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Attribution runs to the booked job, not the click. The stack: a Google Analytics 4 property configured for the trades, call tracking by service line with recording, form and LSA lead capture wired into one pipeline, and booked-job attribution through your field management or CRM system where the integration permits. You see cost-per-booked-job by channel — which is the only number that settles the SEO-versus-ads argument for an operator. Reporting runs through ASCENT, Allegiant's partner dashboard.

Local pack movement typically begins within 30–60 days. Organic traffic gains compound over 3–6 months. AI search visibility — getting cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini answers — often shows movement in 60–90 days because AI platforms re-index entity authority faster than Google does. Local Services Ads, when included in your package, can produce qualified leads within the first week of activation. The case studies on this page typically reached their full-scale ROI between months 6 and 12.

The honest answer: not as a primary lead source long-term. Marketplace leads from Angi, Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor, and Networx have the same fundamental economics — you're paying for a lead that's also being sold to 3–5 competitors, with no relationship ownership and no buyer intent advantage. They have a place as a short-term gap-filler while you build your own demand engine. Our home services partners typically reduce marketplace lead spend by 60–80% within 12 months of starting with us as their organic and Local Services Ads channels mature. Some keep a small marketplace budget as a velocity buffer for slow weeks; most phase out entirely.

AI search optimization (also called AI SEO, generative engine optimization, or GEO) is the practice of getting your business cited when a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, or Microsoft Copilot a question like "who's the best HVAC company in Austin?" The reason it matters for home services specifically: AI assistants are increasingly the first stop for high-intent service queries — especially on mobile, where homeowners often use voice search and conversational queries. If your business isn't being named in those answers, you're invisible to a fast-growing segment of your market. Our OMNIVIZ™ framework is built around AI search citation as the primary goal, not an afterthought.

Most established home services operators need both, plus Local Services Ads. Each channel does a different job: Google Ads captures high-intent search demand (someone Googling "AC repair near me" right now); Local Services Ads serves the Google-Guaranteed badge above paid results and pays per qualified call rather than per click; SEO builds compounding organic visibility that doesn't require ongoing ad spend; and AI SEO ensures you're cited in AI-generated answers. Our minimum requirement for a new partner is SEO plus at least one ad channel — picking just one almost always underperforms the combined stack on cost per acquired customer.

Three differences worth naming. First, specialty depth — 25+ years working with the trades specifically, with documented buyer personas built from hundreds of partner engagements. Second, AI search first — our OMNIVIZ™ framework was built from the ground up around AI citation, not retrofitted from a legacy SEO playbook. Most agencies bolted "AI SEO" onto their existing service in 2024. Third, partner-first relationship model — we don't have "clients," we have partners. The agencies you've been frustrated with treat home services as a vertical they happen to serve. We treat it as the only vertical that matters.

Saturated markets are where specialty matters most. In a market like Houston or Dallas HVAC — where 50+ agencies are hammering the same operators with sales calls — generic tactics get drowned out. Our approach starts with finding the wedges generic agencies miss: trade-specific long-tail queries, AI search opportunities most competitors haven't seen yet, GBP optimization gaps in specific service areas, sub-categories like indoor air quality or geothermal where the SERP is less contested, and citation network gaps in regional directories. Our Houston-based HVAC partners are seeing some of the strongest results on this page in part because the competition has been complacent about AI search.

Yes. Multi-location and franchise home services is one of our four core verticals. Our Omni-Presence is built specifically for operators running multiple locations — whether under one brand, as a regional rollup, or as a franchisor supporting franchisees. We coordinate brand-level SEO and AI authority with location-specific GBP optimization, market-specific landing pages, and franchisee-friendly reporting.

The A.R.C. Report (Audit · Recommendation · Cost) is a 13-section custom audit covering your current digital marketing performance, target audience, website technical audit, reputation analysis, AI visibility scorecard across 5 platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot), social and ads review, competitive landscape, 30/60/90-day roadmap, and exact-dollar investment projection. For home services specifically, it includes a Local Services Ads opportunity analysis, GBP audit across your service areas, trade-specific keyword opportunity analysis, and an AI search citation baseline. It takes us 7–10 business days to produce and is free. No commitment, no sales-call gate.

Once you request your A.R.C. Report, we deliver it in 7–10 business days. If we mutually agree to move forward, onboarding typically takes 7–14 days to set up tracking, gain platform access, complete the first sprint of technical fixes, and prepare for activation. Your first month is the foundation month; meaningful performance changes begin in months 2–3 depending on package. For partners who already have an existing campaign that needs immediate stabilization (paused Google Ads, suspended GBP, etc.), we can begin emergency triage within the first week of engagement.