Monthly local-market briefs
Know what's changing in your local market, and what to do about it this month.
A short, plain-English brief about your market, researched for you and checked by a person. It always ends with 3–5 specific actions, each doable in under an hour.
For owner-run trades and local businesses in Camas · Washougal · Vancouver · Battle Ground, WA
The problem
The information is public. It's just scattered.
You don't have time to watch permits, public bids, competitors, license renewals, home sales, utility rebates, the weather and your own online listings. Most of it is on a dozen county, state and city websites, and nobody turns it into "here's what to do this month."
If one action turns into one extra job a month, the brief has paid for itself.
What you get
About two pages a month. Every fact has a source.
Nothing to log into and no dashboards to check. Typical contents, which vary by trade:
Demand
Permit activity, new developments, home sales in your ZIP codes, freeze, heat and storm alerts, and public bids if you want them.
Rebates live this month
What your customers can claim right now, checked on the day the brief goes out, not copied from last month.
Competitors
Who's new in your trade and area, who's expanding, and posted offers, financing and pricing. Facts only.
Your presence
Listing mismatches, broken website links, and gaps compared with competitors.
Your watch-list
License, bond and insurance renewal dates, so nothing lapses by surprise. For builders and remodelers: help setting up L&I's free tracking on your subcontractors, and a dated status table of your subs in each brief.
Actions this month
3–5 specific, sourced actions, each under an hour. No "improve your SEO."
Plans
No contract. Cancel anytime.
Free Snapshot
One full brief on your business, competitors and local demand, delivered in person, with the first action prepared and ready to use.
Snapshot
The same, after the first 10. Credited toward your first month if you sign up for a monthly plan within 30 days.
Monthly Brief
The monthly brief, plus a short mid-month alert only when something needs action: a freeze, a new rebate, a bid, a competitor change. Optional 15-minute monthly call by phone or Zoom.
Brief + Done For You
Everything in Monthly Brief, and we carry out up to about 3 hours of the actions for you: Apple Maps and Bing listings kept matched to your website, page and email copy, review-request setup, seasonal campaign drafts.
Taxes may apply. Washington's rules for some of these services are being confirmed.
How it works
Short, regular, and with one person.
- 15-minute chatYour services, your area, the competitors you watch, the work you want more of.
- Snapshot in about 5 business daysDelivered in person, with the first action ready to use.
- Monthly briefIn the first week of each month, by email: a PDF and a 3-line summary.
- Optional 15-minute callPhone or Zoom, skip it any month. What's worth doing, what you did, what to watch next. Your feedback shapes next month's brief.
- Quarterly scorecardOne page on the actions taken and what came of them.
Our promises
What you can count on
- Not useful? Don't pay. If the first paid month doesn't give you at least one action worth doing, it's free.
- One business per trade in your area. While you're a monthly client, we don't take on another business in your trade in your area: Camas/Washougal, East Vancouver, the rest of Vancouver, or Battle Ground.
- The same person every month, who answers your calls and texts, with a reply within one business day.
- No passwords shared. For Done For You, you add us as a manager on your Apple and Bing listings, and you can remove us anytime.
What it is not
Plain about the limits
- Not a list of homeowners to cold-call, and not paid ads.
- No paid ranking tools or dashboards. Reviews are read by a person, and only mentioned when there's something to do about them.
- Not legal, tax or financial advice.
- Public information only. Share your own numbers on the monthly call if you want a sharper brief.
Who's behind it
Michael Turner, Camas
The same person checks your brief every month. Lintel Local uses AI-assisted research, and every brief is checked by a person before it reaches you. The first 10 local businesses get their Snapshot free.