Recurring revenue lives in the map pack
Cleaning, landscaping, pest control, pool service, pressure washing, handyman work: these businesses live or die on two things, being in the map pack when someone searches, and answering fast when they call or message. Everything else is secondary. The businesses that rank locally and sell a recurring plan on their website build a book of customers that Thumbtack and Angi cannot take away.
What usually goes wrong
Aggregator dependency. Thumbtack, Angi and HomeAdvisor rank for everything, sell the same lead to five companies, and raise prices every year.
Seasonal gaps. No content or campaigns planned for the slow months.
No system for reviews. Happy customers every week, four reviews a year.
A website that cannot take a booking. A contact form that goes to an inbox nobody checks until evening.
What we do for home service businesses
Local SEO, Automated plan ($150/month). The most cost-effective plan we offer for a single location: profile optimization, weekly posts and Q&A, review responses drafted for your approval, one local article a month on your site, and a monthly before-and-after report. Advanced (from $500/month) adds a strategist, city pages, citation cleanup and a rank grid across your service area.
A website that sells the plan. Services with prices or price ranges, recurring plans with sign-up, instant quote or booking form that pings your phone, real photos, reviews pulled from Google. $1,500 flat plus $200/month.
Google Ads for the seasons. Spring cleaning, pre-summer lawn, hurricane cleanup, holiday deep-clean. Geo-targeted to the neighborhoods you serve, call tracking on. $100/month plus 3–5% of spend.
Review flow from the field. A text after every job with a direct link. That alone changes the map pack within a quarter.
The first 90 days
Weeks 1–2: profile audit and rebuild, review flow live, website fixes or new site started. Weeks 3–6: service pages and plans published, citations cleaned, first Ads campaign. Weeks 7–12: rank grid movement, recurring sign-ups tracked, first monthly report.
What we would do, in order
- Local SEO & Google Business ProfileShow up in the map pack when someone nearby searches for what you do.Starting at $150/mo
- Google Ads ManagementPaid search managed on a flat fee plus a small percentage. No spend, no percentage.Starting at $100/mo + 5%
- Website Design & DevelopmentA fast, secure website with its own CMS, built to rank from day one. $1,500 flat.Starting at $1,500 flat
