Guides

Six questions roofers ask before they hire anyone.

Cost, agencies, lead economics, conversion, local search, and AI search. Answered with sourced numbers.

Six clusters

Start where your question is.

Cost and pricing 7 GUIDES

The full cost curve from DIY builders to a $50,000 rebuild, using ranges published by vendors rather than numbers quoted on a call.

THREE-YEAR TOTALAT $13.4K/JOB
Retainer at $3K/mo$108,000
Rebuild + care plan$57,200
ONE OWNS AN ASSET. ONE OWNS NOTHING.
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Choosing an agency 6 GUIDES

How to vet a roofing marketing agency, which contract terms to refuse, and why generalists keep failing this trade.

SCREEN ORDER3 STAGES
1 COMPETENCE
2 ACCOUNTABILITY
3 PRICE
MOST VENDORS FAIL BEFORE STAGE THREE
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Lead economics 6 GUIDES

Close rates by source, what a booked job costs per channel, and the arithmetic behind organic versus paid.

THE INVERSIONPER JOB
CHEAPEST LEAD$60
PER BOOKED JOB$600
DEAREST LEAD$220
PER BOOKED JOB$367
DIVIDE BY CLOSE RATE AND THE RANK FLIPS
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Conversion and compliance 6 GUIDES

The accessibility liability most roofing sites carry, and the build standards that fix conversion at the same time.

ONE FIX, TWO WINS4 PAIRS
Labelled inputs Forms completed
Contrast 4.5:1 Readable outdoors
Real headings Passage extracts
Keyboard operable Tappable one-handed
COMPLIANCE AND CONVERSION, SAME WORK
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Local SEO 6 GUIDES

City pages, Google Business Profile, storm content, and what actually moves map-pack visibility for a roofer.

SPECIFIC OR THINONE SUBURB
Tile roofs, 1970s stock, hail Apr 2019, Mesa permits SPECIFIC
Roofing services in Gilbert. Roofing services in Mesa. THIN
IF IT IS NOT TRUE OF ONE SUBURB, DO NOT PUBLISH
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AI search 6 GUIDES

How AI answer engines retrieve and cite sources, and what actually makes a roofing site citable.

NOT CLAIMEDNO SOURCE
AI citation rate NOT PUBLISHED
llms.txt lift NOT PUBLISHED
Guaranteed mentions NOT PUBLISHED
MECHANISM ONLY. NO INVENTED FIGURES.
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