
The AI-Powered Lead Generation Playbook (2026)
A practical lead-generation playbook built around AI — how to generate, score, route, and nurture leads with AI in the loop without sacrificing quality or trust.

A practical lead-generation playbook built around AI — how to generate, score, route, and nurture leads with AI in the loop without sacrificing quality or trust.

A 22-point GBP optimization checklist — categories, NAP, services, photos, posts, Q&A, reviews — tuned for the 2026 map pack ranking factors and Gemini review summaries.

LSA pay-per-lead ($25–$90) vs Google Ads pay-per-click ($3–$40) for Ontario trades — exact 2026 economics, Google Guaranteed badge, and when to run both.

Real 2026 Toronto agency pricing: $1,500–$5,000/mo retainers, $5K–$25K projects, $150–$450/hr. Brand strategy, SEO, ads — exact ranges from a GTA agency.

Performance Max is where most Ontario Shopify brands are now spending the majority of their Google Ads budget. Here is how to structure campaigns, asset groups, feeds, and exclusions so Google's AI bidding actually earns its keep.

What SEO services cost and deliver in Toronto in 2026 — core components, deliverables worth paying for, agency-selection questions that matter, and honest timelines to results.