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Notes from the work.

Direct, calm, and specific. What we see across audits, and what to do about it.

August 21, 2026

Does Content Marketing Still Work for a Small Business? An Honest Answer

Content marketing still works for a small business, but not as a posting calendar. It works when it is mapped to the buyer journey and built to be found in search and AI.
August 21, 2026

Search Visibility in 2026: The Numbers Worth Tracking, and the Ones to Ignore

Search visibility in 2026 is two jobs: ranking in Google, and getting named inside AI answers. Ignore the invented benchmark scores. Here are the four numbers that actually tell you something.
August 19, 2026

Your CRM Is Poisoning Your Leads: A Cleanup Guide

August 1, 2026

What a $499 Marketing Audit Actually Covers

July 29, 2026

5 Signs Your Marketing Problem Isn’t a Marketing Problem

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The SEO vs AEO cheat sheet.

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