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Is Your Website Being Held Hostage by Your SEO Company?
Is Your Website Being Held Hostage by Your SEO Company?

I had a conversation this week with a business owner who wanted to leave the company handling his SEO. They built his website, they run his SEO, and it’s all bundled into one monthly payment. He paid full price for that website. Not a freebie, not a throw-in. His. Except when he went to leave, he found out he couldn’t take it anywhere. To move on, he’d have to build a brand new site with someone else first. So he stays. Not because it’s working. Because leaving means paying for a website twice.

Why SEO Isn’t Enough Anymore: What AI Search Optimization Means for Your Business
Why SEO Isn’t Enough Anymore: What AI Search Optimization Means for Your Business

If your website is showing up less in search results lately, you’re not imagining it. The way buyers find businesses has shifted, and most websites haven’t caught up. Jacki DeVries pivoted her entire business around this shift last year, and her perspective changed how I think about visibility for service businesses.

Two Businesses, Two Countries, Two Kids Under Two: How Faith Morris Built Infrastructure That Works
Two Businesses, Two Countries, Two Kids Under Two: How Faith Morris Built Infrastructure That Works

Faith Morris moved back to the U.S. from Australia in 2023 with her husband, two toddlers, and no safety net. No community, no clients, no local contacts. Her husband started a stone masonry business. She handled everything that wasn’t physically touching stone: client communication, estimates, follow-up, Google reviews, bookkeeping. Within six months the business was profitable. A year later, after launching her own operations consultancy, she hit six figures. She did it all with what she calls a low-key marketing plan, and that is not a humble brag. It is a strategy.

Travel With Intention: Building a Business Around Culture, Connection & Family
Travel With Intention: Building a Business Around Culture, Connection & Family

The best business ideas don’t always start in boardrooms. Sometimes they start at a beach, right after COVID, when two moms are finally able to sit outside and talk about what they actually want to do with their lives.

Why Showing Your Finished Work Isn’t Enough
Why Showing Your Finished Work Isn’t Enough

You post your best work and people scroll right past it. It’s not because your work isn’t good — it’s because they don’t understand what went into it. And without that context, they can’t see the value.

What SEO Actually Is—and Why It Matters More Than Ever for Service-Based Businesses
What SEO Actually Is—and Why It Matters More Than Ever for Service-Based Businesses

SEO gets talked about a lot. Usually in broad terms. Often alongside promises that don’t quite line up with how real businesses actually work.

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