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Marketing in Butte, Montana

A marketing agency for Butte service businesses that puts the price before the work.

Butte service businesses get one marketing plan built around the jobs they want more of, with the first service chosen from what their calls show.

  • Start one service, add the next later
  • Published prices for four services
  • A named account manager

Google searches each month

What Butte searches for, by service

30

searches a month

  • Web design
    20
  • SEO
    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

Where a Butte plan begins

What Butte businesses buy first

Lithium Marketing builds a marketing plan for Butte service businesses from four services: a website you own, local SEO, Google Ads and an AI receptionist. One service goes first and the others follow when the calls justify them. Butte is a consolidated city-county of 716 square miles, so the plan has to cover more ground than one town's worth of pages and one ad campaign.

Silver Bow County holds 1,208 establishments and 36,118 residents, and the plan names the job you want more of first, whether that is a plumbing repair, a landscaping install or a new build. Then the website, the search work and the ads point at the same customer.

The Butte market

The houses a Butte plan has to speak to

Butte has 17,158 housing units, and 70.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Butte's median home value is $257,800. That mix means the owner is usually the buyer, so the pages can carry project detail and a clear next step.

Butte's population density is 50 people per square mile. A business that covers the whole city-county needs area pages and a profile that lists the same places, because one page cannot describe every part of a place this spread out.

residents (2025 estimate)
35,469
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+2.8%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
17,158
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
70.7%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
73.9%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$257,800
median home value

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

Silver Bow County

The county's trade counts, read plainly

Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors sit at 17 in Silver Bow County, and landscaping at 15. The two sell different jobs, so they should not share a page: the plumbing page needs repair detail, and the landscaping page needs project photos.

New home builders follow at 13 and electrical contractors at 9 in the county. A smaller count is not a reason to skip a page; it is a reason to make the page specific about the work you take and the area you cover.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Silver Bow County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    17
  • Residential remodelers
    17
  • Landscaping services
    15
  • New home builders
    13
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    10
  • Electrical contractors
    9
  • Roofing contractors
    4
  • Painting contractors
    3

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

The order of work

How the four services take their places

One service leads, the others support it, and the order comes from your own calls.

1

Start with the listing

We read what the local results already say about you before we write a page or spend a dollar.

2

Build the page that answers

The website names the work, the area and the next step, and it stays in your name and on your hosting.

3

Put search behind it

SEO works the profile, the service pages and the reviews that support the listing.

4

Buy the calls you need sooner

Google Ads and the AI receptionist cover the gap while the pages gain ground.

Proof

Town & Country Glass: the website, the SEO and the ads

The case on the card is Town & Country Glass, a Portland business that sells commercial glass. Lithium built the website, ran the SEO and managed the Google Ads behind those figures. Dave Turin of Dozer Dave adds a separate recommendation of co-founder DJ Van Zanten.

Town & Country Glass website homepage for commercial storefront glass in PortlandCommercial glass

Town & Country Glass

13Xorganic traffic

145 to 1,849 visits a month

top-3 rankings, up from 1
109
top-3 rankings, up from 1
Google Ads conversion rate
29.9%
Google Ads 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

Around Butte

Where a Butte plan goes after the city

The marketing pages for Bozeman, Missoula and Great Falls each carry that city's own figures, and Idaho Falls, Idaho has one as well. Montana's state page pulls the rest together, which is where to look when a business serves several cities and wants one plan across them.

Pricing

What the four services cost, and what gets quoted

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

What Butte owners ask before the plan

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

What should a Butte business fix first?

Start with the step where a job stops moving, and that is different for every business. If a page is slow, the visitor leaves before the call. If the phone goes unanswered, the caller tries the next name. If the site cannot be found, the search never reaches you. A co-founder works out which of the three costs you the most.

Can we add a service later, once calls improve?

You can start with one service and add the others when the first results justify it. Each one carries its own price, so you pay for the services you run.

Who runs the first call, and how does it work?

A co-founder runs it by video. Bring your site, your listings and the services you want more of, and the call ends with a plan you can read. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, with team members in Portland, Bend and Seattle, and we work with every client by video.

Do the four services report in one place?

They report into one monthly review: calls, leads and cost per lead, with the website, search, ads and phone work in the same document. One report beats four dashboards.

Where does the published price stop and a quote begin?

AI automation is priced after we walk through your workflow, and a larger website gets a fixed proposal once the page count is clear. The published prices cover the standard work; anything outside it is quoted before it starts.

Free action plan

Get a free Butte marketing plan built around the jobs you want

Send your site, your listings and the services you want more of. On a short video call, a co-founder will put the four services in an order you can start on.

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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Tell us a little about your business. Response within 24 hours.

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  • Response within 24 hours
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