Proof & fit

Proof, not promises.

Real Bay Area SMBs. Real numbers. Honest fit.

We'd rather lose a bad-fit deal than oversell a good one. Here's what hands-on, ROI-tied work actually looks like — plus exactly who we're built for.

Case studies

Three Bay Area SMBs. Three measurable wins.

Brentwood HVAC Contractor
HVAC · Brentwood, CA

Situation. Leads landed in a shared inbox, response time averaged 4+ hours, and the owner could not tell which Google Ads campaigns produced booked jobs vs. tire-kickers. Monthly spend was $6,200 with no attribution.

What we built. Restructured Google Ads into service-line + neighborhood campaigns (Brentwood, Antioch, Oakley, Discovery Bay) Built speed-to-lead SMS auto-reply + round-robin tech routing in HubSpot (under 90 seconds) Server-side conversion tracking tied to actual booked jobs, not form fills Weekly owner-readable dashboard: leads → booked → revenue per campaign Google Business Profile + review velocity program for Map Pack reinforcement

Qualified leads / month
18 → 64
Cost per qualified lead
$87 → $34
Speed to first contact
4h 12m → 1m 24s

"We went from chasing leads to leads chasing us. The SMS auto-reply alone changed our close rate."

Owner, Brentwood HVAC contractor
Google AdsMarketing AutomationSpeed-to-LeadLocal SEOAttribution
East Bay Roofing Company
Roofing · Contra Costa County, CA

Situation. iOS 14 + privacy changes had silently degraded Meta attribution for 18 months. Google Ads was optimizing toward form fills, not signed contracts. LSAs were running on autopilot with no review velocity strategy. Owner suspected he was wasting money but had no way to prove it.

What we built. Rebuilt server-side GA4 + Google Ads enhanced conversions tied to signed contracts in JobNimbus Audited 90 days of spend by campaign → killed bottom-performing 38% (mostly broad-match Google + Meta interest stacks) Reallocated budget to LSAs + branded search + neighborhood-targeted Meta video Implemented review request automation post-job (lifted LSA score 4.6 → 4.9) Quarterly business review with attributed revenue by source

Monthly ad spend
$14,200 → $8,800
Signed contracts / month
9 → 17
Cost per signed contract
$1,577 → $518

"They cut my ad budget by a third and my booked jobs almost doubled. I didn't believe the numbers until the third month."

Owner, East Bay roofing company
AttributionGoogle AdsMeta AdsLocal Services AdsReview Automation
Contra Costa Dental Practice
Dental · Walnut Creek, CA

Situation. 47 new patients/month with no growth in 2 years. Website converted at 1.1%. Front desk missing 30%+ of after-hours calls. No reactivation campaign for inactive patients in the PMS (2,400 of them).

What we built. New conversion-focused landing pages for top services (Invisalign, implants, new patient) Google Ads + Local Service Ads with neighborhood targeting (Walnut Creek, Alamo, Lafayette) Klaviyo lifecycle program: new-patient nurture + 12-month reactivation flow to PMS list AI voice assistant for after-hours calls → text-back + online scheduling Weekly attribution dashboard tied to PMS production

New patients / month
47 → 138
Website conversion rate
1.1% → 4.6%
After-hours capture rate
0% → 71%

"We added the equivalent of a third producer without hiring one. The lifecycle program alone paid for the engagement in month two."

Practice owner, Walnut Creek dental
Local SEOGoogle AdsLocal Services AdsLifecycle AutomationCROAI Voice

Client names anonymized at request. Metrics and outcomes are real.

Right fit

Honest guidelines, no sales pressure.

SkyBlue is right for you if…
  • You're a local or regional SMB doing $250k–$10M in revenue.
  • You're owner-led and want a partner who'll explain things in plain English.
  • You're ready to invest in systems — not just one-off campaigns.
  • You want ROI tied to revenue, not vanity metrics.
  • You can give us 30 focused minutes a week.
We're not the right fit if…
  • You're pre-revenue and need product-market fit first.
  • You expect overnight virality or guaranteed #1 rankings.
  • You're shopping for the cheapest vendor, not a long-term partner.
  • You want a black-box agency that hides the dashboard.
  • You're not ready to own your accounts, data, and decisions.
How we work

A 90-day plan you can hold us to.

Owner-friendly, hands-on, and built so you always know what's happening — and why.

  1. 01
    Days 1–14

    Discover

    Audit your funnel, install clean tracking, and build a baseline dashboard you can actually read.

  2. 02
    Days 15–45

    Build

    Ship one acquisition channel, one automation, and the analytics layer that ties both to revenue.

  3. 03
    Days 46–90

    Optimize

    Double down on what's working, document the system, and hand you a plain-English playbook.

How we avoid over-automation

  • Human approval on first-touch outbound — always.
  • No AI workflow ships without a measured baseline.
  • Every automation has a kill switch you control.

How we avoid black-box reporting

  • Every dashboard is owner-readable in 60 seconds.
  • Every metric ties to revenue, leads, or cost.
  • You own all accounts, data, and admin access.

Meeting cadence

  • Weekly 30-min async Loom + Slack/email.
  • Monthly 60-min live review with the senior team.
  • Quarterly strategy reset tied to your business goals.
First-time automation

Built for owners starting from zero.

Most of our clients had never used marketing software before SkyBlue. We start with one workflow, prove it works, then stack the next one. No jargon. No overwhelm.

"I'd never used marketing software before. Within a month our phone was ringing more, missed calls stopped costing us jobs, and I could finally see where our customers were coming from."

— Owner, Xpert Rodent Solutions (Bay Area)
Before SkyBlue
  • Spreadsheets to track bookings
  • Missed voicemails after hours
  • Sticky notes on the desk
  • No idea where leads came from
After 30 days
  • Online booking on the website
  • Automatic SMS confirmation + reminder
  • Every lead lands in one CRM
  • Dashboard shows what's actually working

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