Sailing Stone Marketing

Based in Vaughan, Ontario, Sailing Stone Marketing works with small and local businesses across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area that depend on being found both in Google search results and in AI-generated answers. The team, sized at 1-10 people, positions itself around a dual focus: helping businesses rank in traditional search and local map listings while also engineering visibility inside answer engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Their stated example use case centers on local service businesses, such as plumbers, competing for the Google Maps 3-pack, organic rankings and AI-generated recommendations simultaneously. The agency's declared services include SEO, social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing and pay-per-click, and its website details six specific disciplines: technical SEO covering site architecture, speed and crawlability; local SEO and Google Business Profile optimization including citation building; content and on-page work built around buyer search terms and location pages; entity and schema markup intended to help AI models identify and quote a business (referred to as AEO); review and reputation management through timed review requests; and tracking and reporting across Google, Maps and AI answer placements with call and booking attribution. The site offers a free SEO audit, a short introductory call, and states that clients typically see initial ranking movement within 30–60 days, with stronger gains for local-intent keywords appearing within 60–90 days.