixed price. Monthly retainers vary based on competition, market size, and how much execution Whitewater is handling versus your team. Most monthly engagements fall between a few thousand and the low five figures, with everything itemized in the proposal. No long contracts required, no fluff.
Do you require contracts?
Month to month with 30 days notice. The reason agencies push 12-month contracts is that they need the runway to recover the cost of the salesperson who closed you. Whitewater doesn't have a salesperson. The work either keeps performing or you walk.
Will you guarantee first place rankings?
No. Anyone who guarantees position is either lying or about to do something that'll get your site penalized. What Whitewater does guarantee: the work is done by experienced analysts, never offshore, the strategy is documented and reviewable, and you'll always know what's happening on your account.
Will you work with anyone?
No. Whitewater turns down more work than it takes. If the budget can't support what your market actually requires, you'll hear that. If the site has structural issues that have to be fixed before SEO will move anything, you'll hear that too (sometimes the right answer is a site rebuild first). If there's no realistic path to results inside 6 to 12 months, the engagement doesn't start. The 7-clients-per-analyst cap isn't a marketing line. It's the real ceiling on what one analyst can run without the work suffering, which is why the fit conversation happens upfront on every SEO consultation.
Can you work with my existing site?
Almost always, yes. Whitewater works in WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, custom builds, and most of the niche platforms. If your site is built on something exotic or has a CMS that fights against SEO basics, you'll hear that upfront and we'll talk options. Sometimes the answer is a new website build. Usually it isn't.
Do you offer White Label SEO for agencies?
Yes. A handful of design and marketing agencies use Whitewater as their SEO arm. The work happens invisibly under your brand with deliverables you ship to your clients. More on White Label SEO here.
Free, no pitch deck

Ready to see what your site could actually rank for?

30 minutes on a call. Whitewater pulls up your site live, looks at your competitors, and tells you what's blocking you from page one. If we're a fit, we'll talk about working together. If we're not, you walk away with a real opinion from someone who's been doing this 15 years. Either way, the call is free.

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