Home service SEO: complete guide for contractors
Everything US home service businesses need to rank on Google Search & Maps, Map Pack, GBP, city pages & local authority.
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Local SEO
Map Pack, GBP, citations & local rankings for home service contractors.
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Marketing
Home service marketing strategy, lead gen & growth playbooks.
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Google Ads
Paid search, LSAs, PPC & paid social for trades.
1 article
Websites
Web design, landing pages, speed & conversion.
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Automations & AI
CRM automation, email, SMS, AI callers & internal process automation.
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What is the Google Map Pack?
The local three-pack explained, and how home service contractors win it for trade + city searches.
Google Ads vs Local Services Ads
When to run Search, LSAs, or both, for emergency and seasonal home service trades.
Landing pages every contractor site needs
City × service pages that rank and turn clicks into calls.
The 5-minute revenue leak in home service marketing
The biggest hidden leak is often not the ad or landing page - it is the delay between customer intent and a qualified response.
Your CRM is not admin work - it is your marketing truth system
If leads are missing, sources are wrong, or booked jobs are not tied to channels, no one can accurately judge SEO, Google Ads, or sales performance.
Why franchise marketing fails locally
Corporate campaigns cannot fully control local execution. The weakest location is usually not the one with the worst marketing - it is the one with the most broken handoff between marketing and operations.
Stop optimizing for cost per lead
A cheap lead that never books is expensive. A more expensive lead that becomes a profitable job may be the better channel.
The wrong price problem in home service marketing
A campaign can generate the right customer at the right time and still lose the job if the price is explained incorrectly.
Google Business Profile is not a listing - it is your local sales page
Reviews, photos, services, and call behavior influence whether a customer calls, compares, or ignores your business before they ever visit your website.
The 14-day marketing autopsy for home services
Track every lead from source to outcome for two weeks - find the exact point where leads stop becoming booked jobs before you spend more on SEO or ads.
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