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Marketing for Bakersfield service businesses

Bakersfield digital marketing that helps you book more work.

Build a stronger flow of Bakersfield calls with a marketing plan that starts with your business goals and a co-founder’s advice.

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  • Website changes that help callers
  • Search campaigns for your services
  • Reports on leads and booking feedback

Google searches each month

What Bakersfield searches for, by service

620

searches a month

  • Web design
    410
  • SEO
    130
  • Digital marketing
    70
  • PPC management
    10

Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.

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2010Lithium Marketing, established in 2010
$10M+Over $10 million in Google ad spend managed

Businesses we’ve worked with

  • Willard Power Vac
  • Sarkinen Plumbing
  • Robinson Restoration
  • Town & Country Glass
  • Dixie Glass
  • Byers Septic Service
  • F&W Fence Co.
  • Drake’s 7 Dees
  • Rickabaugh Construction
  • Hillsview Building
  • Dozer Dave
  • Mt. Hood Pro Painting
  • On-Target Landscape
  • Atiyeh Bros Carpet
  • Lovett
  • Westmore Construction
  • Northwest New Homes
  • Porter Sealcoating & Paving
  • RescueHero Restoration
  • Panda Plumbing
  • Biermann Plumbing & Heating
  • Ballistic Junk Removal
  • Smart Doors LLC
  • Peak Performance Roofing
  • Deluxe Heating & Cooling
  • Lifetime Exteriors
  • Bruce Johnson Construction
  • Madrone Painting
  • Smart Tree Service
  • Premier Gutter Cover
  • NW Pacific Electric
  • Universal HVAC
  • Lenny Martin Painting
  • Next Level Decks & Exteriors
  • Prodan Construction
  • Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
  • Lovett Restoration
  • Greenlight Titles
  • G.W. Hartley IV
  • Advanced Coatings
  • Thomson Equipment
  • MyADU

Make room for the work you want

Bakersfield marketing starts with your next hire

Lithium Marketing helps Bakersfield service businesses attract customers through SEO and Google Ads, earn their calls with a better website, and answer them with AI reception. Bakersfield’s population grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025. If you’re adding crew capacity, your marketing should explain why a customer who has never heard of you should choose your business.

Start by naming the jobs you want more of and the capacity you have to take them. A roofer looking for replacement estimates needs a different offer from a plumber filling repair appointments. We turn those decisions into pages, search campaigns and phone answers that agree, then review calls and booking feedback before recommending more spend.

Pick the work your business needs

From a Bakersfield search to an appointment

Choose the service that supports your next business goal; each link explains the work and cost in more detail.

Make your services findableBakersfield customers searching for a specific repair or project get pages that explain your offer, supported by accurate listings and ongoing SEO.Learn more Give customers reasons to callShow Bakersfield buyers your finished jobs, explain what an estimate involves and put a short contact form beside the work they came to see.Learn more Advertise where you have capacitySet Google Ads around the Bakersfield jobs your crews can take, then compare campaign lead costs with the appointments your team books.Learn more Keep the phone answeredLet callers describe their Bakersfield job to an AI receptionist that knows your coverage and booking rules, with custom automation available for office work.Learn more

Who can hire you

Make property responsibility easy to understand

In Bakersfield, 60.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. If you also work for landlords or property managers, tell them how to request service and arrange access. Your site can answer those questions before a tenant, owner or manager calls with a job you can handle.

Bakersfield contains Kern County islands within its boundaries. Describe your service coverage in terms customers recognize and ask for the job address on the contact form. A city name alone should not leave a buyer guessing if their property is included.

residents (2025 estimate)
422,165
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+4.4%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
135,724
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
60.6%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
34.6%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$371,700
median home value

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.

Kern County businesses

Give the customer something to compare

Electrical contractors account for 187 establishments in Kern County. A service list that could belong to any electrician gives a buyer little reason to choose yours. Use your own job photos, describe the work involved and make your availability clear before inviting the call.

Kern County’s roofing contractor count is 38. For a roofer, the strongest selling material may be a replacement project with photos and an explanation of the estimate. Across the trades, we build the offer around what your business can show and deliver.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Kern County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    208
  • Electrical contractors
    187
  • Landscaping services
    140
  • Residential remodelers
    131
  • New home builders
    90
  • Pest control companies
    64
  • Painting contractors
    54
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    50

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).

Put the goal into production

Build the marketing around your available crews

Your next marketing expense should have a reason you can explain without an agency report.

1

Choose the jobs worth pursuing

Tell us which services you want to grow, where you travel and how much work the team can take. We compare those priorities with the site and campaigns you already have.

2

Make the offer easy to buy

We identify missing service details, weak project examples and difficult contact forms, then scope the website work that addresses them.

3

Fund the right search work

SEO and paid campaigns target the services you choose. We agree the spend and reporting before adding another channel.

4

Check what reached the schedule

Call and form reporting shows the leads; your team tells us which ones booked. Those findings guide the next round of page, campaign or phone changes.

A service business program

Dixie Glass’s website, SEO and advertising

On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Dixie Glass hired Lithium for a website, SEO and Google Ads. Its case shows the results of that program. The accompanying testimonial comes from carpet and rug business owner Kevin Atiyeh of Atiyeh Bros, who describes how Lithium learned what his company specializes in.

Dixie Glass website homepage for glass services on the Mississippi Gulf CoastGlass

Dixie Glass

76%more conversions

January vs the January before

ads conversion rate
15.57%
ads conversion rate
organic traffic
+18.2%
organic traffic
Read the case study
“Lithium Marketing has done a good job with understanding our Company and what we specialize in and applying that to our digital marketing.”
Kevin AtiyehKevin AtiyehAtiyeh Bros Carpet

Other California markets

Planning work outside Bakersfield

Explore the city plans for Lancaster, Visalia, Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Ventura and Simi Valley if those markets are on your list. The California link opens the wider set of city pages.

Pricing

Choose a marketing scope you can budget for

Lithium publishes a typical price for four of its five services, and AI automation is quoted after a free discovery call. Your proposal depends on scope, competition and ad spend.

Conversion web design

$5,000

typical project

Larger sites with more pages or integrations get a fixed proposal after a 30-minute discovery call. Six to nine weeks from kickoff to launch.

SEO

$1,300–$3,000

per month

Typical local SEO retainer, scoped against your revenue per lead.

Google Ads management

From $500

per month

Plus ad spend. Typical: $500–$1,500 a month in management, plus ad spend of $2,000–$5,000 a month.

AI receptionist

$179

per month

Fully managed. No contracts, cancel anytime. Live in days.

AI automation

Scoped

after discovery

Clear, upfront pricing after a free discovery call. Custom builds typically take 1–2 weeks.

Optional hosting and maintenance: $99/month. Secure private hosting on a dedicated high-speed server, daily backups, software and security updates, and basic website changes are all included. Most clients choose this option to keep their new website updated and running smoothly; it is not required.

Our usual service agreement starts with six months, then continues month to month with 30 days’ cancellation notice. Your written agreement sets the final terms. The AI receptionist has no contract.

  • You own your domain, hosting account and website
  • Six-month starting term
  • We guarantee the work, not a ranking
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FAQ

Sorting out your Bakersfield marketing investment

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].

Can you improve conversions without replacing my whole website?

A working site may need only focused changes. We look at service copy, phone use, forms and tracking to see where visitors struggle to contact you. Conversion rate optimization belongs in that review, with the project scope set by what the site needs.

How should I budget for a marketing program?

Budget for the services you need and keep advertising spend separate from the agency fee. The published prices help you compare options. SEO scope follows your services and markets; ad fees depend on spend, channels and landing page work. Custom automation gets its own quote after discovery.

Who will I work with from Bakersfield?

A co-founder leads your strategy call, and Allison McKenney handles day-to-day account questions. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, working with every client by video. Bring your job priorities and questions; we use the call to agree what the marketing needs to accomplish.

What commitment comes with the overall plan?

The usual agreement begins with six months and then continues month to month with 30 days’ notice. The AI receptionist has no contract. Your proposal identifies the services you are buying, so a website project or custom automation build has a defined scope alongside any ongoing work.

Is this suitable for a small service company?

A small company can start with a single service and a goal its crew can support. We work with home service trades, including plumbing, roofing and landscaping. Tell us how many jobs you want to add and who answers the phone so the recommendation fits the business you run.

Free action plan

Put your next Bakersfield growth goal into a free plan

Tell us where the schedule has room and include your website address. During a short video call with a co-founder, you’ll compare starting options against the work your crew wants to win and the budget available.

What we’ll cover

  • What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
  • Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
  • Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
  • Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success
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