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We get s**t done. Providing business, technology, operations, and marketing consulting to business owners in North America.

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09/30/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

We're taking a moment to acknowledge the tragic history and ongoing impacts of the residential school system on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, families, and communities across Canada. We recognize this is a day for listening and reflection, not for us to speak over the voices that matter most today.

We encourage everyone to take time to learn, reflect, and support Indigenous-led organizations doing this work. A few places to start:

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (nctr.ca)
The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (irsss.ca)
The Orange Shirt Society (orangeshirtday.org)

Every Child Matters.

09/25/2026

Five years ago, Chops Consulting didn't exist.

It took an idea, a lot of late nights, a belief that businesses deserve better than generic advice and empty promises, and a huge commitment to getting sh*t done.

Would I do it the same way again? Honestly, probably not, I'd skip a few of those 2am spirals if I could. But I wouldn't change the outcome.

I won't pretend it's been easy, because it hasn't. Building a business never is. But we built something I'm genuinely proud of. I've got an amazing team behind me, and a business I get to use to build OTHER businesses in this community.

To every client who trusted us, every local business owner who's become a friend along the way, and everyone who's been following since day one, thank you.
Here's to five years. Here's to the five to come.

09/24/2026

Before you blame the marketing, look one step back. Nine times out of ten, the real issue is unclear, inconsistent branding.

The truth of the matter is that you can't market your way out of bad branding. In fact, you can't really market at all, your branding is what makes you recognizable in the first place. Branding isn't a logo or a font choice. It's your voice, your visual identity, your positioning, and the experience people have when they interact with you. Get that dialed in and three things happen: your messaging gets clearer, you stand out from everyone doing what you do, and people trust you faster.

Skip it, and you'll be the business saying "our content isn't performing" or "we keep getting the wrong clients," when really, the branding was never guiding the marketing to begin with.

Ready to build a brand that actually converts? Link in bio to book a discovery call.

09/23/2026

I've started thinking of my professional relationships like a garden - stay with me on this one.

You don't plant something once and expect it to feed you for years. You water it, pull the weeds, deal with pests, and you definitely don't ignore it for six months and expect it to still be there when you need it.

Professional relationships work the same way. Get to know the person first before trying to figure out what they can do for you.

09/22/2026

Trying to be liked by everyone is how most business accounts end up saying nothing at all., and that's both boring and bad for business. Drop your list of why we should/n't follow you in the comments!

09/15/2026

Go check your bank statement right now. We'll wait.

Found it yet? We're talking about the $19/month tool from two years ago nobody remembers signing up for, and a CRM you migrated away from but never actually cancelled. It's not a ton of money, but if you're paying for tools you're not using, it is a waste.

This isn't really about the money, or at least not ONLY about the money. It's what those forgotten charges say about how closely anyone is actually looking at how the business runs day to day. If nobody's caught a $30/month tool sitting unused for a year, what else has gone unchecked?

Go list every recurring expense, even the small ones. Highlight anything you haven't touched in the last 60 days and flag anything where the cost doesn't match the value you're actually getting from it. Then get ruthless - cancel it, downgrade it, or actually start using it. Most businesses find this adds up to real money, but the bigger win is that once you're looking that closely at your own tools, you usually start noticing the bigger inefficiencies too.

If you do this and want a second set of eyes on what you find, that's exactly the kind of thing we help with.

09/08/2026

Every business process already has a shape, most business owners have just never taken the time to map it out. That doesn't sound like a big deal, but it matters. Every unnecessary approval step, duplicated task, and avoidable delay is costing you money.

Once you map it, a few things happen. You can finally see exactly where time is disappearing (think manual data entry, back-and-forth emails, approvals that exist out of habit rather than necessity). You spot the stage where projects always seem to get stuck, instead of guessing at it. Your team stops burning hours on repetitive work that was never adding value in the first place. And your customers feel it too - a cleaner process behind the scenes almost always means faster, more reliable service on their end, even if they never see the map itself.

Before you touch anything, ask yourself four questions about the one process that annoys you most: Where do delays actually happen? Are there more approval steps than the situation needs? Is information getting lost between people? Is your team repeating work that shouldn't need repeating?

You don't need fancy software for this. A whiteboard and an honest hour works fine. The goal isn't a pretty diagram - it's getting crystal clear on what can be refined and made better.

And this isn't a one-and-done exercise. Map it, and audit it periodically. We promise you'll benefit.

09/04/2026

Sometimes, taking the leap of faith in yourself and saying yes to something that's intimidating at first glance is totally worth it - and I know this is going to be one of those times.

08/27/2026

Most "business consulting" advice out there is just inspiration with an invoice attached. The real test of a consultant is whether they're still in the room three months later, actually building the thing they promised. That's the difference between a strategist and a hype man. If you're vetting anyone for this kind of work (us included), ask what they actually build, not just what they believe. Book a free discovery call and put us through the same test - link in bio.

08/24/2026

Myth: AI-generated content automatically ranks. Reality: Google can spot content with no real experience or opinion behind it and buries it.
Myth: keyword research doesn't matter anymore. Reality: one client went from 200 visitors a month to 4,000 by targeting the right long-tail keywords, not by chasing AI.
Businesses right now using AI smartly are using it for the grunt work while a real person still brings the story and creativity.

If you've been avoiding your website because "SEO feels pointless now," that's costing you more than the panic did. Pull up your last five blog posts or service pages. Would a stranger reading them learn something they couldn't get from any competitor's site? If not, that's the actual problem. AI can speed up the research and structure. It can't write your actual experience for you. That part's still on you.

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