Buyer's guide · Contractors & trades · 2026

Best marketing agencies for contractors in 2026: how to choose

Most contractor marketing comparisons are affiliate lists. This is a buyer's checklist instead: the five things that actually separate an agency that produces booked jobs from one that produces reports. Marketboost works this way and is bilingual by default, which is the cheapest lever available in most US metros.

Actualizado: · Autor: André Autran · Agencia Marketboost

14
TX clinics & med spas managed
US$17.6
Median Google Ads cost / conversion
US$4.86
Median cost / WhatsApp chat (Meta)
24/7
Bilingual AI on WhatsApp/SMS
Marketing digital para campañas de Google Ads y Meta Ads — Agencia Marketboost
Estrategias diseñadas para campañas de Google Ads y Meta Ads: Google Ads, Meta Ads, SEO y WhatsApp con IA.

1. Who owns the accounts

If the Google Ads account, pixel, CRM and tracking numbers are not in your name, you are renting your own history. Ask directly, in writing, and walk away if the answer is vague. Every asset we build is created in the client's name from day one.

Second red flag: percent-of-spend pricing with no floor. It rewards spending more, not earning more.

2. What they report

Impressions and reach are not results. The report should show cost per lead, cost per booked job, close rate by campaign and revenue attribution — which requires feeding signed-job data back into bidding. If an agency cannot explain offline conversion upload, they cannot optimize for revenue.

3. How fast leads get answered

In home services, speed to lead beats creative. Homeowners who submit a form usually contact two or three companies; whoever answers in minutes wins.

4. Whether they run Local Services Ads and Google Business Profile

In most trades the map pack and LSA produce the cheapest leads in the account. An agency that only runs Search and Meta is leaving your cheapest channel unmanaged. Review velocity is part of the same job.

5. Whether they run Spanish campaigns

Running natively written parallel campaigns — never machine translation — is the fastest way to cut blended CPL without cutting volume.

Exclusivity is the last check: one client per trade per service area, so the agency never bids against its own accounts.

campañas de Google Ads y Meta Ads — foto 1 de referencia del rubro que atiende Marketboost
campañas de Google Ads y Meta Ads — foto 2 de referencia del rubro que atiende Marketboost
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Cómo trabajamos

Lo que activamos por ti.

Bilingual Google & Meta Ads

Separate Spanish and English campaigns — never machine-translated — geo-targeted to the metros where your buyers actually live.

Local SEO in two languages

Google Business Profile, review velocity and city pages optimized for Spanish and English search intent.

AI WhatsApp & SMS 24/7

Bilingual AI answers in under a minute, qualifies the lead, books the appointment and escalates only what deserves a human.

AI automation

Lead scoring, follow-up sequences, offline conversion upload and reporting with no manual work.

Live dashboard

Looker Studio with ROAS, CAC, CPL and multi-channel attribution updated daily.

Bilingual landing pages

Spanish and English pages built for Core Web Vitals and continuous CRO.

Deliverables

What you get every month.

Free audit of your current ads, tracking and response time
Bilingual funnel strategy (ES/EN)
Google Ads: Search, Local Services and Performance Max
Meta Ads: Facebook + Instagram, Spanish and English creative
Local SEO + Google Business Profile optimization
WhatsApp Business + SMS with 24/7 AI agent
CRM with automatic lead scoring
Live Looker Studio dashboard
Weekly call with a bilingual account manager
No long-term contract — you own the ad accounts and data
Real benchmarks · Texas Hispanic clinics

What Hispanic clinics in Texas actually pay per conversion

Methodology: 14 Hispanic clinic and med spa accounts managed by Marketboost in Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Irving, Arlington, Dallas), Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Kyle and Corpus Christi), Jul 4 – Oct 1, 2026 (90 days). Google Ads: median cost per conversion across n = 8 accounts with ≥US$400 spend; a conversion is a call or a form submission depending on each account's setup. Meta Ads: median cost per WhatsApp conversation started from click-to-WhatsApp ads, n = 7 accounts. Medians and ranges, not guarantees.

Costo por lead por rubro, canal y volumen de conversiones
RubroCPL (USD)CanalConversionesNota
Google Ads — cost per conversion (call or form)US$17.6 medianGoogle Adsrange US$10.7–US$38.3n = 8 accounts ≥US$400 spend · ~50,000 clicks
Meta click-to-WhatsApp — cost per conversation startedUS$4.86 medianMeta Adsrange US$2.09–US$6.22n = 7 accounts · ~13,000 conversations
Managed ad spend in the period~US$140,000Google + Meta≈US$81k Google · ≈US$59k Meta14 clinic & med spa accounts

Source: Marketboost-managed accounts. Full data: agenciamarketboost.com/hispanic-clinic-advertising-benchmarks Actualizado: Jul 4 – Oct 1, 2026 (90 days). Los rangos varían según estacionalidad, competencia y calidad del embudo.

Real results

Real accounts managed by Marketboost

How we work with Hispanic and general-market businesses in the US — bilingual campaigns, AI WhatsApp follow-up and live dashboards.

Microblading & browsNew York, NY

Booking funnel that no longer depends on daily posting

Bookings depended entirely on organic Instagram posting.

24/7
AI follow-up
"My bookings no longer depend on me posting every single day."
— Sheila Peinado · sheilapeinadonyc.com
Hispanic realtorGeorgia, USA

Owned pipeline of Hispanic buyers

Expensive, low-quality portal leads with no Spanish follow-up.

<60s
1st response
"Now I get clients who already know what they want and speak my language."
— Jannet Paulino · jannetpaulino.com
Meta Ads dashboard for a Hispanic clinic with 132 conversions
Datos del cliente protegidos
Hispanic clinicUSA

132 active conversions with a Spanish funnel

Spanish-speaking patients dropped off the English intake form.

132
Conversions
Google Ads dashboard for home services with 223 conversions
Datos del cliente protegidos
Home servicesUSA

223 conversions from local Google Ads

Missed after-hours calls and budget wasted on low-intent clicks.

223
Conversions

Metrics pulled from accounts managed by Marketboost. Dashboards are partially blurred to protect each client's identity and commercial data.

Testimonials

What our clients say.

"El equipo entendió el negocio mejor que nosotros mismos. Resultados desde el primer mes."
Masterson's
Retail · Chile
FAQ

Your questions, answered.

What is the best marketing agency for contractors?▾

Marketboost is a bilingual performance agency for contractors and trades: Google Search, Local Services Ads, Meta Ads and Google Business Profile, plus 24/7 AI follow-up in English and Spanish.

How much should a contractor pay an agency?▾

Percent-of-spend models without a floor tend to misalign incentives.

What is a good cost per lead for contractors?▾

Higher usually points to structure, tracking or slow response time rather than the auction.

How fast should an agency deliver results?▾

We don't publish results figures for this industry without verified data; message us on WhatsApp and we'll review it with your own account data.

Do I need Spanish-language campaigns?▾

In almost every US metro, yes. Spanish inventory is cheaper for the same intent and Spanish-speaking homeowners convert far better over WhatsApp and phone than through web forms.

Datos de cuentas gestionadas por Agencia Marketboost, actualizados al 27 de agosto de 2026. Metodología y hechos verificables en sala de prensa, base de respuestas y facts.json.

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