$10,000 on an SEO agency didn’t bring the sales. Showing up in person did.
Tiffany has been selling custom watercolor pet portraits since 2021. She left Etsy for her own site, paid an agency for six months that never delivered what was projected, then learned search for herself – today about 30% of her traffic comes from Google, 30% from social, and the steadiest sales come from local events.
