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The job goes to whoever answers. Be the one who does.
How do customers choose a home or trade service now?Copy answer
Customers search on their phone, compare map results and aggregator apps, and contact whoever covers their area and looks credible. Emergencies go to the first business that answers; planned jobs go to whoever explains the price clearly and follows up. Coverage, clear call-out and quote pricing, and reply speed decide it long before anyone reads about experience.
Pick your trade for the version written for your customers: what they type, where they compare, and the three places a good business usually loses the job.
01 · Pick your trade
Eight trades. Eight different customers.
Each playbook follows one kind of customer from the first search to the booked job, then lays out the five moves we'd make first. Every one is free to read.
Emergency intent, mobile, immediate. Map presence and call answering are everything.
Read the playbook ElectricalCompliance and certification questions build trust before the quote is requested.
Read the playbook HVACSharply seasonal with a service contract behind it — nurture through the quiet months.
Read the playbook RoofingHigh ticket, weather-triggered demand, and heavy aggregator competition.
Read the playbook Pest controlSpecies plus location is a huge, cheap, and largely unclaimed long tail.
Read the playbook Cleaning servicesRecurring revenue, so retention content earns more than another lead ever will.
Read the playbook LandscapingVisual proof and project-scale pages qualify the enquiry before you quote.
Read the playbook Solar installationSubsidy, payback and eligibility questions decide it, and they change by region.
Read the playbook02 · How customers choose
Decided on the map, by whoever replies first.
Demand for home and trade services is immediate, local and increasingly routed through map results and aggregator apps. Customers compare a handful of nearby options, check reviews and coverage, try to work out the call-out or quote, and contact two or three. Whoever covers their area and replies first usually gets the job.
The three moves we'd make first
Trades are bought on trust, so we only publish what you can back up: licences and certifications you actually hold, real job photos, genuine reviews and prices you'll honour. No invented ratings or “best in town” claims, and anything touching safety, compliance or subsidies is checked by you before it goes live.
03 · Where we start
The services trade businesses need first.
Most trade businesses need these four working together before anything else. Each trade playbook adds what its customers need on top.
Google Business Profile optimisation, local citations, reviews and city pages that actually get found.
Read more SEO ServicesTechnical, on-page and off-page SEO built on entity and topic architecture — so you rank in Google and get retrieved by AI answer engines from the same work.
Read more Marketing AutomationLead routing, enrichment, nurture and reporting running without anyone copying data between tools.
Read more SEM & Paid AdsGoogle Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and programmatic managed to revenue rather than clicks, with AI-assisted creative testing.
Read moreIncluded with every plan
A free 5-page website for trade businesses.
Your map listing sends people to a website. Make it one that answers their question and takes the booking — not a page that sends them back to the map.
- 5 pages, your choiceHome, About, Services, Key service, Contact
- Live in 48 hoursFrom the launch checklist
- AI-readableSchema, sitemap and llms.txt built in
- Yours to keepDomain and hosting in your name
Free with any monthly plan from $499. Domain, hosting and paid tools are bought by you and stay in your name; shops and booking systems are quoted separately. The 48-hour clock starts once your plan is active and the launch checklist is done.
Questions trade businesses ask
Straight answers, no sales script.
If yours isn't here, a 30-minute call is the fastest route. No pitch, no deck.
Book a 30-minute callWhich playbook should I read first?
The one for your main trade. If you offer several, plumbing and heating for example, start with the one that brings the most urgent calls, then the one with the highest-value quotes. The free audit shows where the biggest leak is.
Do we need our own website if most work comes from aggregator apps?
Apps can be a useful top-up, but their leads are often shared with several businesses, so you race on price and speed. Your own map profile and service-plus-suburb pages bring customers who chose you. Keep the apps if they pay, and track what each source costs per job.
How do we show up in suburbs further from our base?
Set a service area that matches where you really work, build a page for each service in each suburb with real jobs done there, and earn reviews from customers in those areas. Rankings further from your address usually take a few months to move.
We can't answer the phone on a job. What helps?
Missed-call text-back, one inbox for calls, forms and WhatsApp, and an agreed reply time. For emergency trades, an overflow answering route covers the busiest periods. Most lost jobs are a routing problem, not a demand problem.
How long before a trade business notices a difference?
Call-handling and map profile fixes can show within weeks because they recover enquiries you already get. Ranking in new suburbs and for new services usually takes a few months, depending on competition. We don't guarantee rankings or jobs.
Is the website really free?
Yes. Every monthly plan includes a free 5-page website for your business — fast, AI-readable and yours to keep. It goes live within 48 hours once your plan is active and the launch checklist is done. Your domain, hosting and any paid tools sit outside the offer and stay in your name; online shops and booking systems are quoted separately. What's included
Free · one business day
See what a customer sees when they search for your trade.
We'll check your map visibility across the areas you cover, your pricing and service pages, and how fast a call or enquiry gets answered, then send you what we found. You keep the findings either way.
- Reply in 1 business dayFrom a strategist, not a bot
- Free 5-page websiteIncluded with any plan
- Never sold or sharedYour details stay with us
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Social presence
Trade customers ask local groups, check the map and message whoever looks credible and replies first. Social works as proof of real jobs, and as a fast line in.
Social Media Marketing