Straight answers about Google Ads, local SEO, websites, hiring ads and print, written for owners of service businesses in Raleigh, Durham, Cary and the rest of the Triangle. No jargon, no vendor spin, and every number we quote comes with a source.
What a lead really costs in legal, dental, HVAC and home services in 2026 — plus the number your agency would rather you didn't calculate.
Nine logins you should already own. Where to check each one in 15 minutes — and what to do if your agency says the account is "proprietary."
What to set up in week one, what to spend in month two, and what to ignore until you have revenue. A real 90-day plan.
You don't need a brand book. You need four things to look consistent everywhere a customer sees you, and here's the order to do them in.
Most owners are guessing. Here's the tracking setup that tells you which marketing paid for itself, in about three hours of work.
The 22 settings that decide whether you show up on Google Maps, ranked by how much they actually matter in 2026.
You already have the list. Five emails that turn past customers into repeat jobs, with the exact timing to send each one.
Two thirds of Google searches end without a click. Here's what that actually means for your blog, and the four posts still worth writing.
A straight comparison for local service businesses, with real 2026 cost-per-lead numbers and a rule for deciding in about five minutes.
Why most local Facebook ads fail, the four campaign types that actually book jobs, and how to tell a cheap lead from a worthless one.
Month by month, what local SEO actually does and when. Plus the three situations where it moves in weeks, and the one where it never works.
What a small business website really costs in Raleigh in 2026, what's driving the price, and the four line items that quietly double a quote.
Tell us what you sell and where you sell it, and we will tell you the one thing we would change first. Twenty minutes, no proposal, no follow-up sequence. If we are not the right fit we will say so on the call.
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