The honest alternatives series
Rethinking where your marketing money goes?
These guides are written for the owner mid-decision: fair about what each platform and agency does well, specific about where the model quietly taxes you, and honest that the alternative we sell, visibility you own, takes months and earns its keep with receipts. No hit pieces. Adults comparing options.
Angi & HomeAdvisor
Contractors doing the shared-lead mathHow the lead marketplace really works, the FTC record, and the migration from rented demand to owned.
Read the honest version →Thumbtack
Pros paying for contacts that ghostThe credit model plainly, who it genuinely fits, and the exit sequence that doesn't crater your calendar.
Read the honest version →Scorpion
Owners on a big-agency retainerWhat the big shops do well, the five lock-in questions to ask in writing, and the receipt standard to demand.
Read the honest version →No-contract SEO
Anyone burned by a 12-month agreementOur entire fine print on one screen: month-to-month, published pricing, cancel by email, keep everything.
Read the honest version →Comparing done-for-you agencies head-to-head instead? That lives at the comparison pages. And if the real question is what a website that generates its own demand costs, start with the honest price breakdown.
Decide with a baseline, not a pitch.
One check shows where your owned visibility stands today, so every option on your list gets measured against the same honest number.
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