Trades Secrets:
Episodes
Ep 60 – Shopping For A Marketing Agency In 2026
Decisions. Decisions. We’re looking ahead to one of the most important decisions contractors will face in the coming year: shopping for a marketing agency.
Choosing between productized serv…
Ep 59 – Goodbye Leads: What Kills Your LSA Rankings
GLSA. It doesn’t have to be where your leads go to die anymore. GLSA stands for Google Local Service Ads (LSAs).
What used to be a golden ticket for lead generation has become a minefield of miss…
Ep 58 – Content Is Critical: Low Investment & High ROI
Let’s cut the fluff. Let’s pull back the curtain on SEO and see the wizard. Seriously, we get asked all the time what makes SEO ‘go’?
The engine that really drives the SEO car is CONTENT…
Ep 57 – ‘About Us’ Pages Are Really About Them
As confusing as it sounds, ‘About Us’ pages aren’t really about ‘Us’, they’re about them [your customers].
You want to use your About Us page to talk about how you’re solving a pain point…
Ep 56 – Why Website Maintenance Is A Must In 2025
If you’ve ever lost sleep over your website, you’re not alone. We get it. It’s not like you get a website built and forget about it forevermore. You do need to maintain it.
It’s kind of like…
Ep 55 – Remodeling Nightmare
Communication isn’t a fancy app—it’s telling people what’s happening and when. That’s what builds trust.
We came super close to a Money Pit situation, so in honor of Tom Hanks & Shelley Long…
Ep 54 – AEO for Trades: How to Optimize Answers and Maximize Local Leads
What in the heck is AEO and why should you care? AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization and is revolutionizing how we approach the search game. If you meet customers where they are with…
Ep 53 – The Contractors Guide to Video Marketing in 2025
It’s 2025 and if you’re not using video in any area of your business, you’re missing the boat.
Video is king but it can make a HUGE splash for your business when used to its full potential. That’…
E52 — 10 Tips For Contractor Marketing
Imagine having nearly 30 years of collective experience in the contractor marketing space right at your finger tips. That’s us. And we popped into your inbox to let you know we have compiled and tedi…
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