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The small-business playbook.

Simple, repeatable marketing processes that improve your odds of earning customers—not just clicks.

FOUNDATION / 30 MINUTES A WEEK

A weekly marketing check-in that actually helps

Owners don’t need to track every new feature. They need one consistent routine that connects attention to calls, bookings, inquiries, and sales.

YOUR NORTH STAR

Choose one business outcome first: qualified phone calls, good-fit inquiries, booked appointments, or profitable orders. Page views are useful diagnostics—not the finish line.

Minutes 0–10: inspect demand

Review your top search queries, most-viewed service or product pages, and recent customer questions. Look for changes in what people actually want—not just changes in visits.

Minutes 10–20: inspect conversions

Check forms, call clicks, booking steps, and order completion. Test the website on a phone. If an inquiry path is confusing or slow, fix that before buying more traffic.

Minutes 20–30: make one improvement

Pick one action: rewrite a confusing headline, clarify the offer, improve an FAQ, update a landing page, pause a weak ad, or publish one useful answer. Note the date and outcome so you can learn from the change.

What to track

Use our news coverage to watch for changes that affect this weekly workflow. For an official starting point, see Google Analytics help and Google’s SEO starter guide.