Marketing for local service businesses

Every "near me" search. Every emergency call. Yours.

We help HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, cleaning and home service businesses dominate local search and turn every tracked call into a booked job. No shared leads. No Angi tax. Just direct customers calling you first.

5.4x
Return on ad spend
30-40%
Missed-call recovery
#1
Map Pack avg.
+$48,200 Jobs booked this week
4.8
487 Google reviews
Before: 3.7★After: 4.8★
Live inbound · Just now Tracked from Google Ads
Keyword"AC repair near me"
Service areaRiverside, CA
OutcomeDispatched
Sound familiar?

You're great at the trade, not at marketing.

Every service business we work with bumps into the same wall. Here's where the money usually leaks.

Angi and HomeAdvisor own your leads

You pay $40 a lead and it gets sold to 4 other companies. You're competing on price before you even pick up the phone.

Emergency calls go to voicemail

Pipe just burst at 7PM. They call you, you don't pick up in 30 seconds, they're already calling the next plumber on Google.

National chains crowd you out

Roto-Rooter and Stanley Steemer have million-dollar ad budgets. You can't outspend them, but you can out-rank them locally.

No idea what marketing actually works

Truck wraps, postcards, radio, Facebook boosts. Money goes out, calls come in. Nobody knows which one drove what.

Seasonal swings wreck the calendar

HVAC is slammed in July and dead in October. Landscaping is dead in January. No plan for the slow months = layoffs and stress.

One bad review tanks your booking rate

You're at 4.2 stars. The competitor down the road is at 4.9. They get the call, you don't. Doesn't matter how good your work is.

What we do

Three products. Built to keep trucks rolling.

Pick one or run all three together. Every package is shaped around how service businesses actually grow.

PRODUCT 01 Hyper SEO

Local SEO

Rank for "[your service] near me," "[city] [service]" and every emergency search around your service area. Every zip and neighborhood you cover.

  • Google Business Profile rebuilt
  • Service-area pages for every city you cover
  • Emergency keyword targeting
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PRODUCT 02 ROI guarantee

Google Ads

Conversion-tracked campaigns and Google Local Services Ads that turn search intent into booked jobs. If we don't hit your agreed ROI in 90 days, we work for free until we do.

  • Call tracking on every ad and keyword
  • Google LSA setup + management
  • ROI forecast before you spend a dollar
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PRODUCT 03 All-in-one

Clear Choice Marketing System

The complete system. CRM, dispatch automation, missed-call SMS recovery, quote follow-up sequences, review automation and Jess AI taking after-hours calls.

  • Jess AI answers after-hours calls 24/7
  • Missed-call SMS recovery in 60 sec
  • Quote-to-job follow-up automation
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Case study

Three locations. All ranked #1. 5x quote requests in 9 months.

Carpet Emporium & Flooring runs three locations across the Inland Empire (Moreno Valley, Riverside, Corona). Came to us with strong word-of-mouth but invisible online. We rebuilt local search across all three cities, layered in Google Ads with call tracking and ran reputation across all locations.

"We've been around since 1995. Word of mouth got us this far. CCS is the reason new customers in three different cities find us now. Quote requests don't stop and they're actually qualified." Carpet Emporium & Flooring · Owner
5x
Quote requests in 9 months
5.4x
Return on Google Ad spend
#1
Map Pack in all 3 cities
+412%
Direction requests across locations
3.9 → 4.8
Average star rating lift
487
Google reviews across all 3 stores
Service businesses we work with

A few of the names on our roster

Carpet Emporium & Flooring
Inland Empire HVAC
Pacific Plumbing Co.
SoCal Roofing Pros
Green Touch Landscaping
ClearView Cleaning
Results across our service clients

The numbers we move for trades and home services.

Real outcomes from across our active home service and trades accounts. Booked jobs, ad ROI, ranking and reviews. No fluff metrics.

5.4x
Average return on Google Ad spend
100%
Of inbound calls tracked to source
+412%
Lift in direction requests
30-40%
Missed-call leads recovered via SMS
FAQ

Common questions from service business owners

If yours isn't here, ask us on the audit call.

How much does marketing for a local service business cost?

Depends on which products you run, how big your service area is and how competitive your trade is. We don't publish pricing because every business is different (one-truck operation vs 12-truck fleet, suburb vs metro, HVAC vs handyman). Book a free 15-minute audit and we'll give you a real number.

How fast can a service business see results?

Reviews move within 30 days because we automate the ask after every job. Google Ads and Local Services Ads (LSA) start producing tracked calls in 2-4 weeks. Local SEO and Map Pack ranking take 60-120 days depending on how competitive your service area is.

For seasonal businesses (HVAC, landscaping) we time launches to land before peak season so you're ranking when demand spikes.

Do you manage Google Local Services Ads (LSA)?

Yes. LSA is huge for trades because it puts you at the very top of the search results with the green "Google Guaranteed" badge. We handle the verification, license/insurance uploads, profile setup, lead disputes and ongoing optimization.

For most trades, LSA + standard Google Ads + Local SEO running together is the strongest setup. We build all three.

Can you cover multiple service areas and zip codes?

Yes. We build dedicated service-area pages for every city in your coverage, targeting the "[service] [city]" searches that bring qualified buyers. Google Ads geo-targeting is set up at the zip code level so you only pay for clicks from people you actually serve.

How is this different from Angi, HomeAdvisor or Thumbtack?

Those platforms sell the same lead to 3-5 contractors. You pay $30-50 per lead, then have to compete on price before you even talk to the customer. Most contractors close 1 in 10 of those leads, which means you're paying $300-500 per booked job.

We build your own pipeline. Direct calls, exclusive to you, traced back to the keyword that drove them. Most service businesses we work with cut their dependence on third-party lead platforms by 80% within 6 months.

Can you help with missed-call recovery and after-hours calls?

Yes. The Marketing System sends an automated SMS to every missed call within 60 seconds: "Sorry we missed you, we're on a job. Reply to this text or book online here." Most service businesses recover 30-40% of leads that would have gone to a competitor.

For after-hours, Jess AI can pick up, qualify the lead, schedule a callback or dispatch for emergencies. Works while you sleep.

Does this work for my specific trade?

If you're a local service business that takes phone calls and books jobs, yes. We work with HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, cleaning, pest control, garage doors, locksmiths, handyman services, flooring, painting, fence installers, pool service and more.

The playbook is the same: dominate "near me" searches, track every call, follow up fast, build reviews. The tactics adjust for your specific search behavior and customer journey.

Let's keep the trucks rolling.

Book a free 15-minute audit. We'll pull up your Google rank in every city you serve, check your review count and show you exactly what we'd do.