Garden centerDrake’s 7 Dees
380%more organic traffic
in one year
- Google Ads conversion rate
- 26.4%
- Google Ads conversion rate
- leads in 60 days
- 744
- leads in 60 days
Local SEO for Billings
A local SEO marketing company for Billings landscape installers.
Bring Billings landscaping customers to installation information, with SEO that makes your service clear before they ask about buying plants.
- Installation services explained
- Content for customer decisions
- Measure relevant landscape inquiries
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2010Lithium Marketing, established in 2010
$10M+Over $10 million in Google ad spend managed
Businesses
we’ve worked with
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
Search intent
Billings SEO for a landscape installation business
Lithium Marketing builds SEO around the work a Billings service business wants to sell. A landscape installer with plant-heavy project photos can attract visitors expecting a retail nursery. The service pages should explain the installation work and how customers request it before they reach a gallery.
“landscaping billings” has 480 monthly searches at an average click cost of $4.82. That broad search gives an installer a useful starting point, but the company’s offer still needs to be clear. We examine the search results and actual inquiry language to distinguish an installation request from someone asking about plant stock.
Information customers need
Make the service visible around the pictures
Each useful page should connect the plants shown to the installation service performed. Explain the company’s scope and how the customer begins a project conversation. Names in an image caption can help a reader understand an example, but a list of plants does not explain the contractor’s role.
Search content can answer practical questions about the installation process using knowledge approved by your business. We keep plant supply and contracted work distinct, so someone searching for retail availability can understand the offer without entering an unsuitable project request.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| seo billings | 110 | not reported |
| seo company billings | 10 | not reported |
| seo services billings | 10 | not reported |
| seo agency billings | under 10 | not reported |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
- Map Pack
- The first thing on the page
- Search ads
- None recorded
- Local listing reviews
- 78 to 699 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Angi, Facebook, Yelp
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber billings”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in Billings. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
Local landscape context
Show how the installer approaches a site
Downtown Billings has dry, hot summers and cold, dry winters. The first freeze averages October 6 and the last May 5. A service page can explain how your business discusses planting plans and scheduling, using staff-approved advice rather than presenting a universal planting promise.
Six irrigation canals divert Yellowstone River water into Billings and are controlled by private ditch companies. If irrigation is part of your accepted work, explain what information staff need about an existing system. The site should make clear which irrigation services you perform rather than imply a plant photo proves that capability.
- residents (2025 estimate)
- 121,239
- residents (2025 estimate)
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- +3.5%
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- housing units
- 54,346
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 64.8%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 50.3%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $343,400
- median home value
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Installation scope
Make the company’s contribution understandable
Yellowstone County lists 106 landscaping establishments. Your pages should identify the installation services your own business accepts and support them with real examples. That is more useful to a visitor than a generic claim that all outdoor work is available.
A completed landscape may contain planting, hardscape and irrigation work performed by different businesses. Caption your actual contribution and connect it to the relevant service explanation. Search visitors need to know what they can hire your company to do, even when the whole setting looks appealing.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in Yellowstone County
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Residential remodelers114
- Landscaping services106
- New home builders93
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors89
- Electrical contractors66
- Excavation and site preparation contractors41
- Painting contractors33
- Roofing contractors28
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
SEO decisions
Move from plant browsing to an installation conversation
We use the distinction between product interest and contracted work to set the content priorities.
1
Identify the mistaken requests
You share examples of plant-stock inquiries and genuine installation requests. We look for the missing explanation that makes them difficult to separate.
2
Inspect installation searches
We research how customers ask for the services you accept. The findings determine which pages deserve a fuller answer and where a gallery needs context.
3
Explain your work in each example
We connect approved project details to the service performed. A visitor can see the contractor’s role before asking for a similar project.
4
Classify the incoming inquiries
We review whether search visitors now request relevant work. Those conversations guide content changes without treating more traffic as the only result.
What every SEO retainer includes
The same eight parts go into every SEO retainer, wherever the business is.
- Technical SEO foundation
- Keywords tied to revenue per lead
- On-page SEO on every page
- Content that answers buyers
- Google Business Profile and citations
- Multi-tiered semantic link building
- Schema and AI search readiness
- Tracking and monthly reporting
Garden-center evidence
Drake’s 7 Dees brought website design, SEO and ads together
Drake’s 7 Dees is a garden center whose case documents Lithium’s website design, SEO and Google Ads work. Its owner, Drake Snodgrass, describes his experience with Lithium in the quote alongside the case.
Garden center“Lithium has moved us to page 1 in Google search organically. Prior to working with them we spent a huge part of our marketing budget on paid search. Website redesign was a great experience.”
Drake SnodgrassDrake’s 7 DeesState and city links
Explore SEO plans for the places you accept projects
Bozeman, Great Falls and Butte are linked below, along with Gillette in Wyoming. The Montana directory opens the wider state collection. Use the local pages when discussing where your installation business wants relevant project inquiries.
Published price
Billings local SEO investment
$1,300–$3,000
per month
Typical local SEO retainer, scoped against what a lead is worth to you, with AI search optimization included.
FAQ
Billings installation SEO questions
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
Can our plant photographs attract the wrong kind of inquiry?
They can if the site does not explain the contracted work behind them. Useful captions and service pages let visitors distinguish installation examples from plants available for retail sale.
Should we remove plant names from project pages?
No, accurate names can help readers understand a project. Keep them alongside the actual service contribution so they support the installation explanation instead of becoming the whole offer.
Can we publish planting advice as part of SEO?
Yes, advice can be useful when your business approves it and explains its scope. Keep site-specific recommendations with the assessment and avoid turning general local climate information into a prescription for every property.
How do we measure progress if the number of inquiries stays similar?
Look at whether more inquiries fit the work you accept. A smaller share of unsuitable retail requests can make the same volume more useful, but staff feedback is needed to judge that change.
Will useful service content guarantee rankings?
No, rankings cannot be guaranteed. Lithium commits to the agreed SEO work and reports on visibility and relevant inquiries, so you can assess the service using evidence rather than a promised position.
Free action plan
Get a Billings SEO plan for landscape installation inquiries
Share your website and examples of plant-shopping questions that reached the office. A co-founder will help you identify the missing service explanations on a short video call.
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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