Site map: all pages, grouped by topic
Here are all pages of this site in one place, grouped by topic: services, websites by industry, free tools, case studies and articles for local business owners.
Main pages
Services
Websites by industry
- Websites for auto repair shops and body shops
- Cleaning company websites that start with bedrooms and baths
- Websites for contractors that ask about the job first
- Electrician websites with the panel photo in the request
- Event venue websites that show which dates are open
- HVAC websites for the night the furnace quits
- Landscaping websites that sell the whole season
- Painting contractor websites with room-by-room estimate requests
- Pet care websites that ask about the pet first
- Plumber websites that tell a leak from a remodel
- Restaurant websites with a menu you can change yourself
- Roofing websites that show you the roof first
- Salon websites with prices people can actually see
- Tree service websites that size up the job first
Free tools
Case studies
Articles: Getting found on Google
- How to claim your Bing Places and Apple Maps listings
- Town pages for service areas: when they help and when they hurt
- Which photos to add to your Google Business Profile
- How to respond to a negative Google review
- Name, address and phone: how to keep them the same everywhere
- How to choose your Google Business Profile categories
- Google Business Profile vs. website: what each one does
- How long local SEO takes, and why nobody can promise a date
- How to get more Google reviews, within the rules
- LocalBusiness schema markup: what it can and can't do
- A local SEO checklist you can finish in one afternoon
- Service-area businesses on Google Maps: hide the address, set the area
- How to show up in “near me” searches
Articles: Getting more calls
- What the first screen of a service business site needs on a phone
- Online booking or a request form: which one fits your business
- How to show your Google reviews on your website honestly
- What we found checking 119 business websites around Elgin, IL
- What to do about missed calls while you're on a job
- The about page for a local business: what to include and what to skip
- How to set up a contact form that turns into jobs
- How fast should your website load on a phone?
- Job photos that win work
- Service pages or a one-page website: which one you need
- How to set up a tap-to-call button people actually use
- What to put on your homepage, and in what order
- Why your website doesn't get calls
Articles: Websites by trade
- What a fence or deck company website needs
- What a garage door company website needs
- What an auto repair or body shop website needs
- What a banquet hall website needs
- What a cleaning business website needs
- The contractor website checklist
- What a dog grooming website needs
- What an electrician website needs
- What a hair salon website needs
- HVAC and plumbing website must-haves
- What a landscaping company website needs
- What a painting contractor website needs
- Restaurant websites: menu, hours and reservations
- What a roofing company website needs
Articles: Costs and ownership
- Why your business email should be on your own domain
- A website maintenance checklist for small business owners
- Do you need a website if you have a Facebook page?
- Fix or rebuild your website: how to decide
- Website accessibility for small businesses
- Website hosting, explained in plain words
- What a small business website costs
- Who should own your domain name
- Wix vs. Squarespace vs. a custom website