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Notes from the field.

Lessons from real home service marketing, Google profiles, websites, ads, and the systems behind companies that actually grow.

September 8, 2026
Rewired hired the big agencies. They made his electrician ads worse.

A dozen agencies, two flashy rebuilds, tens of thousands burned - then $60k to $220k+ months once John stopped shopping.

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September 1, 2026
Local Services Ads for electricians: Hooked Up 100-200 leads a month

1 to 4 counties, 2+ years of LSA volume, Jason 600% year. Why Search can wait.

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August 25, 2026
Hiring electricians: Indeed burned $1,000+. Facebook filled the interviews.

~$500 setup, ~10-day Meta sprint, Rewired 5 to 12 crew. What to do when trucks are the bottleneck.

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August 18, 2026
What a bad home-service agency looks like (vs a good one)

Rewired went through a dozen agencies before us. Motha paid one for months while a single wrong setting kept them invisible. How to tell the difference before you sign.

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August 11, 2026
Realistic expectations for home-service marketing

Two months, eight months, three years - the real timelines from four accounts, plus the month-two cliff nobody warns you about.

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August 4, 2026
What good Google marketing looks like for trades

Profile, site, LSA, then Search. The spine that took Honest Hanks from $25k to $80k months and Rewired to $220k+.

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July 28, 2026
AI websites aren't automatically slop. Lazy briefs are.

Google cannot tell how your site was built. Dry Duck launched from a ~$500 AI-assisted brief and hit $200k months.

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July 21, 2026
The Google Business Profile mistake that silently kills electrician leads

Motha Electric category said electrical installation service. Changing one dropdown produced 1-3 calls a day within a week.

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July 14, 2026
How Dry Duck went from a $500 brief to a $200k/month waterproofing company

Zero to roughly $200k months and five staff in six months, on SEO before ads - including the month-two collapse in the middle.

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