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HVAC marketing

HVAC marketing for all four seasons.

SEO, websites, landing pages, and paid search campaigns for HVAC companies that need more repair calls, installation leads, and maintenance plan signups.

The problem

The math of HVAC is the math of maintenance plans.

The HVAC companies that win aren't the cheapest or the loudest. They're the ones who build a recurring maintenance base and convert emergency calls into annuities.

Our HVAC playbook puts maintenance plans at the center. Ads, content, email, and review flows all feed the plan. Everything else — emergency calls, system replacements, IAQ add-ons — becomes easier when your base is growing predictably.

Seasonal demand

HVAC marketing has two jobs.

HVAC marketing needs to capture urgent demand and build future demand at the same time. Urgent searches include AC repair, furnace repair, heat pump repair, emergency HVAC service, and no-heat or no-cooling problems.

Future demand includes system replacement, maintenance plans, indoor air quality, seasonal tune-ups, financing questions, and recurring service reminders. A strong HVAC site gives each search a useful page and a clear next step.

The playbook

What we run for hvac clients.

Every account is different. These are the channels and tactics that consistently move the needle for businesses in this space.

01 / Channel

Seasonal PPC

Spring AC tune-ups. Fall furnace checks. Emergency repair 24/7. Structured by season.

02 / Channel

Maintenance plan funnel

Dedicated landing pages and email flows that make plan signup easy.

03 / Channel

Local SEO

Service-area pages for every town within your drive radius.

04 / Channel

Google LSA

Top-of-search placement at a fraction of PPC cost-per-click.

05 / Channel

Facebook & Instagram

Educational content that builds trust before anyone's looking for a tech.

06 / Channel

Call tracking

Every call recorded, scored, and attributed to the channel that drove it.

The KPIs

Numbers we report on.

Not dashboards for dashboards' sake — the four or five numbers that actually predict a healthy, growing business.

Repair demand

Emergency searches

We track whether urgent AC, furnace, and heat pump searches have clear landing paths.

Replacement demand

Higher-value leads

We review content, proof, financing context, and CTAs for bigger HVAC decisions.

Maintenance demand

Recurring revenue paths

We help organize pages and follow-up around tune-ups and plan signups.

Our work

Real engagements. Real results.

We publish case studies from selected engagements, including roofing and economic-development clients. Our hvac work follows the same playbook: discover, strategize, build, measure, grow. Engagement details are in each case study.

See case studies →
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Questions

Things hvac clients ask.

What about emergency calls?+
Emergency work is core — we run 24/7 ad scheduling, dedicated landing pages, and call tracking for after-hours conversion rates.
Do you work with plumbing + HVAC combined shops?+
Yes, and often. Combined shops have unique cross-sell opportunities we build into the funnel.
Can you integrate with ServiceTitan?+
Yes — both for tracking (closed-loop attribution) and for automating review and email flows based on job status.
What budget do we need?+
Most HVAC engagements start at $3,500/month in management plus $2,500–$7,500/month in ad spend.
North Carolina markets

Focused on Eastern NC leads.

John Potter Media works from Jacksonville, NC and supports local businesses, contractors, and service-area companies across Onslow County, the Crystal Coast, and the Cape Fear region.

Ready when you are

Let's build something worth talking about.

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