Local digital-services agency acquired through a simple advertising offer
Use a low-friction local advertising product to establish trust with business owners, then diagnose and sell higher-value digital services such as reputation management, websites, hosting, AI receptionists, chat widgets, and automations. The initial purchase creates a relationship before the more complex services are introduced.
From Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — The Simplest $10K+/M Business You've Never Heard Of at 23:42
Problem: Local businesses often have weak review systems, incomplete citations, outdated or broken websites, unanswered calls, and no automation, but are wary of unsolicited AI and marketing pitches.
For: Local businesses, especially home-service companies such as HVAC and painting businesses for reputation-management and automation upsells; other customers include law, tax, insurance, and realtor businesses.
Examples
- The agency's board customers included painting, HVAC, law, tax, insurance, and realtor businesses; approximately half of the 63 board customers were upsold to digital services.
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