Social Media for Home Services and Trades
Your best marketing is the work you already do. Turn every finished job into posts that bring the next one, without touching a phone until you are off the ladder.
Works with Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram and Google Business Profile.
Why social media is hard for home service businesses
You are on a job site, not a laptop.
The moments worth posting happen mid-job, and the posting itself has to wait until you are home and exhausted. Weeks pass, the account goes quiet, and referrals forget you exist.
Word of mouth now happens online.
The neighbor who recommends you tags your Facebook page, and the person who checks it finds three posts from last year. A quiet page undercuts the exact reputation that earns trade work.
Local search is the whole game.
"Plumber near me", "HVAC repair near me", "contractor near me" is how emergency and planned work both start. A Google Business Profile with fresh photos and reviews wins those searches; a stale one loses them.
Great work photographs itself and nobody posts it.
Before-and-afters are the highest-converting content in the trades, and most companies have hundreds sitting unused on a phone because there is no system to publish them.
What to post
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Before-and-after job photos: the single best-performing home-services format. One finished job is one strong post.
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Short process clips: a 20-second look at the repair or install. Satisfying, trust-building, and it shows you know the craft.
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Customer reviews as graphics: a five-star quote over a photo of the completed work. Endless supply, high trust.
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Seasonal reminders: furnace checks before winter, AC service before summer, gutter cleaning in fall. Schedulable months ahead, and they generate planned work.
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Team and truck posts: the crew, the branded van, a day on site. Faces turn a service into a local business people recognize.
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Quick how-to and safety tips: "how to shut off your water main", "when a flicker means call an electrician". Useful content that positions you as the expert to call.
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Emergency availability and service-area posts: who you serve and how fast, so the message is out before the pipe bursts.
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Google Business Profile updates: finished jobs and reviews straight onto the listing where "near me" searches land.
When to post
From PostFast's analysis of 70,000+ real scheduled posts:
| Platform | Strong windows (local time) |
|---|---|
| Thursday and Tuesday early afternoon; weekend mornings for homeowners | |
| Weekdays 12 PM to 3 PM | |
| Google Business Profile | Post finished jobs regularly; consistency beats timing |
Details in our Facebook, Instagram and multi-platform guides. Snap photos on the job, then let a weekly scheduling session place them in these windows.
How trades run PostFast
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Connect Facebook, Instagram and Google Business Profile on any plan.
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Collect photos as you work: before, after, a short clip. Two minutes per job, no posting yet.
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Batch on a Sunday evening: turn the week's job photos into scheduled posts, captions written once, dropped into the windows above.
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Schedule seasonal reminders in bulk: the whole year's "book your service before the season" posts go in during one quiet afternoon.
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Cross-post with one tap: the same before-and-after goes to Facebook, Instagram and your Google listing with captions tuned per platform.
How PostFast fits home service businesses
| What you need | How PostFast covers it |
|---|---|
| Post from a phone, publish later | Batch scheduling, drafts, mobile-friendly workflow |
| Local lead generation | Google Business Profile posting built in |
| Before-and-after and video | Photo and short-video scheduling with per-platform captions |
| Low, predictable cost | From EUR 12/mo flat |
| Multiple crews or locations | Workspace per branch on Growth |
| Replying to leads in comments | Social Inbox, included on all plansComing soon |
Pricing
A solo trade or single-crew company runs on Starter at EUR 12/mo. Creator at EUR 29/mo adds accounts and a seat for whoever handles marketing. Multi-branch operations use Growth at EUR 49/mo. Flat pricing, no per-user fees, yearly saves 2 months.
PostFast starts at EUR 12/mo flat. No per-user seats, no per-channel fees. All 11 platforms on every plan, and yearly billing saves 2 months.
See full pricingFrequently asked questions
What is the best social media tool for a plumber, electrician or contractor?
One you can run from a phone in one weekly batch, that posts to Google Business Profile where "near me" searches happen. PostFast does both from EUR 12/mo flat, so job photos become leads without desk time.
What should home-services businesses post?
Before-and-after job photos first, then reviews, seasonal service reminders and quick how-to tips. Before-and-afters are the highest-converting content in the trades, and most companies already have hundreds unused.
Does social media bring trade work?
Yes, mostly through trust and local search: recommendations get verified on your pages, and an active Google Business Profile with recent jobs and reviews wins the "near me" searches that turn into calls.
How often should a trade business post?
Two to four times a week is plenty. What matters is not going dark for months. Batching a week of job photos in one sitting makes that pace easy around a full schedule.
Can I schedule my seasonal reminders in advance?
Yes. Posts schedule up to a year ahead, so an afternoon in January can place every "book before the season" reminder for the whole year, each landing at the right time.
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