What your posts look like.
Homeowners worry a patio will sink or a wall will lean. Photos of the dig and the compacted base answer that before they ask.
The words that go with the tip card
Before patio season starts. Walk it and feel for loose or sunken pavers. Look for low spots where water stands. Check wall caps and steps for movement. Anything feel off? Call Your Company at 000-000-0000. Lic. #00000.
Sample design. Your logo, colors and license number go here. The photos are licensed stock standing in for yours.
Sample
SampleWhat to photograph on the job.
Your phone is plenty. Shoot these as the job goes, then email them from the photo app.
- The yard, beforeThe bare slope or the tired old patio, from where people will sit.
- Excavation and baseDepth, stone and the plate compactor. The part that keeps pavers flat.
- Laying the patternPavers going down in sand, the pattern taking shape.
- Walls and stepsCourses, caps and the drainage behind the wall.
- Finished, at duskFurniture out and the lights on, if you put them in. Low light is kind to stone.
- Then email them.Three to five photos from one job is plenty. Add the town and one line on what you did, and send them to photos@postmarketed.com from your phone.
What homeowners look for.
The signs homeowners notice on their own. On Plus, tip cards like these fill your quiet weeks, with your name and number on every one.
3 signs your patio needs a look
- Pavers that have sunk or rock underfoot
- Weeds or gaps where the joint sand washed out
- A retaining wall that bulges or leans
Before patio season starts
- Walk it and feel for loose or sunken pavers
- Look for low spots where water stands
- Check wall caps and steps for movement
Get the patio ready for winter
- Blow the leaves off before they stain
- Clear the drains and the low spots
- Note any pavers that moved this year
Hiring a contractor, a homeowner should ask for three things: a license number, a written estimate, and photos of jobs like theirs. Your page answers the first and the last before they call.
Your seasons.
On Plus, each season starts with a short promo campaign planned ahead, and quiet weeks get seasonal tips like these.
Spring
Patio season. Posts on loose or sunken pavers after winter.
Tip card: Before patio season starts
Summer
Outdoor living. Finished patios with the furniture out.
Fall
Get the patio ready for winter. Leaves off before they stain.
Tip card: Get the patio ready for winter
Winter
Plan the spring build. Pattern and stone choices make good posts.
Your license number, the way your state writes it.
Your name and license number go on every promo post, so homeowners can look you up in seconds.
- Maryland home improvement
MHIC # - Virginia
VA Lic. # - Washington, DC
DC Lic. # - Anywhere else
Lic. #
Your own number follows the label. Licensed some other way? Tell us the exact wording and we use it.
What it costs.
One flat price. Month to month, no contract. Or a job pack when you want one.
Core
- Your Google listing
- 3 posts a week from your photos, 1 of them a video reel
- Your name on every promo post (license # for contractors)
- Your own free-quote page, linked from your posts
Plus
- Everything in Core
- 4 posts a week, 2 of them video reels
- Instagram added
- Seasonal promo campaigns, planned ahead
- Quiet weeks filled with look-backs and seasonal tips
- Monthly report: what went out and how it did
Pro
- Everything in Plus
- We reply to your Google reviews
- Your Google profile kept current: hours, services, photos
- A professional photo shoot of your work every quarter
Pro is local: the shoots are in person, within driving distance of Huntingtown, Maryland.
Job pack
- Five finished posts from one job, one a video reel
- Back within one business day
- You put them up yourself
- No subscription
Every plan posts to your Google listing, so it never looks abandoned. On Core and Plus, running the listing itself, the reviews, hours and questions, stays with you. On Pro, we also reply to your reviews and keep your hours, services and photos current.
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