Refresh marketing positioning to Path C strategy (GRO-1057)

- Update hero message to approved lead message: 'Stop missing client calls. Book 24/7, groom all day.'
- Add team messaging: 'Automate the admin. Your team focuses on grooming.'
- Reframe features section around time/revenue benefit for solo groomers
- Replace feature-parity comparison table with 'Built for Your Reality' positioning
  emphasizing mobile capability, offline-first, data ownership
- Remove competitive feature checklist (Path C doesn't compete on feature parity)
- Create MESSAGING-PATH-C.md as authoritative messaging framework
- Anti-customer positioning: NOT for large commercial/franchise shops
- Emphasize workflow fit, pet-specific depth, data ownership over feature breadth

Path C targets solo groomers and small teams (1-5 staff) with niche-domination
positioning through 2026, AI roadmap for 2027+.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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<div class="container">
<span class="hero-badge">🎉 100% Open Source — AGPL-3.0 License</span>
<h1>GroomBook</h1>
<p class="tagline">Built for groomers, not corporations.</p>
<p>Open source, self-hostable scheduling and client management platform built for independent pet groomers who need their time back. Stop managing appointments between appointments — automate the chaos, own your data, scale without compromise.</p>
<p class="tagline">Stop missing client calls. Book 24/7, groom all day.</p>
<p>Built for solo groomers and small teams who want to own their schedule and their data. Clients book themselves 24/7. You groom. Automated reminders, detailed pet profiles, and mobile-first tools mean more time grooming, less time on admin.</p>
<div class="cta-buttons">
<a href="https://groombook.farh.net" class="btn-demo">Try the Demo →</a>
<a href="https://github.com/groombook/groombook" class="btn-primary">View on GitHub</a>
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<section class="features">
<div class="container">
<h2>Everything Independent Groomers Need</h2>
<p class="section-subtitle">Purpose-built features that solve the real pain points of running a grooming shop.</p>
<h2>Reclaim 3+ Hours Every Week</h2>
<p class="section-subtitle">Features built for solo groomers and small teams — not generic salon software.</p>
<div class="feature-grid">
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>📅 Calendar Feeds</h3>
<p>Push GroomBook appointments directly into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook via iCal. Your calendar, your way — no app switching.</p>
<h3>📱 24/7 Client Booking</h3>
<p>Clients book themselves anytime—overnight, weekends, while you're grooming. No more missed calls, no more rescheduling requests interrupting your work.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>🐾 Client Search & Pet Records</h3>
<p>Never lose context on a regular. Detailed profiles with grooming history, coat types, behavior notes, breed data, and service preferences at your fingertips.</p>
<h3>🔔 Automated Reminders & Waitlist</h3>
<p>SMS/email reminders cut no-shows by 3040%. Cancellations auto-fill from your waitlist instantly—stop leaving money on the table.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>💬 Stop Chasing Confirmations</h3>
<p>Let clients confirm or cancel appointments through their own portal. Automated waitlist fills cancelled slots instantly — no more lost revenue to no-shows.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>📱 Customer Portal & Booking</h3>
<p>24/7 self-service booking for clients. No more phone tag or chasing scheduling confirmations.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>👥 Staff Access Control (RBAC)</h3>
<p>Multi-staff shops: front desk sees bookings, only you see financials. Role-appropriate access for every team member.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>🔔 Automated Reminders</h3>
<p>SMS and email reminders reduce no-shows. Clients get appointment confirmations; staff gets scheduling notifications.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>💳 POS & Invoicing</h3>
<p>Process payments, record tips, and generate receipts. Full financial tracking without spreadsheets.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>📊 Business Insights</h3>
<p>Revenue analytics, groomer utilization trends, and performance reports. Know exactly how your salon is performing.</p>
<h3>🐾 Pet Profiles & Health Tracking</h3>
<p>Detailed breed data, coat type notes, behavior flags, vaccination dates. Information you actually use to charge premium prices and provide better grooming.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>📱 Works Offline (PWA)</h3>
<p>Installable on mobile devices as a native app. Works offline—perfect for mobile groomers in basements, garages, and rural areas with spotty signal.</p>
<p>Mobile groomer in a garage, basement, or van? Works offline on your phone. No internet required—perfect for rural areas and spotty signal.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>🔐 You Own Your Data</h3>
<p>Self-hosted or cloud—your choice. Open source means you own GroomBook, fully. No vendor lock-in, no surprise price hikes, no company disappearing with your client list.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>📅 Calendar Integration</h3>
<p>Sync to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook via iCal. One source of truth across all your tools—no double-bookings, no surprises.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>💳 POS & Financial Tracking</h3>
<p>Process payments, track tips, generate invoices. One place for all your money—no more spreadsheets, no more lost revenue to guessing.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>👥 Team Management (Small Teams)</h3>
<p>Growing from solo? Assign staff roles, control access levels, and track groomer productivity. Front desk books; only you see the books.</p>
</div>
<div class="feature-card">
<h3>📊 Business Insights</h3>
<p>Revenue trends, groomer utilization, and performance reports. See exactly what's working—and where the money is.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<section class="comparison">
<div class="container">
<h2>Why GroomBook?</h2>
<p class="section-subtitle">How we stack up against the alternatives your shop might be using today.</p>
<div class="comparison-table">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Feature</th>
<th>GroomBook</th>
<th>MoeGo / Gingr</th>
<th>Legacy Software</th>
<th>Generic Schedulers</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Self-hosted or free tier</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross">✗ ($50-150/mo)</td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="check"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>You own your client data</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross">✗ (vendor lock-in)</td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Built for grooming workflows</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Calendar feeds (iCal)</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="check"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Automated waitlist</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Open source & customizable</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Works offline (PWA)</strong></td>
<td class="check"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
<td class="cross"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Built for Your Reality</h2>
<p class="section-subtitle">Not a generic salon tool. Not a feature arms race. Built specifically for how solo groomers and small teams actually work.</p>
<div class="how-it-works-grid">
<div class="workflow-card">
<div class="workflow-icon">🚗</div>
<h3>Mobile Groomers</h3>
<p>Offline-first PWA runs on your phone with or without signal. Perfect for garage, basement, and van setups where internet is unreliable.</p>
</div>
<div class="workflow-card">
<div class="workflow-icon"></div>
<h3>24/7 Booking</h3>
<p>Clients book at midnight, 3am, Sunday. You don't answer the phone—GroomBook does. 43% of bookings happen outside business hours.</p>
</div>
<div class="workflow-card">
<div class="workflow-icon">🔓</div>
<h3>You Own It</h3>
<p>Open source, self-hostable. No vendor lock-in, no surprise price hikes, no company going out of business and taking your data with it.</p>
</div>
<div class="workflow-card">
<div class="workflow-icon">🐾</div>
<h3>Grooming-Specific</h3>
<p>Breed profiles, coat type tracking, health notes, behavior flags. Tools built for grooming, not generic salon workflows.</p>
</div>
<div class="workflow-card">
<div class="workflow-icon"></div>
<h3>No-Show Recovery</h3>
<p>Automated reminders cut no-shows by 3040%. Cancellations instantly fill from your waitlist. Stop losing money to empty slots.</p>
</div>
<div class="workflow-card">
<div class="workflow-icon">👥</div>
<h3>Scales With You</h3>
<p>Solo today? Small team tomorrow? Role-based access, staff scheduling, and productivity tracking grow with your business.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>