Local Services Ads let UK trades pay per lead instead of per click. Here’s how they work in 2026, what replaced Google Guaranteed and Google Screened, and whether they’re worth it for your trade.
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Marketing for Tradespeople: The Complete Guide
How I’d market a trade business today, in the order I’d do it, with trade-by-trade advice for plumbers, heating engineers, electricians, roofers and builders and links to every in-depth guide.
How ChatGPT Finds Local Tradespeople (and How to Be the One It Picks)
I tested who ChatGPT recommends for plumbers, electricians, roofers and builders. Here’s what it uses, and a practical checklist for tradespeople.
Marketing for Builders: Getting More Enquiries
Building companies tend to grow through word of mouth and repeat business for a long time before anyone thinks seriously about marketing, and that's not a bad instinct. Referrals convert well and cost nothing. The limitation is that it caps how fast you can grow, and...
SEO for Builders and Contractors
Before I moved into digital marketing, I spent 16 years running trade businesses, and building work was a large part of that. The pattern hasn't changed since: the substantial majority of homeowners now research builders online before they ever pick up the phone, and...
Google Ads for Trades: A Practical Guide for UK Tradespeople
A practical guide to Google Ads for plumbers, electricians, roofers and builders: real UK click costs, sensible budgets, the set-up I use and the mistakes that waste money.
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