Growth 6 min read In the works
Why your landing page isn't converting
The 7 elements every modern hero section needs in 2026 - and the friction patterns we remove first on every client rebuild.
Journal - 12 essays in the queue
Field notes on growth.
Tactics, essays and case studies on shipping great digital work - written by the people doing the shipping, not a content team.
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AI 8 min read
Building an AI support agent in 14 days
How we shipped a production agent for ShipForge.
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Growth 6 min read
Your ad budget isn't the problem. Your follow-up is.
Five leaks in the average lead funnel, and what plugging each one is worth.
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Local SEO 6 min read
The Google Map Pack is your real homepage
The top three local results get the calls. Here's the weekly routine that gets you there.
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Design 5 min read
Brand systems that scale with you
Designing identities that survive ten product pivots.
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AI 5 min read
An AI receptionist answered while you were on a ladder
What 24/7 missed-call capture actually looks like for a two-truck HVAC shop.
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SEO 7 min read
SEO is dead. Long live SEO.
What AI search means for organic growth.
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Engineering 7 min read
Core Web Vitals for people who sell real things
Taking a contractor site from a 40 to a 95+ without a replatform.
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Design 5 min read
Trust signals that make a $10k job feel safe to book
Reviews, licenses, photos - and the order they should appear on the page.
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SEO 8 min read
What AI Overviews mean for local service search
Where the clicks are going, and how to stay the answer.
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Engineering 9 min read
WordPress, Astro or headless: an honest decision tree
The stack we pick for each kind of client, and why it's rarely the trendy one.
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Local SEO 4 min read
Review harvesting without begging
Automations that turn happy customers into a steady stream of five-star reviews.
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