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The Ultimate Google Ads Guide for HVAC Companies Strategy
Oct 12, 2023 • 5 min read

The Ultimate Google Ads Guide for HVAC Companies

We sat across from the owner of a three-truck HVAC operation in suburban Atlanta last spring. He told us he'd spent $14,000 on Google Ads in Q1 and couldn't trace a single installation job back to it. His account was a graveyard of broad match keywords, sending traffic to a homepage built in 2019. Here's the framework we used to turn that account into a consistent pipeline of booked service calls within 60 days.The HVAC industry sits in a unique position within paid search. Unlike a roofer who might get one job every few weeks, or a landscaper whose leads trickle in seasonally, HVAC demand follows what we internally call "thermal spikes" — compressed 48-to-72-hour windows where search volume for emergency terms can jump 300-400% because of a sudden weather shift. If your account isn't structured to capitalize on those surges, you're essentially paying full price for Tuesday traffic while your competitor owns the Friday heatwave.

Local Services Ads vs. Google Search Ads: Which Is Better for Plumbers? Comparison
Sep 28, 2023 • 5 min read

Local Services Ads vs. Google Search Ads: Which Is Better for Plumbers?

A plumbing company owner in Tampa showed us his marketing dashboard last quarter. He was running Local Services Ads exclusively and celebrating a $32 cost-per-lead. "Cheapest leads I've ever gotten," he said. What he hadn't calculated was that 4 out of every 10 LSA leads were either spam calls, wrong-number hang-ups, or people asking for free advice about a DIY project. His actual cost per qualified, bookable lead was closer to $78. That number changed how he thought about everything.This is the conversation we have with nearly every plumbing client we onboard. The LSA-versus-Search-Ads debate isn't really about which platform is "better." It's about understanding what each platform actually delivers when you strip away the vanity metrics and look at dollars-in versus revenue-out.

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