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What the rating numbers mean and what to fix this week before winter calls.</description></item><item><title>A one-hour checklist, build a frozen pipe page before the first hard freeze</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/one-hour-checklist-frozen-pipe-page/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/one-hour-checklist-frozen-pipe-page/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>When pipes burst, homeowners search in a panic and call whoever answers the question first. Build one frozen pipe page in under an hour, step by step.</description></item><item><title>Plumbers with a website have a median of 39 reviews. Without one, 6. What to do this week</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/plumbers-with-a-website-have-more-reviews/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/plumbers-with-a-website-have-more-reviews/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The website gap in plumbing is wide. What the number does and does not mean, and the simple site a plumbing company without one can put up this week.</description></item><item><title>What to text a caller you missed, word for word, from emergencies to estimates</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/what-to-text-a-caller-you-missed-word-for-word/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/what-to-text-a-caller-you-missed-word-for-word/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A missed call to a plumber is usually a booked job for someone else. Exact text messages for a burst pipe, a slow drain, an estimate request and an after-hours call.</description></item><item><title>Google retired call-only ads. 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What to change this week if you answer after dark.</description></item><item><title>What to send after a water heater estimate, word for word</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/what-to-send-after-a-water-heater-estimate/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/what-to-send-after-a-water-heater-estimate/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The homeowner said they would think about it. Here are the exact texts and the email to send over the next week so the job does not quietly go to someone else.</description></item><item><title>Google is answering questions about your plumbing company now, using your reviews</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/google-is-answering-questions-about-your-plumbing-company/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/google-is-answering-questions-about-your-plumbing-company/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Google has wound down the old Q and A box and lets AI answer customer questions from your profile, site and reviews. What that changes for a plumber.</description></item><item><title>What the $99 drain special really costs a plumbing company</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/what-the-99-dollar-drain-special-really-costs/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/what-the-99-dollar-drain-special-really-costs/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Run the numbers on the cheap drain offer: truck cost, upsell rates, the customers it brings and what to advertise instead in a slow month.</description></item><item><title>Agency, freelancer or do it yourself: how a plumber should decide</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/hiring-a-marketing-agency-plumbers/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/hiring-a-marketing-agency-plumbers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What plumbing marketing really costs, the red flags in a pitch, which work to keep in house, and why any honest offer starts with proof instead of a contract.</description></item><item><title>Local Services Ads are eating the plumbing search page</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/local-services-ads-are-eating-the-plumbing-serp/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/blog/local-services-ads-are-eating-the-plumbing-serp/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Google keeps handing the plumbing results page to Local Services Ads and AI answers. What that shifts for a plumbing company, and what to do this month.</description></item><item><title>The plumbing slow season plan: what to sell in the months the phone goes quiet</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/plumbing-slow-season-marketing-plan/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/plumbing-slow-season-marketing-plan/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A month by month marketing calendar for a plumbing company, with the softener, maintenance plan and water heater offers that fill the dead weeks.</description></item><item><title>Pricing and quoting for plumbers: flat rate, good better best, and the drain special trap</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/plumbing-pricing-and-quoting/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/plumbing-pricing-and-quoting/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How to present plumbing prices so homeowners buy the middle option, why the $99 drain special hurts, and how pricing decides what your marketing can do.</description></item><item><title>What a missed call costs a plumbing company, and how to stop missing them</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/missed-calls-speed-to-lead-plumbers/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/missed-calls-speed-to-lead-plumbers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Text-back, after-hours answering, speed to lead and the dispatch habits that recover the calls a plumbing company is already paying to generate.</description></item><item><title>The seven things a plumbing website has to do</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/plumbing-website-essentials/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/plumbing-website-essentials/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Tap-to-call, real service pages, price ranges, speed and proof. What a plumbing company website must get right, and what you can safely skip.</description></item><item><title>How to get a plumbing company recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/ai-search-chatgpt-plumbers/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/ai-search-chatgpt-plumbers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Homeowners now ask an AI assistant who to call. Here is what those systems read, and the plain changes that put a plumbing company in the answer.</description></item><item><title>Facebook and Instagram ads for plumbers: the offers that work and the ones that flop</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-plumbers/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-plumbers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Meta ads cannot sell an emergency, but they sell water heaters, repipes and softeners. Creative, offers, budgets and retargeting for a plumbing company.</description></item><item><title>Google Ads for plumbers: budgets, the campaigns that work, and the ones that burn cash</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/google-ads-for-plumbers/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/google-ads-for-plumbers/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What a plumbing lead really costs on Google, how to split budget between Local Services Ads and Search, and the settings that stop you paying for tire kickers.</description></item><item><title>How plumbers get more Google reviews without begging</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-plumbing/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-plumbing/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The at-the-door ask, the exact text to send, the timing that works, and what a healthy review velocity looks like for a plumbing company.</description></item><item><title>The Google Business Profile setup that puts a plumber in the map pack</title><link>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/google-business-profile-plumbers/</link><guid>https://plumbingownersedge.com/guides/google-business-profile-plumbers/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Categories, services, photos, hours, posts and Q and A for a plumbing company profile, plus the settings that move map rankings and the ones that do nothing.</description></item></channel></rss>