"Will is super easy to work with! He has helped my business grow and takes care of everything that needs done on the computer side! Highly recommend"
Here's What Things
Actually Cost.
We hate the "call for a quote" runaround as much as you do. So here's our pricing, in plain English, with no hidden fees buried in the fine print. Start where it makes sense for your business.
Not sure where to start? Most local businesses see the fastest ROI from fixing their Google Business Profile first. It's the cheapest entry point and the fastest win. That's The Map Fix, a $300 one-time cleanup. Already on a plan? It's covered, don't buy it twice.
Transparent Pricing
Simple, Honest Pricing.
No "call for a quote" runaround. No bait-and-switch tiers. Just honest numbers so you can make a real decision.
Keep The Lights On
Starting at
$149/mo
The insurance policy. Your site stays up, your leads land on your phone, and nothing rots while you're on a job.
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Managed hosting, SSL, daily backups, and security
Your site lives on fast hosting we manage. SSL renews itself, backups run every night and get stored off-site, and we patch the software before somebody finds a hole in it. If the site ever gets hit, cleanup is on us.
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Spam-filtered lead form wired to your CRM
Your contact form runs through our filter first, so bots and junk never reach you. Every real submission drops straight into your CRM with a timestamp. Nothing sits in a spam folder waiting to be found.
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CRM-lite access
You get a login that shows every lead your site has ever produced. Name, phone, what they asked for, when they asked. It's yours, and you can export it any time.
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Instant lead alerts with tap-to-call
The second someone fills out your form, your phone buzzes. The alert carries their number as a button, so you tap it and you're dialing. Most jobs go to whoever calls back first.
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Automated review requests
After a job wraps, the system emails your customer and asks for a Google review. Short, polite, one tap to leave. You stop having to remember to ask, and locally the review count is the whole game.
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Monthly dashboard snapshot
Once a month you get a one-page summary. Leads, calls, and what we did. Plain English, not a 40-page PDF full of charts nobody reads.
Most Popular
Make The Phone Ring
Starting at
$749/mo
You run the crew. We run the marketing. This is the one that gets the phone ringing from Google.
- Everything in Keep The Lights On
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Local money pages for every service — up to 2 cities included
We build a real page for each service in each town you work. That's how Google knows you cover Springboro and not just "the Dayton area." These are the pages that show up when somebody types the job plus a city name. Two cities are included. Each city after that is $200/month, because every one is real pages, real keywords, and real upkeep. Want more than a handful of towns? That's a Full Authority conversation, not a pile of add-ons.
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Google Business Profile management, with a post every month
We own the profile. Categories, services, service area, hours, photos, and the questions section. Most contractors have a half-filled profile, and fixing that is usually the cheapest ranking gain on the table. Every month we post a recent job to it, written and published for you, so Google sees an active business and customers see proof you're working.
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Two blog posts a week, written and published
Eight or nine real articles a month, on your site, answering the questions your customers actually type into Google. Not filler. Each one is written to a topic that brings work, linked to the service page it feeds, and published automatically on Tuesday and Friday. This is what fills in the searches your money pages can't reach on their own.
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Schema markup, citation cleanup, and AI-search structuring
The invisible half of local SEO. We mark your pages up so Google reads them as a real local business with real services and real reviews, and we get your name, address, and phone matching everywhere it counts. Same work makes the site legible to ChatGPT and Google's AI answers, which is where a growing share of "who should I call" now gets decided. We check where you show up in those answers, and we'll tell you straight when the answer is nowhere yet.
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Full CRM with a source-tracked lead dashboard
Every lead is tagged with where it came from. Google Maps, organic search, a specific city page, a direct call. You stop guessing which marketing works and start seeing it. The dashboard also shows what share of your visitors actually reached out, a twelve-month trend so you can see seasonality coming, and a way to mark each lead qualified or junk so your numbers stay honest. If the same person finds you twice, they count once.
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Review automation with reply alerts
The review requests from the care plan get the full build here. Timed follow-ups, a second nudge if nobody responds, and an alert when a bad one lands so you can answer it the same day.
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Missed-call text-back
You can't answer with your hands in a panel. They get a text seconds later, so they wait on you instead of calling the next guy. This one switches on once carrier registration clears, and that paperwork takes a few weeks.
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Send in a finished job, we build the page
You get a private link for your crew. They open it on a phone, add the before and after shots and a couple of sentences about the job, and send it. We turn it into a project page on your site. You watch it move from "Got it" to "Being built" to "Live on your site" right in your dashboard. Photo permission gets captured before anything goes up, so you're covered.
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Market exclusivity: one trade per service area
We don't take your competitor. If you're the plumber we work with in Middletown, we turn down the next plumber in Middletown. Ranking two clients against each other is a con and we don't run it.
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Monthly rank tracking and Search Console report
We track where you sit for the keywords that actually bring work, and we pull the real numbers straight out of Google Search Console. Impressions, clicks, and movement. Not a score we invented.
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2 hours of website edits per month
New service, new truck photo, price change, a page that needs rewriting. Send it over and it gets done. Anything bigger gets a flat quote first, so there's never a surprise hourly bill.
Full Authority
Starting at
$2,499/mo
For contractors who want the whole metro, not one town. Organic, maps, and paid, run together.
- Everything in Make The Phone Ring
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Managed Google Ads and Local Services Ads
We build, run, and tune the campaigns. You pay Google directly with your own card, so there's no markup and no mystery. The ad spend is yours and stays yours, and you can see every dollar of it.
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Up to 10 cities included
Ten towns, each with its own pages, its own keywords, and its own place in the plan. Bought one at a time on Make The Phone Ring that would run $2,349 a month, and you'd still be paying for the ads and the strategy separately. This is the tier for contractors who stopped thinking in towns and started thinking in a metro. Past ten, additional cities are $100/month each.
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Metro exclusivity
The one-competitor-per-area rule scales up to the whole metro. Nobody else in your trade in your metro gets this plan from us while you're on it.
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Three blog posts a week
Thirteen articles a month instead of eight. At this tier you're covering a whole metro, which means far more searches to answer, and volume is how you get to them. Same standard as the other tier: real topics, written for your trade, linked to the pages that make you money.
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Monthly AI citation report
Every month we run your top money searches through Google's AI answers, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, logged out so we get what a stranger gets. You find out whether those tools named you, mentioned you, or skipped you entirely, question by question. Nobody else is handing contractors that page. We report what we find, good or bad. What we won't do is promise the answer, because those systems change week to week.
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Brand and content coaching
Working time on your monthly call, spent on what you want to be known for. Which jobs to put your name on, what to say on camera, what your competitors sound like and why it isn't working. Not a course and not homework. Just the part of this most contractors never get help with.
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Building income beyond the truck
The marketing builds you an audience. Most contractors never do anything with it besides book the next job. We help you figure out what else it could be worth, whether that's a guide you sell, a training, or a referral arrangement with the trades you already work beside. Will has built and sold his own products this way, so this comes from doing it, not reading about it.
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Monthly strategy call
Thirty minutes on the phone with Will every month. What worked, what didn't, what's next, and what you're seeing on your end. No account manager reading a dashboard back to you.
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Priority support
You go to the front of the line. Texts get answered the same day, and anything broken gets picked up before the queue.
No annual contracts
1 business day reply
Plain English, always
No pressure, ever
Made in America
Veteran Owned
One-time setup fee: $500 for Keep The Lights On, $1,000 for Make The Phone Ring, $2,000 for Full Authority. Three-month minimum, then month to month. Cancel any time after that.
What Our Clients
Are Saying On Google
Real feedback from local business owners who trusted us to grow their digital presence.
"Working with Tech Dad to create my business website was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. From start to finish, the service was caring, professional, and beyond amazing."
"Tech dad set me up with a website and did not disappoint!"
"We recently hired Will to create a website for us. Will’s communication and quality of work was amazing. Really impressed with his work and professionalism. Highly recommend Will for any tech or website needs."
"I couldn’t be happier with the website created for my business! The Teach Dad Media team was professional, responsive, and truly understood my vision. They delivered a site that not only looks fantastic but is also easy to navigate and perfectly tailored to my needs. The entire process was smooth, and they went above and beyond to ensure everything was just right. Highly recommend for anyone looking for top-notch web design services!"
"Thanks to William we got our Online Store set up on our website. He was knowledgeable, patient & friendly. Would recommend him to anyone. Thanks again, William"
"We hired Tech Dad Media to rebuild our website, improve our SEO, and help us get found online. The difference has been noticeable. The new website is faster, more professional, and much easier for customers to navigate. If you're a contractor or small business owner looking for a company that understands websites, SEO, and lead generation, I would recommend Tech Dad Media."
"Will is amazing! If I could give him 10 stars I would! He built my website and really allowed me to participate. Asking each other questions to make my page the best it could be, not only visually for the customers but on the back end that truly matters. If you're looking for someone to make a kick-ass website, SEO, and marketing, Will is a genius. Highly recommend him!"
"I'm not a tech savvy person and he explains everything to me, and the finished product is amazing. Very happy with my website and the work he's doing beyond that."
Tech Dad Media vs.
The Alternatives.
Large agencies, DIY builders, and pay-per-lead platforms all promise growth. Here's how the reality actually stacks up for local trades businesses.
| What You Need | Tech Dad Media | Large Agency | DIY Builder (Wix/Squarespace) |
Pay-Per-Lead (Angi/HomeAdvisor) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transparent, posted pricing | ✓ Yes | ✗ Call for quote | ✓ Yes | ✗ Varies by bid |
| Trades-specific SEO strategy | ✓ Built-in | ✗ Generic approach | ✗ No SEO work | ✗ No SEO included |
| You own all your assets | ✓ 100% ownership | ✓ Usually | ✗ Platform lock-in | ✗ Leads owned by them |
| Google Business Profile work | ✓ Included in SEO | Add-on cost | ✗ Not included | ✗ Not included |
| No long-term contract required | ✓ 3-month min, then monthly | ✗ Usually 6–12 months | ✓ Monthly billing | Varies |
| Plain-English monthly reporting | ✓ Every plan | PDF reports w/ jargon | ✗ None | Lead count only |
| Leads you own long-term | ✓ Organic — yours to keep | ✓ If they do real SEO | Depends on your SEO work | ✗ Rented, not owned |
What Happens If You Leave.
Some agencies hold your site hostage on the way out. We don't. Here's exactly what you walk away with, written down before you ever pay us a dollar.
- Your site files, handed over. We package the whole build and send it to you. No export fee, no stalling, no "let me check with someone."
- Your domain stays yours. It's registered in your name the entire time. We never park it on our account, so there's nothing to transfer back.
- Full access to everything. Google Business Profile, Google Ads, your CRM, and every lead in it. We hand over ownership, not view-only access.
- Nothing held for ransom. No exit invoice, no cancellation fee, no "we'll release it once you settle up." Give 30 days' notice and we pack your stuff.
Before you go, there's a smaller plan. If the marketing budget dries up but the site still has to stay alive, we'll drop you to maintenance only for $97 a month. Hosting, SSL, backups, security. No SEO, no lead work, no reporting. There's no button for this on purpose. Call or text (513) 912-1914 and we'll set it up.
Service-by-Service
Cost Breakdown.
Buying one piece instead of a plan? Open any service to see what it costs and what moves that number.
Contractor & Trade Website Design
$1,500–$5,000 one-time
Contractor & Trade Website Design
$1,500–$5,000 one-time
A foundational 5–8 page contractor website, covering services, service areas, about, and contact, runs $1,500–$3,500. More complex builds with 10+ service-area pages, online booking, or custom integrations run $3,500–$6,000+.
What drives the price up: number of pages, whether you need individual city landing pages (critical for multi-area contractors), contact form complexity, and how much copywriting you need us to provide. What keeps it lower: a clear scope and content you supply up front.
Common searches we answer: "how much does a plumber website cost," "HVAC company website design price," "contractor website build cost," "roofing company website quote."
Local SEO for Contractors
From $749 /month
Local SEO for Contractors
From $749 /month
Local SEO for a single-location trades business is Make The Phone Ring at $749/month. That's local money pages, Google Business Profile management with a post every month, two blog posts a week, schema and citation cleanup, rank tracking, and a Search Console report. It covers up to 2 cities; each city after that is $200/month, since every one means real pages, real keywords, and real upkeep. Up to 10 cities, three posts a week, and paid ads on top is Full Authority at $2,499/month.
What you're paying for: keyword research, on-page work, the pages that rank for job-plus-city searches, citation cleanup, and plain-English reporting. Not vanity metrics. Calls and form fills.
Common searches we answer: "how much does local SEO cost for plumbers," "HVAC contractor SEO pricing," "electrician SEO monthly cost," "roofing company SEO price."
GBP Optimization & Management
Included in SEO plans
GBP Optimization & Management
Included in SEO plans
Ongoing GBP management is included in Make The Phone Ring and Full Authority. If you just want the profile fixed and nothing else, that's The Map Fix: $300 one-time. Categories, services, service area, hours, photos, and the junk cleaned out.
For most local trades businesses this is the fastest path to visible results. Map Pack rankings can shift in 30 to 60 days. It costs less and moves faster than website SEO alone, which is why we point most new clients here first. Already on a plan? It's in your retainer. Don't buy it twice.
Common searches we answer: "Google Business Profile management cost," "GBP optimization price," "how much to manage Google Business listing," "local map pack SEO pricing."
Website Care Plans
$149 /month
Website Care Plans
$149 /month
Keep The Lights On is more than hosting. You get managed hosting, SSL, daily off-site backups, and security patching. On top of that: a spam-filtered lead form wired to your CRM, instant lead alerts with tap-to-call, automated review requests, and a one-page monthly snapshot. No SEO work at this tier.
For reference: one emergency malware cleanup runs $300 to $1,500. One lost weekend of leads from a site that went down costs more than a year of care. The math isn't complicated.
Common searches we answer: "website maintenance cost per month for small business," "WordPress care plan pricing," "website hosting and maintenance for contractors."
Still Not Sure What You Need?
That's what the free call is for. We'll look at your current setup, tell you honestly what's broken, and give you a clear recommendation — even if the answer is "you don't need us yet."
Book a Free 20-Minute Call