The Google Business Profile Guide Every Contractor Should Read First
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Read articleJosh Larsen is the founder of Blue Fox Marketing, a Nashville-based digital marketing agency built exclusively for home-service contractors. He holds an MBA and has spent more than a decade working inside the industries his clients operate in.
Josh's path into contractor marketing started with real ownership. He built and ran his own landscaping company, so he knows what it feels like when the phone is quiet, the crew is idle, and every marketing dollar has to pull its weight. He later worked internally at an asphalt company, where he saw firsthand how seasonal demand, route density, and local reputation shape a contractor's bottom line.
Today, Josh leads strategy for contractors across a wide range of trades: tree removal, garage floor coating, garage door repair, junk removal, asphalt, handyman, restoration, custom home builders, and electrical businesses. That breadth matters. A roofer's season looks nothing like a plumber's, and a foundation repair lead is nothing like a junk removal lead. Josh builds campaigns around those differences instead of forcing every trade through the same playbook.
Blue Fox Marketing runs on four principles: month-to-month agreements, ROI-focused campaigns, good stewardship of ad spend, and full transparency. Those principles shape every recommendation Josh makes. He started Blue Fox because he believes contractors deserve a marketing partner that earns its stay every 30 days, reports real numbers, and treats each client's business like its own.
Josh works with contractors nationwide from Blue Fox's headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Read articleThe CRM is not just an ops tool. It is the single most valuable marketing asset a contractor owns.
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Read articleWhy September and October are the highest-margin months for roofing marketing, and what to spend on.
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Read articleWhen retargeting produces real booked jobs for contractors, and when it just decorates the internet with your logo.
Read articleA tax and cashflow-aware guide to spending down the November and December marketing budget in ways that actually pay back.
Read articleHow restoration companies can prepare for and win storm-driven demand from October through March.
Read articleHow to rank in every city you serve without cranking out thin content or spinning up 100 doorway pages.
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Read articleWhat ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews mean for contractor websites, and what to actually do about it.
Read articleA short quarterly review framework contractors can run in an hour to make better marketing decisions in January.
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Read articleThe simplest gut check for whether a contractor marketing program is working, and what to do when it fails.
Read articleHow to build a referral program that produces real leads without turning your customer base into a discount club.
Read articleA 30-minute end-of-year review of your Google Business Profile that will pay dividends for the whole next year.
Read articleFive specific, achievable marketing habits contractors can adopt in January to make the whole year better.
Read articleWhere we think home-service marketing goes in 2026, from AI search to LSAs to what it means to have a website.
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Read articleRoofing marketing that actually books jobs: local SEO, storm response, Google Ads, and the mistakes that drain roofing budgets.
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Read articleThe local SEO playbook contractors need: Google Business Profile, service area pages, reviews, citations, and the on-page moves that move the map pack.
Read articleThe 72-hour playbook restoration companies should run every time a hard freeze or major winter event hits their service area.
Read articleWhat changed in Google LSAs going into 2026 and how contractors should adjust budgets, categories, and Google Guarantee status.
Read articleA calm look at how AI Overviews are affecting contractor organic traffic, with the specific query types most and least impacted.
Read articleHow to structure Meta campaigns in 2026 to produce booked jobs, not just cheap leads.
Read articleThe four weeks before spring are the highest-leverage window in the year. Here is how to use them.
Read articleThe specific compromises that make a $500 contractor website cost you more in lost jobs than a $10,000 one would have.
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Read articleThe March push that fills concrete contractors' spring and summer calendars.
Read articleThe specific steps to end an agency relationship cleanly, keep all your assets, and continue running while you transition.
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Read articleMarch through May is 40 percent of the pest control year. Here is how to capture it.
Read articleHow to book out an entire deck and patio season by mid-May with the right ad and content mix.
Read articleWhat contractor SEO actually looks like when part of your traffic goes through an AI answer engine.
Read articleA one-hour audit to run every May to make sure your summer marketing is ready.
Read articleHow high-end custom home builders can use digital to attract the two or three qualified buyers per year that matter.
Read articleRefinements to the roofing storm response playbook based on 18 months of new data and Google's ad system changes.
Read articleThe May-through-August fencing season is short and lucrative. Here is how to book it out.
Read articleThe specific ad copy, extensions, and landing page moves that separate profitable garage door campaigns from losing ones.
Read articleWhen YouTube ads are the right buy for a contractor, and when they are just a way to spend money on people who will not call.
Read articleA plain-English walkthrough of the numbers that matter on a Google Ads report and how to spot when the account needs help.
Read articleHow to reset your marketing plan in early July to make the second half of the year the strongest half.
Read articleMay through August is the moving surge that decides most junk removal businesses' year. Here is how to catch it.
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