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Notes from the team
Practical writing on marketing, automation and the web, from the people doing the work.

How to Choose a Digital Marketing Agency: 7 Questions That Reveal the Truth
Most agency pitches sound identical. These seven questions separate a team that will move your numbers from one that will send you a pretty monthly report.

SEO or Paid Ads: Which Should Your Business Fund First?
The honest answer is not "both". It depends on how long your runway is, how people search for what you sell, and whether your site can convert the traffic it already gets.

Where AI Automation Actually Saves a Small Team Time
Not everything should be automated, and most of what gets automated first is the wrong thing. Here is how to find the tasks that are genuinely worth handing over.

The E-commerce Checklist That Turns Visits Into Orders
Before you buy more traffic, close the holes it will leak out of. Fourteen checks on the product page, the cart and the checkout, in the order they cost you money.

A 30-Day Social Media Content Plan You Can Actually Keep
Most content calendars die in week two. This one is built around five repeatable formats and a single filming day, so keeping it does not depend on inspiration.
