
The marketing department local service businesses actually need.
Local Services Ads to the top of Google, Google Business Profile to win the Map Pack, Google Ads for the bottom of the funnel, and call tracking on everything so you know which dollar made the phone ring.
+62%
average lead volume in 6 months
$1,999
Flat monthly fee
30 min
Weekly strategy call
How we approach local service businesses.
Local service businesses are Plug8in's sweet spot. The playbook is well-understood: dominate the Map Pack, run Local Services Ads at the top of Google, layer in paid search for the bottom of the funnel, and track every call back to the source. The problem is that most local-services owners are running this themselves between jobs, or paying a lead-gen vendor who charges $60 per junk lead.
We replace the lead vendors. We replace the patchwork of freelancers. And we replace the marketing director you can't afford yet — with one team that knows local search inside and out, and reports in plain English on the calls that actually closed.
The pain we keep seeing.
- Lead vendors send junk and gouge on price
- Your Google profile gets out-ranked by larger franchises
- You can't tell which ads actually drive phone calls
- Your website was built in 2018 and Google Ads doesn't love it
The playbook for local service businesses.
- Local Services Ads at the top of Google — pay per lead, not per click
- Google Business Profile + Maps work to own the Map Pack
- Call tracking on every campaign so attribution is honest
- Landing pages and website tuning that lifts Google Ads quality scores
"We doubled call volume and finally killed the lead vendors. Best ROI we've ever had on marketing."
The channels that drive local service businesses.
All 8 Plug8in services are in your $1,999. Here's the mix we lead with for this industry.
Service 01
Local Services Ads
Pay-per-lead placements above Google's paid search results, with the Google Guaranteed badge.
Learn moreService 05
Google Business Profile
Active optimization and weekly management of your GBP so you win the Map Pack.
Learn moreService 06
Google Maps Rankings
Geo-grid tracking, citation cleanup, and local authority work that lifts your Map position.
Learn moreService 02
Google Ads
Search, Performance Max, and YouTube campaigns built around margin — not vanity clicks.
Learn moreHVAC operator: 2x call volume, killed all 3 lead vendors, in one quarter
A 14-truck HVAC operator was paying $9,800/mo across three lead-gen vendors with an average cost per booked job of $187 and a 4.2★ Google rating with 38 reviews. The owner wanted out of the lead-vendor game but couldn't see a path that didn't tank lead volume.
We turned on LSAs, rebuilt the GBP, automated review requests, and ran Google Ads on the highest-margin service categories. Inside 90 days the phone was ringing 2x as often, cost per booked job had dropped to $31, the Map Pack rank had climbed to #1, and all three lead vendors were canceled.
2x
Call volume
$31
Cost per booked job
#1
Map Pack rank
Scenario is a composite drawn from real client engagements. Numbers reflect the kind of movement we measure for every account.
Questions from local service businesses owners
What categories do you work with?
Do you do call tracking?
Can you handle multi-location operators?
What if I'm using a CRM like ServiceTitan?
Do you guarantee leads?
Want the playbook tuned to your business?
Book a 15-minute call and we'll walk through exactly how the local service businesses playbook maps to your situation — even if we're not the right fit.
The full Plug8in service stack.
One flat fee — eight services
Built for local service businesses.
All 8 services tuned for how local service businesses actually sell — for $1,999/mo, with no long-term contract.
- No long-term contract
- Cancel anytime
- 90-day performance guarantee

