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How to start and run a small website agency with AI. Real data from our own runs, steps you can follow this week, and honest limits. By Ryan Shaw.
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- AI tools and prompts
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Codex for Building Client Websites: What We Tested
ChatGPT vs Claude for building websites, plus Codex: what each tool needs, what our own test runs showed, and how to pick one for client work.
· 7 min read
- AI tools and prompts
Codex for Building Websites: What It Did on 33 Businesses
We ran OpenAI Codex on 33 New Jersey businesses in one prompt: 30 sample sites, 3 skips, nothing sent. See the counts and what a person still had to check.
· 5 min read
- Start a website agency
The Cold Email That Offers a Finished Website Instead of a Pitch
Write a cold email with a website preview that owners open: 4 example emails, honest subject lines, CAN-SPAM basics and follow-up rules. Copy one today.
· 7 min read
- Find businesses with bad websites
How to Check if a Website Is Mobile Friendly in 2026
Google retired its Mobile-Friendly Test in 2023. Here are four free ways to check a website on a phone today, with what each one can and cannot tell you.
· 6 min read
- Find businesses with bad websites
How to Contact a Business With No Email Address (30 of 100 Had None)
30 of the 100 top New Jersey leads in our data had no email on their site. Here is how to reach them: phone, letter, visit, and what never to do.
· 6 min read
- Start a website agency
How to Sell a Website to a Restaurant Owner: A Sample-First Plan
How to sell a website to a restaurant owner: what to fix first, how to show a sample, and what to say when they say they have Facebook. A real example.
· 5 min read
- Start a website agency
How to Start a Website Agency With AI: A Step-by-Step Plan
Start a website agency with AI in six steps: pick a trade, find weak sites, build a sample from real facts, send one honest email. See the plan.
· 8 min read
- Find businesses with bad websites
How to Tell if a Website Is Outdated: A 10-Minute Checklist
Learn how to tell if a website is outdated in 10 minutes with free tools, a points table and kind wording for each finding. Run it on your next lead today.
· 8 min read
- Start a website agency
Is a Free Sample Website Spec Work? Rules That Keep It Fair
A free sample site for a prospect is spec work by the usual definition. Here is what critics get right and 9 rules that keep a sample fair to the owner.
· 5 min read
- Find businesses with bad websites
We Checked New Jersey Business Websites. Here Is What Was Wrong
Original data on local business website problems: 37 New Jersey sites checked in October 2026. Old footers, missing search basics. See the counts.
· 7 min read
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