Lakeway Business Consulting

    Growth stories from local businesses like yours.

    How we help restaurants, nonprofits and service businesses in Lakeway, Bee Cave and Austin get found, get followed and grow. We report in plain numbers, including the ones we cannot measure yet. Client results as of October 2026.

    • Simply Pho House
    • Simply Ramen & Gyoza
    • 1618 Asian Fusion
    • Open Eyes Beyond Border
    • Belle Vie Longevity
    Simply Pho HouseSimply Ramen & Gyoza

    Simply Pho House + Simply Ramen & Gyoza

    Family-owned Vietnamese and Japanese restaurants · Bee Cave, Cedar Park, Marble Falls, Dripping Springs

    Two neighborhood restaurants doubled their following and packed a first-anniversary party.

    Both restaurants needed nearby diners to find them, follow them and come in. Since January 2026 we have run their social media end to end, with small monthly ad campaigns, and promoted the Cedar Park location from its soft launch to its first-anniversary celebration.

    Followers across Facebook and Instagram, January to October 2026 (716 to 1,453)
    2x
    Followers across Facebook and Instagram, January to October 2026 (716 to 1,453)
    People reached by their ads, January 1 to October 12
    207K
    People reached by their ads, January 1 to October 12
    RSVPs for the Cedar Park first-anniversary celebration
    85
    RSVPs for the Cedar Park first-anniversary celebration
    Love Spicy Ramen post for Simply Ramen and Gyoza featuring the Simply Red ramen

    Everything that shows up in their feeds

    • A monthly content calendar for Facebook and Instagram
    • Designed posts for signature dishes, specials and events
    • Reels, including AI-assisted seasonal reels
    • Small monthly ad campaigns that grow reach, followers and visits
    • Opening and event promotion for the Cedar Park location
    • Plain-language reporting on what grew and what did not
    • Organic social
    • Reels
    • Meta ads
    • Events
    • Reporting

    Followers, January vs October 2026

    0200400Pho HouseFacebookRamen & GyozaFacebookPho HouseInstagramRamen & GyozaInstagram111269165308311*425129*451
    January 2026October 12, 2026

    * estimated, see how we measured

    Every ad dollar now goes further

    $0$2$4$6JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep$6.67$2.71Pho $0.22Ramen $0.20
    Simply Ramen & GyozaSimply Pho House

    Cost of each click from an ad to their menu or page, by month. By September a click cost Simply Ramen $0.20, down from $6.67 in January, and Simply Pho House $0.22, down from $2.71. Same small budgets, many more visits.

    5,084

    clicks from ads through to menus, pages and profiles

    31,644

    likes, comments, shares and saves on their ad posts

    79,650

    Instagram content views in the first half of 2026 alone

    85 RSVPs

    for the September 12 Cedar Park anniversary, from one event campaign after a fall 2025 soft launch

    How we measured. Meta Graph API and Ads Manager, pulled October 12 to 13, 2026. Reach is the sum of each restaurant's unique reach; some people saw ads from both. Facebook followers measured January 2 and October 12. *Instagram January counts are estimates (the July 7 count minus net follows from Meta Business Suite); July and October counts are measured. Neither restaurant has a Meta pixel installed, so we report reach, followers, clicks and RSVPs, not sales.

    Content we create and publish on their Instagram and Facebook.

    Every post has a job: spotlight a dish, fill a slow lunch hour, promote an event or borrow trust from a happy guest. Reels reach people who do not follow the restaurant yet.

    Simply Pho House Cedar Park one year anniversary post
    Cedar Park first anniversaryEvent. Lion dance, live music and 20% off, backed by an event campaign that drew 85 RSVPs.
    Simply Ramen and Gyoza sashimi sampler post
    Sashimi SamplerOffering spotlight. One dish, shot so the quality speaks for itself.
    Simply Ramen and Gyoza sushi lunch special post, $16
    Sushi lunch special, $16Lunch offer. A clear price and a reason to come in at midday.
    Simply Pho House post featuring a five-star guest review
    Five-star guest reviewSocial proof. A real Google review paired with the dish it praises.
    “Austin's best pho”Creator POV. First-person clip that feels native to the feed. Simply Pho House.
    Restaurant walkthroughLocation tour. Shows new guests what to expect before they visit. Simply Ramen & Gyoza.
    “Texas Rains”Seasonal moment. Made with AI video for rainy-day cravings. Simply Pho House.
    “Rainy Days”Seasonal moment. Made with AI video, no shoot required. Simply Ramen & Gyoza.
    Open Eyes Beyond Border

    Open Eyes Beyond Border

    Volunteer-run 501(c)(3) providing vision care, wellness and schooling for children · Austin, Texas

    From an outdated, static website to a modern one built to raise donations.

    The old site was hard to update and confusing to give through: donors faced six separate PayPal buttons, Zelle and check instructions, and two different mailing addresses. We replaced it with a modern, bilingual website designed around one goal: make it easy to give, and easy to keep giving.

    Six separate PayPal buttons replaced by one simple donate page
    6 → 1
    Six separate PayPal buttons replaced by one simple donate page
    Recurring gifts built in, with a self-serve portal for donors
    Monthly
    Recurring gifts built in, with a self-serve portal for donors
    From kickoff to launch for a site like this with our current build process
    4 wks
    From kickoff to launch for a site like this with our current build process
    • Website
    • Online giving
    • Bilingual
    • Sponsorships
    • Admin portal
    The new openeyesbb.org homepage
    Before · April 2026The old Wix donate page with five donate buttons, Zelle and check instructions
    The old donate page: five buttons, three payment methods and instructions to type your email into PayPal for a receipt.
    After · September 2026The new donate page with one-time and monthly giving
    The new donate page: choose an amount, give once or monthly, cover the card fee and get a receipt automatically.

    More donors, more monthly givers, more sponsors

    The board wanted a site that tells the mission clearly, earns trust at a glance and turns a visit into a gift, for both its English and Vietnamese communities.

    Live, taking real donations, and owned by the nonprofit

    The new site went live at openeyesbb.org on September 26, 2026, with live card payments the same day. Hosting sits in the nonprofit's own account, so the board owns its platform outright.

    • AdvancedDonor portalMonthly donors update or cancel their own gifts, no emails to volunteers.
    • AdvancedPlanned and complex givingPages for donor-advised funds, stock, IRAs and employer matching.
    • AdvancedFundraiser sign-upSupporters sign up to raise money for the mission on their own.
    • AdvancedSponsor-a-StudentSponsorship pages plus an online scholarship application.
    • AdvancedReferral workflowTeachers and guardians refer students in need straight to the team.
    • AdvancedAdmin portalA private dashboard where volunteers track requests and get alerts.

    Also included: one donate page with one-time or monthly gifts, fee cover and tribute gifts; every page in English and Vietnamese; events, gallery, board and 2026 sponsor pages.

    What we will measure next. The site has been live for a few weeks, too early for an honest read on donations. We will report online gifts, monthly donors and sponsorship applications once a full quarter of data is in.

    1618 Asian Fusion

    1618 Asian Fusion

    Full-service Asian fusion restaurant and bar · East Riverside, Austin

    Teaching an Austin restaurant to run its own Meta ads.

    1618 wanted to keep advertising in-house. Our audit found no Meta pixel and no conversion tracking on their website, so we designed a five-session program around what they actually had: a POS full of real guests and a team ready to learn.

    Hands-on sessions, April and May 2026, each with a custom deck
    5
    Hands-on sessions, April and May 2026, each with a custom deck
    Guest audience tiers designed from their own Toast POS data, no pixel required
    4
    Guest audience tiers designed from their own Toast POS data, no pixel required
    The weekly review routine we set up so the team can read results
    30 min
    The weekly review routine we set up so the team can read results
    • The ecosystem. How Meta's ad system finds customers.
    • Campaign setup. The auction, objectives and a teardown of their live ads.
    • Audiences. Customer lists from the POS: all, recent, high-value and lapsed guests, plus lookalikes.
    • Creative. Reels, carousels and offers that give people a reason to come in.
    • Measurement. Goals by stage, A/B testing and lift tests.

    One rewrite from the live-ad teardown: "attractive discounts" became "Cocktails from $7, 4 to 6 PM, Monday to Thursday."

    Session 5 deck cover: from business objectives to measurement
    Session 5 opener
    Slide mapping objectives to the buying journey
    Objectives by stage of the journey
    Slide explaining how an A/B test works
    How an A/B test works

    What this case shows. This was a training engagement, so we make no performance claims for the team's campaigns. What we delivered is capability: a team that can build audiences, brief creative and read results without an agency.

    Work in progress

    Belle Vie Longevity website homepageBelle Vie LongevityPre-launch

    A studio website for a Pilates studio led by a Doctor of Physical Therapy.

    Belle Vie Longevity is opening a reformer Pilates studio in Bee Cave. We designed and built the website around founding memberships and clinical credibility, and are producing an on-demand class library, starting with the first full-length class video.

    • Website
    • Memberships
    • Video
    Client name withheldMulti-location chiropractic group, Austin area
    Ongoing since August 2026

    Organic social and lead-generation ads in three languages.

    A three-clinic rehab and chiropractic practice needed new patients in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. We run its Meta presence end to end.

    • Lead ads and carousels in English, Spanish and Vietnamese, plus video ads
    • Two landing pages, each in all three languages
    • A 20-post organic series: 12 reels, 5 carousels, 3 static posts
    • Copy written for Meta's health advertising rules
    • Meta ads
    • Organic social
    • Landing pages
    • Trilingual

    Start with an audit. Keep only what earns its place.

    1. AuditWe review your site, social, ads and tracking, and show you where the opportunities are.
    2. PlanA short plan with the three moves that matter most, and what each should do for the business.
    3. Build and runWe make the content, launch the campaigns and ship the site, then improve month to month.
    4. ReportPlain-language reporting, including what we cannot measure yet and how to fix that.
    A bowl of pho at 1618 Asian Fusion

    Book a free business audit.

    Your numbers on the table and a straight answer on what we would change first.

    Led by Vinay Radhakrishnan, former Meta Ads lead with 17+ years across Meta, Dell and hyper-growth companies, who also runs two small businesses of his own.

    Figures are as measured on the dates shown. Client names and data used with permission.