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Real questions Pune SMBs ask us — answered with real numbers from real client campaigns. No SEO listicles, no AI fluff.

AI Overviews are halving your clicks — what local businesses do now

Click-through drops from 15% to 8% when Google shows an AI Overview. That changes what you should be optimising for — and it isn't more blog posts.

8 Sept 20268 min read

STRATEGY

Nine questions to ask a marketing agency before you sign

The questions that separate an agency that will grow your business from one that will send you a monthly PDF of impressions.

1 Sept 20267 min read

PERFORMANCE MARKETING

How to read your Meta Ads report without being fooled

The four numbers agencies show you, the four they don't, and the questions that separate a working campaign from a good-looking one.

25 Aug 20267 min read

PERFORMANCE MARKETING

The landing page that books site visits instead of collecting emails

A page with one job, in the order the visitor actually needs it. Most service-business landing pages get the sequence backwards.

18 Aug 20266 min read

GOOGLE ADS

Google Ads or Meta Ads for interior designers — which first?

They capture different people at different moments. Here's how to pick when you can only afford one.

11 Aug 20266 min read

PERFORMANCE MARKETING

Cost per lead benchmarks for Indian interior studios

What a qualified interior design lead should cost in 2026, drawn from live campaign data — and why the average is the least useful number in the set.

4 Aug 20266 min read

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Local SEO for dental clinics: how to win the Google 3-pack

Patients pick from three names on a map. Here's what decides which three, and what a Pune clinic can change this month.

28 Jul 20267 min read

META ADS

What a ₹15,000/month Meta Ads budget actually buys in Pune

Concrete numbers from live campaigns: leads, cost per lead, and what a small budget can and cannot do.

21 Jul 20266 min read

META ADS

Meta instant forms vs landing pages: which converts better in India?

Instant forms are cheaper per lead and worse per rupee, most of the time. Here's the decision rule we use across client accounts.

14 Jul 20266 min read

STRATEGY

How to get your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini

AI assistants recommend businesses they can corroborate from third-party sources. Here's what actually moves the needle for an Indian service business.

7 Jul 20268 min read

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Why your interior design leads go quiet after the first quote

The problem usually isn't your pricing or your follow-up. It's that the ad qualified for curiosity instead of budget — and that is fixable upstream.

30 Jun 20266 min read

STRATEGY

The Google Business Profile mistake costing you the map pack

Business Profile signals carry about a third of local map-pack ranking weight. Most Pune businesses haven't claimed one, or filled it in wrong.

23 Jun 20267 min read

META ADS

Meta Ads for Pune interior designers — what's actually working in 2026

Real campaign breakdowns from interior firms we run in Pune — what converts, what burns budget, and how AI changed the workflow this year.

16 Jun 20267 min read

STRATEGY

AI marketing agency vs traditional agency — 2026 reality check

Past the buzzword. Where AI marketing agencies actually deliver faster, cheaper and better — and the three places they still lose to traditional agencies.

9 Jun 20266 min read

GOOGLE ADS