Coaches & Course Creators

Citewatch for Coaches & Course Creators: One NAP, everywhere, always, owned forever

One NAP, everywhere, always, owned forever.

Coaches juggle booking links, course platforms, community tools and invoicing — easily $200+/mo before their first client. Pay-once software turns that stack into a fixed, owned asset.

The tool this job usually means renting is BrightLocal, at $39-59/mo — roughly $468 a year, every year. Citewatch does the job for a one-time $34 — running on infrastructure you control.

Fit check

Why it fits how coaches & course creators work

🏢 Canonical NAP profile

Name, address, phone, website and hours as the single source of truth, with multiple businesses supported.

For coaches & course creators, canonical NAP profile pays off between client sessions — and it's covered by the same one-time $34, not metered per month.

📋 Structured audit workflow

11 seeded core and industry directories plus your own custom ones: open the directory, paste what it shows, done.

For coaches & course creators, structured audit workflow pays off between client sessions — and it's covered by the same one-time $34, not metered per month.

🧠 Smart diffing

Normalizes phone formats, case, punctuation and USPS abbreviations so it flags only real problems as match, formatting only, incomplete or mismatch.

For coaches & course creators, smart diffing pays off between client sessions — and it's covered by the same one-time $34, not metered per month.

Workflow

A typical workflow

STEP 01

Buy once on Whop

One payment of $34 gets the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/local-seo-citation-tracker-mvp and run it yourself for free.

STEP 02

Deploy or run desktop

Docker-compose onto a $5 VPS to run it public, or run the desktop build locally with data in your user profile.

STEP 03

Set your NAP and audit

Enter your canonical name, address and phone, then work the directory list pasting what each one shows to see exactly what drifted.

What it costs, honestly

Citewatch is $34, once. BrightLocal at $39-59/mo — roughly $468 a year, every year. At $468 a year for BrightLocal, Citewatch pays for itself in about 27 days.

FAQ

Coaches & Course Creators ask

Is Citewatch worth it for coaches & course creators?

At $468 a year for BrightLocal, Citewatch pays for itself in about 27 days. Citewatch costs $34 once; BrightLocal charges $39-59/mo — about $468 a year. For coaches & course creators, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.

Is it really free on GitHub?

Yes, Citewatch is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/local-seo-citation-tracker-mvp. The $34 buys the packaged Windows installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.

Where does my citation data live?

In a SQLite file on your own server, with no telemetry.

Own Citewatch forever — $34