Does it work when it counts?
Load speed, a valid security certificate, whether the contact form actually sends, and whether the first screen says what you do and where you do it.
Free · Reply within one business day
Get a free Marketing Check-up.
A real person reviews what your customers see when they look for a business like yours. You get a short list of verified findings, why each one matters, and what to fix first.
WebsiteLocal visibilityReviews
Lead responseContact pathsTop priorities
No costNo obligationNothing to installNo account access needed
What we check
Six places customers quietly give up.
We look at your business the way a customer does: from the outside, with no access to your accounts. Every finding is something anyone can see, which is exactly why it matters.
Do you show up nearby?
How your business appears on Google and Maps when someone close by searches for what you sell, and whether the name, address and hours match everywhere they are listed.
Who is answering them?
Where your reviews actually live, how recent they are, what a new customer reads first, and whether anyone is replying to the ones that need a reply.
What happens after they ask?
We follow the path a customer takes after they fill in your form or pick up the phone, and note where that path goes quiet.
Does every door still open?
Phone, form, email, social messages, map listings. Businesses collect contact points over the years and rarely check that all of them still reach a human.
What would we fix first?
The findings put in order, so you know what is costing you customers today and what can wait until next quarter.
What you get back
A private page. Not a PDF nobody opens.
Your findings live on a private link that only you have. Every finding is written the same way, so you can act on it without calling anyone first.
🔒nextstepmedia.us/checkup/your-private-link
Verified
Critical
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Your security certificate expires in 14 days.
What we saw
The certificate on your website expires on August 5. Nothing has been set up to renew it automatically.
Why it matters
On the day it expires, every browser shows a full page red warning before your site. Most people leave there.
First move
Turn on automatic renewal with your host. It is usually one setting and takes about ten minutes.
See it yourself ↗
Source: your domain record · Checked July 22
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Evidence, not opinion.Every finding names where we saw it and links straight to it, so you can check the claim yourself in one click.
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What is working, too.A useful review recognizes the strengths as clearly as the gaps. If something is already good, we say so and tell you to build on it.
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Plain words.No jargon, no score out of one hundred, no dashboard to learn. If you cannot act on a sentence, it should not be on the page.
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Yours to keep.Fix it yourself, hand it to whoever runs your marketing today, or ask us to take it on. All three are fine with us.
The honest part
Why we do this for free.
Because it is the fastest way to show you how we work. We would rather find three real problems on your business than send you a brochure about ours.
Most owners fix one or two of the findings themselves and never speak to us again. Some read the list, decide they do not want to own any of it, and ask us to run the whole marketing operation. Both of those are a good outcome for us, which is why there is no pressure either way.
What free does not mean here
- It is not a sales call with a report attached. You get the findings whether or not we ever speak.
- We do not need your passwords, your logins or access to any account.
- We do not sell, share or resell your details, and we do not add you to a list you did not ask for.
- There is no trial that quietly starts billing later. There is nothing to cancel.
Baldemar Betancourt
Next Step Media, Austin, Texas
A person reads every check-up before it is sent. If a finding cannot be verified, it does not go on your page.
How it works
Three steps. Two of them are ours.
Five fields.
We only need enough to find you online the way a customer would. No brief to write, nothing to prepare, no call required first.
About 30 secondsNot a scanner.
Someone goes through the six areas by hand and verifies each finding against the live source. Anything we cannot confirm is left out.
A few working daysYour private page.
The findings, the evidence, and what we would fix first. If you want it walked through, book twenty minutes. If not, keep it and use it.
Yours to keepStraight answers
What owners ask before they send it.
Is it actually free?
Yes. No cost, no card, no trial that starts billing later. We spend the time because a real finding on your own business explains what we do better than any pitch.
Do you need access to my accounts?
No. Everything in the check-up is what a customer can already see from the outside: your site, your listings, your reviews, your public contact paths. We never ask for a password, and you should be careful with anyone who does before you have hired them.
Is this one of those automated scores?
No, and that is the main difference. Automated tools produce a number and a long list of warnings that nobody can act on. Here a person reviews your business and writes down what they actually found, in plain words, with a link to where they found it so you can check it yourself.
How long does it take?
We reply within one business day to confirm we have you. The review itself is usually ready within a few working days, depending on how much there is to go through.
What happens after I get the findings?
That is up to you. The page is yours. If you want it walked through, there is a booking link on it for twenty minutes with the person who did the review. If you would rather just fix things, do that. We do not chase.
Is my company the right size for this?
It is built for owner-led companies that already have customers, a website and something to protect. If you are pre-launch there is not enough visible yet for the review to tell you much, and we will say so rather than pad it out.
What do you do with my details?
We use them to do the review and to send you the link. That is all. We do not sell or share them, and if you ask us to delete them we delete them.
The next step
See what your customers see. Before they decide.
It takes about thirty seconds to ask for. Worst case you learn that everything is in better shape than you thought.
No costNo obligationReply within one business day
Would rather talk first? Call (512) 572-7079 or email hello@nextstepmedia.us.