Mike started Next Step Connect in 2014 with one laptop and a handful of freelance clients. No investors. No fancy office. Just a deep understanding of how people actually search for and choose local businesses. Since then, he's worked with businesses in dozens of industries: roofers, car dealers, pool builders, lawyers, accountants, fitness studios, apartment complexes, and more. The common thread: every one of them needed more customers, not more marketing jargon. Mike still leads every client strategy. When you work with Next Step Connect, you're not handed off to a junior account manager. You're working with the person who built the system.