What do I need?
Nine questions about your business. No email required, and the result includes what not to buy.
Question 1 of 9
About two minutes
What we would do first
Find out what is really happening first.
You cannot say which of your marketing brings in work. So every spending decision is a guess, including whether to keep spending. Fixing this costs less than buying more visitors. It also answers every other question on this list.
- Start hereA website with tracking built in →Our Boost Your Digital Presence package records every call and form, with the ad, page or search it came from. After that, your numbers are real. One fixed price of $7,500.
- ThenFix what the numbers point at →Once you can see what is happening, the fix is usually obvious. The Core Retainer then improves 5 pages a month based on real data.
- Not yetPaid searchBuying clicks you cannot measure is how people spend two years not knowing if it worked. Measure first, then decide.
What we would do first
Not enough people are finding you.
Your competitors show up and you do not. Or you show up next to three of them and it is a coin flip. For a local business, the fix is part website and part Google profile, reviews and pages for what people really search.
- Start hereA website built to be found →Our Boost Your Digital Presence package researches what your customers search for, then builds a page for each service and town. One fixed price of $7,500.
- AlongsideYour Google profile and reviews →For a local business, this helps faster than anything on the site. A complete profile and steady new reviews move you up on the map. It is part of our Boost Your Digital Presence package.
- Not yetPaid searchAds rent the spot you are trying to earn, and the rent never stops. Fix how you show up first. Ads make sense once people already find you.
What we would do first
Local Services Ads are the cheapest lead you are not buying.
You are a licensed, insured local service business, which is exactly who these ads are for. They show above the map. You only pay when someone calls or messages, not for clicks that go nowhere. Rank depends on steady reviews and how fast you answer, not on budget.
- Start hereGet verified and ranking →We handle Google's license and insurance checks and set up your account to match your Google profile. It is part of our Boost Your Digital Presence package. Reviews matter most, so we help you ask for them every week.
- AlongsideAnswer every call inside a minute →Answer speed matters next. Few teams can answer within a minute on evenings and weekends. Set your budget by how many calls you can answer, not the other way round.
- Not yetPaid searchSearch ads charge per click. Local Services Ads charge per lead. Start where a wasted click is free.
What we would do first
People are finding you and picking somebody else.
People are visiting. Your site is losing them. A stranger comparing you with a competitor gives each site about eight seconds. They decide on how fast it loads, whether it says what you do, and whether there is an easy way to get hold of you.
- Start hereA new website you own →Our Boost Your Digital Presence package: fast, clear about what you do and where, with a quote form and tracking from day one. Your old pages point to the new ones, so you keep your rankings. $7,500.
- ThenReviews and your Google profile →Half the comparison happens before anyone reaches your site. Reviews and a complete Google profile often help more than paid work.
- Not yetPaid searchPeople find you, so ads can be the right next step. But not yet. Ads need a page that turns visitors into leads. Sending them to your current site means paying for the page that was already the problem.
What we would do first
You are losing leads you already paid for.
Missed calls, forms nobody answered, quotes never followed up. Whoever answers first usually gets the job, and right now that depends on who is at their desk. Fixing this costs less than buying more leads.
- Start hereCatch and route every lead →Every call and form lands in one place, with where it came from. Follow-up happens automatically. With a new website, this is our CRM setup and automations add-ons.
- ThenAnswer outside business hours →Online booking and a chatbot that answers and books at 9pm. Most people look for you outside office hours.
- Not yetMore marketingMore leads would fall through the same gap. Fix the gap first.
What we would do first
Your tools do not talk, and your people are the glue.
The same job is typed in twice. Quotes and invoices eat hours. It only works because someone remembers how. That limits how much work you can take on, so growth would land on a business that is already full.
- Start hereConnect the systems →Pick the two tools that waste the most time and connect them. Nothing typed twice. Nothing depends on who is in the office.
- ThenAutomate the paperwork →Quotes, invoices and scheduling built into how you work, not added on the side. That is what frees up time.
- Not yetA marketing pushBuy this once you can handle more work. Until then, marketing just adds to the pile.
What we would do first
You need something built.
Your systems are what hold you back. Scheduling on a whiteboard. An app your customers complain about. Or something you need next year that does not exist yet. That needs building, not marketing, and it is the other half of what we do.
- Start hereSoftware development →Pick the one job that wastes the most time and build that first. We start with a short paid planning step, and its cost comes off the build.
- ThenConnect it to where the leads arrive →A system that does not know about your customers is only half a system. Once the first piece exists, this is usually the cheap part.
- Not yetA monthly marketing planBuy this once the system works. Until then you pay monthly to show more people a known problem.
How this decides
Each answer counts toward one of seven results. A few answers come first no matter what. If you cannot measure your marketing, the result is always "measure first", because you cannot judge ads you cannot measure. Ads only come up once people already find you. Until then, the same money does more fixing how you show up.
Nothing is sent anywhere until you submit the form at the end. The advice is based on Google's own search guidelines.