If you’ve noticed I’ve been a little quieter than normal this week, there’s a good reason… I’ve been heads down building something that I honestly think is going to change the way agency owners prospect. For the last several months, we’ve been studying how our team has conversations with hundreds of local businesses every day. But here’s what hit me… Most of you don’t need 500 conversations a day. You don’t need another giant lead database. You don’t need another complicated CRM. You just need a simple way to consistently find high-quality local businesses and start intelligent conversations with them. So that’s exactly what we built. I would like to introduce you to our new LeadScout tool. It's my personal Agency owner tool that I use for scouting out potential clients integrated into my daily browsing. Think of it as having a prospecting assistant living inside your browser. You’re on Google… Facebook… Browsing a local business… Even sitting in a coffee shop researching a niche… LeadScout helps you instantly understand whether that business is worth talking to. It pulls together the information that actually matters: - AI Visibility - Review opportunities - Business insights - Website information - Conversation starters - Personalized outreach angles - So instead of spending 20 minutes researching one business… You can decide in a couple of seconds if it’s a great prospect—and know exactly how to start the conversation. The goal isn’t to send more spam. The goal is to have better conversations with better businesses. That’s exactly how we’ve been building our own agency. 🚨 FIRST LOOK — LIVE THIS TUESDAY I’m going to do the first public walkthrough of LeadScout. You’ll see: ✅ How I find high-quality leads throughout my normal day with almost no extra effort ✅ How I qualify businesses in minutes instead of hours ✅ How I turn research into personalized outreach ✅ The workflow we’re using internally to build a consistent pipeline And because you’re a Skool member…

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Tue, 30 Jun 26 Gemini + Google Business Profile: What’s New - New “Business Notebook” feature connects Gemini to a Google Business Profile - Gemini reads the business’s website and GBP to build a brand snapshot - Proactively surfaces action items: unanswered reviews, missing profile info, overdue posts - Suggests tasks across marketing, customer understanding, and growth - Key demo use cases shown: - Brand positioning analysis based on customer reviews - 3-month growth plan tailored to local market (Austin example) - 7-day social media content calendar with captions and brand rationale - Standout early testing examples: - SF clothing brand used Gemini to model limited-drop vs. evergreen revenue scenarios - Fish shop in Austin: Gemini audited categories, spotted missing “oyster bar” tag, and set it directly from the chat window Availability, Scope, and Privacy - Rolling out globally in coming weeks, 40+ languages, most regions - UK and EEA excluded for now, support coming - Currently for single-location businesses only; multi-location and agency support on the roadmap - Initial access for personal Gmail accounts; Workspace support in progress - Workspace accounts get fully siloed data, no leakage to Gemini - Consumer accounts: profile performance data (impressions, etc.) also stays private Roadmap and Advice for Getting Started - Two near-term priorities flagged: - Expansion: all regions, all account types, mobile access - Persistent business context: Gemini understands your business across all chats, not just inside the notebook - Review reply publishing in Gemini is in progress but not yet live - Challenge: avoiding low-effort, inauthentic AI-generated replies at scale - Advice for small businesses new to AI: - Just start: try the tools, there’s no wrong way to begin - Upload more data (business plans, P&L) to get more personalized responses - Push the tool to its limits and revisit every few months as it evolves

Is there a definitive Guide to creating and then Optimizing Google Business Profiles anyone can share? I thought Jeff had one listed but I cannot locate it for the anything! If I remember correctly it was a Guide with Bullet points. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

First...YES! We are REALLY Doing this and had 6 bookings since this recording. And we are RAMPING this up over the holiday weekend! Now to the real issue at hand.... Most agencies don’t fail because they suck at fulfillment. They fail because they never build a consistent outbound system. OR Most of the "fake" Agency trainers in our space make stuff up to sell you something new every week with their 10K a month system. And to be honest it's pathetic and sickening to see. That’s why I just recorded something different. This is Fully transparent, 100% Real, and Over the Shoulder. Not theory. Not “AI bro” fluff. Not fake results or family and friend "clients". And something we added into my Agency and Reviewly. Here's the deal, I brought in an actual real world professional BDR @Evan Cosner who has spent the last 6 YEARS booking demos every single day for companies. Not 6 days, 6 weeks, or even 6 months. 6 Years....That's the same thing for over 2,000 Days. And in that time he's booked over a thousand meetings. 1,000! So in this training we’re breaking down the exact system he uses to: - book demos - start conversations - follow up correctly - use LinkedIn - use Facebook DMs - use cold email - and build a pipeline WITHOUT needing a giant funnel or ad budget. What hit me hard during this recording was this: Most people quit WAY too early. Meanwhile…some of Evan’s biggest booked deals came from the 5th…6th…even 7th follow-up. Not because he’s pushy. Because most business owners are just busy. This course is going to show you: - The simple 3x3 outbound system - How to find the RIGHT local businesses - What to say - How to follow up - How to get replies without sounding salesy - How to do this in your spare time - And how to book your first client WITHOUT cold calling all day And honestly? This is probably one of the easiest “first client” systems we’ve released because you can literally start with: