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Digital marketing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

A marketing agency for Sioux Falls trades that turns searches into calls.

Sioux Falls service businesses get one plan for the website, the search, the ads and the phones, with each service’s price published before work starts.

  • Site, search, ads and phones on one plan
  • Every call tagged to its source
  • The website stays yours to keep

Google searches each month

What Sioux Falls searches for, by service

350

searches a month

  • Digital marketing
    190
  • Web design
    100
  • SEO
    60

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 picture

What a Sioux Falls marketing plan should cover

Lithium Marketing runs the website, the search work, the Google Ads and the phone answering for Sioux Falls service businesses, and the four share one set of call tracking. The Sioux Falls metro area holds 314,638 people, and their plumbers, electricians and landscapers all compete for the same short list of search results.

Minnehaha County counts 6,262 establishments across all industries, so nobody in the trades is the only option on the block. A plan here starts with measurement: when a dozen companies can claim the same repair, the business that can show which calls it earned gets to spend more on what works.

The Sioux Falls market

A city that keeps adding households

The city grew 10.9% between 2020 and 2025, and a household new to town does not have a plumber, a painter or a lawn service yet. Those customers find one the way most people do: a search, a Map Pack, a few reviews, a call. Being the name that shows up in that moment is the whole job here.

The employer base reaches past the trades: Sioux Falls is home to a number of financial companies, and the manufacturing and food processing sector remains an important component of Sioux Falls's economy. Service businesses that also carry commercial buildings, plants and warehouses on their customer list should say so on the website, the same way they name residential work.

residents (2025 estimate)
213,748
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+10.9%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
90,271
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
59.5%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
35.3%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$292,400
median home value

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

Trades in the county

Sioux Falls trades, from the crowded fields to the small ones

Minnehaha County counts 93 residential remodelers and 87 new home builders, two of the deepest benches in the county. Work that size sells on proof a buyer can check: photos from real projects, a page for each kind of job, and reviews that name the work done.

The repair side runs as deep: 81 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 58 electrical contractors and 31 excavation and site preparation contractors in the county. For those customers the call is the finish line, so the phone number and the service area belong at the top of every screen.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Minnehaha County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Residential remodelers
    93
  • New home builders
    87
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    81
  • Landscaping services
    81
  • Electrical contractors
    58
  • Painting contractors
    45
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    31
  • Roofing contractors
    19

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

The order of work

A Sioux Falls plan, from tracking to booked jobs

The plan starts with what can be measured, then fixes the part of the pipeline that leaks the most calls.

1

Count every call and form

Tracking goes in on the website, the Google Business Profile and any running ads, so the first report shows where today’s jobs come from.

2

Fix the biggest leak first

A slow mobile site, a thin profile or a budget with no tracking, whichever is losing the most calls, gets fixed before anything new is added.

3

Build the pages the searches need

Service pages and area pages for the work you want more of, written for how Sioux Falls customers search each trade.

4

Answer and follow up automatically

The AI receptionist picks up the calls the first three steps produce, and the reports keep the budget pointed at what books work.

Proof

Robinson Restoration’s website and SEO, with a word from Willard Power Vac

Robinson Restoration, a restoration company, had Lithium build its website and run its SEO, and the card’s numbers come from those two pieces of work. Daniel Busby, the president of Willard Power Vac, an air duct, dryer vent and chimney cleaning company, gives his own account of the search and website work beside it.

Robinson Restoration website homepage built by Lithium MarketingRestoration

Robinson Restoration

26Xorganic traffic

79 to 2,200+ visits a month, SEO only

organic visits a month
79 → 2,200+
organic visits a month
top-3 rankings
120
top-3 rankings
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“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 Sioux Falls

Marketing that covers the towns around Sioux Falls

The pages linked below cover Brookings and Watertown in South Dakota, along with Sioux City in Iowa and Aberdeen up north. If your crews already work those towns, a page for each one tells Google and the customer where you go, and the South Dakota page ties every city we cover into one list.

Pricing

What a Sioux Falls 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

Sioux Falls marketing questions owners bring us

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

Do we have to buy the whole program?

Not on day one. Pick the service that fixes the loudest problem, run it long enough to judge, and the tracking makes the second decision for you: same calls, same leads, same scoreboard. Most owners add the next piece once the first one is measurably earning its keep.

Which service should come first for a small crew?

Wherever jobs leak today. If calls ring out while crews are on a job, the AI receptionist starts the fix at $179 a month with no contract. If the phone rings fine but the site is slow on a phone screen, the website goes first. If both hold up, the search work carries the plan.

How quickly do calls pick up after the first fix?

It depends on what gets fixed. Google Ads usually brings calls in the first week, technical SEO fixes usually move within 30 days, and local rankings typically take 60 to 90 days. Tracking goes in with the first fix, so the monthly report shows the trend in calls and booked jobs from the start.

How do you work with businesses in Sioux Falls?

By video, phone and email. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, working with every client by video. A co-founder runs the strategy calls, and your account manager handles the day-to-day questions. The published prices and the set timeline work the same as they do for any client.

What happens to the website if we leave?

You keep it. The domain, the hosting account, the WordPress install, the content and any custom code sit in accounts registered to you, and the site leaves with you if you ever go. The service agreement starts with a six-month term, then continues month to month until you give 30 days’ notice. The AI receptionist, though, has no contract at all.

Free action plan

Start with a free Sioux Falls marketing plan

Send your service list and the towns your crews cover. A co-founder will walk through your site, your listings and your tracking on a short video call, and the plan comes out of that.

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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