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The report

The read we bring to the first call.

The Pour Co worked example, page for page: a read across four dimensions, three moves to ship next week, signed by a senior operator. Yours reads your brand before we ever meet.

Pour Co · 48-hour diagnostic Prepared Jul 29, 2026 · public data only
Marlo

Pour Co The 48-hour diagnostic

57
composite / 100

124 locations · CA TX FL · prepared for Jasmine Park, VP Marketing

A strong brand leaking at the operational seams. Reviews and local data are the fastest fixes; Texas is where the voice slips.

The read · four dimensions

01
Voice & Social
holding 68 /100
  • Austin and Miami read as two different brands. 31 of the last 240 captions would not pass the voice you run in California. 1,860 posts + mentions read · 3 regional accounts · Jun 29-Jul 27

  • Reels carry 3.1x the reach of stills on your grid. One post in eight is a reel. 18,240 engagements read · Jun 29-Jul 27

houston caption · rewritten to voice

Don't sleep on our NEW summer sips!! 🔥 the yuzu spritz is back. cold, bright, a little sharp.

02
Reviews & Reputation
leaking 54 /100
  • 38% of reviews got an answer inside the window. Nine stores hold 61% of the silence; eight of the nine are in Texas. 890 reviews read · Google + Yelp · Jul 15-Jul 27

  • Wait time is the fastest-growing complaint, 3.4x over eight weeks, clustered at seven drive-thru stores between 7 and 9am. baselined against 3,140 prior reviews · 8 weeks

03
Local & Search
slipping 61 /100
  • 17 stores fell out of the local pack for "coffee near me" in ten weeks. Eleven of the drops are Dallas and Houston. 372 pack positions checked · 124 stores x 3 queries · Jul 13-Jul 27

  • 41 profiles show hours that disagree with your own site. That mismatch is a ranking input you control. 124 profiles read against site data · Jul 27

04
Paid & Competitive
exposed 45 /100
  • Vice City Roasters runs five ad concepts a week in your Texas zips. Pour Co ran two in the last month. 212 competitor ads tracked · 4 competitors · Jun 29-Jul 27

  • Neon Grove holds the top paid slot for "iced latte near me" in 9 of your 12 Miami trade areas. 36 paid-slot checks · Miami DMA · Jul 13-Jul 27

Three moves · ship next week

  • M1
    Answer the nine.
    response rate

    Stand up review response on the nine silent stores: templates in your voice, manager sign-off, 48-hour turnaround.

    from 02 · nine stores hold 61% of unanswered reviews
  • M2
    Fix the hours, then the pack.
    pack recoveries

    Push correct hours to the 41 mismatched profiles, then recheck the 17 lost packs once the data settles.

    from 03 · 41 profiles disagree with the site
  • M3
    Trade stills for reels.
    reach per post

    Shift two stills a week to reels drafted in the locked Pour Co voice. Texas accounts first.

    from 01 · reels carry 3.1x the reach of stills

Everything above is public: your customers already see it. The ad gap in 04 is a spend conversation; the three moves cost nothing but the week.

/s/Preston Nix
Founder, Marlo · Jul 29, 2026

Pour Co and its portfolio siblings are the Marlo worked example, fictional brands on real pipelines with illustrative numbers. Your report reads your brand, from public data only. Nothing here required access.

Quick answers

What happens when you write.

What happens after I write you?

A founder answers. Before the first call we read your brand from public data: four dimensions, three moves you can ship next week, signed by a senior operator.

Do I need to give you access to anything?

No. The first read runs on public data only. No CRM access, no analytics access, no IT involvement. We may ask if we miss a private surface.

What does this cost?

No rate card. We co-build with a founding cohort of consumer brands: the engagement is shaped around your brand with you, not off a menu.

Who builds the read?

A senior MarloAI operator. Every read is signed; you know who to follow up with.

How does this scale to a multi-brand operator?

The first read can cover up to four brands. Multi-brand holdco engagements are an Enterprise tier conversation.

Who else is on Marlo?

We're onboarding a founding cohort of consumer brands. Pour Co is our worked example: 124 stores, real pipelines, illustrative numbers.

The people

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