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Case Study — Residential Plumbing

Master's Plumbing:
Building an
Inbound Lead System
for a NJ Plumber.

Master's Plumbing had solid word-of-mouth and a skilled crew. But emergency searches in their service area were going to competitors with GBP and websites built for those queries. WeWebWorks handles all digital marketing for Master's Plumbing — and built the system that now generates 40+ calls per month at $18 per call.

Top 3
GBP — Emergency Plumbing
40+
Monthly Inbound Calls
–55%
Cost Per Lead vs. Angi
2022
Ongoing Since
The Situation

Great plumber.
Invisible online.

Master's Plumbing had been handling residential plumbing in NJ for years — water heaters, drain cleaning, pipe repair, emergency callouts. Strong word-of-mouth within the neighborhoods they served. Repeat customers. Good work.

But online? Nothing. No website optimized for emergency searches. A thin GBP with 8 reviews and almost no fields completed. When a homeowner at 10pm searches "emergency plumber near me" or "plumber [town] NJ" — Master's wasn't showing up. Their competitors, some of them half as experienced, were capturing those calls.

There was also no way to measure anything. No call tracking meant no visibility into where calls were coming from. Jobs were being booked, but nobody knew which efforts were driving them — and nobody could prove that any marketing spend was working.

What We Built

Four systems.
All working together.

01

Emergency-First WordPress Website

Built for the homeowner at 11pm with a burst pipe. Click-to-call above the fold. Emergency plumbing services featured on the homepage. Service pages optimized for every major plumbing search in the target service area. Fast load. Mobile-first. Structured data on every page.

02

GBP — Built for Emergency Searches

All 100+ fields completed. Service categories structured specifically for emergency plumbing, drain cleaning, and water heater searches. Weekly photo updates. Q&A section populated. GBP posts active monthly. Structured to rank in the map pack for emergency queries across target towns.

03

Call Tracking on Every Page

Dynamic number insertion on every page — so every call can be traced to its exact source: which keyword, which page, which campaign. Monthly reports show exactly where calls are coming from. No more guessing. Every dollar of marketing spend is accountable.

04

Review Generation System

Post-job review request system set up — automated follow-up texts to customers with a direct link to the GBP review page. Review count grew from 8 to 40+ reviews over the first 12 months. Higher review count and rating directly correlates with map pack position and conversion rate.

Results

Month by month.
All tracked, all real.

$18
Cost Per Call (Month 12)
Was $80/lead on Angi — 78% reduction in cost per acquired call
40+
Monthly Inbound Calls
From organic GBP, organic search, and owned channels — no Angi
40+
Google Reviews
Grew from 8 to 40+ reviews in the first 12 months via post-job request system
Month 1

Foundation Built

Website live. GBP fully built out and optimized. Call tracking installed on all pages. Review request system active. First calls coming in within 2 weeks of go-live.

Month 2

Map Pack Rankings

GBP appearing in map pack for emergency plumbing searches in primary target towns. Review requests generating first batch of new reviews. Inbound calls growing week over week.

Month 4

25+ Calls/Month from Organic

25+ inbound calls per month from organic GBP and website traffic. Cost per call already down to $34 — compared to $80 on Angi. No shared leads. Review count at 22 and growing.

Month 12

40+ Monthly Calls — $18 Cost Per Call

40+ inbound calls per month. Cost per call $18. Review count at 40+. Top 3 GBP position for emergency plumbing searches across target service area. Angi cancelled. All leads owned and exclusive.

Why This Matters

Embedded inside
a real trades business.

Master's Plumbing is one of three NJ trades businesses where WeWebWorks handles all digital marketing — which is how we know what actually works. We're not running campaigns from the outside and hoping the numbers look good. We see the calls come in. We hear the job types. We know which keywords are sending tire-kickers and which ones are sending real jobs.

That inside perspective is what WeWebWorks brings to every client. The strategies we use aren't derived from marketing conferences or case studies from other industries. They come from being embedded inside real NJ trades businesses and watching what moves the needle on actual revenue.

2022
Ongoing Since
Top 3
Map Pack Position
$0
Monthly Angi Spend
Services Used

What we deployed
for Master's Plumbing.

WordPress Website Build GBP Optimization Call Tracking Review Generation System Local SEO On-Page Optimization Monthly Reporting Ongoing Management
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