Say it straight or don't say it at all.
Most local businesses do not need a huge website. They need the right pages built properly.
Traffic looks good in reports. Leads pay the bills. If SEO is not turning into real business, the campaign is incomplete.
Most local business websites are not weak because they need more pages. They are weak because the page structure makes no sense.
A lot of agency-built websites are better at looking polished in a portfolio than performing in the field for an actual small business.
Most local business websites fail for one simple reason. They were built to exist, not to produce action.
A business should care more about owning and controlling its website asset than winning compliments on how fancy it looks.
Most business owners hire a web developer based on portfolio aesthetics and price. Neither of those tells you whether the site will actually work. Here is what to actually check.