Guides
Guides to getting found and booked.
How customers find a local business now, and what to do about it.
- How to get your business recommended by ChatGPT and other AI assistantsHow Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI pick a local business to recommend, and a weekly checklist to get your business into their answers. No tricks, just upkeep.
- How a local business shows up in Google AI Overviews and MapsHow Google AI Overviews and Maps pick which local businesses to show, and the five fixes to make this week on your Google profile, website and reviews.
- What an AI receptionist does for a small business, and what it costsWhat an AI receptionist does for a small business, what it costs per call or per month, where it falls short, and five questions to ask before you pick one.
- How to stop losing leads that come in after hoursCustomers shop at night and book whoever answers first. How to answer website questions after hours, book the job, and stop losing leads to the next shop.
- How to write service and area pages that rank and get quoted by AIHow to write service pages and city pages that rank on Google and get quoted by AI assistants, without thin copy-paste doorway pages that Google penalizes.
- Answering service vs AI receptionist, and what each one costsHuman answering services, AI phone receptionists and website AI agents compared on cost, what they do and where they fall short, so you staff the right door.
- How to get more Google reviews for a local businessHow a local business gets more Google reviews: when to ask, what to say, the link to send, how to reply, and what Google and the FTC don't allow.
- The 2026 local SEO checklist for one afternoonA local SEO checklist for one afternoon: Google Business Profile, service and area pages, NAP, reviews, schema and AI answers, plus what Doug automates.
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