Most local businesses end up with the same set of problems eventually. Different platforms, different vendors, same patterns. I see it a lot with retail and ecommerce shops, and with contractors who inherited a half-built ads or tracking setup. Here is what I most often clean up:
Tracking And Analytics
Google Analytics 4, Search Console, ad pixels, and conversion events. Make sure they exist, fire correctly, and tell the truth about what is happening on the site.
Google Ads Cleanup
Restructure spend around real local and product intent. Cut the keywords that were never going to convert. Set up the conversion structure so future reads are based on real signal. If you want someone to keep running the account after the cleanup, that happens inside Web Ops, or as a $400/month add-on to Managed.
Products And Content
Inconsistent product titles, missing descriptions, broken category structure, stale content. The kind of cleanup that makes the site easier to search, easier to use, and easier to sell from.
Reporting You Can Actually Read
Plain-English reports that separate real sales measurement from softer signals like store traffic or ad impressions. Ranked next steps, not 50-page consulting decks.
Platform Troubleshooting
Older ecommerce stacks, point-of-sale platforms, hosting providers, theme builders, plugin conflicts. I figure out which fixes are mine, which are the vendor's, and which are not worth fighting.
Quiet Ongoing Operations
Once the mess is cleaned up, some clients keep me on as the practical online operations person they always wished they had. Preslar's did.