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How we think about the work
Notes on lead conversion, CRM systems, and getting found — written from the reasoning behind the work, not a highlight reel. No invented statistics, no borrowed research: just the mechanics, argued plainly.
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Grow · 20 July 2026
Why most leads die in the first hour — and what fast follow-up actually looks like
The mechanics of why speed decides deals before quality does, and what a real fast-follow-up system looks like in practice.
3 min read
Solve · 13 July 2026
A CRM your team actually uses: why custom beats bloated
Why generic CRM software quietly gets abandoned — and what makes a custom-built one stick instead.
3 min read
Build · 6 July 2026
AEO: how to be the answer when AI does the searching
Search is shifting from a list of links to a single synthesized answer. Here's the mechanism behind it, and what it means for how a small business writes its site.
3 min read