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What Makes A High Performing Roofing Website
Kyle Waters

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Introduction


Are you sitting there asking yourself why your website isn’t producing the results you hear it can? Maybe you’re getting ready to launch a brand new website and you want to make sure it is done perfectly the first time so you won’t have to re-do it in the future. Throughout this post, I will talk about how to create a high performing website for your roofing business that can help you maximize results.


What is A High Performing Website?


Every industry has benchmarks of where your website should be in terms of conversion rate (amount of website visitors who turn into a lead), bounce rate, time on website and visitors. 

“A Lead” is defined as someone who contacts your business with some interest in your service. This can be through email, phone, or a form submission. Anything else is not considered a lead and should only be described as a lead if it’s one of the three.

A high performing website is a website that blows past the norms of “benchmarks” and sets a new standard for where the websites in your industry could be at. 

To be very clear, a great website does one thing well, and that is turn visitors into a lead.


Why This Matters?


In the roofing industry one extra lead a month from a new website could pay for the new website in the first month and then over 10x over the course of a year and 50x over the course of 5 years. 


If you could invest $5,000 dollars into the stock market and get $250,000 back in just 5 years, would you? 

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How to Create A High Performing Roofing Site


Below I will be talking about the main factors that go into a high performing roofing website and specifics on how to implement this onto your site. If you follow along you should get some great tips, pointers, ideas, and other information that can improve your website.


Display Trust Symbols Openly (Almost Like Your Bragging)


Trust symbols are certificates, organizations, and achievements your business has and is affiliated with. A few symbols you might be able to put on your site are as follows:

  •  National Roofing Contractors Association
  • 5 star Rating on Google
  • Celebrating Over [# of years] In Business
  • “Following CDC Guidelines” (DURING COVID)
  • Home Advisor Approved
  • Angies List
  • BBB Accredited

There are many more, but the majority of the ones above your business should be a part of because it’s an easy way to earn the trust of your customers.

The best places to put these are on every page. Place these trust symbols in the footer, above the fold, or somewhere on the page. This is a proven way to get new people viewing your site to immediately trust your business.


roofing trust symbols displayed on website

Have A Persuasive Headline 1


What’s the first thing someone sees when they get to your site? THE HEADLINE! Does yours say “A Roofing Company In [Insert City]” or “Best Roofing Company In [Insert City]”. Because if it does, you will want to change the headline to something more persuasive

When a visitor loads up your website they already have a few things in the back of their mind that they don’t need (or want) to be told. One of them is that they are loading up a roofing website. No need to tell them that again. Come up with a better, more creative, and a clear benefit your company offers.

  • Show a clear benefit to using your company
  • Strike curiosity to make them give you a call
  • Your headline is the first thing they see. Make it memorable.

A few examples of great headlines are nothing complex.

  • “OVER 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS”
  • Quality. Excellent Service. 5 Star Rated.
  • “$250 OFF A NEW ROOF.
  • Contact us today to receive $250 off a new roof.
  • “0% INTEREST RATE FINANCING ON A NEW ROOF INSTALL”
  • Want to get a quote quickly? Fill out the form below.

Be creative! These types of headlines are clear benefits for the customer and will improve the chances of them contacting you. 

persuasive header 1 for web design roofers

CTA Buttons Everywhere


CTA stands for “call to action”. In a website this is considered the buttons and links on the site that lead to a direct action of a visitor becoming a lead. For example, a button in the top right of the page saying “Get a Free Estimate” is a CTA that can lead to a new customer

. On your website you’ll want to have these buttons everywhere. Don’t overdue this by putting them after every section, but occasionally throughout the pages you want to make sure you’re giving your visitors an option to contact you. If you dont you will see a drastic decrease in the # of people who contact you. Make it easier for you visitors to contact you by providing links/buttons across your pages.

  • Have multiple CTA buttons down your page 
  • Keep the CTA text the same. Don’t have “Get a Free Estimate” on one then the next one say “Get Free Quote Now” and then both be directed to the same pages. This will create un-needed mental friction within the visitor which decreases their chances of clicking on the button and contacting you.
  • Put CTA’s in the header of your site (on all devices).
  • On Mobile devices you’ll want a click to call button at the top of the page


provide call to action on website

Show Who You Are!


Ever heard the quote “people buy from people” meaning people don’t buy from stock photos and fake pictures. They buy from seeing a team of happy faces with your logo on your shirt and real photos of new roofs you’ve installed. Stock photos are a great option if you don’t have anything else, but if you are serious about your website’s performance and using your site as a resource, having real pictures are beneficial for your websiteShowing real pictures will show the personality of your company and will raise their chances of calling you because they have a clear image of who they might be talking to on the other end of the phone. Have a team section on your website under the “about us” section and have a few pictures of the roofers on your team. 

  • Have a gallery of roofs installs (commercial and residential)
  • Have pictures of the people on your team
  • Designate a part of your website for personal pictures of the team

This will help the website visitor familiarize themself with your company and increases your chances of capturing them as a lead.


People Have Questions. Answer Them Quickly!


A lot of websites today don’t have sufficient information on their site to help the buyer go through the whole buying process before contacting the company. Have all the information and questions your customer may ask on your site. Additionally, have the most important questions answered right on the front page using an accordion (FAQ section). 


roofing faq section on website

Have All Information On First Page


What you need to do is make sure all important information is on the front page. Information that is important to people looking for roofs include the following:

  • Do you offer financing?
  • Are your roofers insured?
  • How long are the warranties?
  • How quickly can the roof be installed?
  • Can I trust your company?
  • Why should I call you?
  • How long have you been in business?
  • Where can I go to find reviews?

Make the benefits of choosing your roofing company clear for the website visitor. All this information will lead up to the buyer contacting you and having enough information to make a decision. Having enough information about your company proves to shorten the buyer process timeline and increase the number of leads you’re seeing from your website.


Don’t Be Shy


A website is like a resume. You need to show off your awards, achievements, best things you’ve done, and who you’ve installed roofs for. A website is meant to sell, treating it like a resume will do that for. You can show this by adding a gallery page to the site, through your content on the site, before and after pictures, adding trust and certification symbols.

You never want to be over the top, but showing you have a better “resume” than your competitor will pay off exponentially.


displayed strong qualities on your roofing website

Have A Page For Everything


Having a page for everything. What does “having a page for everything” mean? You may ask. This means going over the top by providing every question, concern, or thought on your website, and explaining it in detail. Having a page for everything looks like the following:

  • Homepage
  • About Us
  • Our Team
  • History
  • Financing
  • FAQ
  • Residential Roofing
  • Roof Replacement
  • Roof Repair
  • New Roof Install
  • Emergency Roofing
  • Commercial Roofing
  • Roof Replacement
  • Roof Repair
  • Emergency Roof Fix
  • TPO Roofs
  • Reviews
  • Areas We Serve
  • [INSERT ALL CITIES YOU SERVE]
  • Contact Us

What’s the point of all that? Besides it will take you hours to write all that content. The reason why is, for your user experience and Google (SEO).

WHY YOU WANT IT FOR YOUR CUSTOMER.

Your customer occasionally wants to know a lot about your company before they call you. Most of the time they don’t, but the some that do it’s worth having all these additional pages for them. It could make the difference between a great lead and a hesitant lead. The great lead reads all the information and understands your company well, while the hesitant lead is still deciding and researching before making a decision.

WHY ADDITIONAL PAGES ARE GOOD FOR SEO.

More content = more likely to show up on Google for important keyphrases. 

If you have a page designated to “storm damage in St. Louis” then you are 100x more likely to show up in the Google Organic search results than if you didn’t have that page.



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Conclusion


Creating a high performing roofing website for your business takes either hiring an experienced team to create it for you, or understanding the key concepts that make your website work for you. I hope this blog was helpful for you and you leave satisfied with some great ideas to go back to your website and implement and see a boost in performance.

If you have any questions or want to talk with me directly feel free to connect with Kyle on LinkedIn and tell me what brought you!

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Max Conversion is a Website Design and PPC agency located in St. Louis MO. Want to talk with a Max Conversion specialist and understand how to scale your roofing business at a much faster rate? Contact Max-Conversion today.


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Introduction  Should you run ads on Google or Bing? Why not both? Most people fight over which one is better, although we are not here to talk about that. Both are great and you should be on both. Bing is known for having less traffic than Google. With everything perceived wrong there is an opportunity shining bright ready for companies to take charge. In this post, we will cover everything from how/why Bing offers a lower CPC than Google to the easy inputs that Bing has put into its ad platform to allow easy automation of successful ads. After reading this post, you should be able to understand how Bing is a great place for a company wanting to get in front of more customers. Here are some statistics on why your company should be using Bing: 6 billion monthly searches 34.7% Desktop The usage is a 50/50 between male and female One advertiser found that his bounce rate for Bing-generated traffic is 8% lower than the site’s overall bounce rate. Bing recently increased its website exclusion limits from 500 to 2000, enabling better targeting and quality control. Easily import Google Ads campaign into Bing Ads What are Bing Ads? Similar to Google Adwords, Bing is a platform where hundreds of millions of searches happen each day. People of all ages still use Bing as their main search engine. Bing is the second largest search engine in the United States, which gives companies a great opportunity to get in on the low CPC (cost-per-click) and the even lower CPA (cost-per-action/acquisition/lead). The reason you don't hear many companies bring up Bing is that it is not the primary go-to for PPC Advertising. You often hear more of Google Adwords and Facebook. Let’s uncover the strategy behind Bing and how it can lead to more customers. Where Bing Advertising Thrives Bing ads thrive where no other advertising platform does. Being the most overlooked platform now, Bing offers huge potential to grow your business fast and affordably. Here is why: LOWER CPC AND CPA Bing is great for companies looking for another ad platform to grow their business on. Since Bing has a lower search query than Google that means Bing’s keywords and advertising is overall cheaper than Google. RETURN ON AD The average return on ad spend (ROAS) for Google Shopping campaigns is 751% versus 1,345% for Bing Product Ads. Searchers on Microsoft and Yahoo sites are likely to spend 21.5% more than the average web searcher The average revenue per click for Google Shopping campaigns is $3.58 versus $4.43 for Bing Product Ads. AGE DIFFERENCE Nearly 40% of Bing users are between 35-54 years old. Great industries for Bing are industries that target middle and older age people. This is a great way to lower your CPC while also lowering your CPA because you understand the audience you are looking to target. WAGE GAP This is a big one. Since the age gap is more focused on middle generations these people also prove to have more money. 33% of Bing users have a household income of over $100,000. Expensive services and products not only perform better on Bing because of the older generation the wage gap is higher than Google’s average. AUTOMATION Bing makes automation really easy. So easy a beginner that knows very little about Bing advertising can go on to the Bing advertising dashboard and set up automation. This automation includes turning on and off keywords, ads, ad groups, campaigns, and more. You can choose only to enable the campaign when… Fill in the blank… That helps you save costs and only show ads when a certain metric is being met. LOWER COMPETITION Bing ads are easily overlooked by a majority of companies. Most, don’t even consider Bing as an optimal platform to advertise on. The best attribute that Bing advertising offers is the lower competition compared to other advertising platforms. While Bing has a historically lower cost-per-click, they also have lower competition which allows your ad to show up higher in the results for the individuals who don’t use Google. There are buyers and you can get more volume to your website for a more affordable price than Google. CONCLUSION Bing gets a lot more hate than it should. It isn't talked about nearly enough in the advertising space. In reality, Bing advertising can be just as or more profitable than Google Adwords. Just because it has less traffic doesn't mean they don't have enough to make a significant difference on a business. Bing on average gets almost 900,000,000 searches every single day. That is a ton and since fewer companies are advertising in that space it leaves lots of room for your company to jump in and get in front of more customers. 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