The real steps, in the order you meet them, with what each one costs you in time. Two of them fill themselves in, and the ones that take longer are named at the bottom rather than hidden.
Running total
1 min
about 9 min to your AI answering customers
The steps
Your business
Name, trade and town. Three fields.
What takes longer than this
Typing your services in by hand instead of photographing them adds about ten minutes.
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