Questions, in dealer language
I don't want anything to do with AI.
You don't have to use any of it. Your buyers already do — when they search their phones, the answer at the top is the one built from listings, reviews, and websites. Everything we work on is a normal business asset you already understand: your Google listing, your reviews, your website pages. We're not selling you a chatbot. Our whole job is the sources those answers are built from — your listing, your reviews, your pages — so your shop is set up to be quoted when a buyer asks.
Do ads count toward your proof numbers?
No. Never. Ads are paid placement, decided by an auction and labeled as ads. They're reported in their own report, with their own numbers. Your named-rate proof comes only from the unpaid answers, re-checked the same way every month.
Is this just SEO?
It's related, but the target is different. Old search showed a list of links and the buyer picked. Phone answers skip the list — they name one or two dealers outright. We work on the sources those answers are built from: your Google profile, your reviews, question pages on your site written in plain sentences, structured data, and consistent listings. Then we measure the answer itself, not your position in a list of links.
I got burned by a marketing company before.
Most dealers have. So: no contracts, no logins asked for, ever. You own every file and page we make. Monthly services cancel with one email. The guarantees and refund rules on this page are the whole deal, in writing, and every claim we make about your shop comes with a date on it so you can check it yourself.
Can you guarantee I'll be named first?
No — and don't hire anyone who says they can. The answers vary by person, place, and day, and the engines change on their own schedule. What we guarantee is in writing: the audit refund if the delivered report documents zero fixes; a free month if we miss a report deadline; a free month if there's no improvement in your named-rate versus your baseline after 90 days. The two free months don't stack in the same month, and a free month owed expires if you cancel instead of taking it. Those trigger on facts you can check, never on opinions.
Do you need my passwords or access to my accounts?
Never your passwords. For listing work, you add us as a manager on your Google listing — Google's built-in role. No password ever changes hands, and you can remove us anytime. That's how we post, keep your hours current, and see your call and direction numbers. For ads, you keep your own ad account and pay Google/Meta directly — we never touch ad money.
I don't have a website.
Then the Website Build is built for you: a complete site on simple software you can update yourself, registered in your name, live within 15 business days of us having your photos, logo (or shop name in text), hours, brand list, and services list. Already on Citation Watch without a site? Your two monthly pages are delivered as finished files AND converted into two extra Google posts each month until your site is live — you never pay for pages with nowhere to go.
What if my competitor signs up first?
Then your town is locked and we'll tell you straight, and put you on the waitlist. One client per town. The same rule that protects you protects the dealer who got there first.
How do I cancel?
Email us at the address on your invoice. It takes effect when we receive it; the current month runs to its end, and future charges stop. No exit call, no retention script.