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If you’re paying an SEO agency right now, let me ask you something uncomfortable. Are they making you money… Or just sending you reports? Because I’ve seen brands spend $5,000 a month and get beautiful spreadsheets. And $0 new revenue. I work closely with ecommerce brands. I’ve reviewed agency reports, sat on strategy calls, and audited accounts that were “doing everything right.” -20 pages optimized. -10 backlinks built. -Traffic going up. Revenue? Flat. One brand paid an agency for 8 months. That’s $40,000. They got deliverables every month like clockwork. They never got an extra dollar in profit from SEO. Here’s what most business owners get wrong. 1. They focus on activity instead of outcome. “How many blogs will you write?” “How many links will I get?” That’s busy work. None of that guarantees sales. The only question that matters is: Can you add $500K in annual revenue to my business, yes or no? If they can’t tie their strategy to revenue, they’re guessing. 2. Deliverables feel safe. ROI feels risky. Agencies love fixed packages. 20 pages. 10 links. Monthly report. It feels organized. Predictable. But revenue doesn’t care about packages. If those pages target the wrong keywords, or the links don’t push product pages, you’re just funding motion. Not growth. 3. Traffic is not the goal. Sales are. I’ve seen brands celebrate a 40% traffic increase. But the traffic was blog readers with zero buying intent. Meanwhile, their product and category pages were not ranking for high-intent keywords. More visitors. Same revenue. That’s not SEO. That’s vanity. 4. If they avoid the revenue question, that tells you everything. Ask your SEO: “Can you add $500K in annual revenue to my business? Yes or no?” Watch their reaction. If they change the topic… If they talk about “brand awareness”… If they say, “SEO takes time” without showing a revenue model… You have your answer. Now you might be thinking: “But no one can guarantee revenue.” True. No one controls Google.

I'm currently looking for another media buyer for my company, but I wanted to ask if you can make a media buyer hiring post in this community or does it go against the rules of the group?

Im looking to give 7 business owners that are currently running ads, a free intent based audience in the US Want to test how good it works for you! Dm me let me know

Anyone here currently or have experience running ads for home service businesses? I have a few clients I'm writing scripts for and would love to know what you have seen that works for these types of businesses.