Plumbing Marketing Ideas, Tips & Strategies
Learn How To Market Your Plumbing Business the Right Way
Welcome to the Plumbing Marketing Website! If you are looking for ideas and strategies to effectively market your plumbing or HVAC business you've come to the right place! On this website you will find interviews with the nations leading plumbing businesses. Discover what marketing efforts actually work directly from the leaders in your industry and how you can grow your business to the $1 Million mark and beyond.
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Listen to our Most Recent Interviews:
Interview with Craig Phillipich from The Meridian Company
Interview with Greg Joyce - Plumbing & HVAC Marketing
Interview with Gene Slade - How he grew his HVAC business to INC 5,000 List
Interview with Brian Kaskavalciyan - How he grew to over 100 trucks
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Interview with Craig Phillipich from The Meridian Company
On this episode of the Plumbing & HVAC Marketing Show I had the opportunity to interview Craig Phillipich of The Meridan Company. They are a full service Plumbing, HVAC, Remodeling & Electrical company serving the East Lansing, MI area. Over they years they have grown to $5M annual revenue. Please post your comments & follow up questions below! Also, be sure to subscribe for the podcast so you don't miss any of the upcoming interviews at https://plumbingmarketing.net/. To subscribe via iTunes go to https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/plumbing-marketing-tips-ideas/id567572017. -
Interview with Greg Joyce - Plumbing & HVAC Marketing
On this episode of the Plumbing & HVAC Marketing Show we interview Greg Joyce from Schuler Service. This is the 3rd time we've had Greg on the show and it's amazing to see how his company has grown over the years. Listen as Greg shares how he's grown from $1M to over $3M, added 5 trucks & is continuing to expand his Plumbing & HVAC company. -
Interview with Gene Slade - How he grew his HVAC business to INC 5,000 List
On this episode of the Plumbing & HVAC Marketing Profits Podcast we interviewed Gene Slade live in our Studio. He shares his amazing story of how he was able to build his HVAC company from ZERO to over $3M in less than 6 years, hit the INC 5,000 List & ultimately sell his company for a nice profit. The amazing part is that he did it by marketing & generating leads in a totally non-conventional way. He shares how he used radio (not what you think) using full 30 minute & hour long spots with a Radio Program. Great stuff! -
Interview with Brian Kaskavalciyan - How he grew to over 100 trucks
On this episode of The Plumbing Marketing Podcast we interview Brian Kaskavalciyan. He is a highly successful serial entrepreneur in the Plumbing & Home Services Space. Over the years he built and sold several Home Service Businesses including a bathroom remodeling business & a the handyman network with he grew to over 100 trucks & 30 franchisee's across the United States.
- Christian Devlin from Devlin Plumbing - Christian Devlin from Devlin Plumbing shares how he was able to grow his Plumbing business from $180K in 2015 to over $1.5M (6 trucks) in less than 3 years!
- Kimberly Kean from Gene Johnson Plumbing - Over the past 3 years Kimberly & Dennis have grown their family business from a team of 9 to 14 employees and built their company to over $2.5 Million Annually. Kimberly shares some tremendous insights on how they built the company, what their philosophy is, and how they market to keep their phones ringing & trucks running to the tune of over $200K per month. She even shares the specific tools and providers they use to get such great results.
- Dan Dowdy of S&D Plumbing - Discover how Dan Dowdy of S&D Plumbing grew his business $1M over the past three years!
- Mike Agugliaro of Gold Medal Services - On this amazing interview Mike shares how he has grown his company from $1M to $23 Million over the past 10 years.
- Greg Joyce of Schuler Services - Greg Joyce grew his plumbing business to over $2.8 Million & his business is up over 30% so far this year!
- Jeff Morgan & Tosha Everhart of Morgan Miller Pluming - Jeff & Tosha share how they are using Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & Yelp) to generate a 39X ROI and as a tool to recruit new technicians & employees.
- Al Levi the author of The 7 Power Contractor - Al shares some great insights on how he built his Plumbing & HVAC business to 70 employees and how to systematize your marketing strategy.
- Mary Jean Anderson of Anderson Plumbing, Heating & Air - 2012 Plumbing Contractor of the Year explains how she grew her plumbing business from $5 Million to over $11 Million in annual sales over the past 5 years.
- Kenny Chapman of Peterson Plumbing, Heating & Air (The Blue Collar Coach) - He shares some GREAT insights on how he grew his plumbing business from $12K to over $3 Million per year in a small market.
- Scott Gregg the Author of Profitable Plumbing - As a Master Plumber with over 20 years of experience in the trade Scott shares some great insights and ideas on how to market your plumbing business.
- Phillip Maurici of The Clean Plumbers - Phillip grew his plumbing business from nothing to over $2 Million in annual revenue with 10 trucks. On the interview he shares how he is marketing his business to get the phones ringing, how he says top of mind with his existing customers and the training organizations / books that helped him get where he is today.
- Daniel Cordova & Laurie Castillo of Daniel Cordova Plumbing - One of the Fastest Growing Plumbing companies in the United States shares how they grew from ZERO to over $1 Million in less than 3 years.
Discover How To Market Your Plumbing or HVAC Business to get more leads, calls and profits
We are conducting interviews with the owners of the TOP plumbing & HVAC businesses across the United States and Internationally. On these interviews we cover a wide array of marketing topics from what marketing strategies are working best in today's economy to how they have morphed their advertising efforts in recent years. A high level overview of the marketing topics are listed below:
- Tell is a little about your business (how long in business, approximate revenue, # of trucks / employees, services offered, markets you serve)
- How did your business get started / brief history.
- What is your idea customer / target market?
- What is your USP / how do you position yourself in the eyes of your customers?
- What types of marketing do you do / what is your marketing mix?
- Direct mail / Valpack
- Yellow Pages
- Radio, TV, Billboards
- Public Relations
- Networking (BNI, Chamber of Commerce, Strategic Alliances with Realtors, Supply Houses, etc)
- Home Shows
- Internet marketing (SEO, PPC, Social Media)
- Lead buying services (ServiceMagic, eLocal Plumber, etc)
- Online directory advertising (Angie's List, CitySearch, Yelp, etc)
- What marketing efforts drive the most leads?
- What is the most profitable marketing channel for you?
- What marketing efforts have you stopped using in the past few years due to lack of performance?
- Do you have any special initiatives to attract online reviews?
- How are you using Social Media in your business?
- What type if follow up marketing are you doing for your existing client base?
- Are you using email marketing at all?
- What services tend to be most profitable for you?
- Have you seen any new services that are starting to become increasingly profitable?
- What you say to the owner of a plumbing business that is trying to take their company to the next level?
- Any additional nuggets of wisdom or insight that you would like to share?
Plumber Marketing
Have you been searching the web trying to find information on how to best market your plumbing business in a way that will actually drive inbound calls and profits? There is a lot of great information online but so many companies trying to sell you their advertising method. There is very little feedback directly from the TOP guys in your industry. With so many potential ways to market your company, it's hard to figure out what will actually work! Stop Guessing. Register for our FREE podcast now and get feedback directly from the most profitable and successful plumbers:
Key insights from our marketing interviews with some of the most successful plumbing businesses across the country:
- Based on our interviews we have sifted and sorted the most effective marketing channels. Here is a list of the marketing methods that are most effective for plumbing businesses.
- You have to start with the fundamentals! Before you launch headfirst into any advertising or marketing strategy you have to get the fundamentals right - Market, Message, Media. Read this post on the fundamentals of marketing your plumbing business. You can also listen to a Podcast Episode dedicated to this concept.
- Broadcast Media (TV, Radio, Billboards) can be effective for branding
- Yellow Pages can still be a good source of leads and inbound calls.
- A few mentioned that when done correctly, Plumbing Lead Services (Pay-Per-Lead) can be effective
- Top books that have influenced their success
- There are some GREAT training organizations dedicated to helping you be as profitable and successful as possible in your Plumbing Business. Here is a list of the training organizations they tend to reference.
- If you are interested in learning more about Plumbing & HVAC Internet Marketing Training, SEO, Social Media Marketing & PPC Advertising be sure to check out the Online Dominance Blueprint for Plumbing & HVAC Contractors.