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What's your nickname? J, Jd, Joshie, Josh What city is your business located in? Dallas Biggest strength? Software Biggest weakness? I take on too many tasks. What do you do? I write software, sell things online, and am currently working in and on a local service business in Dallas, Tx area that a childhood friend owns. He grew a lot, and now we figured combining software with local service of flooring and remodels may be good. What’s your business name? (so we can run a quick audit using Loom and we will tag you) pkfloors.com is what brought me here What's your goal inside this community? Learn more about marketing / LSA / Google best practices What triggered you to sign up? (Was it an email, IG post, Skool post?) Marketing guy for PK Floors, Chris told me about it.
🔥 THE LOCAL LIQUIDITY HACK: How to Stop Buying Leads and Start Buying Profit (2026 Google Ads Reset)
Most local business owners are happy just getting "more leads." That is a rookie mistake. In early 2026, Google has shifted the goalposts from volume to Value. If you are still bidding for "any phone call," you are paying a "finance-blindness tax" that lets your competitors scoop up the $10,000 jobs while you’re stuck with the $99 service calls. Join Ryan today at 2:00 PM EST to see the 2026 Google Ads Reset in action. If you want to own the highest-margin jobs in your city, you cannot afford to miss this. 📚 3 Fresh Topics for Today: 1️⃣ The Call-Only Funeral: The February 2026 Deadline - The Meat: Google is officially deprecating traditional "Call-Only" ads this month. You can no longer create new call-only ads. All lead generation must transition to Responsive Search Ads (RSAs) with Call Assets. - The Result: This isn't just a name change. RSAs allow Google's AI to test thousands of headline variations to find which ones trigger a "High-Intent" call versus a "Price-Shopper" click. Early migrators are seeing a 15–25% increase in lead quality. 2️⃣ Value-Based Bidding (VBB): Bidding on Profit - The Meat: Stop treating a $100 service call the same as a $10,000 installation. Use "Conversion Value Rules" to tell Google: "Bid 3x higher for new customers" or "Bid 4x more for high-margin categories." - The Result: This forces the algorithm to hunt for profit, not just volume. Businesses using VBB report a 20% increase in total revenue while simultaneously lowering their cost-per-qualified-lead (CPQL). 3️⃣ The "Shadowban" Reply Trap: AI Moderation 2026 - The Meat: Google's 2026 review moderation is now fully AI-driven. Your review responses are no longer instant; they are held for review for anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 days. - The Trap: If a reply is rejected for a policy violation (like using personal names or aggressive language), it can silently tank your "Responsiveness Score" and drop your ranking while the reply sits in "Pending" limbo.
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Awesome - I've just started using LSA - this appears mostly for ads: 2️⃣ Value-Based Bidding (VBB): Bidding on Profit - The Meat: Stop treating a $100 service call the same as a $10,000 installation. Use "Conversion Value Rules" to tell Google: "Bid 3x higher for new customers" or "Bid 4x more for high-margin categories."
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Joshua Montross
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Software Engineer by trade, serial entrepreneur, interested in growth hacking, amazon LSA, API Design, automation of boring tasks, creating dashboards

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