The answer to this question is very similar to the "Are SEO rankings guaranteed?" question.

It cannot be guaranteed that you will rank ahead of your competitors as there are many factors and variables which go into rankings. 

If for example, your competitors are working with a very good SEO company, spending a lot of money and have been doing it for a long time, it can be difficult to rank above them.

With larger companies or national businesses, this can often be the case. If your competitors are not one of the businesses mentioned above (most businesses are either small or micro businesses) there is a good chance that your competitors are not spending huge sums of money on SEO nor have they been doing it for a long time, which means that it will be easier for you to outrank them.

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Every industry is different and each business has a different marketing strategy (many businesses do not have one at all).

Without knowing more about your business it is difficult to give you a straight answer.

The best thing (and easiest) to do is get in touch with us by booking a discovery session.

Before your discovery session, we will audit your competitors and their marketing activity  and provide you with this information at your discovery session.

We will let you know if you will be able to outrank your competitors,  how difficult it will be to outrank them, how long it will take roughly, and how much it will cost to do this.

Discovery sessions are free of charge so it costs nothing to find out.