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Marketing for Pasadena service businesses

Pasadena marketing that puts the site, search, ads and phone line on one plan.

A Pasadena service business gets four services on one plan, starting with the gap that is costing the most booked jobs.

  • Four services under one plan
  • A budget set by your trade’s click cost
  • One report in calls and booked jobs

Google searches each month

What Pasadena searches for, by service

420

searches a month

  • Web design
    340
  • Digital marketing
    40
  • SEO
    40

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

  • 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

One plan, four services

How a Pasadena marketing plan fits together

Pasadena’s median home value is $1,093,300, and the repair, remodel and replacement work sold here is a considered purchase for the person paying for it. Lithium Marketing runs the four services that decide whether those customers find you and call: a website that explains the work, SEO that puts the right pages in front of the search, Google Ads when you need calls sooner and an AI receptionist that answers every call.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area holds 12,844,441 people, and Los Angeles County has 3,775 residential remodelers and 1,747 new home builders. A Pasadena business in that crowd wins on the pages, reviews and phone line a customer can check, not on a claim to be the biggest.

The Pasadena market

A city with its own name and an older housing stock

Pasadena is the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley, and Old Pasadena is the city’s original commercial district. A business that treats Pasadena as interchangeable with the rest of Los Angeles County misses the searches that name the city; the pages have to read like they were written for customers here.

Pasadena counted 135,804 residents in 2025, down from 139,618 in 2020, and 72.2% of its homes were built before 1980. A city that is not adding residents asks you to win customers from names they already know, and that older stock gives repair and replacement pages their place: a repipe, a panel change or a reroof, each with photos of finished work. Reviews, project photos and a complete profile do that work.

residents (2025 estimate)
135,804
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
-2.7%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
63,203
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
42.5%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
72.2%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$1,093,300
median home value

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

Who you compete with

Los Angeles County’s trade mix, and what it asks of your plan

Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors number 2,765 across Los Angeles County, and electrical contractors 2,286. In fields that size, a business needs a page for each kind of job it wants, because one page that lists everything gives Google and the customer nothing specific to match.

Los Angeles County’s chart puts roofing at 487 contractors and pest control at 435, and painting contractors number 839. The page should name the exact jobs those trades take: repair or replacement for a roofer, the treatments a pest company sells, interior or exterior for a painter.

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).

How the plan runs

Four services, added in the order that pays

The first month counts calls before the plan adds spend.

1

Find the weakest link

A co-founder reads your site, profile and phone handling on the first video call and names the service costing you the most booked work.

2

Number every call

Each phone number and form gets its own source, so the first report shows which service produced which call.

3

Put one set of facts everywhere

Service pages, area pages and the Google Business Profile carry the same services, hours and service area.

4

Choose the next service from the report

You and your co-founder read the monthly numbers and add search, ads or the phone line only when the numbers support it.

A combined case

Website, SEO and Google Ads for F&W Fence

F&W Fence Co. is a fence business whose card comes from a new website, SEO and Google Ads run as one program. Daniel Busby, president of Willard Power Vac, writes about working with Lithium beside it.

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

Around Pasadena

Marketing for the cities next to Pasadena

The same plan runs in the cities around Pasadena. The city links below open it for Glendale, Burbank and Downey, among others, and the California page covers the rest.

Pricing

What a Pasadena marketing plan 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
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FAQ

Straight answers for Pasadena service owners

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

What should a Pasadena business fix first?

Start where a booked job is lost. A call that rings out, a page that loads slowly on a phone and a service nobody can find point to different services, and the service costing you the most work comes first. A co-founder sorts that order with you on the first video call.

Can we hire one service and keep the rest as they are?

You can start with one service and leave the rest as they are. Add the next one only when its own numbers make the case. Each service has its own line in the pricing above, so nothing is bundled into a package you did not ask for.

How is the price set when we run more than one service?

It depends on the mix. A larger website costs more than a lean one, the Google Ads fee moves with the media budget, and SEO is scoped to how many service and area pages the retainer has to build. A co-founder puts the mix and the monthly number on the table before anything starts.

How does one report cover four services?

Every call and form is tagged with the service that produced it, so the monthly report reads in calls and booked jobs, not impressions. You see which service earned its place and which one is coasting, and the co-founder walks you through the next decision.

Does Lithium work with Pasadena businesses from outside the area?

Yes. Lithium Marketing is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, working with every client by video. Pasadena businesses are no different: a co-founder runs your strategy calls, and Allison McKenney is the account manager you email between them.

Free action plan

Map the next 90 days for your Pasadena business

Send your website, the trades you sell and the parts of Pasadena you cover. A co-founder reviews them before a short video call and names the first service to fix.

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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