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
Marketing in Fontana, California
An internet marketing agency for Fontana home service trades.
Fontana service businesses get one plan for the site, the searches, the ads and the phone, priced up front and run by a co-founder.
- Site, search, ads and phones together
- Calls traced back to their source
- A founder runs your first call
Google searches each month
What Fontana searches for, by service
30
searches a month
- Digital marketing10
- SEO10
- Web design10
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
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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
Start here
What a Fontana service business should expect from a marketing agency
Lithium Marketing runs websites, local SEO, Google Ads and an AI receptionist for Fontana service businesses, so a search that finds your company can end in a booked job. The competition is crowded: San Bernardino County has 42,571 establishments, and a customer comparing three plumbers will call the one whose site answers first.
Fontana grew 6.1% from 2020 to 2025 and now holds 221,223 residents, so each year brings homeowners who have not yet picked a plumber, roofer or landscaper. A single plan that ties the site, the searches, the ads and the phone together gives a newer or smaller company the same reach as the names already on the block.
The four services
Four services, one team behind your Fontana calls
One fix at a time beats a full rebuild done badly. Bring in the next service once the first one pays for itself. Each link goes to that service's own Fontana page.
SEO in FontanaYour Google Business Profile, a page for each service you sell and the local listings that decide who shows up when a nearby homeowner searches.Learn more Web design in FontanaA site built for the phone in a homeowner's hand, with the work shown and a call button a thumb can reach.Learn more PPC in FontanaPaid search for the trades you want booked this month, with each call tagged to the ad that earned it.Learn more AI receptionist in FontanaA phone line that never rings out, answering at any hour, booking the job and passing emergencies to your on-call tech.Learn more
Search in Fontana
Which Fontana searches your budget should follow
Homeowners here search by trade and by problem. Around 140 searches a month name pest control, another 140 name garage door repair, and landscaping draws about 70, so the strongest plan gives each service its own page and a matching Google Business Profile category.
Those separate searches are what the four services work on together. A website gives each one a page, SEO earns the Map Pack and the results beneath it, Google Ads buys the urgent searches while the pages gain ground, and the AI receptionist answers the calls the other three produce.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| digital marketing agency fontana | 10 | not reported |
| digital marketing fontana | under 10 | not reported |
| marketing agency fontana | under 10 | not reported |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| plumber fontana | 590 | $50.57 |
| pest control fontana | 140 | $37.72 |
| garage door repair fontana | 140 | $33.57 |
| electrician fontana | 140 | $23.13 |
| landscaping fontana | 70 | $7.50 |
| hvac repair fontana | 20 | not reported |
| water damage restoration fontana | 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
- 11 to 829 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Yelp
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber fontana”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in Fontana. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
The Fontana market
Owners who stay put, in a city that keeps adding them
66.8% of Fontana's occupied homes are owner-occupied, and owners who stay in a house for years are the ones who repair, replace and remodel. Fontana pages should speak to a resident planning a project, with the service list and the photos that make an owner pick up the phone.
The market also reaches past the city line. Work in Rialto, Ontario or Rancho Cucamonga is the same phone call, so the site, the listings and the ad targets should follow the crews wherever they already drive.
- residents (2025 estimate)
- 221,223
- residents (2025 estimate)
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- +6.1%
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- housing units
- 59,522
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 66.8%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 28.1%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $586,800
- median home value
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Trades in Fontana
After the county counts, reviews decide who gets the call
San Bernardino County lists 566 residential remodelers and 563 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. Counts like those mean a homeowner has plenty of choices, so the page that shows finished work and recent reviews beats the one with the bigger logo.
A busy field is also a crowded one. The companies that win a search tend to be the ones that answer the phone and follow up, which is why tracking and a round-the-clock line sit in the same plan as the website and the ads.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in San Bernardino County
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Residential remodelers566
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors563
- Electrical contractors499
- Landscaping services324
- New home builders304
- Painting contractors181
- Roofing contractors165
- Excavation and site preparation contractors161
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
The order of work
The order we fix things for a Fontana business
Everything starts with measurement, since no later choice makes sense until you know which calls the phone already brings.
1
Read the calls you already get
We put call and form tracking on the site, the profile and any live ads, so month one shows which Fontana services pay for themselves.
2
Rebuild the pages that take the call
A site that is slow on a phone gets fixed or replaced first, since SEO, ads and the receptionist all push customers toward the same pages.
3
Layer in SEO and paid ads
SEO builds the service and city pages and the profile while Google Ads buys the urgent searches those pages cannot reach yet.
4
Answer every call, day or night
The AI receptionist picks up around the clock under your rules, books the job and passes the rest to your team, with custom automation for the follow-up.
Proof
A garden center that hired Lithium for website, SEO and Google Ads
Drake's 7 Dees, the garden center, hired Lithium for a new website, SEO and Google Ads, and the card beside this section carries what that work produced. Dave Turin, who owns Dozer Dave, an excavation business, hired Lithium himself, and the quote beside the numbers is his.
Garden center“I highly recommend Dj Van Zanten if you need any help with your website and your internet marketing.”
Dave TurinDozer DaveAround Fontana
Marketing for the cities around Fontana
The links below open the same service pages for Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga, Jurupa Valley, Ontario, San Bernardino and Riverside, then the Inland Empire metro page and the rest of California. Use them to decide which nearby cities earn a page of their own and which ad targets match where your crews already work.
Pricing
What a Fontana marketing program costs
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
FAQ
Before you hire a Fontana marketing agency
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
Which service should a Fontana company buy first?
Look at where calls die, then fix that first. If most of them end in voicemail, start with the receptionist. If visitors leave before calling, start with the site. If the site works and calls still do not come, start with SEO or Google Ads. Your first call with a founder settles the order.
Can we start with one service and add the others later?
You can begin with a single service and stay there as long as it is working. Nothing requires the full set. A later addition lands in the same call tracking, so it gets measured against the same calls and booked jobs as the first service did.
How does Lithium work with a business in Fontana?
By video and phone. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, and works with every client by video. A co-founder runs your strategy calls, and an account manager handles the day-to-day questions.
What moves the price if we add another service?
You pay by the piece. The website is a one-time build at the typical price. SEO bills monthly and shifts with how tough your market is and what a booked job brings in. Google Ads is monthly management on top of your ad spend. The receptionist carries one monthly fee.
How soon would calls show up?
Technical SEO fixes usually move within 30 days, local and long-tail rankings often take 60 to 90 days, and a new campaign can bring calls in its first week. Your report counts calls and leads from the start, so you watch the trend from month one.
Free action plan
Build a Fontana marketing plan on one call
Bring your site, your service list and the towns you cover. On a short video call, a co-founder shows where calls come from now and which service to fix first.
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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