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Digital marketing for Atlanta trades

A digital marketing agency for Atlanta businesses that helps you book more work.

Put your Atlanta marketing budget toward the jobs you want, with a co-founder helping you choose where to start.

  • A plan for your most profitable work
  • Website and lead tracking
  • Search, advertising and phone support

Google searches each month

What Atlanta searches for, by service

6,450

searches a month

  • SEO
    2,300
  • Digital marketing
    2,020
  • Web design
    1,850
  • PPC management
    280

Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.

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2010Lithium Marketing, established in 2010
$10M+Over $10 million in Google ad spend managed

Businesses we’ve worked with

  • Willard Power Vac
  • Sarkinen Plumbing
  • Robinson Restoration
  • Town & Country Glass
  • Dixie Glass
  • Byers Septic Service
  • F&W Fence Co.
  • Drake’s 7 Dees
  • Rickabaugh Construction
  • Hillsview Building
  • Dozer Dave
  • Mt. Hood Pro Painting
  • On-Target Landscape
  • Atiyeh Bros Carpet
  • Lovett
  • Westmore Construction
  • Northwest New Homes
  • Porter Sealcoating & Paving
  • RescueHero Restoration
  • Panda Plumbing
  • Biermann Plumbing & Heating
  • Ballistic Junk Removal
  • Smart Doors LLC
  • Peak Performance Roofing
  • Deluxe Heating & Cooling
  • Lifetime Exteriors
  • Bruce Johnson Construction
  • Madrone Painting
  • Smart Tree Service
  • Premier Gutter Cover
  • NW Pacific Electric
  • Universal HVAC
  • Lenny Martin Painting
  • Next Level Decks & Exteriors
  • Prodan Construction
  • Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
  • Lovett Restoration
  • Greenlight Titles
  • G.W. Hartley IV
  • Advanced Coatings
  • Thomson Equipment
  • MyADU

Decide where to invest

Atlanta marketing built around the work you can book

Lithium Marketing helps Atlanta service businesses bring in leads through their websites, search results, advertising and phones. Atlanta’s population grew 6.1% from 2020 to 2025. Your marketing needs to introduce the business to customers who may never have heard your name, with a clear service offer and an easy way to request work.

More visitors help only if your business can turn them into customers. We look at where the process breaks: getting found, explaining the service, answering the call or following up. That tells us which work deserves your budget first. You get a plan with costs and responsibilities before you buy.

Set your coverage

An Atlanta address is more precise than a county boundary

Atlanta extends into both Fulton and DeKalb counties. Give us the places your crews serve, and we will use that coverage in your website copy, search work and advertising. Selecting Fulton County alone would leave part of the city outside the plan.

Owner-occupied homes account for 46.4% of Atlanta’s occupied housing. If you also take work from landlords or property managers, say so in your service descriptions and collect the right contact details. Your staff should know who can authorize the job before arranging it.

residents (2025 estimate)
529,110
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+6.1%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
265,899
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
46.4%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
42.7%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$439,600
median home value

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.

Competing for the job

Show why someone should hire your business

Landscaping services account for 196 establishments in Fulton County. Your finished work can give a customer a reason to call: explain what you designed or installed, show the result and make the estimate request easy. Paid campaigns can then promote the particular projects you want more of.

Residential remodeling accounts for 321 Fulton County establishments. A remodeler’s marketing needs enough detail to start a serious project discussion, including the kinds of work offered and photographs of completed jobs. We build the service plan around those decisions, with reports that connect the marketing to leads.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Fulton County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Residential remodelers
    321
  • New home builders
    249
  • Landscaping services
    196
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    124
  • Electrical contractors
    120
  • Roofing contractors
    71
  • Painting contractors
    66
  • Pest control companies
    37

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).

Your starting point

Find the next investment your Atlanta business needs

We begin with your business goal and check what stands between a search and a booked job.

1

Name the work worth growing

Tell us which services you want to sell, where your crews can travel and how much work you can take. Those choices set the scope.

2

Follow a customer through the business

We review the site, search visibility, ads and call handling to find where people struggle to reach you or understand the offer.

3

Put the proposal in order

You see the recommended work, its price and what we need from you. Website, SEO, ads and automation each have a stated role.

4

Review leads with the people who book them

Call and form tracking shows where contacts originate. Your booking feedback helps us judge which services and campaigns deserve more attention.

Work behind the results

A restoration company’s website and SEO investment

For Robinson Restoration, Lithium’s work covered a new website and SEO. Its case study shows the resulting organic search performance. Dave Turin’s recommendation comes from Dozer Dave, his excavation business, and speaks to working with DJ on websites and internet marketing.

Robinson Restoration website homepage built by Lithium MarketingRestoration

Robinson Restoration

26Xorganic traffic

79 to 2,200+ visits a month, SEO only

organic visits a month
79 → 2,200+
organic visits a month
top-3 rankings
120
top-3 rankings
Read the case study
“I highly recommend Dj Van Zanten if you need any help with your website and your internet marketing.”
Dave TurinDave TurinDozer Dave

Other service markets

Compare marketing options beyond Atlanta

The links cover Sandy Springs, South Fulton and other Georgia cities, plus Chattanooga, Tennessee. Use the Georgia page to find additional city plans for the places your business serves.

Pricing

Choose a marketing scope you can budget for

Lithium publishes a typical price for four of its five services, and AI automation is quoted after a free discovery call. Your proposal depends on scope, competition and ad spend.

Conversion web design

$5,000

typical project

Larger sites with more pages or integrations get a fixed proposal after a 30-minute discovery call. Six to nine weeks from kickoff to launch.

SEO

$1,300–$3,000

per month

Typical local SEO retainer, scoped against your revenue per lead.

Google Ads management

From $500

per month

Plus ad spend. Typical: $500–$1,500 a month in management, plus ad spend of $2,000–$5,000 a month.

AI receptionist

$179

per month

Fully managed. No contracts, cancel anytime. Live in days.

AI automation

Scoped

after discovery

Clear, upfront pricing after a free discovery call. Custom builds typically take 1–2 weeks.

Optional hosting and maintenance: $99/month. Secure private hosting on a dedicated high-speed server, daily backups, software and security updates, and basic website changes are all included. Most clients choose this option to keep their new website updated and running smoothly; it is not required.

Our usual service agreement starts with six months, then continues month to month with 30 days’ cancellation notice. Your written agreement sets the final terms. The AI receptionist has no contract.

  • You own your domain, hosting account and website
  • Six-month starting term
  • We guarantee the work, not a ranking
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FAQ

Hiring a marketing agency for an Atlanta service business

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].

Can you tell me what to fix before I buy more marketing?

A co-founder reviews your website, visibility and lead handling before recommending paid work. Bring the services you want to grow and any reports you already have. The free plan identifies the next priorities and explains how they would help people find your business, contact it and book.

Is a full marketing package required?

You can start with a single service. If the website already brings leads but calls go unanswered, phone answering may deserve attention first. If callers can reach you but few people find the business, search work or advertising may come first. We propose the scope that fits the problem.

How do you set a budget across different services?

The budget follows the services you select and the amount of work each needs. A website is typically $5,000; SEO is $1,300–$3,000 a month. Google Ads starts from $500 a month in management, plus ad spend, with the fee depending on spend, channels and landing page work. The AI receptionist is $179 a month; custom automation is scoped after a free discovery call.

Who will I work with when my business is in Atlanta?

A co-founder leads your strategy call, and Allison McKenney is your account manager for day-to-day questions. Lithium is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a team in Portland, Bend and Seattle, working with every client by video. Bring the people who handle bookings into the conversation so the marketing reflects how your business works.

What commitment does a marketing plan involve?

The usual service agreement begins with six months, followed by month-to-month service with 30 days’ notice. Your proposal states the scope and terms for the work selected. The AI receptionist has no contract, and website builds and custom automation have their own project scopes.

Free action plan

Ask us where your Atlanta marketing budget should go next

Unsure which expense should come next? Include your site address and the booking problem you want to solve. Your free plan starts with a short video call: a co-founder helps you weigh the options against your budget.

What we’ll cover

  • What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
  • Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
  • Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
  • Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success

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Tell us a little about your business. Response within 24 hours.

  • 100% free, no obligation
  • Custom plan for your business
  • Response within 24 hours
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