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Digital marketing in Killeen, Texas

One Killeen plan that ties your website, search, ads and phone line to calls.

Killeen service businesses get one plan for their website, local search, Google Ads and phone line, with published prices and reports in calls.

  • Site, search, ads and phones from one team
  • Prices published before you start
  • Reports in calls and booked jobs

Google searches each month

What Killeen searches for, by service

100

searches a month

  • Web design
    80
  • Digital marketing
    10
  • SEO
    10

Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.

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$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

Start with the whole business

What a Killeen marketing plan should hold together

Lithium Marketing runs the website, the local search work, the Google Ads and the AI phone line for Killeen service businesses, so a search that finds you ends in an answered call. Of the four services, website design draws the most searches naming Killeen: 80 a month.

Killeen’s economy depends on the activities of the post, and the soldiers and their families stationed there. When households arrive and leave, some of your customers may be people who moved here without a plumber, a painter or a lawn service they already trust, so a plan that explains the work in plain words on a fast page gives them a reason to call.

Killeen by the numbers

A growing city where the person who pays may not be the owner

Killeen grew 5.7% between 2020 and 2025, and the Killeen-Temple, TX metropolitan area around it holds 511,497 people. Growth matters to a service business because a new household is choosing a company for the first time, so a clear site and an answered phone carry more weight than a long history in the city.

Owners occupy 49.5% of Killeen’s occupied homes, so pages should speak to the person who pays for the repair, not only to the owner who lives there. A landlord, a property manager or a spouse handling a move may be the one reading your site, and each of them wants to know who gets billed and what happens before a crew arrives.

residents (2025 estimate)
161,883
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+5.7%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
65,793
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
49.5%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
24.6%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$215,400
median home value

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

The trades around you

Bell County’s biggest trade groups, and what they mean for a plan

Bell County counts 94 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 70 new home builders and 69 landscaping services. In groups that big, work is won on differentiation: project photos, reviews and a page for each job you want more of, because a customer comparing contractors is looking for a reason to choose one.

The smaller groups leave room for a single strong page. A pest control firm with a page for each treatment it sells can be the answer to more than one search, while a bigger trade needs many pages to cover the same ground.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Bell County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    94
  • New home builders
    70
  • Landscaping services
    69
  • Electrical contractors
    59
  • Residential remodelers
    48
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    33
  • Painting contractors
    25
  • Pest control companies
    23

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

The order of work

How a Killeen plan gets built

The first job is finding out which calls you already lose, because every later choice depends on that answer.

1

Choose the service that pays first

A co-founder looks at your site, profile and phone handling on the first video call and names the one fix to start with.

2

Track every call and form

Each number and form gets its own tracking, so every report can say which service brought which call and what it cost.

3

Build the pages and the profile

Local search pages cover the services and the towns you work in, written for a customer who is new to the city and comparing names.

4

Answer the calls they produce

Google Ads covers jobs you need sooner, and the AI receptionist takes what the other services send, including the calls that arrive after hours.

Results

A garden center’s website, SEO and Google Ads

The case card belongs to Drake’s 7 Dees, a garden center. Lithium rebuilt its website, ran its SEO and managed its Google Ads, and the card reports what that work produced. Drake Snodgrass gives his own view of the work.

Drake’s 7 Dees garden center and landscaping website homepageGarden center

Drake’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
Read the case study
“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 SnodgrassDrake’s 7 Dees

Around Killeen

The same plan in the cities next door

Killeen sits in the middle of a wide service area, and one plan can cover it. The city links below name Georgetown, Waco, Austin and Round Rock, and the Texas page lists every other city we cover. If your crews cross the county line for work, say so at the start and the plan takes in those cities too.

Pricing

What a Killeen business pays for each service

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

Questions Killeen owners ask about a full plan

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

Which of the four services should we start with?

Pick the one that fixes your biggest gap. A business whose calls ring out needs the phone line first, one whose site is slow on a phone needs the website, and one that answers every call but stays quiet needs local search or ads. A co-founder looks at your tracking, site and profile on the first call and names the order.

Can we buy one service and add the rest later?

The plan is built to start that way. Run one service, watch what the report shows, and add the second when the numbers earn it. Calls and forms all land in one set of numbers, so whatever you add later appears beside the work you already pay for.

What will the monthly report show?

Calls, leads and cost per lead, broken out by service and by source. A call from a search, a paid ad or the receptionist carries its own label, so you can see which part of the plan produced the work, with no traffic number standing in for a call.

What does a combination of services cost?

The price block above lists each service, and the monthly total is whatever mix you choose. What moves it is the number of services, how many pages the site needs and how much ad spend you authorize, and a co-founder puts the figure in writing before work starts.

How does Lithium work with a Killeen business from Portland?

Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, and works with every client by video. Strategy calls, design reviews and reporting all happen on a screen, and Allison McKenney, our account manager, is the person you email between them.

Free action plan

Get a free marketing plan for your Killeen business

A co-founder will walk your site and listing with you on a short video call. Bring the work you want more of and the towns your crews reach, and you will leave knowing which service goes first and where calls come from today.

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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  • Response within 24 hours
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