get to know the acute seo team
About Acute SEO
Acute SEO started in 2017 as a boutique SEO agency in Reno, Nevada. Nine years later, we’ve grown into a full-service growth partner — an agency, a SaaS platform, and a legal directory, all built in-house with one focus: making our clients’ businesses bigger. We earn long-term partnerships by delivering results you can measure, not promises you have to take our word for.
Your Growth.
Our Mission.
Most agencies do one thing. We built three. Traffic — SEO, Google Ads, and AI-powered answer engine optimization to get you found. Conversion — AI chatbots and intelligent contact forms that capture leads 24/7. Compliance — WCAG accessibility tools that keep your website legally defensible. One team, one strategy, every lane covered.
I founded Acute SEO in 2017 with one focus: real business growth, not just rankings. That focus hasn’t changed — but the toolkit has. What started as a boutique SEO agency is now a full-stack growth operation. I designed and built Acute SEO AI from the ground up — a SaaS platform that puts enterprise-grade AI chatbots, intelligent contact forms, and WCAG accessibility compliance into the hands of small businesses and law firms who were never supposed to have access to tools like these.
I still work directly with our clients. I still align every strategy to its specific goals. But now those strategies span three lanes: driving traffic through SEO and Google Ads, converting that traffic with AI-powered lead capture, and keeping their websites legally defensible with automated accessibility compliance. I also built the Find Attorney or Lawyer Directory — a national network of client-top-rated law firms that reinforces our deep roots in the legal industry.
Acute SEO has been recognized as a top agency by Clutch and as a Certified Semrush Agency. I stay current with Google algorithm updates through communities like Search Engine Land and invest heavily in understanding how AI is reshaping how people find businesses — not just on Google, but across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and every AI platform that’s rewriting the rules of search.
Our clients stay because the results are real, the strategy is personal, and the partnership is built for the long run. When you work with Acute SEO, you get a founder who built the systems your business runs on — and who is just as invested in your growth as you are.
Let’s build something that lasts.
— Derrick Tulali, Founder & CEO
We Get Results
When you increase your online visibility, it makes it easy for potential customers to find your business on search engines.
As a result of higher visibility, people will more easily find your company which will inevitably help you acquire more customers.
With the proper online placement and calls to action on your website, you will enjoy a significant increase in revenue.
Being found for one keyword on the first page of search engines is not satisfactory. Our goal is to rank you for multiple organic search results.
