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by thekevan 902 days ago
>a web dev agency that focuses on an offline business whose owners are not tech savvy or care not to be.

That is a very good idea, the problem I find with that is that is a FB, Twitter and/or IG page are actually going to drive more business than a website as for as word of mouth and referrals, which is where the real growth is. So then if you are to continue with them, you are getting into social media management and higher fees, which they didn't want to begin with.

The website does help with Google searches and is a general must have box to tick off.

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At first I thought so too, a few months ago I got myself into a kitchen remodel and the most common way to find information about local businesses was their websites. Most didn’t have some social sites, a lot weren’t on Yelp (or the ones on Yelp were bad and paid to be on the top), and some didn’t even have up to date websites.

I have been experimenting with a website that might work for this but convincing people to sign up for it has been a wall to climb.

Do social media ads (as in Google and Facebook ads, not management as in posts) for some niches, like car detailers for example.