The 2026 Marketing Playbook for Small Businesses

I'm a Bloomington-based marketing consultant who helps small and local businesses cut through the noise and stop wasting time on tactics that don’t move the needle. My work is built around clarity, practicality, and results you can actually measure without overwhelm, guesswork, or agency jargon.

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• Declining visibility across social + search
• Higher ad costs with lower ROI
• Confusing AI-driven shifts in how customers find you
• Too many “best practices” that no longer work
• More marketing tasks than time to do them

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