An HVAC Contractor More Than Tripled Seasonal Emergency Calls
A family-run HVAC contractor
214%
Calls from Google
#1-3
Map pack, both seasons
41
Emergency keywords ranking
Background
The contractor survived on repeat customers and word of mouth while two larger competitors absorbed nearly every emergency search in the county. Their site was a five-page brochure that mentioned the town name once, and their Business Profile listed a single generic category.
The challenge
Four things were holding this local seo engagement back before the work started:
- One generic service page tried to cover heating, cooling, and emergency work at once.
- The Business Profile used a single category and had 12 reviews against competitors with 300+.
- Emergency-intent searches like same-day AC repair surfaced competitors from two towns over.
- Seasonal demand spikes arrived every year with no content prepared to catch them.
The strategy
01
Split services into dedicated pages for repair, installation, and emergency work, each written around the county’s actual service towns.
02
Rebuilt the Business Profile with correct categories, service lists, and photos, and made review requests part of every completed job ticket.
03
Published seasonal preparation content timed two months ahead of each demand spike, internally linked to the emergency pages.
The results
Calls tracked from Google grew 214% year over year, with the map pack showing the company in the top three for both heating and cooling season queries. Forty-one emergency-intent keywords reached page one, and the owner hired two additional technicians to keep up with summer volume.
The proof
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