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Marketing for Buffalo service businesses

A marketing agency helping Buffalo businesses generate leads and win more work.

Build a lead generation plan for your Buffalo service business with a co-founder who helps you choose what to fund first.

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  • Service pages written for buyers
  • Search and ad lead reports
  • Phone answering around the clock

Google searches each month

What Buffalo searches for, by service

1,990

searches a month

  • Digital marketing
    860
  • SEO
    610
  • Web design
    510
  • 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 the budget earn its place

Give your Buffalo marketing a job to do

Lithium Marketing connects search, websites and phone answering to help Buffalo service businesses win work. Erie County, New York has 441,214 housing units. If your crews cover the county, we build the plan around the places you serve and the jobs you want, then check how customers find you, contact you and get booked.

You can spend more on ads and still lose the caller at an unanswered phone. Or have a good website that barely appears in search. We find that gap before recommending a service, agree what it costs and report on calls and leads. You tell us which requests became jobs, so the next decision reflects what happened in your business.

Choose the missing piece

Put each part of your Buffalo marketing to work

A customer needs to find your business, understand your offer and reach someone who can help. Pick the service that improves the weakest part.

Earn search visibilityPut Buffalo service answers in search results, with pages and business listings that explain the repairs or projects your crews handle.Learn more Show customers what you can doGive buyers comparing Buffalo contractors job photos, service details and an estimate form on a WordPress website that belongs to you.Learn more Pay for the searches you chooseFocus Buffalo ad spending on your priority jobs, then use campaign costs and booking feedback to decide what deserves more budget.Learn more Take the call and the detailsHelp Buffalo callers get service answers and appointments through managed AI reception, with repetitive follow-up tasks considered as separate automation projects.Learn more

Who the customer is

Make room for the person arranging the work

In Buffalo, 43% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. If you work with landlords or property managers, say how they can arrange an estimate and who needs to authorize the job. Carry that information through the website and phone answers so a customer doesn't have to explain it again at every step.

Your coverage matters as much as your customer list. A citywide offer, a countywide offer and a job outside your normal area may need different scheduling decisions. We ask where you want work before writing area pages or setting ad targets, and keep those promises consistent across your marketing.

residents (2025 estimate)
274,613
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
-1.3%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
136,850
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
43%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
89.7%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$164,200
median home value

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

A reason to choose your business

Sell the work behind the trade name

Residential remodeling accounts for 498 establishments in Erie County, New York. If you remodel, a buyer needs more than a list of rooms: explain your estimating process, show finished projects and describe the work your company performed. Those details also give your SEO pages and ads a stronger offer.

Landscaping services number 445 in Erie County, New York. Maintenance and installation should be easy to distinguish if you sell both. Across the trades, we organize marketing around the jobs you can deliver and the capacity you have, so extra calls don't mean extra time explaining that you don't offer the service requested.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Erie County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Residential remodelers
    498
  • Landscaping services
    445
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    240
  • Electrical contractors
    162
  • Painting contractors
    128
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    107
  • New home builders
    92
  • Roofing contractors
    55

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

Decide, build, measure

Set priorities before adding another marketing bill

The first recommendation should explain which part of getting a job needs attention and how we will check progress.

1

Choose the work to grow

Bring your service list, coverage and available crew capacity. We agree which jobs the marketing should pursue and what you earn from completing them.

2

Follow a buyer through the business

We inspect search visibility, website contact options and phone handling. Existing call and form reports help show where the next improvement belongs.

3

Fund the work with a clear purpose

Your proposal names the services, costs and priorities. We put the website, search campaigns or reception setup in place according to that plan.

4

Use bookings to guide the next move

We review lead reports alongside your feedback on estimates and completed work. That tells us which offers to improve and when another service deserves investment.

A client example

Marketing behind a fence company's search results

For F&W Fence Co., Lithium's work covered a new website, SEO and Google Ads. The case study shows the fence company's results across that work. Dave Turin, who runs Dozer Dave in excavation, shares his recommendation of DJ Van Zanten's website and internet marketing help.

F&W Fence Co. website homepage for fence installation, supply and repairFence

F&W Fence Co.

4Xmore ranking keywords

190 to 745 keywords

top-3 rankings (3 to 28)
9X
top-3 rankings (3 to 28)
core search conversion rate
27.78%
core search conversion rate
Read the case study
“I highly recommend Dj Van Zanten if you need any help with your website and your internet marketing.”
Dave TurinDave TurinDozer Dave

Planning for another market

Keep expansion separate from Buffalo coverage

Rochester, Ithaca and Syracuse in New York, and Erie in Pennsylvania, are separate markets with their own marketing pages. Use the links to research an expansion you are considering; the New York overview lists additional cities.

Pricing

Choose the services your Buffalo budget can support

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 next marketing investment

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

Can you improve one part of our marketing without replacing everything?

We can take on a single service and keep the parts that already work. Bring the site and reports you have, even if another agency built them. We explain where a change would help, what can stay and how the recommended work will be measured before you decide.

What should a Buffalo owner compare in agency proposals?

Compare the work included, the spending it requires and the way leads will be reported. Ask what the agency needs from you, too. A lead total means more when your team can say which calls concerned jobs you wanted and which estimates turned into paying work.

How do you work with a business in Buffalo?

You work with a co-founder on strategy and an account manager on day-to-day questions. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, working with every client by video. We use your service knowledge, job photos and booking feedback to make the plan specific to your business.

How much should we commit to lead generation?

Commit an amount your target jobs can support after labor and materials, with room to test what produces leads. The published service prices give you a starting point. A larger website gets a fixed proposal, and custom AI automation is scoped separately after a free discovery call.

Are all the services on the same agreement?

The usual service agreement begins with six months, followed by monthly service with 30 days' notice. The AI receptionist has no contract and can be canceled anytime. We identify the terms for each service in your proposal so you can make the spending decision before work begins.

Free action plan

Find the next step for your Buffalo lead generation

Bring the numbers behind your marketing bill and a link to your website. Your free plan starts with a short video call: a co-founder helps you decide which problem deserves the next dollar and what work can wait.

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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