Family HVAC Contractor · 4.1x ROI in 4 Months Across Three Cities

A second-generation HVAC company in Columbus rebuilt their entire growth engine · website, ads, AI appointment setter, and review system · and became the dominant service brand across Columbus, Dublin and Westerville.

4.1x

Inbound call growth

248

Booked service calls in 90 days

91

Reviews in 12 weeks (from 8)

62%

Increase in average ticket size

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Buckeye Comfort HVAC

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Columbus, OH

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Residential & light commercial HVAC

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4 months

THE CHALLENGE

Where they were stuck.

Lone Star Fence had been in business since 2010 and built a strong reputation through referrals, but their digital presence had stalled. Their website was last updated in 2013, their Google Business Profile had 14 reviews vs competitors at 80+, and they ranked on page 3 for every primary fence keyword in Dallas. They were watching weaker competitors take jobs that should have been theirs.

 

OUR APPROACH

What we did, in order.

  1. Full Google Business Profile rebuild: corrected primary category, added 18 services with optimized descriptions, set up weekly geo-tagged photo uploads from active job sites.

  2. Citation cleanup across 40+ directories — fixed NAP inconsistencies on Yelp, Angi, BBB, Houzz, BuildZoom and 35 others.
  3. Built 8 location-specific service pages targeting Dallas, Plano, Frisco, Arlington, Garland, Irving, McKinney and Carrollton — each with unique copy, local photos and schema markup.
  4. Implemented an automated SMS review-request system triggered 24 hours after every completed job. Trained crews to subtly cue keywords in their close-out conversation.
  5. Published 2 GBP posts per week — mix of project showcases, FAQs, and seasonal offers.

 

THE RESULTS

What changed.

By month 6, Lone Star Fence ranked #1 in the map pack for “fence contractor Dallas,” “vinyl fence installer Dallas,” and 4 other primary terms. Organic traffic grew 312%, inbound calls grew 4.6x, and the company hired 2 additional install crews to keep up with quote demand. Reviews grew from 14 to 87 in the same window.

4.1x

Inbound call growth

248

Booked service calls in 90 days

91

Reviews in 12 weeks (from 8)

62%

Increase in average ticket size

“My dad started this company 31 years ago on referrals alone. In 4 months TradePilot built us a real growth engine. We just hired our 4th service truck.”

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Aaron Cole

Co-Owner, Buckeye Comfort HVAC

What was delivered

Tangible deliverables in this engagement

Rebuilt the website on an HVAC-specific conversion template with above-the-fold service-booking and emergency-service banner
Built service-area pages for Columbus, Dublin, Westerville, Hilliard, and Powell so technicians weren’t driving outside their zones
Layered in Meta neighbor-targeting ads on every completed install with a 1-mile radius
Launched Google Local Services Ads with full Google Guaranteed verification · generating booked calls inside week 2
Installed a CRM with automated 5-minute lead response, 7-touch follow-up cadence, and SMS-based review requests

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