Startup marketing that converts

Small, cheap, grab-able at checkout.

Real photos of you, your work, and your space beat stock.

Email your own customers before the public.

Three discovery questions before any pitch.

Turn happy customers into public proof.

One hero spot; rotate it weekly.

Ask every happy customer to send one friend.

Show the work that wins your next client.

Create a steady flow of listings and leads.

Short, spellable, and .com if you can get it.

Google your phrases; study who wins and why.

Most visitors are mobile; test every page.

Same name and photo everywhere; post where you picked.

Know where visitors come from and what they do.

Pitch the product as if it exists and capture emails.

Publish a simple page that explains and captures interest.

State why your approach beats the alternatives.

Bundle, limited item, or gift-ready version — margin-checked.

Kill the losers monthly; feed the winner.

One sentence: who it is for, what it does, why it is better.

Seasonal display, homepage banner, and profile posts.

Use ads or communities to test real interest.

Suppliers, chambers, local press, and partners.

Book the next visit at checkout, every time.

Same name, address, phone across every directory.

Land three real paying customers to prove the business.

Stop, inform, or sell — one job per sign.

Same colors, fonts, and tone as your storefront.

In the customer's words, not yours.

Turn one-off jobs into predictable monthly revenue.

Plan and run your public launch day.

Write 10-20 phrases your customer actually types.

Click-to-call, a short form, map, and hours on every page.

One main phrase per page; no two pages compete.

The four to six moments that matter for YOUR business.

Problem, solution, and market in one breath.

One person, one problem, one message.

Neighboring businesses, events, and cross-promotions.

Go where your customer already is; ignore the rest.

Entrance, shelf edge, and register.

Home, services, about, proof, contact.

Make opening day an event your neighborhood notices.

Tell followers where to find you every week.

In front of people who will interrupt you.

Ask for the sale simply — then stop talking.

Competition, moat, why now, why you.

The easiest seasonal upsell there is.

Price, timing, 'need to think' — scripted and honest.

What changes for them, with proof.

Design tool plus local print shop; laminate what lasts.

Launch it, put the URL everywhere, ask for feedback.

Answer real questions better than what ranks now.

5-10 posts answering real customer questions.

Faded, outdated signs say nobody cares.

Roleplay, record, refine.

Double down on what moves; prune what doesn't.

What sold, what flopped, notes for next year.

One channel, one offer, a small budget, measured.

Give people a reason to buy in week one.

Posts and ads queued before the busy weeks.

Find the spots and events where your customers already gather.

One number: a revenue or new-customer target.

Show up on Google Maps and local search.

Let clients book and pay without back-and-forth.

See queries, clicks, and indexing issues for free.

Photograph products so they look worth buying.

Hidden prices kill impulse buys.

The list you own beats every algorithm.

Inventory, staff, and marketing all need lead time.

A banker, an angel, and a customer hear different pitches.

A real before-and-after beats ten claims.

Note which lines land; evolve the script.

Legibility beats decoration.

Readable in three seconds from six feet away.

Clear, keyword-first, click-worthy.

What you do, for whom, and why you — in one sentence.

Most sales close on contact three to seven.

Who you help, what you do, why you — above the fold.

Earn the next 30 seconds; don't sell yet.

Turn product facts into pages that sell.