Good questions.
Useful answers.
Practical marketing guidance for local service businesses. Know what the numbers mean, what to look for and what to do next.
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What should a lead cost for a local service business?
Cost per lead is only useful when it is connected to booked jobs, gross margin and the ability to serve new customers.
How do you know which marketing channels were active?
A practical approach to tracking ads, landing pages, local SEO and content changes without confusing activity with results.
How should you compare marketing performance month to month?
Use matching reporting windows, clear definitions and business context to avoid misleading comparisons.
What is lead attribution and how reliable is it?
Understand the difference between source records, platform conversions and confirmed business outcomes.
How do you track leads from first enquiry to booked jobs?
Connect enquiries to qualification, response and real bookings without inflating conversion claims.
What should you test, improve or stop in marketing?
A repeatable framework to turn marketing reporting into responsible decisions.
How we work, shown in our own records.
What a junk removal call log can and cannot tell you
Two real records from a Vancouver junk removal business, read slowly. What they prove, what they leave open, and why the dates matter more than they first appear to.
What happens in the first thirty days of working with us
Before any money goes into advertising, we want to understand the business, check what is already in place and agree on a written plan. Here is how the first month is meant to run.
Why we show original records instead of big claims
Marketing is full of impressive numbers that nobody can check. We would rather show you the original record, explain what it proves and be clear about what it does not.
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