603-573-9289Grow Your Paving Company With Google Ads And Facebook Ads
Online marketing for pavers is by no means an easy task. Yet, worn-out traditional methods such as radio ads, and yellow page ads, or door-to-door paving pitches to generate more asphalt paver leads are far too common within the industry.
Sure, those might be attractive to some prospective clients. But, they won’t get new paving leads to walk through that door. Luckily, there’s a better way to cast a wider net and reel in the exact audience you’re looking for with the one-two punch of Facebook ads for pavers and Google Ads for pavers.
Many paving companies might overlook the power that pay per click (PPC) Marketing campaigns for pavers can have on their company (if it’s done right, of course). They could’ve tried these strategies out once or twice before. But, it just didn’t work out as they’d hoped. Hey, it happens.
I suspect, what you’re really after, is having people calling in for asphalt paver leads and seal coating requests daily – and hitting monthly revenue goals well before your month end rolls around – am I right?
If so, I have some great news for you…
We’ve developed a ready-made multi-channel funnel that can help you crush lead generation – all by using Facebook and Google ads to get new paving leads this week. You ready to get your hands on it?
Okay, let’s get started on the basics…
Online marketing for pavers is by no means an easy task. Yet, worn-out traditional methods such as radio ads, and yellow page ads, or door-to-door paving pitches to generate more asphalt paver leads are far too common within the industry.
Sure, those might be attractive to some prospective clients. But, they won’t get new paving leads to walk through that door. Luckily, there’s a better way to cast a wider net and reel in the exact audience you’re looking for with the one-two punch of Facebook ads for pavers and Google Ads for pavers.
Many paving companies might overlook the power that pay per click (PPC) Marketing campaigns for pavers can have on their company (if it’s done right, of course). They could’ve tried these strategies out once or twice before. But, it just didn’t work out as they’d hoped. Hey, it happens.
I suspect, what you’re really after, is having people calling in for asphalt paver leads and seal coating requests daily – and hitting monthly revenue goals well before your month end rolls around – am I right?
If so, I have some great news for you…
We’ve developed a ready-made multi-channel funnel that can help you crush lead generation – all by using Facebook and Google ads to get new paving leads this week. You ready to get your hands on it?
Okay, let’s get started on the basics…
Why Google And Facebook Ads For Paving Companies?
Let’s start with Google.
Asphalt paving contractors can have a tough time getting new asphalt paver leads. When someone needs asphalt paving work, he or she typically does a Google search for something like ‘paving company near me’ and starts calling the first listing in Google – work their way down the list until someone picks up the phone and agrees to come out and provide an estimate. To maximize your customer base, you need to find a way into the crucial top spots on page one for Google search results.
3 Reasons Asphalt Paving Contractors Should Have Google In Their Marketing Strategy
1. Google Replaced the Yellow Pages
At one time, it was a simple process to place an ad in the local phone book and wait for customers to call you. Today, however, a full 98% of people search for local businesses on their computers and from their smart phones, and Google has by far the largest market share. (Bing can work to generate exclusive paver leads too!)
2. The #1 Most Predictable Form of Traffic
While Yellow Page ads are a thing of the past, advertising remains one of the largest expenditures for many businesses. If you can capture more of the people looking for paving contractors from Google, you’ll have an ongoing stream of the most qualified leads that you can likely convert into paying customers.
3. Fast Results
Asphalt contractors have a huge advantage on their side when it comes to Google. So many home owners and commercial clients are going to Google and searching for the services you provide.
With all the different paving clients we’ve had, this form of advertising ALWAYS produces results quickly when done right. You can be up and running on Google Ads in just a few days, and generating multiple asphalt paver leads each month from this advertising source alone.
Google Ads is the single most popular CPC advertising system in the world. The Ads platform enables businesses to create ads that appear on Google’s search engine and other Google properties.
Ads operates on a pay per-click model, in which users bid on keywords and pay for each click on their advertisements.
Every time a search is initiated, Google digs into the pool of Ads advertisers and chooses a set of winners to appear in the valuable ad space on its search results page.
The “winners” are chosen based on a combination of factors, including the quality and relevance of their keywords and ad campaigns, as well as the size of their keyword bids.
Ok, Let’s Move Over To Facebook…
Simply put, Facebook is one of the most targeted, cost effective ways to promote your paving/seal coating company online. Why? Well, the popular social media platform recently reached 2 billion active users, meaning there’s a good chance this is a place your current and prospective customers spend a LOT of time each and every day.
Not to mention, Facebook has access to a massive amount of data on its users – demographics (age, gender), geographic location, do they own a Home, behavior (purchase history, job role, media usage), interests, user activity, pages they like, etc., and so much more.
Because of this, you’ll have the ability to reach the right people in your local neighborhood with your ads – those interested in your paving or seal coating services – while avoiding those who will scroll right past your offering faster than me getting a speeding ticket the time my old boss let me drive his Aston Martin. ;-).
An Ad Combined With A Jaw-Dropping Offer (JDO) For Asphalt Contracting Lead Generation
We’re sharing all the secrets today to help you. One being, the secret “sauce” of your ad, the Advertorial Landing Page, and then the two-pronged jaw dropping offers (JDO). After we have set them up with the Advertorial Lander which we will explain shortly, the Jaw Dropping Offer is that special something that’ll make the Facebook user stop in their scrolling tracks and go all googly-eyed over your ad, compelling them to click.
The Advertorial Blog Post That Snags Leads Off Of Facebook For Your Paving Company
First things first, let’s take a look at the Advertorial Lander which works for our clients. In a nutshell, it’s basically an informative article / blog post we put in front of our client’s ideal paving customers that makes them aware of our offer.
They are home owners, within a 20 mile radius of the client, that make a certain amount of money a year (all of which we can target with Facebook ads).
We pay $5/day during the paving season to put that ad in front of our prospective audience. The right people who are interested in paving and want to avoid falling for a paving scam click on our article ad on Facebook to read it.
The article is informative, has good persuasive writing, shares some good tips to look for in a paving company, and positions our client as a great choice in the eyes of the reader. There are also two subtle banner ads on the Advertorial landing page that link to the two Jaw Dropping Offers we use for this particular client. (Note these can vary from client to client. You may choose to use only one of these, both, or something completely different that fits the JDO criteria).
Once someone has visited the Advertorial Lander some readers will click on the Banner ads right away, while others won’t. The ones that click right away now have the chance to take advantage of the Jaw Dropping Offer and become real leads for your paving company.
First things first, let’s take a look at the Advertorial Lander which works for our clients. In a nutshell, it’s basically an informative article / blog post we put in front of our client’s ideal paving customers that makes them aware of our offer.
They are home owners, within a 20 mile radius of the client, that make a certain amount of money a year (all of which we can target with Facebook ads).
We pay $5/day during the paving season to put that ad in front of our prospective audience. The right people who are interested in paving and want to avoid falling for a paving scam click on our article ad on Facebook to read it.
The article is informative, has good persuasive writing, shares some good tips to look for in a paving company, and positions our client as a great choice in the eyes of the reader. There are also two subtle banner ads on the Advertorial landing page that link to the two Jaw Dropping Offers we use for this particular client. (Note these can vary from client to client. You may choose to use only one of these, both, or something completely different that fits the JDO criteria).
Once someone has visited the Advertorial Lander some readers will click on the Banner ads right away, while others won’t. The ones that click right away now have the chance to take advantage of the Jaw Dropping Offer and become real leads for your paving company.
But That’s Just The Start…
The ones that visit the Advertorial Lander but DON’T click over to the Jaw Dropping Offers we retarget with Facebook ads driving to the Jaw Dropping Offer landing page.
Perhaps that has your wheels spinning about the exact offer you could serve up to your ideal audience, hold up for just one minute. There are a couple requirements that go along with creating your JDO.
- It needs to be a narrowly targeted, irresistible sales offer that compels your people to take immediate action.
- It also needs to be a product or service of perceived high value to offer for free (or at little cost).
So, Let’s Start With The First Requirement
You need to determine who exactly it is you’re wanting to target. With an asphalt paving business, there are a few different audiences you can appeal to – home owners looking for paving, home owners looking for seal coating, and the commercial equivalents.
But, you must focus on one audience at a time and build an offer that’s exclusive to them. In this case, we’ll focus on home owners looking for paving – specifically home owners, ages 30-65, within a 15 mile radius of our client’s location, that make between $75,000 + in yearly income. For most of our clients that targeting on Facebook is ideal.
These homeowners, not renters, within this radius have the economic means to pay to get their driveway paved.
Now that we’ve pinpointed our ideal targets, let’s move onto the second requirement: the offer. This is tough for a Paving contractor as you don’t have a ‘sexy’ free or discounted offering like some of our business clients do – but I’ll share a couple proven ideas that have generated good leads for our clients.
Idea #1: “The Bad Driveway Contest” $500 Makeover Offer
For a couple of our clients we have run a “Bad Driveway” contest where we offer a $500 Value touch up to one of the bad driveway contest submittals.
Here’s How It Works:
We run a targeted Facebook ad offer to homeowners that fit our ideal targeting and to people who visited our advertorial Landing page too.
The ad copy reads something like: “Bad Driveway Contest From [Business Name] – Win A Driveway Makeover! (a $500 Value!)
Let’s face it, Mother Nature is hard on our driveways. If you have a bad driveway we want to see it!
To be entered to win simply follow these two steps:
- Grab your phone, snap a photo of it and post it in the comments below
- Go to this page (Link to landing page here), and complete your entry so we can reach out to you if you win.
Idea #2: The $100 Off Coupon With a FREE Quote
Now I admit this isn’t my favorite. Its not really a Jaw Dropping Offer like we prefer, BUT it has worked to generate some leads so I feel I need to share it with you.
This offer, however, is going to allow the paving company to get leads to talk to, build trust with them, and double the odds of them closing a deal.
Easy Enough? Let’s Keep Rolling…
The Winning Funnel You Need
To catch those leads, you need to set up a simple four-part funnel, which includes:
- A well-targeted Facebook ad
- A landing page (aka opt-in page)
- A thank you page
- And, a simple follow-up email sequence and text message.
Consider it a mini puzzle of sorts—without one part, you can’t complete it with much success. Now, let’s walk through each part of an
effective asphalt/paving sales funnel to ensure you pass the process with flying colors.
The Facebook Ad
This is where you’ll put that JDO on full display for your audience to see (and get excited about). Remember, it doesn’t need to be lavish.
And, you don’t need to write a novel for the copy. You’re ultimate goal is to just get those clicks = LEADS. And, the most effective ad type to do just that is Consideration, with the ideal objective being Traffic. That means you’re focused on sending people to a destination on or off of Facebook for lead generation.
Make sense? Great
Targeting Your Audience On Facebook
Now that the ad objective is knocked out, next, let’s move onto the meat and potatoes targeting. This is where the segment we discussed earlier comes into play.
To begin attracting leads in your area with your special offer, you’ll want to start with the targeting options we mentioned above.
Once you have your targeting all set up, it’s time to build your ad creative! Again, it doesn’t need to be anything fancy.
It just needs to get them to take action and move onto the next step of the funnel. We’re just asking them to provide their contact information to opt-in to your email list and receive the special offer (aka JDO). It’s as simple as that.
After that point is when you can reach back out to them to schedule appointments and offer other services.
Some elements to consider:
- The Ad Headline—super simple. States the offer clearly and who it’s exclusive to
- The Main Ad Copy—pinpoints who this ad is for by using appropriate phrasing.
- The Ad Image – should grab someone’s attention and be relevant to your offer
- The Ad Description—again, states the offer clearly with a bit more information.
- The URL—is easy to read and is a custom domain. That’s important as you want to be sure to avoid extension URLs (ex. .clickfunnels). They’ll cost your ad more in the long run because they’re ranked poorly Web of Trust.
- The Call-to-Action Button—by choosing Learn More, you’re preparing the audience to get more information about the offer
- Once your audience clicks through the ad, they’ll be redirected to an opt-in page. This page is solely designed to get their name, email, and cellphone number, in exchange for the offer.
The Landing Page (Opt-In)
While it’s great and all if you have a website for your business, we recommend you set up a designated page for this offer.
When building out your landing page, consider the following:
- The image and page text must be consistent with the ad that led your target there.
- The target should be asked to provide very minimal information—name, email address, and phone number. Thus, steering clear from overwhelming the user and causing them to click away from the page. All before they fill out the form and claim the offer.
- And, there’s scarcity. Make sure there’s some urgency to your offer.
The Thank You Page
After the prospect enters their information on the landing page and clicks the ‘Submit’ button, they’re added to your email list and redirected to a Thank You page. It should be very similar to the opt-in page, with just a few changes.
- It starts off explaining that an email is coming their way soon with more details about the contest of JDO.
- Most importantly, at the end, we throw in an incentive to encourage people to take action now – instead of waiting to see if they won. I mean, we know they need their driveway re-done – so why not offer them 20% off your regular pricing because they entered the contest?
And, that completes the first three parts of our four-part winning funnel. Lastly, and the most important part of this process, comes the follow up, helping seal the deal with leads who’ve opted-in.
The Follow-Up
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. The degree to which you follow-up with those who’ve opted-in to receive your offer can definitely make or break your campaign. You’ve got to remove any barriers that stand between them and actually doing business with you.
To help with that, you’ll need to send a series of two emails (at a minimum).
The first email they should receive immediately needs to restate the same information from the Thank You page. Super simple.
And, the second email they should receive two days later needs to tell them the benefit of claiming the offer, while reminding them that it expires soon. (There’s that scarcity element again!)
And, that’ll wrap up the basic system.
Give It A Go!
We’ve set you up for success, providing you with an outline for your four-part funnel to generate a steady flow of leads using Facebook ads. And, the best part? It’ll work no matter what stage of business you’re in.
If you’d like help setting something like this up for your paving company I invite you to book a call with me. (See below).
Helping small businesses grow through smart online marketing or pavers is our passion – you’ll know it as soon as you talk to us for 5-minutes. I hope to talk with you about growing your business very soon.
Want to see how we can help your paving company?
Time To Meet With Kyle Battis
Kyle Battis has been involved in advertising and marketing since 1999. He has a background in Website Design, Direct Marketing, Online Media Buying commanding $150,000 per Month Ad budgets, Live Presentations, and he has extensive experience designing Marketing Campaigns that make money for small businesses.
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