Service · Reporting

Five numbers, one page, every month.

Not a forty-chart dashboard nobody opens. The handful of figures a decision actually depends on, in one place, with a written note on what changed and what we are doing about it.

Choosing the metrics

A number earns its place or it comes off the page.

The test is simple: if the figure moved, would you do anything differently? If not, it is decoration. Most reports we inherit are ninety per cent decoration.

On the page

  • Qualified enquiries, and the channel each came from
  • Organic search visibility on the terms that matter
  • Citations in AI answers, and share of answers
  • Site speed and uptime against the agreed budget
  • One operational number specific to your business

Deliberately left off

  • Raw sessions and pageviews
  • Bounce rate without context
  • Social impressions and follower counts
  • “Keywords ranked” totals
  • Anything that only ever goes up

Written, not just plotted

Every report carries three short paragraphs: what changed, why we think it changed, and what we are doing next. A chart tells you a number moved; it does not tell you whose decision it is.

Sample

What lands in your inbox.

A real report is one page plus the commentary. This is the top of it.

Monthly performance

Sample client report · illustrative figures, not a real client

12-month view

Organic clicks

1,420/mo

▲ 238% year over year

AI answer citations

142/mo

▲ from 4 a year ago

Qualified enquiries

293/yr

▲ 64% year over year

Avg. search position

6.4

▲ from 24.1 (lower is better)

Organic clicks per month

1,420 latest month

AI answer citations per month · own scale

142 latest month

Where this year's enquiries came from 293 qualified enquiries
  • Google organic148
  • AI answer engines63
  • Google Business Profile41
  • Direct & referral29
  • Paid12
View the numbers as a table
Sample monthly figures, months 1–12
MonthOrganic clicksAI answer citations
14204
24556
35109
457514
564022
672031
781045
890558
91,01076
101,14095
111,290118
121,420142

Attribution

From first touch to paid invoice.

The question worth answering is not “how many visits”. It is “which channel produced the customers who paid”. That takes a little plumbing and it is worth every minute.

  1. 01

    Tag the entry points

    Every form, phone number, booking link and email address is instrumented so the source survives the click.

  2. 02

    Capture the enquiry

    Enquiries land in one place with their source attached, instead of three inboxes and a notepad by the phone.

  3. 03

    Mark the outcome

    You or your team flag what became a quote and what became an invoice. One click, not a data-entry job.

  4. 04

    Close the loop

    The report shows revenue by channel. That is the number that decides next quarter's spend.

We work with what you have — a spreadsheet is a legitimate starting point. No analytics stack is installed just so there is something to charge for, and the site runs without tracking cookies.

Questions

Reporting questions

Which metrics will you report on?

Five to seven tied to revenue: qualified enquiries and their channel, organic search visibility, AI answer citations, site speed and uptime, and one operational number specific to your business. Raw sessions, bounce rate and follower counts are left off deliberately.

Do you use tracking cookies?

Not by default, and not on this site at all. For client sites we prefer privacy-respecting, cookieless measurement, and we tell you plainly what any tool collects before it goes on.

Can you prove which channel produced a paying customer?

That is what the attribution work is for. Entry points are instrumented so the source survives the click, enquiries land in one place with the source attached, and you flag the outcome. The report then shows revenue by channel rather than visits by channel.

What if a number goes down?

It goes on the report with an explanation and what we are changing. A report that only ever shows improvement is a report that is hiding something.

All frequently asked questions

Next step

Let's look at your setup.

Send a paragraph about the business and what is not working. You will get a straight answer within one business day — and if we are not the right fit, a pointer to who is.