Issue #321 | November 2nd 2025
Aloha and welcome to the first November edition of Shark Bites!
Now that Halloween has come and gone… it’s time to get down to the more wholesome holidays…
Which if you’re anything like me, means spending lots of time eating with family and watching football.
To help you get your business set up so you can enjoy this holiday season, let’s dive into this round of Shark Bites…
If you’d like to write in your wins and be featured, you can do so inside of the Remote Marketing Agency Owners Private Facebook Group. Remember to use “#win” so we can feature you in next week’s “Catch of the Week”.
Welcome to “Pirate’s Booty” – a curated stash of local marketing news and content for your reading pleasure.
Google just released it’s Q3 report. And the findings are fascinating. And what this report says is that AI features aren’t replacing search… they’re expanding it!
To find out more and see the details, read this article here:
Google Q3 Report: AI Mode, AI Overviews Lift Total Search Usage
You probably know the importance of having an SSL certificate on all of your sites. And SSL will only become more and more important with Chrome beginning to warn users before loading HTTP sites next year.
This is an EASY way to land clients or upsell existing ones. If they don’t have the coveted “S” just send them this article and say you can help them get it done… for a fee of course.
Find out more in this free article:
Chrome To Warn Users Before Loading HTTP Sites Starting Next Year
On this week’s Aloha Friday Coaching call, we went live for:
How To Turn Marketing Monsters Into Bags Full O' Treats This Halloween!
It may seem like this time of year is full of monsters and spooky things… but in my opinion, it's full of OPPORTUNITIES!
Why?
Because wherever there are monsters, there are people willing to pay you to get rid of them!
Which is why we donned our Van Helsing costumes for this week's Aloha Friday Local Marketing Coaching Call and discovered the best way to stake the hearts of these terrifying ghouls.
We discussed
How to defeat “Zombie Prospects” that act interested but drag their rotting feet and never seem to buy…
The simple “garlic method” that stops “Time Vampires” in their tracks so they don't sink their time-wasting fangs into you…
The “7-Headed Hydra of Project Scope Creep” and how to stop this terrifying foe from cutting into your free time and profits…
How to stop being a “Headless Horseman” and get a foolproof plan to success…
And more!
The replay is up now and you can catch it here:
The Captain’s Log
Here you can find the latest YouTube videos from our Captains Tom and Nick. They’re putting out new videos all the time, so check back each week for new goodies.
Thanks for joining me and helping me kick off November.
Coming up this week? More goodies!
Talk to you soon!
Mahalo,
Tom Gaddis
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