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LLM Visibility: How to Get Your Brand Cited in AI Search Results

94% of B2B buyers now use LLMs during their purchase journey. If your brand is not visible in AI-generated answers, you are losing pipeline before you can measure it. Here is how to fix that.

February 4, 202611 min read

February 4, 2026·12 min read

First-Party Data Strategy: Building Your Marketing Foundation for the Post-Cookie Era

Third-party cookies are dying. Privacy regulations are expanding. Platform algorithms change weekly. The businesses thriving in 2026 share one thing: they own their audience data. Here is how to build that foundation.

February 4, 2026·10 min read

Employee Advocacy for B2B: The Untapped Channel Delivering 8x More Engagement

Your employees have 10x more connections than your company page. Content they share gets 8x more engagement. Leads they generate convert 7x more often. Here is how to build an employee advocacy program that actually works.

February 4, 2026·11 min read

Account-Based Experience (ABX): The Evolution Beyond ABM That Drives 76% Higher ROI

Traditional ABM focused on targeting accounts. ABX focuses on the entire experience across every touchpoint. Companies implementing ABX see 76% higher ROI and 40% faster revenue growth. Here is how to make the shift.

February 4, 2026·13 min read

AI Marketing Automation: The 90-Day Implementation Roadmap to Measurable ROI

AI marketing automation increases ROI by 32-48% depending on industry. But 70-85% of AI projects fail. This is the practical, phase-by-phase roadmap that separates successful implementations from expensive experiments.

January 26, 2026·11 min read

Marketing Automation for Small Service Businesses: The Developer-Led Approach

You cannot scale a service business by manually following up with every lead. Here is the automation stack that actually works for contractors and home service companies, from someone who builds these systems.

January 26, 2026·12 min read

Call Tracking Setup Guide for Contractors: From Zero to Full Attribution

Phone calls drive revenue for contractors. This technical guide walks through setting up call tracking from scratch—DNI, tracking pools, platform selection, GA4 integration, and keyword-level attribution.

January 26, 2026·15 min read

Plumber Marketing: Digital Strategies That Generate Calls in 2026

Plumbing marketing operates on different rules than other trades. Emergency calls, 24/7 availability, and trust signals matter more than anywhere else. Here is the complete playbook.

January 26, 2026·15 min read

Google Ads for Contractors: Budget, Bidding, and Best Practices

Google Ads can drain your budget fast or fill your pipeline with qualified leads. The difference comes down to campaign structure, keyword strategy, and bidding. Here is what actually works for contractors.

January 26, 2026·15 min read

Roofing Company Marketing: 15 Strategies That Generate Leads

Most roofing marketing advice ignores seasonality, storm chasing, and the trust problem. Here are 15 strategies that actually fill your pipeline.

January 26, 2026·14 min read

Contractor Marketing Ideas That Actually Work in 2026

Forget the generic marketing advice. Here are the contractor marketing ideas that actually generate phone calls, backed by data and real implementation details.

January 26, 2026·14 min read

HVAC Marketing: How to Fill Your Schedule Year-Round

HVAC businesses face brutal seasonality. Here's the complete marketing playbook to generate leads during slow seasons and capture emergency calls when demand spikes.

January 26, 2026·14 min read

How to Measure Marketing ROI for Service Businesses

Service businesses face unique measurement challenges: phone calls, long sales cycles, and offline conversions. Here's the developer-led approach to tracking what actually matters.

January 26, 2026·18 min read

The Home Services Marketing Guide That Actually Works

Most marketing advice is written for tech startups and e-commerce. Here's what actually moves the needle for roofers, HVAC contractors, and home service businesses.

January 26, 2026·12 min read

Building a Marketing Dashboard for Service Companies

Stop guessing which marketing channels work. Build a dashboard that shows exactly where your leads come from, what they cost, and which ones turn into paying jobs.

January 26, 2026·12 min read

Home Services Website Design: Conversion-Focused Best Practices

Most contractor websites look fine but fail at their one job: generating phone calls. Here are the technical specifics that actually convert visitors into customers.

January 26, 2026·15 min read

How to Set Up Google Analytics 4 for Home Service Businesses

GA4 setup for service businesses requires tracking what actually matters: phone calls, form submissions, and quote requests. This technical guide covers event configuration, GTM implementation, conversion tracking, and building reports that show real business impact.

January 26, 2026·16 min read

Marketing Attribution for Lead Gen: What Actually Matters

Attribution is harder for lead generation than e-commerce. Offline conversions, phone calls, and long sales cycles break most tracking. Here is what actually works for service businesses.

January 26, 2026·14 min read

CRM Integration for Home Services: Connecting Marketing to Revenue

Your ad spend means nothing if you cannot trace it to closed jobs. This technical guide covers CRM integration for contractors: webhook setup, call tracking connections, closed-loop reporting, and the specific integrations that let you know which marketing dollars actually produce revenue.

January 26, 2026·18 min read

Lead Generation for Contractors: 12 Proven Methods That Actually Work

Most contractor lead gen advice is written by people who have never closed a roofing job. Here are 12 methods that actually fill your calendar, ranked by what works versus what sounds good.

January 15, 2026·3 min read

The Real Cost of Vanity Metrics

Impressions and engagement rates feel good to report, but they can hide the truth about whether your marketing is actually working.

January 10, 2026·4 min read

Attribution Is Harder Than You Think

Understanding which marketing channels actually drive revenue requires more than just looking at last-click data.