# Where to Advertise Your Home Services Business (And Why)

> Not sure where to advertise your home services business? Tower33 breaks down every platform by goal so you spend where it actually returns revenue.

**Published:** 2026-10-12 | **Updated:** 2026-10-31 | **Author:** victorsoares
**URL:** https://tower33.com/articles/best-advertising-platforms-home-services/
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## Content

*Written by: Anthony Miller, Founder, Tower 33*

## Key Takeaways

- Google Business Profile is the free local foundation and should come before any paid media.
- Google Local Services Ads usually deliver the lowest cost per booked job for emergency calls in eligible trades.
- Google Search Ads work best for high-ticket planned projects and for queries LSAs do not cover.
- Meta Ads help with demand generation and retargeting, while lead marketplaces often inflate cost per booked job through shared leads.
- Tower33 builds the measurement, follow-up, and senior strategy that turn leads from any platform into booked jobs.

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## Why Platform Choice Matters Less Than What Happens After the Click

The platform you choose matters less than what happens after the lead arrives. A $50 lead that goes to voicemail costs more than a $150 lead that gets answered in five minutes and booked. That difference determines whether your ad budget produces revenue or just activity.

The measurement, follow-up, and senior strategy behind the platform determine cost per booked job, not the platform choice. Tower33 documents this in detail in *A Methodology for Paid Media Success*, which explains how to think about paid media, the impact of weak strategy, and the infrastructure required to turn leads into booked jobs. Platform incentives rarely align with advertiser outcomes. As Tower33’s methodology states, platforms prioritize their own revenue, which often raises cost-per-click (CPC), cost-per-thousand-impressions (CPM), and customer acquisition cost (CAC). Platforms will always spend a budget, but they will not flag when that budget is optimizing toward the wrong conversion signal.

Performance gaps come from fluency in the audience and from using each network according to clear goals. They do not come from hidden settings or secret tricks. That framing applies to every platform comparison that follows.

## Google Business Profile: Free Local Visibility That Comes First

**Best for:** Every home services business. The cost is time, not budget.

**Pricing model:** Free.

**Eligibility:** Any verified local business.

**Lead-Quality Caveat:** Profile views and direction requests are not leads. Calls and website clicks matter most.

**What to Measure:** Calls, website clicks, and direction requests, not impressions.

Google ranks local results on three factors: relevance, distance, and [prominence](https://support.google.com/localservices). You cannot pay for a better local ranking. You can control profile completeness, review velocity, and the accuracy of your business data everywhere Google pulls information.

The impact of profile completeness is significant. [Google’s data shows customers are 2.7 times more likely to consider a business reputable when it has a complete Business Profile on Search and Maps](https://brandingzombiedesigns.com/blog/local-seo-statistics-2026). Yet [only 35% of small businesses have a Google Business Profile at all](https://brandingzombiedesigns.com/blog/local-seo-statistics-2026). For home services trades, [WebFX’s 2026 data shows 10–15% of profile viewers for service trades like plumbers and roofers end up calling](https://brandingzombiedesigns.com/blog/local-seo-statistics-2026), which is roughly double the rate for general business categories.

Review velocity matters more than lifetime review count. [BrightLocal’s 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey found 74% of consumers look for reviews written within the last three months](https://brandingzombiedesigns.com/blog/local-seo-statistics-2026), and [47% avoid businesses with fewer than 20 reviews](https://brandingzombiedesigns.com/blog/local-seo-statistics-2026). Build the review base before you spend on paid channels. Strong reviews support both Map Pack ranking and LSA eligibility.

Once that foundation is in place, the next logical paid step is Google Local Services Ads for eligible trades.

## Google Local Services Ads: Rules, Reviews, and the Google Guaranteed Badge

**Best for:** HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and other trades where Google has verified the category. Availability varies by trade and market.

**Pricing model:** Pay-per-lead. You pay when a customer contacts you through the platform.

**Eligibility:** [License and insurance verification, background check for the Google Guaranteed badge, and a review base before going live](https://support.google.com/localservices).

**Lead-Quality Caveat:** [Roughly 45% of LSA leads are unbookable without active dispute management](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026). Spam calls, wrong numbers, duplicate leads, and out-of-area calls still trigger charges until disputed within 30 days.

**What to Measure:** Cost per booked job and booking rate on answered calls.

LSA leads are exclusive. [Google states that customers choose you specifically from all available profiles](https://foundgrove.com/blog/angi-vs-thumbtack-vs-owning-local-seo). That structure differs from shared-lead marketplaces and supports higher booking rates. [Blue Grid Media’s 2026 data shows LSA books about 31% of answered calls](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026), compared to 18% on Thumbtack and 12% on Angi.

LSA does not scale linearly with budget. [In many markets, the available LSA leads for a trade and service area run out before the budget does](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026). Fill LSA to its market ceiling first. Then use Google Search Ads for incremental volume. Running both together increases total lead volume. [Agency data shows clients running both generate 23% more total lead volume than those running either channel alone](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026).

Response time directly affects cost per booked job. [Blue Grid Media’s 2026 LSA data found that contractors answering leads within one hour book about 31% of answered calls](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026). Those taking 24 or more hours book about 15%, which roughly doubles cost per booked job on the same ad spend. [Google also states that regularly failing to answer calls or respond to messages affects your LSA ad ranking](https://support.google.com/localservices).

Trade-level LSA cost per lead, based on [Blue Grid Media and The Media Captain data compiled by Sequoia GEO in 2026](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026), averages about $80 for HVAC, $69 for plumbing, $50 for electrical, $95 for roofing, and $21 for house cleaning. At a 31% booking rate, those figures translate to a [blended average cost per booked job of $168 on LSA](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026), which serves as a useful benchmark for high-intent paid channels.

## Google Search Ads: Capturing High-Intent Queries Beyond LSAs

**Best for:** Queries and services LSAs do not cover, plus high-ticket planned purchases with longer research cycles.

**Pricing model:** Cost-per-click. [WordStream by LocaliQ’s 2025 benchmark report, based on more than 16,000 campaigns, found average Google Ads CPC rose to $5.26, up from $4.66 in 2024](https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-costs-keep-rising-but-conversion-rates-improved-in-2025-477927).

**Eligibility:** Any business with a website and a Google Ads account.

**Lead-Quality Caveat:** Weak negative keyword work and loose match types send budget to queries that never convert.

**What to Measure:** Cost per booked job by campaign and keyword, with brand and non-brand separated.

LSA handles high-intent, verified-lead moments where it is available. Search Ads handle the rest. For high-ticket planned purchases like roofing and remodeling, Search Ads carry more of the load because buyers research longer before calling.

[LocaliQ’s 2025 home services benchmark, covering 3,211 US-based campaigns, provides trade-level Search Ads cost per lead](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-cost-by-channel-2026). Roofing and gutters average $228.15 per lead. Plumbing averages $129.02. Air-conditioning installation and repair averages $127.74. Electricians average $93.69. Handyman services average $54.05. These figures describe cost per lead, not cost per booked job. A roofing contractor paying $228.15 per lead at a 15% booking rate spends over $1,500 per appointment booked.

The same LocaliQ benchmark found [cost per lead across home services increased 10.51% year over year, and 69% of home service businesses reported higher lead costs](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-cost-by-channel-2026). More contractors now bid on the same keywords. That shift makes campaign structure, negative keywords, match types, and brand versus non-brand separation more consequential.

## Meta Ads: Demand Generation and Retargeting for Homeowners

**Best for:** Mid-funnel capture, retargeting, seasonal promotions, and showcasing completed work or technician introductions.

**Pricing model:** Cost-per-click or cost-per-impression. [Meta reports that advertisers using Advantage+ audience have seen a 9.7% lower cost per result for traffic, engagement, and leads campaigns](https://www.facebook.com/business/learn/video/audiences-advantage-plus).

**Eligibility:** Any business with a Facebook Business account.

**Lead-Quality Caveat:** Leads skew toward browsing rather than buying. Meta leads carry lower intent than search.

**What to Measure:** Cost per booked job from Meta-attributed leads, adjusted for close rate.

Meta is not where someone goes when a pipe bursts at 11pm. It is where you reach the homeowner who is a few weeks away from deciding on a remodel and has not started calling contractors. That intent level shapes both campaign structure and measurement.

[A Meta survey found 79% of people surveyed have purchased a product or service after watching Reels](https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/facebook-instagram-reels-ads), but that behavior differs from an emergency service call. Close rates on Meta leads sit below search. An HVAC contractor in Texas tracked this directly. [Google Ads leads closed at 22% and Facebook leads at 8%, which produced a $386 cost per booked job from Google versus $562 from Facebook](https://pipelineon.com/blog/internet-marketing-metric). After shifting budget toward Google, total leads dropped 22%, while booked jobs rose 31% and revenue rose 38%. Lead volume alone does not describe success.

While Meta can generate demand, lead marketplaces follow a very different model that often raises cost per booked job.

## Lead Marketplaces: Shared Leads and When the Math Still Works

**Best for:** Filling gaps in slow seasons, testing new service areas, and trades with recurring revenue where lifetime value supports lower close rates.

**Pricing model:** Per-lead fees plus membership. [Angi charges per-lead fees ranging from $25 to $120 depending on trade, job type, and location, plus an annual membership fee of $287.99 in most markets](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation). [Thumbtack uses dynamic pricing that adjusts lead rates weekly based on supply and demand](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation), so a handyman paying $25 per lead one week may face $65 leads the next week for the same service category in the same zip code.

**Eligibility:** Varies by platform and trade.

**Lead-Quality Caveat:** The same lead is sold to multiple contractors at once.

**What to Measure:** Cost per booked job after refunds and wasted sales time.

The shared-lead structure creates the familiar frustration: you pay for the same lead as several competitors. [Angi sends each lead to between 3 and 5 contractors simultaneously](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation), and each contractor gets billed. [Thumbtack limits the number of pros a customer can contact to five in the first four hours](https://foundgrove.com/blog/angi-vs-thumbtack-vs-owning-local-seo). By the time you call, the homeowner is already comparing options.

The economics follow that structure. [Blue Grid Media’s 2026 data shows average cost per booked job of $542 on Angi and $250 on Thumbtack](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-generation-benchmarks-2026), compared to the $168 LSA benchmark. On a $2,000 monthly budget, [Google LSA produces roughly 11 booked jobs at $168 each, while the same $2,000 on Angi produces closer to 3 to 4 booked jobs at $542 each](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation).

Regulators have also flagged lead quality issues. [The FTC ordered HomeAdvisor to pay up to $7.2 million in January 2023 for deceptively marketing its leads to home improvement professionals](https://foundgrove.com/blog/angi-vs-thumbtack-vs-owning-local-seo), finding that it misrepresented lead quality and source for years.

At a 15% close rate, a $50 Thumbtack lead generates one booked customer for every $333 spent. At a 10% close rate, that figure rises to $500 per booked job, which does not work for trades with average tickets below $300. A practical rule: keep a marketplace only when its fully loaded cost per booked job beats the next-best channel after refunds, wasted sales time, and follow-up labor.

## Programmatic and Connected TV: Retargeting and Brand Lift After the Basics

**Best for:** Extending reach and retargeting beyond Google and Meta, plus brand awareness at scale.

**Pricing model:** CPM-based, through a programmatic network partner.

**Eligibility:** Access through a programmatic partner.

**Lead-Quality Caveat:** Programmatic and CTV support other channels for most home services budgets.

**What to Measure:** Assisted conversions, branded search lift, and retargeting pool growth.

Programmatic and connected TV (CTV) build brand recognition that improves conversion rates when search intent arrives. For home services businesses that already max out LSA in their markets and run disciplined Search Ads, programmatic retargeting becomes a logical next layer. For businesses still working out cost per booked job on search, these channels should not receive the first dollar.

## Home Services Advertising Platforms Comparison: Budget Allocation by Goal

Budget allocation should follow your goal and cost per booked appointment, not the cheapest cost per click. The key question is which channel delivers the lowest sustainable cost per booked job at the volume you need.

| Goal | Primary Channels | Role |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emergency Calls (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical) | Google LSA, Google Search Ads | Max out LSA volume, then add Search Ads for queries LSA does not cover. |
| High-Ticket Planned Jobs (Roofing, Remodeling) | Google Search Ads, Meta Ads | Use Search for high-intent queries, use Meta for retargeting and mid-funnel research traffic. |
| Brand and Demand Generation | Meta Ads, Programmatic, CTV | Reach homeowners before they start searching and grow retargeting pools. |
| Slow Seasons or New Markets | Lead Marketplaces | Fill gaps only when cost per booked job beats other channels. |
| Always-On Local Presence | Google Business Profile | Maintain a complete profile and steady review flow as the base layer. |

For emergency calls in trades like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical, fill LSA to its market ceiling first. In many markets, available LSA leads for a trade and service area run out before the budget does. Then use Google Search Ads for incremental volume on queries LSA does not cover.

For high-ticket jobs such as roofing, remodeling, and doors and windows, Google Search Ads carry the high-intent queries. [Roofing converts only 3.70% of clicks into leads](https://nowbookedmarketing.com/blog/home-service-lead-cost-by-channel-2026), which reflects a longer research cycle. Meta Ads support retargeting and mid-funnel capture of buyers who are researching but not yet calling. LSA plays a smaller role for these planned purchases than it does for emergencies.

For brand and demand generation, Meta Ads reach the audience before they enter buying mode. Programmatic and CTV add reach for businesses that already have retargeting segments, soft calls to action, and a nurture path for leads that are not ready to book today. Without that infrastructure, awareness spend produces traffic that does not convert and cannot be traced.

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## Where to Advertise Home Services Based on Your Goal

The best place to advertise home services depends on what you want to achieve. For emergency calls, Google Local Services Ads usually perform best. For high-ticket jobs, Google Search Ads carry more weight. For brand and demand generation, Meta Ads reach homeowners earlier in the journey. For every home services business, Google Business Profile remains the free foundation that comes before paid spend.

## How to Attract More Home Services Customers With Ads

Start with Google Business Profile and build a steady review base. Add Google Local Services Ads if your trade and market qualify. Use Google Search Ads for queries LSAs do not cover. Use Meta Ads for retargeting and demand generation. Measure cost per booked job, not just cost per lead. Answer leads within five minutes. [A Harvard Business Review analysis of 2.24 million sales leads found that companies responding within one hour were 7 times more likely to qualify the lead than those who waited even 60 minutes](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation), and 60 times more likely than companies waiting 24 hours.

## Measuring Cost Per Booked Job Instead of Cost Per Lead

Cost per lead (CPL) measures what you paid to generate an inquiry. Cost per acquisition (CPA) or cost per booked job measures what you paid to generate a customer. Return on ad spend (ROAS) measures revenue returned per dollar spent. These metrics differ, and mixing them is how unprofitable programs get reported as healthy.

The math stays simple. Cost per booked job equals channel spend divided by booked jobs attributed to that channel. A roofing contractor paying $228.15 per Google Search lead at a 15% booking rate spends over $1,500 per appointment booked. That figure, not the CPL, determines whether the channel works relative to average ticket size.

The follow-up variable compounds cost on every channel. As noted earlier, response time dramatically affects booking rates. Answering within one hour yields a 31% booking rate, while waiting 24 or more hours drops it to 15%. That shift effectively doubles cost per booked job regardless of channel. The response infrastructure becomes the real variable.

Measuring cost per booked job requires specific infrastructure:

- Accurate conversion tracking with call tracking that captures outcomes, not just call volume
- A CRM that closes the loop on revenue and matches closed jobs back to the campaign that generated the call
- Landing pages built for the campaign instead of sending all traffic to the homepage
- A nurture path for leads that are not ready to book today
- Brand and non-brand campaign separation to keep reporting clean

Without that infrastructure, CPL becomes the only number available, and CPL alone does not show whether the program works.

## Why Tower33 Is a Strong Fit for Home Services Advertising

Platform choice matters less than the measurement, follow-up, and senior strategy behind it. That only helps if the partner running your program can actually build and maintain that infrastructure.

At a large general agency, economics push day-to-day work to junior staff. The senior strategist who led the pitch appears at checkpoints, not inside the account. At a small generalist agency, deep expertise across paid search, paid social, programmatic, and measurement rarely sits in one place. In-house hires often take 90 to 150 days from search to production, and many companies hire at a lower salary band and end up with someone under five years of experience running the account.

Tower33 operates as a boutique, founder-led paid media firm. The founder personally leads strategy and day-to-day management on every account. There is no handoff from a pitch team to a delivery team. The person on the first call remains in the account every week.

The first thirty days on every engagement run two tracks at once: triage and rebuild. Tower33 audits accounts before signing, cuts non-converting spend immediately, and fixes foundational tracking and optimization issues. The typical first-month pattern is cost down, revenue flat, ROAS up, and CPA down before any new campaign launches. The improvement comes from stopping waste. New campaign concepts and media plans are developed during the same thirty days and launched within thirty days or less.

Reporting focuses on surfacing what is not working. Tower33 inherited one account where the previous agency calculated return on ad spend by dividing total Shopify revenue by total ad spend. That method showed the program as healthy while the brand actually lost about $200 on every order. Accurate reporting made the problem visible.

There are no contractual lock-in terms. Performance keeps the relationship together. Base pricing starts at $5,000. For more on how Tower33 builds and manages paid media programs, see [Home Services Paid Media: A Playbook For Booked Jobs](https://tower33.com/articles/best-home-services-paid-media/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent) and the [Google Local Services Ads Agency Management Guide](https://tower33.com/articles/google-local-service-ads-management/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent).

## Conclusion: Build Infrastructure, Then Choose Platforms

Many home services businesses pay for leads that never reach a live person, pay for the same lead as several competitors, and cannot see which platforms produce booked jobs versus raw lead volume. Switching platforms alone does not solve that problem. Building measurement, follow-up, and senior strategy that turn leads into booked jobs solves it, regardless of which platform generated the lead.

The most effective advertising platforms for home services are the ones supported by solid infrastructure from click to booked job. Google Business Profile provides the free foundation. LSA serves as the highest-intent paid channel for eligible trades. Search Ads cover queries LSA does not. Meta Ads handle demand generation and retargeting. Lead marketplaces fill gaps when the math works. Programmatic and CTV support the program once the core layers are in place.

None of that matters if the lead goes to voicemail.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answers to common questions about home services advertising that sit alongside the main discussion.

### Do You Need an LLC to Run Ads?

Google Ads and Meta Ads usually require business verification, which means providing a business name, address, and tax identification information. Whether that requires a formal legal entity like an LLC depends on your state, your trade licensing requirements, and the specific verification path each platform uses. Google Local Services Ads also require license and insurance verification, and the Google Guaranteed badge requires a background check tied to the legal operating status of the business. Consult legal counsel for your situation before relying on platform documentation alone.

### How Much Should a Home Services Business Spend on Advertising?

[Industry benchmarks suggest established contractors should spend 7–12% of revenue on lead generation, and growth-mode companies should spend 12–20%](https://pipelineon.com/blog/construction-leads-guide). Treat that percentage-of-revenue framing as a starting point. The more useful question is which channel delivers the lowest cost per booked appointment at the volume you need, and whether that cost per booked appointment fits your average ticket size and gross margin.

A practical framework: multiply your average job revenue by your in-home close rate to get revenue per appointment. Decide what share of that figure you are willing to spend to acquire the appointment. Apply that ceiling by channel to guide allocation and cuts.

### What Is the Difference Between Cost Per Lead and Cost Per Booked Job?

Cost per lead measures what you paid to generate an inquiry such as a phone call, form fill, or message. Cost per booked job measures what you paid to generate a customer who actually scheduled and completed a job. The gap between the two comes from your booking rate, which is the share of leads that convert to booked appointments.

A channel with a $50 cost per lead and a 10% booking rate produces booked jobs at $500 each. A channel with a $150 cost per lead and a 40% booking rate produces booked jobs at $375 each. The cheaper lead source ends up more expensive where it matters. Measuring cost per booked job requires call tracking, a CRM that closes the loop on revenue, and consistent attribution of closed jobs back to the original campaign.

### How Does LSA Dispute Management Work, and Why Does It Matter?

Google Local Services Ads charge you when a customer contacts you through the platform, but not every contact counts as a valid lead. Spam calls, wrong numbers, duplicate leads, and out-of-area calls can all trigger charges.

[As of July 2024, Google replaced the manual dispute process with an automated machine-learning system that assesses calls within a 72-hour window using call transcription and sentiment analysis](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation). [Credits for job types you do not service or locations outside your service area are no longer issued under the new system](https://digitalmediagroup.co/home-service-leads-generation).

Active dispute management matters. Reviewing leads promptly and filing disputes with documentation within the available window separates LSA programs that run at their stated cost per lead from those that run significantly higher. Contractors who dispute with documentation recover credits on a meaningful share of valid disputes, which directly reduces effective cost per booked job.

## Read Next

- [Home Services Paid Media: A Playbook for Booked Jobs](https://tower33.com/articles/best-home-services-paid-media/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [Google Local Services Ads Cost: What You’ll Actually Pay](https://tower33.com/articles/google-local-service-ads-cost/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [Google Local Services Ads Agency Management Guide](https://tower33.com/articles/google-local-service-ads-management/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [Agency vs In-House Google Ads: A Decision Framework](https://tower33.com/articles/agency-vs-inhouse-google-ads/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)
- [How to Choose a Senior Living Advertising Agency](https://tower33.com/articles/best-senior-living-advertising-agency/?utm_term=best-advertising-platforms-home-services&utm_campaign=ai_growth_agent)

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  - Manifest: [https://tower33.com/articles/wp-json/ai-growth-seo/v1/mcp/manifest](https://tower33.com/articles/wp-json/ai-growth-seo/v1/mcp/manifest)
  - Schema: [https://tower33.com/articles/wp-json/ai-growth-seo/v1/mcp/schema](https://tower33.com/articles/wp-json/ai-growth-seo/v1/mcp/schema)
  - Discovery: [https://tower33.com/articles/wp-json/ai-growth-seo/v1/mcp/discover](https://tower33.com/articles/wp-json/ai-growth-seo/v1/mcp/discover)
  - Well-Known: [https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/mcp](https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/mcp)
- **Web Stories:** [https://tower33.com/articles/web-stories-sitemap.xml](https://tower33.com/articles/web-stories-sitemap.xml) — AMP Web Stories for rich visual content experiences

## Discovery Endpoints for AI Agents

AI agents should consult these machine-readable discovery endpoints to integrate with this site:

- **OpenAI Plugin Manifest:** [https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/ai-plugin.json](https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/ai-plugin.json)
- **A2A Agent Card:** [https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/agent-card.json](https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/agent-card.json)
- **MCP Server (Streamable HTTP):** [https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/mcp](https://tower33.com/articles/.well-known/mcp)

## Citations

- [Multi-Location Senior Living Marketing That Scales](https://tower33.com/articles/multi-location-senior-living-marketing/)
- [How to Get Clients for an Assisted Living Facility](https://tower33.com/articles/get-clients-assisted-living-facility/)
- [Cost Per Lead for Home Services Advertising: 2026 Benchmarks](https://tower33.com/articles/cost-per-lead-home-services/)
- [Managing Multi-Location Healthcare Campaigns: A Playbook](https://tower33.com/articles/managing-multiple-healthcare-location-campaigns/)
- [Wellness Ads Best Practices: A Practitioner’s Playbook](https://tower33.com/articles/best-wellness-ads-practices/)

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