For home-service trades and auto shops on the Front Range

We run your marketing. We answer your calls. You see what it brings in.

Your website, Google ads and business calls, managed together. One team to keep them running, a monthly review of what came in, and every account in your name.

Riley, our business assistant, is answering this line right now.

Sites we built: Gonzalez Construction · Glacier Ice Cream · The Whisk(e)y. see them below

Riley, our business assistant

Riley

Your business assistant

Answering now

What your phone shows with us · demo business

  • Riley answeredFurnace out. Wants someone today.7:12 AM
  • Job bookedTuesday, 2:00 PM. On your calendar.7:14 AM
  • Lead emailed to youName, number, address, what they need.7:14 AM
  • HVAC
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • Roofing
  • Landscaping
  • Auto repair

You know how this goes.

The card gets charged on the first. A report shows up with clicks, impressions and a line going up and to the right. You read it in the truck and you still can’t say how many jobs it paid for.

Then the one time it works, the phone rings while you’re under a house or up on a roof. By the time you call back, they’ve booked somebody else. You paid for that call. Somebody else got the job.

You’re not bad at marketing. You’re busy doing the work. Nobody on your side is picking up the phone, and nobody is telling you what the money became.

The monthly report you get now
  • Clicks
  • Impressions
  • Website visits
  • Jobs it paid for?

Your accounts. One accountable team. We bring your website, marketing and call answering together, then stay with the work after launch.

One team for the work between getting found and getting the call.

Your website, local search, Google ads and call answering, managed together around your business.

  1. “I don’t own my own stuff.”

    Your keys back.

    Your website, Google profile, ad account and analytics move into your name, and we handle the exit with whoever has them now.

    Running for a client today

  2. “The phone rings while I’m on a job.”

    Your calls, answered.

    Riley picks up in your business’s name, gets what the caller needs, books the job or passes it to you, and emails you the lead.

    Answering client lines today

  3. “My site doesn’t bring calls.”

    A site that sends people to the phone.

    On your domain, built for your trade and the towns you work in. Open a few of ours below.

    Running for clients today

  4. “I don’t know if the ads work.”

    Your ads, in your own Google account.

    Run under a cap you set in writing, plus your Google profile and local search.

    Ads running for a client today

  5. “I can’t see what my money became.”

    A monthly sit-down.

    What came in, what the ads spent, what it turned into, and what to change next.

    Starts in month one. The one-screen version is being built now, on a current client first.

What it takes from you: one 30-minute kickoff call. We do the rest.

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Meet Riley, your business assistant.

Call our line. Ask about your business and hear how she handles the conversation. Here’s what she’ll want to know about you.

What Riley will ask youOn our line, about your business

  1. What’s the business called, and what town are you in?

  2. What kind of work do you do?

  3. How do most jobs reach you now?

  4. What gets missed?

  5. What do you pay for marketing now, and who runs it?

  6. Who makes the call on something like this?

  7. Can I read that back to you, and what’s the best email?

Your business should look like your business.

Here’s one we rebuilt. Drag the line: the site as it stood the day before we touched it, and the site we built the next day.

The Whisk(e)y website after we rebuilt it
The Whisk(e)y website before we touched it
Before · October 1After · October 2
The Whisk(e)y · Whiskey bar, Old Town · Fort Collins, on the Front Range

The others are live right now. Open any of them and click around.

See every site we’ve built

See what came in. Know what needs you.

One place for your customer inquiries, the next action and requests to our team.

The actual owner screens, shown on our demo business. Open any screen for a closer look.

Demo customer list showing Jordan Example with Called, Booked, Won and Lost actions

Keep the next step in sight.

See who reached out and record what happened: called, booked, won or lost.

Demo Today screen showing one new lead needing attention

Start with what needs you.

The inquiries waiting for your attention, on your Today screen.

Demo request form for a site change or problem report

Ask for a change in plain words.

Send our team the change you need or a problem to look into.

Every month, know what happened—and what we’re doing next.

The website going live is the beginning. Each month, we sit down with you over the work, the inquiries and the records available, then agree on the next improvement.

  1. Look at the work.

    What we ran, what we changed and what needs attention.

  2. Read the results.

    What the ads spent, which inquiries came in and what your records show happened next.

  3. Choose the next move.

    Agree what to improve and who is carrying it through. You leave with a clear next step.

When your business needs more, you have somewhere to turn.

Creative that fits your business.

Brand design, photography and print work can be scoped around your next project or campaign.

Help behind the scenes.

Bring a workflow that slows your team down. We agree what to improve, what we’ll handle and what stays with you.

Additional work gets its own scope and price before we start.

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The Running-First Guarantee

Month two waits until the work is running.

Give us your logins on one kickoff call.

If, when we sit down at the end of your first month, any of these three isn’t true, you don’t pay month two, and we keep working free until all three are.

We do it this way because most marketing gets paid whether it’s running or not.

  • Your new site is live on a domain in your name.
  • Riley is answering your line.
  • Your ads are running in your own Google account.

Know what you’re paying for.

One monthly management fee. The work and price, agreed before we start.

Tell us what you need handled. We agree the scope and monthly fee with you on the call. Already paying a provider? We compare the work and fees with you before proposing a switch.

  • You pay month one when you say yes. Month two waits until it’s all running.
  • No setup fee.
  • Month to month, 30 days’ notice.
  • Your ad spend stays on your own card, under a cap you set.
  • The price only goes up on growth you agree is real, and you see it at the monthly sit-down first.

Who you’re dealing with.

Local Business Factory is based in Fort Collins and works for trades and shops across the Front Range. Riley answers first. Travis Eric, who started the company, calls you back within one business day.

More about us

Questions owners ask.

What happens when I call?

Riley asks about your business and what you want to improve. She takes your details and asks whether we can call you back. Travis follows up within one business day.

I’m in a contract with my agency.

Tell Riley when it ends. We line the switch up with it, and we handle the exit when it comes.

I don’t have an agency.

You can start with us. Tell Riley what your business needs; we agree the work and price with you before we begin.

Do I keep my number?

Yes. Your number forwards to Riley when you can’t pick up, and you can switch that off any time.

Who owns the website and the accounts?

You do: the website, the domain, the Google profile, the ad account and your phone number. If you leave, it all stays with you.

Do you promise rankings or a number of leads?

No. Nobody honest can. We promise the work is running, and every month we show you what it brought in.

Riley’s on the line.

Ask her anything, and tell her about your business. We call you back within one business day.

Call Riley now

Rather talk to Travis first? Book 20 minutes with him.
Not ready to talk? Get a free report on your business.