Date:
6/26/2025
Type:
Zoom / Video Conference;Work Progress
Subject:
Nic 1-1
Notes:
Agenda Nic-1-1
1. Check-In (5-7 minutes): Briefly set the stage and identify the topic or challenge
a. Exchange – Zack – Hardware buys – skirting procurement and setup fees and project fees. – Buying new PCs for PC refresh themselves and hiring an intern to install them – bad ideas all around. 83 computers to replace – we have messaging here we need to convey.
i. Minimal help desk work – so does that give them some “profit” center –
ii. They are trying to cut costs after Chris Orth left – now they are very cost conscience
iii. Kick back from management
iv. Charge them for the process
1. Staging maybe ¼ of the machines as training
2. Let them fail
3. Track the failure.
4. Mark going to try to update quote by end of this week.
b. Golf Tournament – Review on July 7th – we did not get to this today.
i. Met 7-10 dealership owners
ii. Gather data on what they are doing for IT
1. Few had a little interest – liked the mentality – not sure how long our IT guy is going to stick around – reactive IT person – need to make a change
2. Few took the business card
3. Followed up today to book a meeting
c. Inbound Leads
i. Education – IT/Technology Facilitator – meeting booked for next week
1. Talked to her – she is a 1 man band – at this school – overwhelmed – needs to get a budget approved by the principal- taken back by the range of pricing given to her.
2. Follow up the week of the 9th.
ii. 25 person company from California – meeting booked for next week
1. Talked to a developer they tasked IT with – not talking to the owner – tough (not the right decision maker) – budget stand point – get the budget approved. Need decision makers on a meeting with us so we can pitch the right person. This is what I can making a hero deal. Not taken back by the price range.
2. Follow up the week of 9th.
3. Let them know Nic will be out and follow up the week of the 9th
iii. PulteHomes – vetted it out – should follow up with retained services offering – to do the project
1. Did not get back to them.
d. Lease 5 Year LOI
i. Change Management
ii. Talked to Tony to day – he is going to follow up with the LOI non-binding.
e. HR Proposal
i. HR issues with people coming in from home
ii. I’d like to be a part of those discussions
iii. On-Call process
iv. Physical requirements
v. Signed the agreement with the HR company
vi. Hire this ISR again – they will lead that effort
vii. Give her an @Shartega email address – extension of an actual employee
f. Marketing –
i. SEO Package-$1250 from the pictures person
ii. Form Issues – Centralize forms once and for all
iii. Still says Apollo at the bottom
iv. Reporting – SEO / Performance – Analytics – Rankings
v. Fix Performance Items once reported – progressive work – no silver bullet
vi. We need to get these reports a little cleaner
1. Go through all the current initiatives
2. Show the ads being made
3. Show the blogs being made
4. Show the graphics being made
5. Show the social media posts/calendar
6. Show CTA Videos per month
7. Show AD Landing page
8. ICPs + Email lists captured each month and YTD
9. SEO Reporting / Performance Reporting
10. Score high organically
11. Easily fill out a form
12. Website Performance – Is WPEngine?
13. CDN? WPEngine?
14. PlugIns
15. Image Compression
16. We need to build a strict Marketing Plan
17. JOT Forms gone – conforming form fill outs
18. Need more traction or major updates for SEO/Organic search
19.
2. Nic out next week – back on the 9th. – Going to Colorado – visit his sister – telluride first then going to fagosa springs (3 hrs south).
Action Items:
In Line
Completed by: George Fassett