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    Contractor Marketing Services That Generate More Qualified Leads

    Contractor marketing is the combination of local search visibility, an accurate Google Business Profile, review generation, targeted advertising and fast lead follow-up that puts your company in front of homeowners at the moment they are choosing a contractor — and makes sure the enquiry actually reaches you.

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    Is this for your business?

    • General contractors and remodelers who rely on referrals and want a second, predictable lead source
    • Roofers, plumbers, electricians and other trades competing against lead-resale platforms
    • Contractors with a website that gets traffic but almost no phone calls
    • Owners who are quoting plenty of small jobs but not enough of the projects they actually want

    Why contractor marketing usually stalls

    Most contractors do not have a demand problem — they have a visibility and response problem. Homeowners search, compare three or four companies in the map results, read reviews, and call whoever answers first. If your profile is thin, your reviews are old, or nobody picks up at 6pm, the job goes to the next name on the list.

    The second issue is fit. Lead-resale platforms send the same enquiry to four contractors and reward whoever discounts hardest. Your own search visibility does the opposite: the homeowner chose you before they picked up the phone, so the conversation starts from trust instead of price.

    • Different trades need different pages — a roofer and a kitchen remodeler are not chasing the same searches
    • Service-area coverage is usually incomplete, so nearby towns never see you
    • Photos and project detail are missing, which is exactly what homeowners use to judge quality
    • Missed calls are never followed up, so paid-for demand quietly evaporates

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    What Bodhi delivers

    Local search foundation

    Technical clean-up, service pages that match how homeowners actually search, and service-area pages built for the towns you genuinely cover.

    Google Business Profile

    Correct categories, services, description, photo cadence and posts, plus a review workflow your crew can realistically keep up with.

    Project and trust content

    Project write-ups, before-and-after galleries, licensing and insurance detail, and clear pricing expectations where you're comfortable sharing them.

    Google Ads where it pays

    Tightly targeted campaigns for high-value job types, with negative keywords so you stop paying for tyre-kickers.

    Lead capture and follow-up

    Quote forms that ask only what you need, click-to-call on mobile, and missed-call text-back so nobody waits until Monday for a reply.

    Reporting you can read

    Where each lead came from, what it cost, and what changed month over month — no vanity dashboards.

    How we work

    1. Step 1

      Snapshot

      We review your site, profile, reviews, competitors and current lead flow and show you what's actually holding things back.

    2. Step 2

      Strategy

      A one-hour session where we agree the job types worth chasing, the towns worth covering and the order of work.

    3. Step 3

      Implementation

      We build in stages — foundation first, then content and visibility, then advertising and automation — so you see movement early.

    4. Step 4

      Review

      Monthly reporting and adjustments based on which jobs are actually coming in, not just which keywords moved.

    The contractor lead journey, end to end

    It helps to see the whole path rather than treating each channel separately. Every step below is something we can measure and improve.

    1. 01Search — a homeowner searches a job type plus a town, or asks an AI assistant for a recommendation
    2. 02Choose — they compare map results, reviews, photos and how specific your site is about their job
    3. 03Contact — they call, fill a form or start a chat, usually on a phone
    4. 04Respond — you reply fast, or an automation holds the conversation until you can
    5. 05Quote — the estimate lands with context, not cold
    6. 06Review — the finished job turns into the review that wins the next one

    How success is measured

    • Calls and form submissions, separated by source
    • Google Business Profile calls, direction requests and profile views
    • Ranking movement for the job types and towns you care about
    • Cost per lead and cost per booked job where you can share close rates
    • Review volume and average rating over time

    What it depends on

    • Results depend on market competition, your website's condition, your review history and how quickly leads get answered
    • Search work is cumulative — early movement typically shows in weeks, meaningful lead change over months
    • We need photos, job details and quick answers from someone at your company; nothing replaces first-hand expertise

    Frequently asked questions

    Purchased leads are sold to several contractors at once, so you compete on price with people who never chose you. Marketing your own visibility means the homeowner picked your company first, which usually means better fit, better margin and a warmer conversation.

    Not always. If your site loads quickly on a phone, explains your services clearly and has working forms, we improve it. If it's slow, hard to edit or can't show projects properly, rebuilding is usually cheaper than paying to send traffic to something that doesn't convert.

    Advertising can produce calls within days. Search visibility usually shows movement in a couple of months and builds from there. Anyone promising fast rankings is guessing.

    General contractors, remodelers, roofers, plumbers, electricians and related trades. The channels overlap, but the pages, keywords and ad targeting are built per trade — a roof replacement and a bathroom remodel are completely different searches.

    Your site's technical health and speed, how your pages match real search intent, your Google Business Profile completeness, review position against nearby competitors, and where enquiries are being lost.

    Yes, and that's usually an advantage. A tight, honest service area with real coverage beats a page for every town in the county.

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