launch&found
For trades & home services

We Help Trades Get Found, and Get the Phone Ringing.

A website that gets you called, photos and video of your own work, and ads pointed at the people looking for what you do. All of it in your name, and all of it yours.

London, Ontario · shot and built in house · the site and the ad accounts stay yours

The system
1920 × 1080Your website
The websiteBuilt to get called
1920 × 1080Job & brand film
The media16:9, shot here
1080 × 1920Reel
The ads9:16

We build all three for you.

You do not need to find a web person, a photographer and someone to run ads. It is one team, and the three pieces are made to work with each other.

the leads for a property care company, from one campaign

And from our other trade clients

60 daysTo a booked out winter, snow removal
−64%Cost per lead, same company
+240%Revenue, deck repair company

What a lead costs you depends on the trade and the area, so we work it out with your numbers rather than ours*

What you get

Here is what is included.

A website built to get called

Your work, your area, your phone number where people can find it. Fast on a phone, because that is where most people will see it.

Photos and video of your work

We come out and shoot the real jobs. Before and after, the crew, the finish. It is the thing that makes people trust you before they call.

Google ads for people searching now

Someone typing your trade and your town is ready to book. We put you at the top of that search, in your own ad account.

Facebook and Instagram ads

For the people who are not searching yet but will be. Useful for filling a slow month and for booking a season before it starts.

Local search and your Google profile

We set the site up for your trade and the towns you cover, and tidy up the Google Business Profile that usually sits above it in the results.

Calls and forms tracked

So you can see which ad produced which call. Without it you are guessing, and guessing is what makes people turn ads off too early.

How it works, when they need you now

Someone searches for your trade, and your phone rings.

01

They search, your ad shows up

Someone typing your trade and their town is usually ready to book. Your ad sits at the top of that search, and the ad account is yours.

02

They land on your page

Not a directory and not a lead site that sells the same job to three others. Your own page, set up to get the quote request.

1600 × 1000Quote request page
03

You get the job

It comes through as a call or an email while you are on a job. Name, address, what they need and a number to ring back.

9:41
Tuesday, 3 June9:41
GmailnowQuote request, Byron

Deck rebuild, roughly 12 by 16. Wants to start in the spring.

How it works, before they need you

They are not looking yet, so we find them first.

01

They see your work in the feed

Most people book a trade a few weeks after they first think about it. Being the one they already saw doing good work is most of the job.

02

They land on your page

The same page, with the photos of the job that got them there. They ask for a quote, and now you have their details rather than a like.

1600 × 1000Quote request page
03

You get the job

Same inbox, and you can see which ad it came from. That is what tells us where to put more of the budget next month.

9:41
Tuesday, 3 June9:41
GmailnowQuote request, Old South

Front walkway and steps. Saw the reel, wants it done before June.

Facebook & Instagram

Your actual work, in the feed.

Google finds people who are already looking. Most of your area is not, so this is where the rest of them are. Before and afters do most of the work here, because they are the one thing nobody can fake.

Vertical listing reel
Before and afterDeck rebuild
Vertical agent introduction reel
Meet the crewBrand
Vertical home valuation reel
Free quoteQuote form
Vertical walkthrough reel
The finishListing
Vertical just sold reel
Job doneProof
Vertical buyer tips reel
Seasonal offerSlow month
Vertical neighbourhood reel
The areaLocal
The sites

A few we have built.

1920 × 1080St James Property Care
St James Property CareProperty care
1920 × 1080Deck & fence builder
Deck & fence builderTrades
1920 × 1080Snow removal company
Snow removal companySeasonal
1920 × 1080Your business
Your businessNext one we build
What a lead costs

What changes the cost.

We could put an average here, but it would be wrong for most trades reading it. A furnace call and a full roof are not the same lead, and the same trade prices differently a town over. These are the three things that move it.

The tradeWhat the job is worth

A $300 service call and a $30,000 renovation cannot be bought for the same money, and they do not need to be. What matters is what a job is worth to you against what it costs to get one, which is why the number below is a ratio rather than a price.

The areaWho else is bidding

A click costs what the other people bidding on it are willing to pay. Ten roofers in a city sets a very different price from two, so the same campaign is cheaper in some towns than others. We check this before we quote you, not after.

The seasonAnd how fast you call back

Demand for most trades moves with the weather, so leads are cheaper out of season and worth more in it. And how quickly you ring somebody back changes how many turn into jobs more than anything we do at our end.

$1Of ad spend$3.30Back, snow removal client

That one is from a real account and it is on our results page along with the rest of it. It is an example, not a promise. What we can tell you before you spend anything is what a click costs in your town, roughly how many it takes to get a call, and whether the maths works at your job value. If it does not, we would rather say so than take the money.

The maths

What a few more jobs a month is worth.

Your numbers, not ours. Put in what a job is worth to you and what you think it costs to get one, and it works the rest out.

Those extra jobs are worth$0

 

Revenue now
$0
With the extra jobs
$0
Ad spend a year
$0
Return on that spend
–

This is revenue rather than profit, so take your own costs off it before you decide anything. It is arithmetic you can check, not a forecast, and the last field is the one worth arguing about. If you do not know what a booked job costs you in ads yet, that is normal, and it is the first thing we would work out together.

How it runs

Live in a month, settled in a season.

  1. 01Days 1–14

    We come and shoot the work

    A day on your jobs with a camera, so the site and the ads have your work on them rather than stock photos of somebody else's.

  2. 02Days 15–30

    Site live, ads on

    The site goes live with the quote form and call tracking working, the ad accounts open in your name, and the first calls start coming in.

  3. 03Days 31–60

    We read it and adjust

    Which searches turned into a call, which jobs they were for, and what each one cost. Budget moves towards the work you actually want.

  4. 04Days 61–100

    We put more behind what works

    More budget on what is booking jobs, less on what is just producing clicks, and a plain report each month. By now you know what a job costs you to get.

What it costs

Quoted per business, not off a menu.

The build

One off

The site, the photography and the video, and the campaigns set up in your name. Priced once we know how big the job is, and paid once.

Management

Monthly

Running the ads, making new creative, the reporting and looking after the site. Month to month, so you are not held to anything.

Ad budget

Yours direct

Paid straight to Google and Meta from your own account, never through us. What it should be depends on your area and how much work you want.

We quote per business because the jobs are genuinely different. A five page site for one crew and a fifty page one for a company with four is not the same build, and neither is one campaign against four. You get one number for the build and one for the month, both before you agree to anything, and we will tell you if we think the maths does not work at your job value.

Questions

Things trades usually ask.

We are busy already. Why would we do this?

Plenty of trades come to us busy but booking the wrong work, or busy in one season and quiet in the next. The point is not more calls, it is more of the jobs you want, at a time of year you want them. If you are turning work away at the right price, we will say so.

How long before the phone rings?

Google usually moves inside the first couple of weeks, because the people typing your trade are already looking. Facebook and Instagram take longer because you are getting in front of people before they need you. Both settle around the two to three month mark.

Do I keep the website and the ad accounts?

Yes. The domain, the site, the ad accounts and every lead in them are set up in your name from day one. If we stop working together you keep all of it.

Do you have to come out and film?

It is the part that makes the biggest difference, so we would like to. Photos of your own jobs beat stock every time, because people can tell. If the timing is bad we can start with what you have and shoot later.

What if I only cover a small area?

That usually helps. A small radius means less competition on the same searches, which normally makes a click cheaper rather than more expensive. It does mean there is a ceiling on how much you can spend, and we will tell you where it is.

Am I locked in?

The build is paid once and the monthly is month to month after that. We would rather keep earning it, and if it stops working we will tell you before you notice.

Client Reviews

Hear what our clients say about working with us.

5.0 on Google100+ clients helped

Great service from the start to finish. I would definitely recommend anyone to try them out. Super happy with their services for going beyond and above!

DV
Denny V.

Launch & Found made launching my business in London, Ontario so much easier! They built a clean website, set up lead capture systems, and gave us practical tools that are already helping us book more jobs and grow.

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Franxx

Great experience overall. Super easy to work with, very responsive, and they really know what they are doing when it comes to websites and online ads. The content they created for us was high quality and delivered on time.

JR
Jerowe R.

Working with Launch and Found has been a fantastic experience. Their team delivered a professional website, effective paid ad campaigns, and engaging content that helped elevate our brand.

CM
Cody M.

Launch and Found did an amazing job creating our website for Thorne Designs. The site looks professional, runs smoothly, and truly represents our brand.

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Ryan T.

Launch and Found shot some content for me and I was very happy with the results. They are professional and talented at what they do. High recommend.

MD
Minh D.

Excellent service and attention to details. We are so satisfied with the service they provide and highly recommend it!

CB
Cha B.

Very professional, and an absolute pleasure to do business with! Website was very well thought out and easy to navigate.

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Jeff

Launch and Found was great to work with. Professional, creative, and really helpful with marketing and web design. Highly recommend.

IP
Isaiah P.

Great website, organized and very detailed. I love the background.

MT
Mark T.

Worked with them on a project. Very talented with high quality service and products. Check out the website to see their impressive work.

LV
L V.

Solid service, no issues working with the folks here.

HN
Hamilton N.

Great working with the LnF team!

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Edmund T.
Get a quote

Get found by the people looking for what you do.

Tell us your trade, the towns you cover and roughly what a job is worth to you. We will come back with what we would build, what it would cost to run, and an honest read on whether the maths works before you spend anything.

No obligation. The site and the ad accounts are yours either way.

For trades

Ready to keep the phone ringing all year?

Tell us your trade and the area you cover. We will come back with what we would build, what we would run, and what it would cost, before the quiet season rather than during it.