Based in Bolingbrook · Serving Chicago's western suburbs

You Earned the Reputation. Someone Else Is Booking the Jobs.

Most owners don't have a reputation problem — they have a recommendation problem. The company getting recommended isn't always the company doing the best work.

$200 Flat-Fee Audit  ·  Credited Toward Any Fix  ·  Local & In-Person

Built for businesses that already earned the trust

Family-owned businesses with strong reputations

Companies with years of referrals and repeat customers

Operators watching newer competitors show up first

Businesses with hundreds of good reviews — and competitors getting named first anyway

Owners who know they're good but aren't sure why someone else keeps getting recommended

How It Works

Three steps. No mystery.

01

We find who's actually being recommended ahead of you — by name.

02

We show why customers are choosing them.

03

You get a fix list ordered by what wins jobs back fastest.

Pricing

Three steps. Three prices.

Start here
Revenue Leak Audit
$200one-time

One page. The competitor winning your jobs, named. Why they're winning. What to fix first. Delivered within 48 hours. Credited toward any fix.

  • Competitor side-by-side — named, not anonymized
  • After-hours call path reality check
  • Review trust check
  • Fix-first list in plain English

Includes the AI Recommendation Test — we test whether the three largest AI search companies recommend you or your competitors when customers ask who to call.

Get the Audit — $200
Quick Fix
$500flat

The obvious stuff, done in days. One flat price. No hourly meter.

  • Listing cleanup
  • After-hours call path
  • Review response drafts
  • Booking friction removal

Audit required first. $200 audit fee credited here.

Book a Quick Fix — $500
Build
$1,000+

Bigger gaps need bigger fixes. Scoped after the audit — never pitched before it.

  • After-hours call capture
  • Review system that runs itself
  • Financing visibility for high-ticket work
  • Custom scope, flat quote

Price quoted after audit. No surprises.

Talk to Joel
After the fix

Monthly Watch — $197/mo

Reviews keep coming and listings drift. We draft every review response within 24 hours, check your listing monthly, and re-run the leak check so nothing reopens. Cancel anytime.

About

Who you're dealing with

Ashward Group is Joel — local, in person, and reachable. No account managers, no offshore team, no software dashboard you'll never log into.

I look at your business the way a new customer does, show you what I found on one page, and fix what's worth fixing. If it's nothing, you'll know in ten minutes. If it's something, it may be costing you calls every week.

Joel Lehman — Ashward Group

Wondering who's getting recommended instead of you?