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The Lab

Marketing,
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Not a blog. A working library: deep dives, field notes from my audits, step-by-step playbooks and free tools. Every fact links to where it came from, and every piece leaves you with something to do this week, whether you ever call me or not.

4 pieces8 free toolsSources checked 27 October 2026

Deep diveFeatured · Get found · 4 minHow ChatGPT picks who to recommend.ChatGPT searches the web, reads what comes back and recommends the businesses those pages agree on. What that means for your business, and a 10-minute check you can run today.Read it, tool included

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Everything
in the Lab.

The free
tools.

Every calculator and check on the site, in one place. They run in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

How the
Lab works.

Deep dive
One question, researched properly, every fact linked.
Field note
One pattern from my audits, why it happens and the fix.
Playbook
Step by step, with a checklist to tick off as you go.
Teardown
A real public ad or page, annotated: what works and what leaks. First one coming.
Experiment
A test, how it was run, and what happened. Only with real data. First one coming.
  • Every fact is linked on the words it rests on, so you can check it yourself.
  • Experience is labelled. 'In my experience' means my audits. 'Typically' means what's generally true.
  • Pieces are maintained. Each one shows when it was last checked and what changed.
  • Experiments only with real data. No made-up case studies, no results I can't show.

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