What Is Social Media SEO? (And Why Your Local Business Needs It Now) Did you know that 63.9% of the world’s population now uses social media daily, spending over 2 hours and 20 minutes online each day? That means your potential customers (from electricians and landscapers to welders and auto shops) are scrolling, searching, and […]

AI Generated Logo vs. Human Designer: Why Your Business Deserves More Than an Algorithm Not if you care about originality, legal protection, and standing out in a crowded market. While AI tools can generate logos quickly, they lack the strategy, emotion, and adaptability that human designers bring to the table. Your logo deserves more than […]

If you want your business to show up in AI overview results (like in ChatGPT or Google’s new AI search features), you’ve got to blend the best of both worlds of old and new. Yes, old-school SEO structure still matters. You still need clear headlines, keywords, and schema markup to help search engines understand your […]

ShowIt Review: What We Really Think (Spoiler: It’s Amazing) We’ll just say it—we love ShowIt. Our own site is built on it, and it’s one of our go-to recommendations for clients who want a beautiful, strategic website that actually works. If you’ve ever looked at ShowIt and thought, “This looks complicated…”—you’re not alone. We thought […]

How I Built This Dream Team (and Why I Trust My Gut More Than a Job Application) You know those stories that don’t feel like a strategy—they just happen in the best way? That’s kind of how my boutique marketing agency, and team, came together. No big hiring playbook. No strict checklist. Just a whole […]

You know that moment when a business owner realizes, “Oh no, marketing isn’t what it used to be?” Yeah… that’s exactly where Alan from CW Fence and Gate found himself. He had built a solid reputation with a referral-based business. He did great work. People trusted him. But the fencing industry? It changed fast. Suddenly, […]

Building or revamping your website can feel overwhelming—like there are just too many things to figure out. What do you put on each website page? How do you make sure people find you? What even makes a website page work for your business? The truth is, your website pages are so much more than a […]

Why SEO is the Foundation of Every Small Business Marketing Strategy (and What I’ve Learned the Hard Way) There’s something funny about how my brain works when I start thinking about local SEO & general SEO for small businesses. I can be sitting at my desk, coffee in hand, ready to dive into conversations about […]

Process Paralysis in Business: How to Fix It Many small business owners know the struggle all too well: you start off bootstrapping your venture with boundless energy, only to find that the processes you set up along the way are inefficient, clunky, or downright broken. This phenomenon, known as process paralysis in business, occurs when […]

Ever feel like running your business is a bit like playing whac-a-mole? No matter how many issues you fix, another business bottleneck seems to pop up when you least expect it. In a small business or creative service-based operation, or coaching business, these bottlenecks can slow your progress, increase stress, and even dampen your passion […]