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Set your marketing budget from your growth goal instead of an industry average: why percent-of-revenue is a description rather than a decision, the five-step arithmetic from revenue gap to spend, how to split capture from create, what to cut first when it tightens, and a worksheet to land on your number.
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How an independent outranks a national franchise in its own metro: why their scale is the opening, what actually moves the map pack, the service-area page pattern, reviews and speed-to-lead, the five mistakes that waste the work, and a worksheet for picking the ZIP codes worth winning first.
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A run-it-yourself field guide to business wargaming: what it is, when to run one, the five phases, who sits on which team, a sample two-day agenda, what a good game surfaces, the five mistakes that waste it, and a pre-game worksheet you can fill in before you start.
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