Sample monthly client report · August 2026

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SEO, Google Ads, social advertising and web design for small businesses across Dallas-Fort Worth

Illustrative figures — not this company's data. Every number below is either labelled illustrative (invented, to show the format) or real (from Archer Scaling's own accounts, or a live run you can reproduce yourself). Nothing here was measured from Dallas SEO Dogs's systems, because we have no access to them.

Real: where you show up when a buyer asks an AI assistant Real

This one is not illustrative. It was actually run on 2026-09-08, and you can reproduce it in about thirty seconds.

The exact prompt, run against chatgpt_searchwho should i hire to do seo and google ads for my small business in dallas

Dallas SEO Dogs did not appear

Asked who to hire for SEO and Google Ads for a small business in Dallas, ChatGPT (search) named four options — Mantas Auk, MAC Advertising & Technology, Everyday Media Group, and INKNUT DIGITAL — and seodogs.com was not among them or in the citations.

Paste that same prompt in yourself and you will get your own version of this. That is the point — it is checkable, which is why it is the only thing on this page stated as fact about your business.

Illustrative: the monthly numbers

The format is the deliverable here, not the figures. These are made up.

Organic sessions Illustrative
6,180
up 14% on July
Keywords in the local map pack Illustrative
27
up from 21
Calls and form fills Illustrative
96
up 19% on July
Cost per lead, Google Ads Illustrative
$62
up 6% on July
Return on ad spend Illustrative
14x
up from 11x
Google reviews, average rating Illustrative
178 · 4.9
12 new reviews in August

Illustrative: what moved and why

The narrative section a client actually reads. Generated from the same numbers above.

The map pack carried August, not the blog Illustrative

The 14% organic lift is mostly two Google Business Profile categories that moved into the local map pack in the last week of July — one for the roofing client and one for the dental client. Between them they brought 890 of August’s sessions. Illustrative

The three blog posts published in August drew 210 sessions between them. That is normal for a post in its first thirty days, but it means the map pack, not content, is what moved the needle this month. Illustrative

Cost per lead went up on purpose Illustrative

About a quarter of the Google Ads budget moved off broad “marketing agency” terms and onto service-specific, near-me language. Those clicks cost more, $62 against $58 in July, and 22 of the month’s 96 leads came from that group and asked for a quote directly rather than just browsing. Illustrative

Return on ad spend still rose to 14x, so the more expensive click is buying a better lead. The condition on that judgement: if cost per lead keeps climbing and ROAS stops following it, the budget shifts back. Illustrative

The review gain came from the post-service text Illustrative

12 new reviews landed in August and 9 of them came from the text sent 24 hours after a completed job. The average held at 4.9 across 178 reviews, which is the harder half of the result, since volume usually pulls an average down. Illustrative

One 3-star review named slow callback time, not the work itself. That belongs with front-desk process, not with the campaigns. Marketing can ask for the review; it cannot fix how fast the phone gets answered. Illustrative

Illustrative: what happens next month

September: build on what August proved Illustrative

Two more Google Business Profile categories move into scope, prioritized by which clients already have inventory or appointment slots to sell against, not by which would look best in this report. The near-me ad group stays, with a weekly cap and a Monday check: if ROAS slips under 11x while cost per lead keeps rising, the budget goes back to where it came from. Illustrative

One video asset per client, cut from the questions their own customers asked in August’s calls, placed on the service pages and the Google Business Profile. Content output holds at three posts, weighted toward whichever client currently ranks for nothing. Illustrative

The number this report cannot see Illustrative

The report stops at the lead. It does not know whether August’s 96 calls and form fills became 40 signed jobs or 12, and that ratio decides whether more leads is even the right goal for September. Illustrative

A monthly export from each client’s own booking or CRM system would close the gap, and the next version of this report would run lead to job to revenue beside the marketing numbers. Until that connects, the return-on-spend line is modelled from an average job value, not measured from closed business, which is the second reason it is labelled illustrative.

How this was made