Are you a former athlete who has struggled to find success and fulfillment in your life after sports? If so, then I think you will agree with me when I say: The transition to life after sports is hard! Or is it? Regardless if your competitive athletic career came to an end in high school, college, or in the pros, …
I got a desperate call from my friend, Philippe. He and his wife are massage therapists in San Diego. Their business got wrecked by COVID– mandated to be shut down for over a year. Thus, income went to zero. They had to take out loans to pay their bills. They heard of this local internet marketing company called GoBeRewarded run by a …
Startup teams break when roles blur. Workers try to do strategy. Owners get pulled into task work. Managers become firefighters. We’ve been there the past few weeks across Local Service Spotlight (LSS), High-Rise Influence (HRI), and our partner agencies in HVAC and landscaping. This is a snapshot of what we’re fixing—and how you can apply it if you’re building something …
Manually enrolling students wastes time and creates room for error. We built an automated system that gives users instant access to their LearnDash course the moment they’re tagged in Keap.Here’s how to set it up. Step 1: Create an Auto-Enroll Tag in Keap In Keap, go to CRM → Settings → Tags and click Add Tag. Name it clearly, following …
Introduction Local business owners are bombarded with ads promising to catapult them into the Google Maps top three in a matter of weeks. Jumper Media, for instance, claims it can guarantee a top-3 position within 90 days using “20–30 second GPS drive-bys by real humans” and touts itself as a proud Google partner. As part of our “tell it like …
My name is Grant Haugen, and as a student-athlete, balancing a packed schedule with meaningful work seemed almost impossible—until I joined High Rise Academy. This program gave me flexibility, structure, and mentorship that helped me grow both personally and professionally. How I Found the Program My older brother, Dylan Haugen, went through High Rise Academy before me. He moved up …
Most content fails before it ever hits publish, not because of bad editing or weak gear, but because the person behind the screen doesn’t understand why the content exists. They just start cutting clips, slapping on captions, and hoping something goes viral. That’s the #1 VA mistake, working on content without understanding the brand’s GCT: Goals, Content, and Targeting. When …
There’s no such thing as a “Virtual Assistant” anymore. That term died the day AI got good enough to handle the repetitive stuff. What matters now is competence, the ability to think, communicate clearly, and get things done. Doesn’t matter if you’re in Wisconsin or the Philippines, if you can do the work at a high level, you get paid …
Marko Sipilä teaching key marketing strategies to our upcoming Agency owners Start With #GCT: Goal, Content, Targeting Before launching any campaign, clarify your Goals, Content, and Targeting (GCT). This simple framework prevents wasted spend and keeps every ad accountable to results. Home-service companies almost always want more booked jobs—but you need to define that goal in numbers. For example: “Generate …
Our “Jennifer” GPT grader keeps our writers honest. She grades ruthlessly, counts specifics, and enforces the blog posting guidelines that make our content sound like us, not like ChatGPT. But because of OpenAI’s current sharing restrictions, only our team can access Jennifer directly. So in this guide, we’ll teach you how to build your own version from scratch, complete with …
Coaching the team on applying MAA and LDT to real client projects. Why Good Intentions Aren’t Enough Most agency owners start with the best intentions. They want to serve clients well, learn fast, and make an impact. But, good intentions don’t move the needle. In our team calls, apprentices like Luke Crowson, Alex Makowski, and Jack Wendt quickly learned that …
Most teams waste hours chasing people for End-of-Day reports.We don’t. We built Riley, a custom GPT that handles daily check-ins automatically. Riley checks Basecamp, updates our tracker, and generates a clean summary image. Why We Built Riley Every day, our team members are expected to submit a quick EOD report in Basecamp. Before Riley, someone had to manually: It worked, …
On October 13, 2025 we logged into Ahrefs and saw the chart from hell: the number of keywords BlitzMetrics.com ranks for appeared to drop off a cliff. Our usual spread of top‑50 positions shrank to just 392 keywords, of which 22 terms rank 1‑3, 93 rank 4‑10, 54 rank 11‑20, 125 rank 21‑50 and 98 rank 51+. 125 rank 21‑50 …
By now, you’ve probably received your personalized face socks, maybe with your own photo, your dog, or your spouse smiling back at you. It’s fun, sure. But there’s a deeper reason behind it. Personalization is proof that you care. When you take time to make something personal, whether it’s a note, a gift, or a pair of socks with someone’s …
