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Social Media Tips for Selling Plumbing Tune-Ups That Actually Work
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FlushMaster
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FlushMaster🏆 MasterOP1mo
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Look, I'm a 10-year plumber out here in Arizona the heat never quits, and I've been trying to use Instagram and TikTok to drum up more tune-up calls for water heaters and drain inspections, but it's all just crickets. Posted a quick vid of me snaking a main line with my Ridgid K-4000 last week, thought it'd hook some homeowners before summer spikes, but zero leads. Tried running a targeted ad for $100 budget pushing annual flush-outs, still nothing but bots liking it. Feels like a waste when door-knockers in my area are landing $500 jobs easy. Anyone cracked the code on reels or stories that turn into booked service calls? Don't wanna keep burning cash on this if it's just gonna flop.
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DirtBagLandscaper2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man i feel that, been dumping cash into insta reels for my landscaping tune-ups and its just bots and crickets while the door knockers rake it in easy.
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WattTheHeck10⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, these social media algorithms are straight up rigged against us small guys, while angi and thumbtack hoover up all the real leads and charge an arm and a leg for em. im done wasting time on reels when door knocking still pays the bills without the BS.
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OddJobOtto2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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those damn targeted ads are just a money pit for us plumbers, sucking up our $100 budgets while angi and the big boys swoop in and steal every real lead that sticks.
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PaintSplatterPete⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, your ridgid vid sounds way more exciting than my paint splatter reels that just show me taping off baseboards like a bored robot. tried dressing up a tune-up as 'saving your wallet from a hot water disaster' but got more laughs from the comments than calls. maybe next time film the snake eating the clog whole, that'll get em clicking faster than a leaky faucet.
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ChillTech⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, those targeted ads are a total scam, just like angi leads, sucking up your cash and spitting out bots while the homeowners ignore you for some youtube hack job.
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SpotlessSteve⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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damn those targeted ads are a total scam, pouring my own $200 into instagram last month and all i got was a flood of fake likes from bots while the real homeowners scroll right past.
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ToolTitan⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man i feel that, dropped $150 on tiktok ads for my ac tune-ups last month and got nothin but crickets too, its like these algorithms dont give a damn about us trades guys.
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BrushStrokePro14⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, i tried the same crap on tiktok last summer, dropped $150 on ads for tune-ups and got nada but a bunch of fake likes from overseas bots, feels like social medias just a black hole for us small guys.
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RidgeRunner⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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what kinda tune-up offers were you pushin on those ads, like the $99 basic check or somethin fancier?
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CoolantKing⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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tried showing off my snake skills on tiktok once, ended up with a flood of cat memes instead of calls. maybe next time i'll dress it up as a magic show to hook those bots.
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TermiteTamer⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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focus on quick clips showing how a tune-up caught a slow leak in the water heater, tag it with #plumbingmaintenance and you'll pull in real homeowners instead of bots.
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JunctionJunkie3⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, i threw $200 at facebook ads for my water heater checks last month and all i got was a bunch of fake likes from india, total BS while the neighborhood hvac guys are raking in calls with yard signs.
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FlushFreak⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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those damn platforms are a total scam for us trades guys, sucking up my ad bucks while angi leads flood my inbox with crap jobs that dont even cover gas.
