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Local SEO, Google Ads & Local Services Ads

Home service lead generation that ends in a booked job.

More calls only help if someone answers them. We build contractor lead generation across local SEO, Google Ads and Google Local Services Ads, then connect every lead to call answering, missed-call text back and your CRM, so the leads you pay for turn into scheduled work.

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GOOGLE LOCAL SERVICES ADS

Google Local Services Ads: answer the lead or lose it

Local Services Ads can feature your business prominently in local Google searches, and you pay for leads rather than clicks. That makes every unanswered LSA call expensive. Google's own help pages say your responsiveness to customer inquiries is one of the factors in how Local Services Ads are ranked, and that missed calls may negatively affect your responsiveness (opens in a new tab).

So we set up LSA to work with the answering workflow, not apart from it. Calls from your ad can be answered by the AI receptionist or your team, missed LSA calls get a text back, and each lead is logged with Local Services Ads as the source so someone owns the next step.

  • Service categories and job types that match the work you want
  • Service areas that match where your crews actually drive
  • Business hours that reflect when calls can really be answered
  • Who answers LSA calls and messages, and what happens when nobody can
  • Out-of-area or wrong-job-type leads, noted so your team can review them

LOCAL SEO

Local SEO for contractors with a defined service area

Local search is where homeowners look when the AC quits or the roof leaks. We review your search visibility and service pages, then focus on the services and towns you want more of. Each priority service gets a clear page that says what you do, where you do it and how to reach you, with one obvious call or form action.

Local SEO takes time and depends on your market, so we measure it by calls and forms by source, and which of those became qualified jobs.

GOOGLE ADS

Google Ads built around jobs you want, not clicks

Broad targeting can spend your budget on calls from outside your area or for work your crew doesn't do. We build Google Ads campaigns around priority services and ZIP codes, send each ad to a focused landing page and track calls and forms back to the campaign that produced them.

Then we look past clicks. Which campaigns produced qualified inquiries? Which produced booked jobs? Budget decisions follow what fills your schedule with the right work. Our guide on how to define qualified jobs explains the yardstick.

LEAD RESPONSE

Why fast call answering decides what a lead is worth

Paying for a lead and then letting it ring out is the most expensive way to run ads. So lead generation at Teckovia is connected to the rest of the system from day one: each lead is answered or texted back, qualified, booked or routed, and logged in your CRM with its source.

If you already get plenty of calls but too few become jobs, start with the AI receptionist or missed call text back before spending more on ads.

IN PRACTICE

Example: a Local Services Ads call to an HVAC company on a hot afternoon

How a paid lead moves through the system when nobody is free to pick up.

  1. The search

    A homeowner searches for AC repair, picks your Local Services Ad and taps call.

  2. The missed call

    Every tech is on a job and the office line is busy. The caller gets a text back asking what's going on with the system.

  3. Qualify and book

    They reply that the AC is blowing warm air. The address is in your area, so they're offered the next open repair window from your connected calendar.

  4. Track the source

    The CRM record shows Local Services Ads as the source and the job as booked, so you can see which ad spend produced scheduled work.

FAQ

Lead generation questions

Straight answers for busy home-service teams.

What does home service lead generation include?

It covers the channels homeowners use to find a contractor: local SEO, Google Ads, Google Local Services Ads and focused landing pages. We connect each one to call tracking and your intake workflow, so you can see which sources produce booked jobs.

Do you help with Google Local Services Ads?

Yes. We help set up and review your LSA profile, service categories, service areas and hours, and connect LSA calls to call answering and missed-call text back so fewer paid leads go unanswered.

Why do missed calls matter for Local Services Ads?

Google says responsiveness to customer inquiries is one of the factors in Local Services Ads ranking and that missed calls may negatively affect it. Answering more LSA calls, and texting back the ones you miss, protects both the lead and your listing.

Should we start with ads or with call answering?

If calls already come in but too few get booked, fix answering and follow-up first. If the phone is quiet and you have capacity, start with demand. We can help you pick the right first step during a demo.

How long does local SEO take to work?

It depends on your market, competition and starting point, so we don't promise a timeline. We set priorities, improve your service pages and search visibility, and report on calls, forms and booked jobs by source as they come in.

Lead generation for your trade

Campaigns, landing pages and call handling are planned around how each trade books work.

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YOUR NEXT STEP

Find out whether you need more leads or better lead response.

We'll look at where your calls come from today and how they reach a booked job, then recommend where to start.

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