Straightanswers.

No. Many clients take the plan to an in-house person or an existing vendor. We can stay on as the part-time lead, or hand it over completely.

The research and written plan usually take two to three weeks. Fractional CMO support then runs month to month.

Access to your analytics and ad accounts if you have them, a rough sales history, and an hour or two of your time for interviews.

Technical fixes can help within weeks. New pages and links usually take three to six months to settle, depending on how competitive your market is.

No honest agency can. We commit to the work, the reporting and a clear plan, and we show you the movement every month.

Yes, editor access lets us make changes directly. If a developer manages your site, we can hand over a ticket list instead.

We guide you through Google’s verification and handle everything around it. The verification step itself has to be completed by the owner.

Never. We build a simple, honest process for asking real customers, which is also what Google’s rules require.

Yes. Service-area businesses can hide their address and still rank across the areas they serve.

There’s no hard minimum, but we’ll tell you honestly if your budget is too thin to learn anything in your market.

You do. We work inside your account with manager access, so the history and data always stay with your business.

Search campaigns usually start producing within the first weeks. The first month is spent learning what converts, then we optimize hard.

Yes. We script, shoot and edit short-form ads, or we can work with footage your team already has.

It depends on where your buyers spend time and what you sell. We usually start on one platform, prove it, then expand.

We set up server-side tracking where possible and judge results on your actual sales data, not just platform numbers.

Always. You see the full calendar before the month starts, and nothing is published without your approval.

Yes, for businesses in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles we schedule regular on-site content days.

Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts and Pinterest. We’ll recommend the two or three that matter most.

We use software for research and checks, but every piece is written and edited by people who interview you first. That’s what makes it accurate and worth reading.

Fewer, better pieces usually win. Most clients start with two to four substantial pieces a month.

You do, fully, once it’s published.

Yes. We set up sign-up forms, offers and lead magnets to start building one from your website and social traffic.

Some will, and that’s healthy. Relevant, well-timed messages keep unsubscribes low and engagement high.

With proper opt-in consent and clear opt-out instructions, yes. We set up compliant consent collection from the start.

Most small business sites take four to eight weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on the number of pages and how quickly content is approved.

Not if it’s done carefully. We map every old URL to a new one with permanent redirects and keep what already ranks.

Yes. We build on platforms you can manage and show you how to update text, images and pages.

Formal A/B tests need volume. With lower traffic we use research, recordings and best practice to make confident improvements.

Yes. Broken or duplicated tracking is one of the most common issues we find, and usually one of the quickest to fix.

We load tracking tools carefully and remove ones you don’t need, so the site often gets faster, not slower.

Typically four to six weeks, including two rounds of revisions on the chosen direction.

Yes. You receive vector logo files, fonts information and every asset in the formats you need.

Yes. We regularly shoot across the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles.

We can flag reviews that break platform rules and help you request removal, but genuine negative reviews can’t be deleted. A calm, helpful reply often does more good.

Yes, as long as you ask everyone fairly and don’t offer incentives. We set up a process that follows each platform’s rules.

Yes, in your voice, using guidelines you approve. Sensitive replies are sent to you before posting.