The blog

What we would do if it were our money.

Plain writing about local marketing. What a lead actually costs, which channel suits which trade, and the things agencies usually leave out of the pitch. No listicles and nothing written for a search engine.

Thirty minutes, no pitch deck, and we will tell you honestly if we are not the right fit.

The numbers an agency should show you every month
10 4 min
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The numbers an agency should show you every month

Six figures that tell you whether the money worked, and the vanity metrics that fill the gap when it did not.

09/20/2026
Planning the last quarter without panicking
4 4 min
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Planning the last quarter without panicking

Costs rise, attention gets expensive, and most businesses react too late. What to decide before November.

09/06/2026
Why cheap leads are usually expensive
3 4 min
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Why cheap leads are usually expensive

A lower cost per lead is easy to buy and often the wrong goal. What to measure instead of the headline number.

07/06/2026
What conversion rate actually tells you
4 4 min
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What conversion rate actually tells you

A percentage without a denominator is decoration. How to read yours, and the sample size below which it means nothing.

06/13/2026
The real cost of doing it yourself
4 4 min
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The real cost of doing it yourself

Running your own ads is free until you count the evenings. An honest comparison, including where doing it yourself wins.

05/20/2026
What a lead should actually cost your business
8 6 min
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What a lead should actually cost your business

Work backwards from what a customer is worth instead of guessing. The arithmetic, and the number most businesses have never done.

01/06/2026

We create the opportunity. You close it.

Build a plan in about thirty seconds, or talk it through with us first. No contracts either way.

Seen to Sold

Done for you social media and lead generation for established local businesses across the US and Canada. Based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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