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Concrete articles and a selection of useful tools to better understand local visibility, SEO, advertising and marketing when you run a business. No jargon, directly applicable.

New guides added regularly.

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Guide · A website that converts
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Our first concrete guides, and a preview of what's coming next.

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Complete guide

Local visibility: the small business guide, from Google to Apple Maps

The 4 workstreams, in order, with real client numbers.

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Local SEO

Google Business Profile: the practical guide

The settings that make the phone ring: category, photos, reviews, statistics.

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Local SEO

Google reviews: get more, without faking

The right moment, the direct link, answering negative reviews.

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Real case

Google Business verification rejected: what to do

Three refusals, months of deadlock, verified in 24 hours.

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Guidance

Choosing a web agency in Provence, as an English speaker

Reading a quote, asking the right questions, staying the owner.

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Guidance

How much does a website cost in France

Price gaps explained, the HT and TTC trap, our own anchors.

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Guidance

Who owns your domain name and your accounts

The five assets, the half-hour check, how to reclaim them.

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Guidance

The one-page website brief, before you ask for a quote

The seven blocks, a template to copy, before requesting a quote.

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Strategy

How to choose a website that actually brings enquiries

The real criteria, beyond a "pretty site".

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Local SEO

Local SEO: making your business visible on Google

Google Business profile, reviews, useful pages, local signals.

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Tourism

Reducing your reliance on Booking when you run a gîte

Building a direct booking channel.

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Guide · Measurement

What Google changed and how to measure it

Three changes in ten days, one four-step method.

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Explainer

When an AI recommends your business: the landing page that convinces a stranger

AI takes discovery, the sale stays with you. Three questions in thirty seconds.

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Method

Page or profile: why the follower count does not tell the whole story

Few followers is not the problem. An empty page at the moment of decision is.

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Explainer

Accessibility: who is really concerned, and why do it anyway

Two texts, two thresholds, zero invented fines. And the full-sunlight test.

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Guide

Does your business appear correctly in Apple Maps?

Updating Google does not update Apple. Apple Business since 14 April 2026.

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Guide · Measurement

Does Google show your site in AI answers?

The Search Console report: where it is, what it says, what it does not, and four moves.

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Protocol

Your Google traffic dropped: five checks first

Date it, separate, verify, list, compare. Before paying anyone.

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Explainer

Structured data: why the green light is no longer enough

Since 21 August, check the values, not the light.

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Explainer

google.com/goto: the invisible door between Google and your site

Unknown effect, known measurement rule: three numbers to note today.

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AI & trust

Do you have to label AI-generated content?

EU AI Act, Article 50: five situations, five verdicts.

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Soon

Online advertising: where to start without wasting your budget

Meta Ads, Google Ads, what really matters at the start.

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Social media: keeping a realistic rhythm when you already have a job

A simple, regular, useful presence.

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AI for small businesses: saving time without losing your voice

Concrete uses, without replacing the human.

Tools

Useful tools and resources

A selection of tools we use or recommend to manage your online presence. Growing soon.

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Visibility & search

Google Business profile, review tracking, local SEO tools.

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Content & creation

Copywriting, visuals, social media and emailing management.

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Measurement & steering

Analytics, enquiry tracking, simple dashboards.

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