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Social media for Trades

Local-first social media for plumbers, electricians, heating engineers and multi-trade firms - so the right jobs land in your inbox and you can stop chasing leads from MyBuilder.

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Client Retention

39+

Businesses Served

68%

Custom Packages

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Lock-In Contracts

The best trades businesses are quietly killing it on socials - not with dance trends, but with sharp before-and-afters, finished-job reels and local visibility that means homeowners ring you, not three competitors.

Compelite Pro photographer shooting a trades team in branded hi-vis vests beside a company van outside a Georgian manor — example trades content we'd createContent creator filming two tradespeople on-site during a garden room build — behind the scenes trades content creation

Our Trades approach

We turn finished jobs into a steady pipeline - local-first reels, before-and-afters, Google Business optimisation and Meta ads built for trades with quote-based pricing.

Job-site shoots that respect your time on the tools

Local SEO that ranks you for 'plumber near me' style searches

Lead-gen ads that pre-qualify so you stop quoting time-wasters

How It Works

Four simple steps to social media that actually works.

1

Patch & service audit

We map your service area, ideal jobs and competitors to focus content where margins are highest.

2

On-site capture system

We give you a simple capture system or send a videographer for hero job days - no faff.

3

Publish & rank

Weekly posts, reels and Google Business updates that build local authority.

4

Convert with ads

Optional Meta and Google ads layered on top to drive qualified enquiries on demand.

DIY social media

  • Inconsistent posting schedule
  • No strategy behind the content
  • Hours wasted on what to say
  • No idea what's actually working
See what DIY is really costing you

With Compelite Pro

  • Bespoke strategy for your industry
  • Consistent, high-quality content
  • A dedicated team that knows your business
  • Monthly reporting with real business metrics
Paris Cains, Founder of Compelite Pro
From the Founder
"We understand trades businesses because we've worked with dozens of them. Your industry has specific challenges - and we know how to solve them."

Paris Cains

Founder, Compelite Pro

More about Paris

Social media built for trades businesses

Most trades brands don't have a content problem — they have a strategy problem. Posting more often, tweaking captions or jumping on the latest trend rarely moves the needle. What actually moves revenue in the trades space is a structured social media presence that builds trust before a prospect ever fills in a form, picks up the phone or walks through the door. That's where we come in. As a social media agency for tradespeople, we're hired specifically to remove the guesswork — so your social channels stop feeling like a chore and start working as a measurable part of your business.

We turn finished jobs into a steady pipeline - local-first reels, before-and-afters, Google Business optimisation and Meta ads built for trades with quote-based pricing. It's the same approach we use for every client we work with, refined for trades specifically so the strategy reflects the way buyers in this market actually behave.

If you've previously tried freelancers, in-house hires or other social media for plumbers providers and felt the results never quite justified the spend, it's almost always a structural issue rather than a creative one. We rebuild the structure first, then layer the content on top.

What's included in our social media agency for tradespeople service

Every engagement is bespoke, but the foundations are consistent: brand and content strategy, monthly content production, scheduling and publishing, community management, performance reporting, and ongoing optimisation. For trades brands that need it, we also layer in paid social, founder-led personal branding, UGC creator campaigns and consultancy support — all delivered by the same team so nothing falls between the cracks.

Content is created in batches at our Bristol studio or on location, depending on what each brand needs. We shoot photo and video, write captions and short-form scripts, design templates that match your brand identity, and build a content calendar that maps directly to commercial goals — not vanity metrics. electrician marketing UK sits at the heart of the work because it's still where most buying decisions begin, but we treat it as one channel inside a wider visibility system rather than the whole strategy.

Reporting is monthly, plain English, and actually useful. You'll see what's working, what isn't, and what we're changing — so you always know what your investment in trades instagram marketing is returning.

How we work with trades brands

Our process starts with a free, no-obligation strategy call. We learn the business, look at your existing channels, and tell you honestly whether we think we can help. If we're not the right fit we'll say so — there's no value in either of us pretending otherwise. If we are the right fit, we move into a short discovery and strategy phase, then into production, publishing and optimisation.

We're deliberately not the cheapest option in the trades space. We're built for trades brands that take their reputation seriously, want a long-term partner rather than a short-term tactic, and understand that decent social media is now a baseline expectation — not a "nice to have". If that sounds like you, the next step is simple.

You can also explore our case studies, browse free resources, or run our DIY social media cost calculator to see what handling this in-house is really costing you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Grow your Trades business

No hard sell - just a conversation about your goals.

No spam. No obligation. Just a straight-talking conversation about your social media.

Ready to Grow?

Book a free strategy call and let's build your social media engine.

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