Garage doors
Garage door marketing for installers and repairers
A stuck door is a same-day problem, and people ring the first business that looks open and trusted. Show your recent jobs and collect the reviews that prove it.
Garage door work splits in two. Some customers plan an installation and shop around for quotes. Others have a door stuck half open at 7am with the car trapped inside. The second group wants someone quickly.
Both groups check Google, and a business that looks recent, reviewed and local has an advantage.
Where garage door businesses leak work
Urgent jobs start on the map
A person with a broken door searches on their phone. Recent reviews and posts give them something to go on.
Repairs leave no trace
A sensor realigned or a spring replaced is done in under an hour. It is easy to move on without a photo, a post or a review ask.
Installs look the same in a quote
Roller, sectional and tilt doors all get quoted on price. Photos of finished installs help customers picture the result.
Uneven work
Calls come in bursts. A steady page keeps showing recent jobs through the quiet stretches.
A worked job
Sam runs Northside Door Services (illustrative, not a real business) around Newcastle. A customer in Charlestown has a roller door that has jammed in its tracks. Sam replaces the motor and tidies the track, then takes a photo of the door fully open and the new unit on the ceiling.
He sends the job: "Roller door jammed, replaced motor, realigned tracks, two new remotes, Charlestown, same day." About a minute later the Facebook and Instagram drafts are ready. He approves them before the next callout.
On Local, the customer gets a review text 24 to 72 hours later. When it comes in, Mitch drafts a reply.
How Mitch handles it
Quick posts for quick jobs
A photo and a line per job becomes a Facebook post and Instagram caption about a minute later. Dictate the note if you are up a ladder. Nothing posts without your approval.
Review requests for every callout
On Local and Complete, the customer is texted 24 to 72 hours after you submit the job, which gives them a day or so with the working door. Needs a mobile number and a consent tick.
Plan: On the Local plan
Review texts for callouts, Google profile posts and reply drafts are Local features (A$249 a month). Social, at A$129, is Facebook and Instagram. Complete, at A$579, adds the website side.
Pages for your service area
On Complete, a new blog page every week, on-page SEO fixes and a WordPress plugin help your site speak to searches like "roller door repair Newcastle". Local rank tracking shows where you stand.
What a week looks like
Monday a jammed roller door in Charlestown, sent in from the ute. Tuesday two sectional door spring replacements, two quick jobs. Wednesday a new opener install in Kotara. Thursday a customer's review comes in and the drafted reply is waiting. Friday the page shows five jobs in five suburbs, and a person with a stuck door on Saturday morning sees it.
What it costs
- Job board + photo submission from your phone
- Posts to Facebook and Instagram (posts, stories, reels)
- Content calendar
- Custom branded app for the crew
- 3 user seats
- Everything in Social
- Google Business Profile management and posts
- Automatic review requests after every job
- AI-drafted replies to every review
- Comments and messages inbox for your socials
- 5 user seats
- Everything in Local
- On-page website SEO fixes
- WordPress plugin
- A new blog page every week
- Local rank tracking
- 10 user seats
Every plan starts with 14 days free, no card needed. Month to month, cancel any time.
Garage door businesses get the most from Local, because reviews drive the urgent calls. Read about review requests and the Google Business Profile feature.
Send Mitch your next callout
Send in the next repair or install and see the posts Mitch drafts. Free for 14 days, no card needed.
Questions answered
Does Mitch work for repairs as well as new doors?
Can the posts mention roller doors and sectional doors?
Emergency callouts matter in my trade. Can Mitch help?
Why do reviews matter so much for garage doors?
Do I need a website?
What does it cost?
Try it on your next job.
Start the trial, take a photo when you finish tomorrow's job, and see what Mitch does with it.