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Marketing for Long Beach service businesses

A marketing agency that helps Long Beach businesses win more work.

Build a stronger flow of Long Beach calls and estimates with a marketing plan explained by a co-founder.

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  • Website and ad conversion tracking
  • Service pages written for your jobs
  • Managed phone answering 24/7

Google searches each month

What Long Beach searches for, by service

450

searches a month

  • SEO
    240
  • Web design
    120
  • Digital marketing
    70
  • PPC management
    20

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

Find what holds back the next booking

Put your Long Beach marketing budget to work

Lithium Marketing helps Long Beach service businesses turn online interest into calls, estimates and booked work through websites, SEO, paid ads and AI reception. Long Beach has 181,477 housing units. Choose which properties and jobs you want to serve before paying to reach more people; that choice shapes the pages we build and the searches we target.

You might need more people finding the business, or you might already have traffic that fails to turn into appointments. We check both. A slow form calls for website work; unanswered calls call for better reception. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, working with every client by video.

Choose the work you need

Give each part of your marketing a job

A service earns its place in the proposal by solving a problem you can name. Explore the Long Beach options below.

SEO for the services you sellA roof repair search and a full replacement search need answers that match the job, backed by accurate business listings.Learn more Web design for estimate requestsShow the Long Beach projects you want more of, explain the work involved and make the estimate form easy to finish.Learn more PPC with a spending planLong Beach click prices vary sharply by trade, so ad budgets start with your jobs, margins and capacity.Learn more AI reception for incoming callsWhen a Long Beach customer calls during a job, managed AI reception can gather their request and help arrange the next step.Learn more

Know who is hiring

Market to the person arranging the Long Beach job

Owners occupy 41.2% of occupied housing in Long Beach. If you serve rental properties, explain how landlords and property managers can arrange work and what tenants should do before requesting a visit. The website and phone answers should agree about who can authorize the job.

Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County. Keep the places you serve explicit across your ads, service pages and receptionist information. A broad Southern California claim can invite calls from places you do not cover; naming your service cities gives customers a more definite answer.

residents (2025 estimate)
450,469
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
-3.5%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
181,477
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
41.2%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
78.6%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$806,600
median home value

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

Make the work recognizable

Your trade name starts the story; your projects finish it

Residential remodelers account for 3,775 establishments in Los Angeles County. If you remodel, use completed projects to show the type of work you want to quote, including what changed and what the customer asked for. That material can support a service page and an ad without forcing you to invent a different sales pitch for each.

Painting contractors number 839 in Los Angeles County. A painter can distinguish interior work from exterior projects with separate examples and estimate questions. The same principle applies across the trades: describe a job closely enough that the customer can tell if you are the right company to call.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Los Angeles County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Residential remodelers
    3,775
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    2,765
  • Electrical contractors
    2,286
  • New home builders
    1,747
  • Landscaping services
    1,300
  • Painting contractors
    839
  • Roofing contractors
    487
  • Pest control companies
    435

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

From diagnosis to a decision

Decide what to fix before adding another bill

We bring your website, search results and call handling into the same review, then put the work in order.

1

Name the jobs you want next

Tell us which services you want to grow and which requests waste estimating time. We use those boundaries to judge the current marketing.

2

Trace a customer through the business

We follow a search into the website and test the call or form. Tracking helps separate a visibility problem from a booking problem.

3

Choose the first investment

The proposal names the website, SEO, advertising or phone work needed and its price. You can choose a focused service without buying the whole program.

4

Review leads with the people booking them

We bring channel reports; your team brings the reasons estimates did or did not become work. That discussion guides the next change.

A contractor engagement

F&W Fence: the website, search work and advertising

For F&W Fence Co., Lithium delivered a website along with SEO and Google Ads. The fence company’s case describes the outcome of that broader engagement. Willard Power Vac provides air duct, dryer vent and chimney cleaning; its president, Daniel Busby, shares his experience in the accompanying testimonial.

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
“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 BusbyDaniel BusbyPresident, Willard Power Vac

Set the service boundary

Include nearby cities when they belong in your plan

If Long Beach is part of a wider service area, compare the marketing pages for Norwalk, Huntington Beach, Downey, Torrance, Garden Grove and Fullerton. The California overview connects the rest of the state’s city pages.

Pricing

Pick your Long Beach marketing investment

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

Decisions to make before changing agencies

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

Can I hire Lithium for only the part that needs fixing?

You can begin with a single service. Bring the work you already have in place, including an existing website or ad account, and we will identify the gap before proposing changes. Adding SEO, ads or reception later should follow a reason your business can measure.

What would make a combined marketing plan cost more?

The cost follows the services and amount of work you choose. Larger websites need a larger build scope; SEO depends on the work required and revenue per lead. Advertising fees depend on ad spend, channels and landing page work. We explain those choices before you approve the proposal.

Who will I deal with once the work starts?

Allison McKenney is your account manager for day-to-day questions. A co-founder leads the strategy discussion. Your team supplies service details and feedback on lead quality, while Lithium handles the agreed marketing work and brings the results back for review.

What commitment does a marketing agreement require?

The usual agreement begins with six months of service. It then continues month to month, with 30 days’ notice. AI reception has separate terms and no contract. We identify the applicable terms for the services in your proposal so the commitment is clear before work begins.

How do we tell if more calls are helping the business?

Compare the incoming leads with the jobs your team books and the work you want to grow. Reports show where calls and forms came from; staff feedback explains which ones deserved an estimate. If calls rise while bookings stall, we investigate the mismatch before recommending a bigger budget.

Free action plan

Find the next investment for your Long Beach business

Unsure which service deserves the budget? Include your website and the problem you want solved with your request. Your free plan begins with a co-founder reviewing those priorities with you on a short video call.

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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