Every job should market the next one
You already did the hard part. You showed up, found the problem and fixed it. Most owners stop there, and the best marketing they'll ever have drives away with them.
Every job is proof. The only question is whether anyone sees it.
On every job, no exceptions
1. Ten photos. Before, during and after. The crawl space before the encapsulation. The crack before the repair. The finished roof from the street. Homeowners trust what they can see, and these photos fuel everything else on this list.
2. Signs. A sign at the job while you work, and door hangers on the neighbors' doors. The people most likely to need you next live on the same street, in houses built the same year, with the same problems.
3. A review for everything. Inspections, service calls, maintenance visits, not just the big jobs. More visits asked means more reviews, and recent reviews tell homeowners you're active right now.
4. Post it. Photos and short videos go to your Google profile and your social accounts. A Google profile with fresh photos looks alive. One with photos from three years ago looks closed.
5. Automate it. Everything drops into one media library and posts on its own. If it depends on you remembering on a Friday night, it won't happen in your busy season, which is exactly when you have the most to show.
One rule on reviews
Ask every customer, never only the happy ones. And never offer anything in return. Google's content policy says incentives "in exchange for reviews" undermine content integrity, and that covers payments, discounts and free goods or services.
Asking everyone is also just good business. The occasional unhappy review you answer well builds more trust than a wall of perfect ones.
Why this matters more every year
Homeowners check your reviews and photos before they call. A company that shows its work on every job keeps getting found. A company that does great work in silence keeps getting passed over by someone who posts.
Start with the next job
Don't wait for a system. On your next job, take the ten photos, put the sign out and ask for the review before the truck leaves. Do it for a month and look at your profile.
More on why this works: show your work, the craftsman nobody knew. The full job checklist is in our free playbook.
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- Incentivized or Biased Reviews (Google Maps content policy)
- Run It Like They Would, The Next Right Move (2026)
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