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How service businesses actually get more customers.

Everything we know, written down. No email required, nothing gated. If you would rather build it yourself than hire us, these are the instructions.

Google Ads or Facebook Ads for a service business?

They are not competing versions of the same thing. One harvests demand that already exists, the other creates it — and which you need depends on something you can check in ten minutes.

August 20, 2026 · 5 min read

How much should a service business actually spend on marketing?

The percentage-of-revenue rule everyone quotes is close to useless for a service business. Here is the number that actually decides your budget, and how to find it.

August 20, 2026 · 5 min read

How to stop quoting people who were never going to buy

If most of your week goes on quotes that go nowhere, you do not have a sales problem. You have a filtering problem, and it is fixable with four questions.

August 20, 2026 · 4 min read

What a lead should actually cost you

Most owners have no idea whether they are overpaying for leads, because they compare against the wrong number. Here is the arithmetic that tells you.

August 20, 2026 · 5 min read

You bought more traffic and nothing changed. Here is why.

There are only three reasons a service business stops growing. Most agencies only know how to sell a fix for the first one, which is why buying more traffic so often changes nothing.

August 20, 2026 · 5 min read

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