Home services digital marketing
Home service marketing agency for busy crews.
More booked jobs for septic, fence, garage door and cleaning companies, from one team that builds the site, runs search and ads and answers every call.
- Proven in septic, fence and duct cleaning
- First call with a co-founder
- Six-month starting term
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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
Why home service marketing stalls
Home service companies rarely lose jobs on the quality of the work.
They lose them in the minutes between a homeowner’s search and a booked appointment: who shows up, who picks up and who can prove what the marketing returned.
Urgent and seasonal jobs come in bursts
A septic backup or a garage door stuck open turns into a same-day search, and exterior work like fencing and painting crowds into the dry months. Marketing that runs at one speed all year misses the rush and overspends in the lull.
Three map spots decide who gets the call
Search “garage door repair near me” and Google shows a map with three local businesses above the regular results. Your Google Business Profile, your reviews and your service-area pages all shape whether you land in one of them.
The phone rings while you’re on a job
The owner is in a crawlspace, on a ladder or driving to the next appointment, and a homeowner who reaches voicemail often calls the next name on the list. Every missed call is a job a competitor gets to quote.
Reports that count clicks, not jobs
Impressions and clicks are easy to report and impossible to deposit. An owner needs to know which calls, quote requests and booked jobs came from which channel, and what each one cost, so Lithium tracks every call and form back to its source.
Home service case studies
What a full program did for a septic company and a fence company.
Byers Septic Service and F&W Fence Co. each got a new website, SEO and Google Ads from Lithium. Every number below is printed on that client’s case study.
Septic case study
Byers Septic Service had loyal customers and almost no online footprint.
Homeowners searching for septic pumping called whoever showed up first, and it wasn’t Byers. Lithium built a website with clear service pages, fast mobile performance and prominent click-to-call for urgent jobs, ran SEO on high-intent local searches for pumping, inspection, repair and installation, and set up tightly geo-targeted Google Ads with conversion tracking.
- more organic traffic (91 to 799)
- 9X
- more organic traffic (91 to 799)
- more ranking keywords (36 to 395)
- 11X
- more ranking keywords (36 to 395)
- top-3 Google rankings
- 17
- top-3 Google rankings
- Google Ads conversion rate
- 23.1%
- Google Ads conversion rate
Byers Septic Service
Organic visits a month
Fence case study
F&W Fence Co. built quality fences and still lost the searches that bring in quotes.
Competitors out-ranked F&W for fence installation and repair, so homeowners and contractors found other companies first. Lithium built a website with clear service and material pages and easy quote requests, ran SEO on high-intent fencing searches across its service area with a strong link profile behind it, and ran Google Ads with conversion tracking.
- more ranking keywords (190 to 745)
- 4X
- more ranking keywords (190 to 745)
- organic traffic, to 630+ a month
- +138%
- organic traffic, to 630+ a month
- more top-3 rankings (3 to 28)
- 9X
- more top-3 rankings (3 to 28)
- core search conversion rate
- 27.78%
- core search conversion rate
F&W Fence Co.
Keywords ranking in Google’s top 3
Owner stories
Two home service owners, in their own words.
Daniel Busby, President of Willard Power Vac, a duct and vent cleaning company, and Chris Martin, President of Mt. Hood Pro Painting, each shared their experience with Lithium on video.
“Lithium Marketing has been amazing for our business. They have greatly increased our web traffic and helped us land hundreds of jobs. Before we started using Lithium we were sitting on page 8 in google. We are now sitting in the top spots in all the areas we do work.”
Daniel BusbyPresident, Willard Power Vac“Ever since we've used Lithium Marketing, our phone has been ringing off the hook and we can hardly keep up with the leads we get from Google, Facebook or through our website. Most of our leads other than referrals are through Google and it's all because of Lithium Marketing.”
Chris MartinMt. Hood Pro PaintingHome services marketing
Everything between a homeowner’s search and your next booked job.
Run one service or all of them.
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Not sure which comes first?
On a free strategy call, DJ tells you which service to start with.
AI receptionist for home services
Your crew is on a job. Your phone still gets answered.
Lithium’s AI receptionist picks up, qualifies the homeowner and books the appointment while you finish the job in front of you. Smart Doors LLC, a garage door company, runs it on its phones.
Ask it about services, pricing and availability. Try it right now.
- 30 natural AI voices
- Custom knowledge base
- SMS & MMS handling
- CRM & calendar hooks
- Call recording & transcripts
- Unlimited concurrent calls
$179/mo
Fully managed AI receptionist
vs. $3,500+/mo for a human receptionist. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Home service websites
Websites built around what each company does best.
A garage door company and a junk removal company, both live and linked. Open the portfolio for the full story.
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“Lithium Marketing has done a good job with understanding our Company and what we specialize in and applying that to our digital marketing.”
Kevin AtiyehAtiyeh Bros CarpetAI search for home services: AEO + GEO
Give AI answers the facts they need about your company.
A homeowner can ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google’s AI Overviews for a septic company that serves their town and get one short answer. Answer engine and generative engine optimization give those tools accurate, consistent facts about your business to draw on.
Answer-first service pages
Each service page opens with a direct answer to what homeowners ask, like how often a septic tank needs pumping or whether you repair broken garage door springs.
Clear service-area answers
Town pages and your Google Business Profile spell out which towns you serve, so a “near me” question has a clear answer about you.
The same facts everywhere
Your name, phone, hours and services read the same on your website, Google Business Profile and directories, so AI tools find one consistent story.
Schema for each service
LocalBusiness, Service and FAQ schema tell search engines and AI tools what you offer and where, matching what visitors see on the page.
No one can promise an AI mention. Lithium builds the signals answer engines rely on, and AI search optimization is part of every SEO program.
See AI SEO (AEO & GEO)What home service marketing costs
Plan the budget before the first call.
These are Lithium’s typical prices, so a home service company can weigh each channel before a strategy call. AI automation is quoted after a free discovery call.
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
Separate from ad spend. Typical: $500–$1,500 a month in management on $2,000–$5,000 a month in ad spend.
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
What home service owners ask before hiring us.
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
How much does home service marketing cost?
It depends on which services you run, and the typical price of each one is published on this page so you can plan before the first call. Within those ranges, a proposal moves with how many services and towns you want to win, how hard local competitors push and how much you plan to spend on ads. SEO is scoped against what a lead is worth to your company.
How fast will marketing bring us more calls?
It depends on the service, and Google Ads is the fastest: initial results typically show within the first week of a campaign. SEO builds over months: expect technical fixes to show within about a month, local and long-tail rankings in roughly 60 to 90 days, and revenue to compound from month four. The AI receptionist starts catching the calls you already get as soon as it is live on your phones.
Do we need both SEO and Google Ads?
Most home service companies do best with both, split by where jobs are slipping away today. If you are missing from the map results for your core services, SEO and your Google Business Profile come first; if the schedule has open days this month, Google Ads puts you in front of this month’s searches while SEO builds.
How do you plan around seasonal demand?
Google Ads moves with your season, and SEO carries the steady demand all year. Before fence and painting season, campaigns, bids and landing pages shift toward quote requests for those jobs, while urgent septic searches keep their own budget all year. In slower months, ad spend can come down while the SEO page for each service keeps earning visits without a cost per click, so next season starts from a stronger base.
Can the AI receptionist book into the scheduling software we already use?
Usually yes: it connects to your CRM and calendar, so a booked call lands on the schedule your office already uses. If your software needs a custom connection, Lithium’s AI automation work can build it.
Do you work with companies in my trade?
Yes, if your company wins work through calls, quote requests and booked appointments. Lithium’s home service clients include septic, fence, garage door, junk removal, painting, duct cleaning and carpet and rug companies, and the same approach fits most trades that serve homeowners across a local service area. Plumbing, contractor, restoration and landscaping companies each have their own page with the results for that trade.
Can you help us get more Google reviews?
Yes, review-funnel support is part of Lithium’s local SEO, so every customer gets asked for a Google review without your team chasing each one. Review requests can also be built into an automated follow-up after each job as part of Lithium’s AI automation work.
Free action plan
Ready for more booked jobs and fewer missed calls?
Let’s have a real conversation about your business. No fluff, no high-pressure sales pitch. In a 1:1 strategy call, we’ll review your goals, your website, and your current marketing efforts. You’ll leave with a prioritized plan outlining quick wins and a clear path toward long-term, sustainable growth.
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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