HVAC MARKETING THAT FILLS THE SLOW WEEKS AND PROTECTS THE BUSY ONES

HVAC revenue is a capacity problem with a calendar attached. July sends more calls than trucks, and May and October leave techs waiting. Lovell Media Group sets up your map pack presence, Local Services Ads, Google Ads planned by season, call tracking, and follow-up that turns service visits into maintenance agreements.

MAP PACK
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SEASONAL
AD PLAN
MAINTENANCE-AGREEMENT
FOLLOW-UP

Serving HVAC companies in Frederick, Montgomery, and Carroll counties. See our Frederick, Montgomery County, and Carroll County pages.

// WHERE HVAC REVENUE COMES FROM

Emergency Calls Need a Ready Truck

No-cool and no-heat calls go to the company that shows up in the map pack and answers the phone. The ads and the profile can win those calls in a heat wave, which is also when dispatch runs out of trucks.

More calls than trucks is a reputation risk. A late arrival turns into a one-star review, so we plan ad hours and service radius around your dispatch capacity, not just around lead volume.

Maintenance Agreements Smooth the Year

Members renew on a schedule, call first when something fails, and keep technicians busy in May and October. The value of a member is your own number, since you know what an agreement brings in across repairs, tune-ups, and eventual replacements.

Replacement jobs follow a different path. A homeowner with a fifteen-year-old system researches for weeks, gets several quotes, and often decides on financing. Franchises and larger groups bid on the same searches, so local reviews and service-area pages matter.

Check Your Own Numbers

REPAIR

Your average repair ticket

REPLACEMENT

Your average replacement ticket

MEMBERS

Agreements in force and calls per truck on a peak day

The audit uses these figures to decide how much of the budget goes to emergency calls, how much to replacement research, and how much to keeping members. Your dispatch board is the best check on whether the plan works.

// WHERE HVAC COMPANIES LEAK REVENUE

More Heat-Wave Calls Than Trucks

Peak weeks sell out your schedule in days. Extra ad spend then buys late arrivals and angry reviews.

What we do: We cap ad hours and radius to dispatch capacity and agree an overflow rule with you before summer.

Dead May and October

Shoulder seasons leave techs idle. Customers rarely think about HVAC until it fails.

What we do: We time tune-up and replacement-planning offers ahead of each season, so slow weeks have scheduled work.

Maintenance Agreements That Stall

Sign-ups plateau and renewals lapse. A technician in the driveway is the best sales moment, and it often passes.

What we do: We set up a post-service text and email, a plan page that explains the agreement, and renewal reminders.

Replacement Jobs Lost at the Table

A cheaper quote or a financing offer wins the sale. The homeowner decides after you leave.

What we do: We build a replacement page with financing details if you offer financing, plus a follow-up sequence after every quote.

Franchise and Consolidator Ad Budgets

Larger groups bid on every AC repair click. You cannot win on bid size alone.

What we do: We focus on service-area pages, reviews, and the specific towns you drive to, where a local company has an edge.

Shared Leads From Angi and HomeAdvisor

The same lead goes to several HVAC companies. Price per lead rarely matches the close rate.

What we do: We compare each platform's cost per booked job with calls from your own profile and ads.

Missed Calls During Peak Hours

Dispatch is on the phone and the next caller hangs up. Callers who reach voicemail usually try the next company.

What we do: We review call handling and recommend routing or text-back options that fit your office.

Reviews That Swing After One Late Arrival

A single delayed visit can pull a rating down. Silence from the owner makes it worse.

What we do: We send a review request after every job and write a reply plan for the late-arrival review.

// THE FIRST 90 DAYS

1

Audit (Weeks 1 to 2)

We review your Google profile, website, call handling, and last year's seasonality, so the plan starts from how your phones actually ring.

Deliverable: Audit summary
Deliverable: Call-handling review
Deliverable: Seasonality notes
2

Season Plan (Week 3)

We map ads and offers to your next peak and your next trough, and agree the dispatch limits that protect your reviews.

Deliverable: Season plan (one page)
Deliverable: Dispatch limits
Deliverable: Offer calendar
3

Build (Weeks 3 to 5)

We set up your profile, service-area pages for the towns you drive to, call tracking, and the review-request text.

Deliverable: Service-area pages
Deliverable: Tracking live
Deliverable: Review text live
4

Launch (Weeks 5 to 6)

Google Ads go live, and Local Services Ads setup begins alongside, since verification takes time.

Deliverable: Google Ads live
Deliverable: LSA setup started
Deliverable: Call extensions on
5

Review (Monthly)

A monthly report covers calls, booked jobs, agreements sold, replacement quotes, and cost per booked job.

Deliverable: Monthly booked-job report
Deliverable: Agreement sign-ups
Deliverable: Budget review

// WHAT WE SET UP

Google Business Profile and Local SEO

Your profile and service-area pages set up so a homeowner searching in your towns sees a complete listing and a page that fits.

  • • Profile cleanup
  • • Service-area pages
  • • Photo plan
Learn about Local SEO →

Local Services Ads

Help with setup, verification, and ongoing management of Google Local Services Ads for no-cool and no-heat calls.

  • • Setup and verification
  • • Budget management
  • • Profile and category review
Learn about Google Ads →

Google Ads by Season

Search ads planned around your peak and shoulder weeks, with call extensions and call-only ads during dispatch hours.

  • • Peak-week campaigns
  • • Shoulder-season offers
  • • Call extensions
Learn about Google Ads →

Replacement and Service-Area Pages

A replacement page that covers system age, financing if you offer it, and what a quote includes, plus pages for each town you serve.

  • • Replacement page
  • • Financing details
  • • Town pages
Learn about Content Marketing →

Review Requests and Call Tracking

A text request after each job and call tracking that shows which source rang the phone.

  • • Text review request
  • • Call tracking numbers
  • • Reply plan
Learn about Reputation Management →

Email and Text for Tune-Ups and Agreements

Seasonal reminders to past customers and a renewal sequence for maintenance members.

  • • Tune-up reminders
  • • Agreement renewals
  • • Post-service follow-up
Learn about Email Marketing →

// WHAT YOU GET EACH MONTH

What Happens in the First 90 Days

Day 30 Audit done, tracking live
Day 60 Pages and ads live
Day 90 First booked-job report
Each month Budget reviewed with you

What We Report

Calls by source Map pack, ads, site
Booked jobs by type Repair, tune-up, replacement
Cost per booked job By channel
Agreement sign-ups Counted from your records
CALLS

Counted by source

Phone and form, each tied to where it came from

JOBS

Followed to booking

Repair, tune-up, and replacement kept separate

COST

Per booked job

Compared across channels each month

What We Track

Lead Metrics

  • • Phone calls from ads and organic search
  • • Contact form submissions
  • • Online appointment requests
  • • Missed and answered calls
  • • Cost per booked job by channel

Business Metrics

  • • Maintenance agreement sign-ups
  • • Calls to booked appointment
  • • Replacement quotes sent
  • • Customer acquisition cost by job type
  • • Reviews received each month

// HOW WE WORK WITH HVAC COMPANIES

One Account Contact

You know who to call. One person at Lovell Media Group answers questions about your account.

Fee and Ad Spend Stay Separate

You see what goes to Google and what goes to Lovell Media Group as two lines, every month.

Call Tracking You Can Hear

Call tracking records outcomes, with a consent notice for callers, so you can check what happened on the phone.

Ads Capped to Dispatch Capacity

We set ad hours and radius from the trucks you have, then adjust as the season changes.

Conflicts Disclosed Up Front

If we already work with an HVAC company in your service area, we tell you before you sign.

A Clear Way to Cancel

We explain how to end the engagement in writing before work begins.

// Frequently Asked Questions About HVAC Marketing

How do I get more HVAC leads in Maryland?

Start with the map pack, because no-cool and no-heat callers choose from it. Then add Local Services Ads and Google Ads timed to your busy weeks, and follow up on every service visit with a maintenance agreement offer. Track calls to booked jobs so you know what works.

How much does HVAC marketing cost?

Pricing depends on your service area, the size of your fleet, and your ad budget. Our management fee and your ad spend are separate lines, so you see where each dollar goes. We quote after looking at your market.

How fast will calls start?

Google Ads can start producing calls within weeks of launch, once tracking and your profile are ready. Local Services Ads depend on verification, and organic search takes months. We tell you which stage you are in each month.

Do Local Services Ads replace SEO?

No. Local Services Ads sit at the top of the page and charge per lead, while the map pack and organic pages bring calls without a per-lead fee. Most HVAC companies use both, and we compare the cost per booked job for each.

Do I still need Angi or HomeAdvisor?

That depends on your invoices. We compare what each platform costs per booked job against calls from your own profile and ads. Some HVAC companies keep one for slow weeks, and some drop both once their own sources book enough.

Will you send me more calls than my trucks can run?

Not by plan. We set ad hours and service radius from your dispatch capacity, and we agree an overflow rule before summer. If a heat wave fills the board, you can pause the ads and we turn them back on later.

How do you track which call became a job?

Call tracking numbers show which source produced each call, and we log the outcome with you each month. Where calls are recorded, the caller hears a notice, because Maryland requires consent from everyone on the call.

// OTHER TRADES WE WORK WITH

// SERVICE AREAS

We work with HVAC companies in Frederick County, Carroll County, and Montgomery County. Our Frederick, Carroll County, and Montgomery County pages describe each market.

Service-area pages are built for the towns your trucks reach in a normal day, such as Ijamsville, Buckeystown, Adamstown, Braddock Heights, and Brunswick. We choose them with you from your own call history.

See How Ready Your Calls Are for Your Next Peak Week.

A free check for HVAC companies in Maryland and the DC metro. We look at what a no-cool caller sees in the map pack, your Local Services Ads status, and how your agreement follow-up works.

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