VIA HELM
Welcome, rooftalk members

Tired of paying thousands
a month for advertisements?

The typical agency charges roofers $1,000 to $4,000 a month, the same rates they charge national ecommerce brands. Via Helm does SEO, AEO, Google Ads, and web design for service businesses, with plans from $100 a month.

Built for roofers. Flat fees, never a cut of your ad spend. Live in 2 days.

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Free for rooftalk members. No cost, no obligation. We show you exactly where your business stands online.

60 to 90%
of roofing leads now come through the Google Map Pack
$3,199
the average monthly retainer agencies charge for SEO
50%+
of roofing search traffic comes from "near me" searches
2 days
from our first call to your site being live

Why this matters

Word of mouth still wins roofing. But it now runs through a screen.

74% of homeowners say word of mouth is their top way to find a roofer. Here is the trap: when a neighbor recommends you, the homeowner immediately looks you up. If your site is slow, your Google profile is thin, or your reviews are old, that referral dies at the validation step, and you never even know it happened. Weak SEO makes it worse: if you are not in the Map Pack, the homeowner searching your name sees your competitors ranked above you, and the referral you earned becomes their lead. And with weak AEO, when that same homeowner asks ChatGPT or Google AI who the best roofer in town is, you are simply not in the answer. Every gap compounds: the job you were recommended for quietly goes to whoever shows up instead.

A great reputation with a weak online presence is a leaky bucket. You earn the trust through your work, then lose it the moment the customer looks you up.

What Via Helm does

Four services. One connected system. Built to get you the call.

Local SEO

Show up in the Map Pack, where the jobs actually are

Google Business Profile optimization, local keyword targeting, review strategy, schema markup, and citation building, all pointed at the map results and the "near me" searches homeowners make when they are ready to hire.

Why it works: 60 to 90% of roofing leads now come through the Google Map Pack, and more than half of roofing search traffic comes from long-tail searches like "emergency roof repair near me." If you are not in those results, those calls go to whoever is.
AEO

Get recommended by ChatGPT before your competitors know it exists

SEO gets you found. AEO gets you chosen.

Answer Engine Optimization: structuring your business so AI tools like ChatGPT and Google AI recommend you by name when a homeowner asks "who is the best roofer near me." Schema, AI-readable content, consistent citations, the full foundation.

Why it works: AI already drives about 11% of how homeowners find roofers, and ChatGPT passed 900 million weekly users this year. Fewer than 3% of agencies offer real AEO. Almost no roofers are optimized for it yet, which means the first ones in own the channel.
Google Ads

The phone ringing this week, on a flat fee

Full campaign build and management: keyword research, ad copy, negative keywords that stop wasted spend, conversion tracking, and continuous optimization. Your ad budget goes 100% to Google. We never take a percentage of your spend.

Why it works: Google Ads returns an average of $2 for every $1 spent, and up to $8 on the Search Network. Agencies that take a cut of your budget are paid more when you spend more. Our flat fee keeps our incentive pointed at your results, and a single roofing job won from a well-targeted ad can return 50 to 100 times the click cost.
Web Design

A website that wins the job before you quote it

A fast, mobile-first site built around one goal: turning the homeowner who looks you up into a phone call. Clean design, transparent service pages, one-tap calling, and estimate requests that actually get filled out.

Why it works: Over half of mobile visitors leave a site that takes more than 3 seconds to load. And 65% of homeowners are more likely to call a roofer who shows transparent pricing, yet roughly 76% of contractors show none. We build the site that closes that gap, live within 2 days of our first call, not 6 weeks.

Pricing

A fraction of what everyone else charges.

Most agencies bill a roofer in one town the same as a national online store: $1,000 to $4,000 a month, averaging around $3,199. We built for service businesses instead, so our plans run $100 to $300 with no long-term contracts. Ad budget is separate and goes 100% to Google, never to us.

Anchor
$100/mo
$500 setup fee
Professional website built in 2 days
Mobile, tablet & desktop optimized
Local SEO setup and optimization
Google Business Profile optimization
Schema markup installation
Sitemap and Search Console setup
Client dashboard access
Monthly performance report
Ongoing website support

Best for businesses with no digital presence or an outdated website.

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Helm
$250/mo
$500 setup fee
Everything in Anchor
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) setup
FAQ content creation for AI visibility
Monthly AEO audit (ChatGPT & Perplexity)
Bi-weekly performance report
Citation building across top directories

Best for established businesses ready to improve their AI visibility and build local authority.

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Command
$300/mo
$500 setup fee
Everything in Helm
Google Ads management and resources (flat fee — you control the budget)
Full monthly AEO content management
2 SEO blog posts per month
Competitor visibility tracking
Citation building across 20+ directories
Review generation system
Weekly performance report
Dedicated account manager
Priority support

Best for businesses that want to dominate their market on Google, Maps, and AI tools.

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A single roofing job is worth thousands. One job a month from any plan pays for itself many times over.

Start with the free audit.

We will pull up your business the way a homeowner does: your site speed, your Map Pack position, your reviews, and whether AI recommends you. Then we show you exactly what is costing you jobs. Free for rooftalk members, no obligation, and it takes one short call.

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