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Clutch
Growing Search has significantly increased the website traffic and position, exceeding the client expectations.
$200 SEO consultation
Francisco Leon de Vivero
Find the SEO blockers costing you qualified growth.
Francisco helps leadership teams diagnose technical SEO, AI search visibility, and organic growth problems before they become expensive.
1-hour working session. Clear priorities. No long-term commitment.
VP Growth at Growing Search
Shopify Former SEO leadership
Proof Public client outcomes
Old way vs. focused next step
Your SEO problem is rarely just rankings.
You may have audits, dashboards, AI visibility questions, and competing stakeholder requests. The consultation is built to turn that noise into one clear next move.
Old way
- Long audits that create more tasks than decisions.
- AI search questions with no owner or priority.
- Technical fixes scattered across teams without a business filter.
New way
- Bring the blocker into a one-hour working session.
- Pressure-test what is actually costing qualified growth.
- Leave with the priority, next steps, and enough context to act.
Trustpilot reviews
What clients say about Growing Search
Blake Public review snippetThe team was praised for increasing organic traffic and improving rankings beyond expectations.
Michaela Trustpilot review snippetClients describe Growing Search as clear, responsive, and helpful when turning SEO work into measurable progress.
Ashley Trustpilot review snippetThe most common theme is practical guidance: less confusion, clearer priorities, and a team that knows what to do next.
Natasha Trustpilot review snippetReviewers point to communication, execution, and organic growth support as reasons they trusted the process.
Optional context
A quick word from Francisco
Watch this if you want more context before booking. The consultation path is already clear above: one focused hour, a sharper diagnosis, and a practical next step.
Former SEO leadership
VP of Growth
Conference speaker
What visitors should leave with
Clear priorities, stronger execution, and a realistic next step.
Turn organic search into a clearer growth lever, not a pile of disconnected SEO tasks.
- Where organic growth is being blocked
- What deserves attention first
- What a realistic next-step roadmap looks like
Operating context
Built from in-house SEO depth, agency scale, and public industry credibility.
Francisco leads growth and senior SEO strategy at Growing Search while bringing more than 15 years of technical, international, ecommerce, and enterprise search experience shaped by prior roles at Shopify, MindGeek, and Yellow Pages.
That role builds on earlier SEO leadership at Shopify, MindGeek, and Yellow Pages, bringing enterprise discipline, international experience, and senior-level execution support into current client work.
- 40 years of collective experience
- 50+ client expectations exceeded
- Business and product-first mindset
- Data and value driven
Selected client context
Wahi
Shopify
HGregoire
GGPoker
Homebase
Polytechnique Montreal
Brilliant Earth
Maptive
Opencare
Toronto
240 Richmond Street W, Toronto, ON Canada M5V 1V6
Montreal
1275 Avenue Des Canadiens-De-Montreal L'Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3B 0G4
Signature focus areas
The kinds of SEO problems Francisco is usually brought in to solve.
Instead of treating every service equally on the homepage, this section leads with the areas where senior strategy, technical depth, and growth judgment matter most.
Global advisory
Global SEO Expert
Senior SEO guidance for brands that need clearer priorities, stronger technical direction, and measurable growth across markets.
Explore Global SEO ExpertPlatform growth
Shopify SEO
Platform-aware SEO for Shopify and Shopify Plus brands that need stronger technical foundations, scalable content systems, and better organic performance.
Explore Shopify SEOMarket expansion
International SEO
Multilingual SEO, hreflang implementation, localization, and market-entry support for multi-region growth.
Explore International SEOTechnical depth
Technical SEO Advisory
Senior technical SEO support for crawlability, indexing, migrations, Core Web Vitals, and engineering-ready prioritization.
Explore Technical SEO AdvisoryEnterprise scale
Enterprise SEO
SEO governance, cross-team coordination, and large-site search strategy for organizations with real operational complexity.
Explore Enterprise SEOAudit foundation
SEO Audit Services
Comprehensive SEO audits that surface growth blockers, prioritize fixes, and turn findings into an actionable roadmap.
Explore SEO Audit ServicesMigration support
SEO Migration Services
Traffic-preserving support for redesigns, replatforming, URL changes, and launch monitoring during major site transitions.
Explore SEO Migration ServicesRevenue growth
Ecommerce SEO
SEO for online stores that need stronger product discovery, category architecture, structured data, and revenue-focused organic growth.
Explore Ecommerce SEOStartup growth
SEO for Startups
Search strategy for startups that need strong technical foundations, efficient content choices, and organic growth sized to early-stage reality.
Explore SEO for StartupsLanguage markets
Multilingual SEO
SEO for English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese markets with localization, hreflang, and native-language search considerations.
Explore Multilingual SEOWhat you get
Sharper SEO decisions before you spend more time or budget.
The homepage now leads with the outcomes a commercial visitor needs to understand before booking.
Diagnose blockers your team cannot prioritize.
Bring a migration, traffic drop, technical backlog, or leadership question and leave with a clearer read on what matters first.
Protect qualified traffic before AI answers intercept the click.
Review where AI search, snippets, and changing SERPs may be affecting the path from visibility to qualified visits.
Turn technical SEO findings into work your team can ship.
Translate crawl, indexation, architecture, and performance issues into practical priorities for product, content, and engineering teams.
Use senior SEO experience without a long agency ramp-up.
Get the judgment of a former Shopify SEO lead and Growing Search VP of Growth in a focused one-hour session.
How the consultation works
A focused 3-step working session, not a generic audit dump.
The consultation is designed to move quickly from problem to priority, so you leave with a practical decision instead of another vague SEO checklist.
Bring the blocker
Share the SEO, AI visibility, migration, technical, or growth question that is creating uncertainty for your team.
Pressure-test the priority
Separate symptoms from the work most likely to affect qualified traffic, revenue, or leadership confidence.
Leave with next steps
Walk away with a sharper diagnosis, the next action to take, and what to ignore for now.
Client success
Public proof that connects SEO work to traffic, leads, and market visibility.
These public examples from Growing Search show the outcomes Francisco and the team aim for: stronger visibility, better lead quality, revenue growth, and category authority grounded in real execution.
Wahi
Maptive
Opencare
Real estate
Wahi
263% increase in organic traffic
Growing Search uses Wahi to show how stronger technical foundations, clearer content priorities, and better search visibility can materially expand organic reach in a competitive market.
See the case-study contextB2B software
Maptive
3x increase in leads
Maptive is highlighted as a lead-generation example, showing that search work is expected to influence pipeline quality and commercial outcomes, not just rankings.
See the case-study contextHealthcare and dental
Opencare
85% Canadian dentist market coverage
Opencare is presented as proof of visibility strength in a high-trust healthcare category, which helps reinforce the site's EEAT and category credibility.
See the case-study context
Brand platform
A search career built across enterprise platforms, media brands, and the broader SEO community.
Francisco brings a whole-of-search perspective that combines senior in-house SEO experience with the wider Growing Search service stack, client portfolio, and execution depth.
- Award-winning SEO professional and Canadian search awards judge.
- Speaker at UnGagged Las Vegas, SEonthebeach Spain, Quondos, and other industry events.
- Published in Forbes, Huffington Post, Apertura, and Infotechnology.
- Collaborated with Semrush and MailRelay on industry research and education.
Speaking, content, and public proof
Authority that shows up outside the website too.
These channels make the brand more believable because the expertise is visible in videos, public profiles, industry recognition, and conference contexts as well.
Video updates
YouTube SEO breakdowns
Practical videos covering updates, tools, indexing questions, and real SEO workflows.
Visit YouTube
Industry recognition
Awards, events, and judging
Conference speaking, awards judging, and industry participation that reinforce Francisco’s standing in the SEO community.
Awards context
Professional profile
Professional profile
A public profile that brings SEO, analytics, SEM, and growth leadership into one clear career narrative.
Open LinkedInNeed more context first?
Use the library if you are not ready to book yet.
The main path is the consultation. These links are secondary routes for visitors who want to check the thinking, tools, and service depth first.
Ready to move
Book one focused hour before you commit to a bigger SEO plan.
$200. 1 hour. Clear SEO priorities. No long-term commitment.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about working with Francisco
What kind of SEO work does Francisco focus on?
Francisco focuses on international SEO strategy, technical SEO, WPO optimization, onsite and offpage work, analytics, and team training.
Who is this site best for?
The positioning points to brands, ecommerce teams, and companies that need senior-level search strategy tied to growth rather than traffic vanity metrics.
How much does a consultation with Francisco cost?
A focused one-hour consultation is 200 USD. It is a working session where Francisco reviews your situation and gives you concrete next steps you can act on right away.
Does Francisco work with international and multilingual sites?
Yes. International SEO is one of Francisco's core specialties. He has led global SEO at Shopify and helps brands set up hreflang, ccTLD versus subfolder strategies, multilingual content systems, and country-level visibility programs.
What is Francisco's background?
Francisco is a Global SEO Expert and VP of Growth at Growing Search. He previously led the Global SEO Framework at Shopify, was Senior SEO at MindGeek, and started in search at Yellow Pages. He has 15+ years of experience, speaks at industry conferences, and serves as a search awards judge.
Does Francisco produce educational content too?
Yes. He publishes SEO updates, tools, and search commentary through his Youtube channel and related content.
How should prospects get in touch?
Use the consultation page if you want to book a focused one-hour session directly, or use the other contact routes on the site for a broader Growing Search conversation.