Case Studies

Real people. Real results. Real fast.

These are real people who filled out the questionnaire and got a dashboard. Every name is anonymized. Every result is real. 9+ dashboards delivered and counting.

Business type and city only. No names, no identifying details.
Business Track · Des Moines, IA
Balloon Decorator
"I was an AI skeptic. I said that out loud at the start."
$1,900
annual savings found
"I walked in thinking this was going to be another tech thing that doesn't understand small business. Two hours later I was calling it brilliant."
$1,900 in insurance savings found, overinsured in one area, dangerously underinsured in another. Fixed in one call.
#1 on Google for "corporate balloon decorating Des Moines" within 30 days of acting on the SEO recommendations.
30-day Reel calendar built to her schedule, not generic content, actual post ideas for her specific business.
Wedding market gap identified, competitors weren't targeting it. She now has a separate landing page for it.
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Business Track · Iowa
Vehicle Transport Company
The website was working fine. Until we looked.
$6K
monthly passive model mapped
"Nobody told me my contact form was broken. I just thought leads had slowed down."
Broken contact form discovered, silently failing for months. Not a single submission was going through.
$6K/month passive model mapped out through broker expansion, a path he hadn't considered.
Three competitor weaknesses identified for immediate positioning, pricing, response time, and service coverage gaps.
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Business Track · Iowa
Video Production Company
Former TV producer. Incredible work. Zero digital presence.
0
YouTube videos. Fixed.
"It sounds obvious when you say it out loud. A video company with no YouTube channel."
No YouTube channel for a video production company. Audit flagged it. Channel launched within a week.
IMDB podcast connection discovered, an existing credibility asset he wasn't leveraging in his marketing at all.
Full competitor landscape mapped for the first time in 5 years of business, showed where he was uniquely positioned.
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Life Track · Iowa
Retired Surgeon
"I'm still trying to find my way."
"I spent 35 years being someone who mattered to people every single day. Now I have acreage and time and I don't know what to do with either."
Misses the people, connected with local mentorship programs and medical volunteer organizations within driving distance.
Acreage + mystery novels became a nature journaling and local book club calendar, things he hadn't thought to combine.
Local resources discovered, historical society, conservation district, community garden leadership he never knew existed nearby.
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Business Track · Iowa
11-Year-Old Lawn Business
"I want to invest in my business. I want a website."
"He didn't come in asking for help. He came in asking to level up."
Leveling system built, Neighborhood Starter, Block Pro, Lawn Legend. Clear milestones, pricing at each tier, what to reinvest.
Website plan drafted, simple, free-to-start platform recommendation with a specific layout for a service business his age.
Also designed the "Am I Cringe?" feature, his idea, born from explaining student culture to an adult during the session.
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