The ChiMedia Times Free Audit
Vol. I · No. 1 · The marketing paper of record Price: one free audit
Marketing weatherRankings rising, visibility improving. Extended outlook: revenue.

The ChiMedia Times

In today's editionEvery marketing dollar, publicly accounted for. Details throughout.
Smart Strategies. Powerful Results. All the growth that's fit to print
The Lead Story · Accountability Desk

Every marketing dollar finally spent accounted for.

Area agency ties every campaign to traffic, leads and revenue; business owners report being able to read their own reports. Other agencies reached for comment sent a deck.

From building stunning websites to ranking higher on Google, ChiMedia runs marketing the way a paper runs a ledger: every deliverable named, every result printed. Proven strategies that drive traffic, increase leads, and deliver measurable ROI — with nothing hiding in the fine print.

The method, insiders say, is almost suspiciously simple: audit what's broken, fix the leaks first, then compound — content, campaigns, and conversion tests shipping monthly, itemized like column inches.

"We don't sell impressions revenue," a spokesperson confirmed, red pen in hand. "If a metric can't reach the bank account, it doesn't make the front page."

Clients keep the receipts: no long-term contracts, no exit fees. The retainer, this paper is told, is re-earned monthly — or the client simply walks. Full audit, page F1 →

Fig. 1 — A client's organic traffic, pictured climbing again on Tuesday. Staff illustration.
By the numbers*
0Top organic growth
0Avg. ROAS, managed PPC
0Sites shipped & scaled
0Long-term contracts
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Results Desk

Dispatches from the ledger · prior results don't guarantee similar outcomes

Apparel brand's organic revenue up after two flat years

+214%

An e-commerce label arrived with rankings frozen since 2024. An SEO-and-CRO rebuild later, organic revenue is the fastest-growing line on its books.

Injury firm found above the fold; leads follow

+178%

A law office invisible below the map pack received a new website and a search strategy. Qualified leads nearly tripled; the phones, witnesses say, have not stopped.

SaaS company's ad budget stops leaking

4.6×

Broad-match sprawl had been billing quietly for months. After a full PPC restructure, return on ad spend reached 4.6× — with the wasted spend funding the fix.

Home-services outfit cuts cost per lead, keeps receipts

−63%

Formerly paying retainers "for fog," the company now gets an itemized ledger monthly. Cost per lead fell by nearly two-thirds. The fog has not been seen since.

* Sample stories & metrics for design — print your verified results here. Add your story to the record →
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The Five Sections

What we run, and what it's for — one desk per discipline
B1Search Desk

Rankings climb after website "actually gets optimized," sources confirm

We optimize your website to rank higher in search engines, attract qualified traffic, and connect you with clients actively searching for your services. The desk starts with a teardown of whoever outranks you; the gaps become the roadmap, and the roadmap ships monthly — fixes, content, links, all itemized.

most clients start here ↴
  • Top organic-growth result*+312%
  • Typical first movement90 days
  • Lock-innone
Continued in your free audit — request B1 →
B2Build Desk

New site loads before the customer finishes blinking

We build fast, secure, and scalable websites tailored to your goals, ensuring seamless performance across all devices. Static-first builds, Core Web Vitals in the green, SEO in the framing rather than bolted on after — and you own every line of it: code, content, accounts.

  • Load-time target<1s
  • Devices, one codebaseall
  • Ownershipyours
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B3Design Desk

Visitors reportedly staying: design "argues, not decorates"

We create visually engaging, user-friendly designs that reflect your brand and keep visitors engaged from the first click. Every section makes one case for one action — pretty is table stakes; the layout itself should sell, the way this page is selling you right now.

exhibit A: this very page
  • Ideas per sectionone
  • Template reusezero
  • First click → engagedby design
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B4Ads Desk

Ads appear exactly where buyers are looking; leads called "immediate"

We run targeted ad campaigns that put your business at the top of search results and deliver immediate, measurable leads. Week one is plugging leaks — broad-match sprawl, junk placements — and most accounts fund their own improvement with what we cut. Budgets policed daily.

  • Avg. ROAS, managed accounts*4.6×
  • Live & generatingweek 1
  • Budget checksdaily
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B5Conversion Desk

Same traffic, more clients: conversion desk does the math

We refine your website and campaigns to maximize conversions — turning more visitors into paying clients. Always-on A/B testing with a hypothesis behind every change: winners ship, losers teach. A conversion lift multiplies every other channel you're paying for — the cheapest growth you'll ever buy.

the compounding one ↴
  • Best single-test lift*+38%
  • Testing cadencealways-on
  • Metric of recordrev/visitor
Continued in your free audit — request B5 →
C1

An Investigation

Six months inside the average retainer · hover the redactions

What, exactly, was in the retainer?

This desk reviewed the invoices. Portions were redacted — by the agencies. Hover to see what we found underneath, and the policy we run instead.

Exhibit 01 · The deliverables

Monthly line item: "ongoing optimizations"

Asked to itemize, the agency provided absolutely nothing. The optimizations, records show, were last sighted at the kickoff call.

The ChiMedia policyEvery deliverable named and dated. You read your ledger like a bank statement.
Exhibit 02 · The report

Forty slides; revenue mentioned — once

The quarterly deck led with impressions, reach, and brand lift, whatever that is. The revenue chart appeared on slide thirty-nine, unlabeled.

The ChiMedia policyTraffic → leads → revenue, in that order. If it can't reach the bank, it doesn't lead.
Exhibit 03 · The contract

Twelve months, auto-renewing, exit fee

The agreement locked the client in for a year while the work quietly stopped in month two. Leaving early would cost three more months, somehow.

The ChiMedia policyNo long-term contracts. We re-earn the retainer monthly — or you walk, free.
D1

The Growth Exchange

Markets · what disciplined marketing trades at
TickerTrend · Note
ORGANIC (SEO)▲ compounding90-day onset
PAID (PPC)▲ immediateleaks plugged wk 1
CONV. RATE (CRO)▲ multiplyingalways-on tests
SITE SPEED (DEV)▲ <1s targetvitals green
VANITY METRICS▼ delistednot traded here
Exchange operated by ChiMedia · vanity metrics remain suspended indefinitely
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Rough math on what your traffic could be worth — the free audit replaces it with your real numbers.

Monthly visitors5,000
Conversion rate1.5%
Average sale value$180
Potential monthly revenue $20,250 – $40,500
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Estimate only — models a 1.5–3× lift in qualified traffic & conversion. Every business differs.

E1

Letters to the Editor

Printed with permission · sample letters — swap in your verified reviews

To the Results Desk,

They rebuilt our site and the rankings followed — organic leads doubled in five months. More remarkably, I can read the monthly report without a translator. Print that.

Sarah K. Home Services · Houston

Dear Editor,

Our old agency sent decks. ChiMedia sends a ledger — what shipped, what it cost, what it returned. ROAS went from break-even to 4×. I have no corrections to submit.

Marcus R. E-commerce · Austin

To whom it concerns,

No contract was the reason we tried them. The results are the reason we've stayed two years. My only complaint: the other sections of my budget now look underperforming by comparison.

Alejandra M. B2B SaaS · Remote
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Classifieds

Small ads, big intentions
Notices & small ads
WantedBusiness owners tired of paying for fog. Must enjoy readable reports and compounding returns. Apply at right.
LostSeveral thousand dollars of ad spend, last seen wandering in broad match. If found: we'll make sure it never happens again.
For saleVanity metrics, barely used. Free to any competitor. Will not be missed.
Missed connectionsYou searched. Your competitor showed up. It could have been you. Write to the address at right.
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1-Across: what we report. 5-Down: how you get found. Solved daily by our clients.

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