How to Scale Multi-Location Rankings with Franchise SEO (James Dooley Chats With Luke Bastin)
Download MP3 In this episode, James Dooley is joined by franchise and local SEO specialist Luke Bastin for a deep dive into how multi-location businesses can scale their search visibility and generate leads consistently. Luke explains why franchise SEO is more complex than traditional SEO, covering the importance of Google Business Profiles, entity recognition, and properly separating corporate brands from individual location entities. They discuss the pros and cons of subdomains versus subfolders, hybrid domain setups, and how to manage risk when multiple agencies or franchise owners control different locations.
Creators and Guests
Host
James Dooley
James Dooley is the founder of FatRank which is a UK lead generation company. James Dooley is the current CEO of FatRank that provides high-quality leads for UK business owners.
Guest
Luke Bastin
Luke Bastin is a fractional in-house Search Engine and LLM Visibility Lead known for his work in entity-first SEO and search visibility systems. He specialises in technical SEO, semantic SEO, and LLM visibility optimisation, helping businesses improve how they are understood and surfaced across search engines and AI-driven platforms. Luke works with multi-location and franchise businesses, as well as SaaS and B2B companies, where he builds scalable SEO systems that drive pipeline growth, increase qualified inbound demand, and improve conversion through website performance. He also advises C-suite and senior decision-makers on search strategy, helping organisations strengthen brand equity through increased visibility in AI-driven search experiences.
