A one-person boat hull cleaning business (he dives under boats and cleans the hulls) had almost no online presence: no Google Business Profile, no review system and no real website. A friend who works in small business marketing spent three mornings showing him how to talk to Claude like an employee. Together they automated a review request to every customer, set up a CRM so every follow-up happens, and built a new website the owner now writes content for each week.
Business type: Cleaning services. Tool used: Claude. Result: About 3 hours of setup over three mornings. The post says the business had 34 reviews two months later and is now the #1 ranked company in its area (his claim; the business isn't named).
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About 3 hours of setup over three mornings. The post says the business had 34 reviews two months later and is now the #1 ranked company in its area (his claim; the business isn't named). (as reported by the source)
A one-person boat hull cleaning business (he dives under boats and cleans the hulls) had almost no online presence: no Google Business Profile, no review system and no real website. A friend who works in small business marketing spent three mornings showing him how to talk to Claude like an employee. Together they automated a review request to every customer, set up a CRM so every follow-up happens, and built a new website the owner now writes content for each week.
Claude.
About 3 hours over three mornings, the post says.
About 3 hours of setup over three mornings. The post says the business had 34 reviews two months later and is now the #1 ranked company in its area (his claim; the business isn't named). (as reported by the source)
Set up your Google Business Profile first, so reviews have somewhere to go. Ask Claude to write a short, friendly review request and set it to go to every customer after each job. Have Claude help you set up a simple CRM so every customer and follow-up is tracked.
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Our own prompt for copying this setup. Swap in your details. Not quoted from the source.
I run a [type of business] and finish about [number] jobs a week. Write a short, friendly text and email asking each customer for a Google review, with my link [link]. Then help me set it up so it goes out automatically after every job.
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