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Free SEO & AEO Audit for

SBA Lenders & CDCs

In five business days we show you exactly why borrowers, brokers and referral partners aren't finding your CDC in Google - or in the AI answers they now ask first - and hand you a prioritized action plan you can run with or without us.

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Free Audit · 5 Business Days
3.2×
Average increase in qualified inbound inquiries within 6 months
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01 / The Problem

Borrowers Search. AI Answers. You're Not In Either.

Your CDC funds the projects that build local economies - but the borrower searching "SBA 504 loan near me" at 9pm finds a national lender first. Your site was built for compliance, not for search. Rates and program pages live in PDFs crawlers ignore. Referral partners get a site that loads slow on a phone. And when a borrower asks ChatGPT which CDC to use in your state, your name never comes up. That is the gap this audit measures.

Data-Driven
3.2×
More Inbound Leads
Full-Service
47%
Lower Cost Per Lead
Pipeline-Focused
100+
Businesses Elevated

PHENYX is a full-service marketing agency specializing in helping SBA 504 CDCs build digital pipelines, rank for local lending searches, and convert borrowers directly — without over-relying on referral networks.

Why CDCs Need PHENYX

No dedicated marketing team - PHENYX gives you a full in-house team for a fraction of the cost.

Invisible online — borrowers search Google first. If your CDC doesn’t rank, you don’t exist.

Websites that don’t convert — most CDC sites fail to explain the 504 advantage. Visitors leave and never return.

Over-reliance on referrals — without digital channels driving inbound leads, your pipeline dries up.

Pipeline-Focused
Data-Driven
Full-Service
3.2×
More Inbound Leads
47%
Lower Cost Per Lead
100+
Businesses Elevated

PHENYX is a full-service marketing agency specializing in helping SBA 504 CDCs build digital pipelines, rank for local lending searches, and convert borrowers directly — without over-relying on referral networks.

Why CDCs Need PHENYX

No dedicated marketing team - PHENYX gives you a full in-house team for a fraction of the cost.

Invisible online — borrowers search Google first. If your CDC doesn’t rank, you don’t exist.

Websites that don’t convert — most CDC sites fail to explain the 504 advantage. Visitors leave and never return.

Over-reliance on referrals — without digital channels driving inbound leads, your pipeline dries up.

02 / What You Get

What's Inside Your Free Audit

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Technical & On-Page SEO Audit

A full crawl of your site: indexation, page speed on mobile, title and meta coverage, heading structure, broken links, and whether your 504 program, eligibility and rate pages can actually be found and read by search engines.

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AEO / AI Answer Audit

We test how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity answer the questions your borrowers ask - "who does SBA 504 loans in [state]", "504 vs 7(a)", "how much down payment" - and show where you're cited, where a competitor is, and what structured content closes the gap.

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Prioritized 90-Day Action Plan

Not a 60-page PDF. A ranked list of fixes with effort, expected impact and owner - what to change this week, this month, this quarter - so your team or ours can start Monday.

03 / How It Works

From Request to Action Plan in 4 Steps

01.

Request the Audit

One form, four fields. No sales call required to get it.

02.

We Run the Scan

We crawl your site, pull your search visibility, and query the major AI assistants the way your borrowers do.

03.

Findings Walkthrough

A 30-minute review of what we found, in plain English, with your team - no pitch deck.

04.

Your Action Plan

You keep the prioritized plan whether you work with us or not. It's yours.

05.

Optional: We Execute

If you'd rather not manage it, PHENYX runs the plan as your outsourced marketing team.

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05 / FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does the free audit take?

Five business days from the time you submit the form. We'll schedule the 30-minute walkthrough once the findings are ready.

Is this really free? What's the catch?

It's free and there's no obligation. We do this because roughly half the lenders who see their gaps ask us to fix them. If you'd rather hand the plan to your own team, that's a fine outcome - the plan is yours to keep.

What is AEO, and why does it matter for a CDC?

MODS is PHENYX’s all-inclusive monthly marketing subscription starting at $4,000/month. For CDCs it typically includes website management, local SEO, Google Ads, borrower-focused content, graphic design, and quarterly strategy reviews. Every package is customized to your CDC’s size, geography, and goals.

Answer Engine Optimization is being found in AI-generated answers rather than the ten blue links. Borrowers increasingly ask ChatGPT or Google's AI Overview which lender to use before they ever visit a website. If your program details aren't structured for those systems, you're invisible at the moment of choice.

Absolutely. Many CDCs we work with have an existing site that simply isn’t converting or ranking. We can audit your current site, optimize it for SEO and conversions, and layer on paid campaigns and content — no full rebuild required unless it’s genuinely holding you back.

"I recommend the Phenyx team to any company ready to take their marketing to the next level."
06 / Get Started

Get in touch
with PHENYX

Send us your site and we'll show you exactly where your SBA lending pipeline is leaking. Five business days, no cost, no obligation.

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