We Fired 4 Marketing Agencies... Then This Happened | Total Septic's Honest Review

Jennifer, co-owner of Total Septic, had tried four marketing agencies before calling us. Four. Each one promised results. Each one delivered excuses.

She wasn't bitter about it. She was just done with the cycle. Done with big talk from national companies who treated her like an account number instead of a business owner. Done with paying for "strategy" that never moved the needle.

"Word of mouth referrals and business growth only gets you so far, no matter how great you are." Jennifer, Total Septic

That's the ceiling every great contractor eventually hits. You do excellent work. Your customers love you. But the phone only rings when someone knows someone who knows you. You can't scale a referral network. You can't predict it. You can't build a business plan around it.

The Immediate Win That Changed Everything

When Jennifer first came to Excavation Marketing Pros, we didn't start with a six-month roadmap or a 40-slide deck. We started by fixing what was broken and visible.

We rebuilt their Facebook presence from the ground up.

"Right off the bat, you guys came in and redid our Facebook page. Just for that alone, this relationship was worth it. It was an immediate win."

That's the kind of momentum that changes how a business owner feels about marketing. Not a promise of results in 90 days. An actual result, visible and tangible, in the first weeks of working together.

The Strongest Google Numbers They've Ever Had

Beyond social media, Total Septic's Google Business Profile became a lead-generating machine. Jennifer described their Google performance as the strongest it had ever been in the company's history.

More views. More calls. More website visits. All tracked, all measurable, all real.

"We've had the strongest numbers in our Google profile that we've ever had."

And when a complex issue arose with their Google profile the kind of red tape that would have taken Jennifer hours to navigate alone our team handled it. No passing the buck. No "that's outside our scope." We handled it because that's what a real partner does.

The Trucks Are Staying Booked

Here is the number that matters most to any service contractor: how far out are you booked?

Before working with Excavation Marketing Pros, Total Septic's pump truck was typically booked three to four days out. A decent baseline, but not the kind of cushion that lets you sleep well at night.

After implementing a full-spectrum marketing approach Google optimization, Facebook, CRM automation, and brand-building that number moved to five to six days out, consistently.

"Our pump truck is staying more consistently booked up to five or six days out instead of three to four."

That's not a coincidence. That's a system working.

Automation That Keeps Leads From Going Cold

One of the most overlooked problems in contractor marketing is lead response time. A potential customer fills out a form at 9 PM on a Sunday. If nobody responds until Monday morning, there's a good chance they've already called someone else.

We solved this for Total Septic with CRM automation instant text and email responses that engage leads the moment they come in, keeping them warm until the team can follow up personally.

"The automation from the CRM giving text and email responses has been very helpful. It's helped us keep leads fresh and engaged."

The Power of Putting a Face to the Business

One of the most powerful things we did for Total Septic was also one of the simplest: we put real people on their website and marketing materials.

The result was something Jennifer didn't expect. A customer called and mentioned that she recognized one of the team members from the website photo. Before the customer ever picked up the phone, she had already built a sense of familiarity and trust with the Total Septic team.

"A customer called and said 'oh, you're one of the people on the website picture.' She established rapport with that customer online without them even knowing who she is."

People do business with people they feel they know. Marketing that puts real faces and real stories in front of potential customers creates that connection before the first conversation ever happens.

A Distinctively Different Experience

After four agencies and years of frustration, Jennifer's summary of working with Excavation Marketing Pros was straightforward:

"Out of four or five different versions of marketing... this has been not only the most successful, it's just a very distinctively different experience."

Different because we measure everything. Different because we communicate clearly. Different because we treat her business like it matters because it does.

Is Your Business Hitting the Same Ceiling?

If you are a septic, excavation, or wastewater contractor who has been relying on word-of-mouth, or if you have tried marketing agencies that over-promised and under-delivered, the story above should feel familiar.

The ceiling is real. But it is not permanent.

A full-spectrum marketing system one that combines Google optimization, social media, CRM automation, brand-building, and genuine accountability can break through it.

Send us a message today to find out how Excavation Marketing Pros can help you keep your trucks booked and your phone ringing.