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How to research a business before you pitch, check a site before you hand it over and decide whose name each account goes in. Each one works with the tools you already have, and every article lists its sources and when they were checked.
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Win and deliver websites
How to run a short website kickoff call
Website kickoff meeting questions for a one-person AI agency: a 30-minute agenda, the questions most calls forget, and the recap to send the same day.
Services, honestly
How to write an AI answers report without promising results
What an AI search visibility report from a one-person AI agency should show: fixed questions, dated answers, what changed, and wording that promises nothing.
Own your agency and choose tools
What AI website builders like Durable do well, and where your AI agency still fits
Durable and other AI website builders compared with hiring a one-person AI agency: what the builder does well, where it falls short, and who each suits.
Run the agency
Stripe for a one-person AI agency: invoices, payment links and deposits
How a one-person AI agency takes payments with Stripe: invoice or payment link, how to take a deposit, what the fees look like, and failed payments.
Win and deliver websites
How to follow up after sending a website quote
How a one-person AI agency follows up on a website quote without chasing: when to send each note, three short emails to copy, and what to do after a no.
Run the agency
The monthly report a local business will actually read
A monthly website report a one-person AI agency can send small business clients: one page, five parts, a few sourced numbers and the owner's decisions.
Services, honestly
"Will this get us to the top of Google?" How to answer honestly
Can anyone guarantee a top Google ranking? No, and Google says so. How a one-person AI agency answers honestly, what to promise instead, what to show.
Work with your AI agent
One folder per client that your agent can read
How to organise files for AI agents doing client work: one plain folder per client, a short brief file at the top, Markdown notes, and what never goes in.
Own your agency and choose tools
Vendasta for a one-person AI agency: a fair look
A fair Vendasta review for a one-person AI agency: what it does well, rough budget, who owns the client's accounts, and when a simpler setup fits better.
Services, honestly
Maintenance, care plan or retainer: which should you sell?
Maintenance vs a care plan vs a retainer: what each covers, how each is priced, and which suits a local business client and your AI agency's recurring revenue.
Win and deliver websites
How to hand a client a website they can edit themselves
How a one-person AI agency hands a small business an editable website: what the client changes, a login that can't break the layout, and a one-page guide.
Notes from the team
One quarter of client work notes: the habits they point to
A team look back at this blog's first quarter of notes on running a one-person AI agency: what they covered, and the few habits they keep pointing to.
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