POV: the storm hit and ChatGPT recommended your competitor ⛈️
Homeowners are asking AI for the best roofer near them.
Make sure it says your name.
SEOchat writes about your roofing work every day, keeps your Google listing busy and brings in reviews, so when a homeowner asks who to call, it's you. You approve with a 👍. Setup takes 10 minutes.
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Sound familiar?
“We live and die by the phone, and some weeks it just doesn't ring.”
“I'm paying for shared leads that five other roofers are calling too.”
“The storm chasers from out of town show up above us on Google.”
“A homeowner said they asked AI for a roofer and got a list without us.”
It's not your fault.
Google and AI recommend the businesses they can read about. Writing about yourself every day is a full-time job, and you already have one. So we made it ours.
How it works
Ten minutes of your time. Then it runs itself.
- 1
Chat with us for 10 minutes
SEOchat interviews you like a new hire: your services, prices, neighborhood, what makes you different. No forms, no homework.
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We do the work every day
Articles about your business, fresh posts on your Google listing, and review requests. Approve with a 👍, or let it run on autopilot.
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Get a weekly text, not a PDF
How many people found you, how many called, and whether ChatGPT and Google recommend you yet. In plain words.
SEOchat
online
Morning ☀️ Today's article is ready: “Roof leak after a storm: repair or replace?.” Publish it?
yes 👍
Live! Also posted your weekend hours to Google.
Big news: ChatGPT recommended you for “best roofer near me” for the first time this week 🎉
LET'S GOOO
What you get
Everything Google and AI look for. Done for you.
Show up when people search
Up to 30 articles a month about your services, your prices and your city: the exact questions your customers type into Google and ChatGPT.
A Google listing that looks alive
Weekly posts on the listing people see in Google Maps. Busy listings get picked over quiet ones.
More 5-star reviews
Friendly review requests you can send by text after every job, so the stars keep coming.
Know if AI recommends you
Every week we ask an AI assistant with web search who it recommends near you, and tell you when your name shows up.
Approve from your phone
Every article lands in your chat first. Thumbs-up to publish, or tell us what to change like you'd text an employee.
English y español
Publish in English, Spanish or both. Perfect for businesses that serve both languages.
Does it pay for itself?
Do the math with your own numbers.
An agency charges $1,500 or more a month. A part-time marketer costs more than that. SEOchat costs less than one nice dinner out, and it works every single day.
You only need 1 new customer every 60 weeks to cover SEOchat.
Land just 1 extra customer a month and you get back 14.0× what you pay.
Based on the $179/mo Growth plan. One roof repair or replacement usually covers SEOchat for a long time.
Not another AI blog robot.
Most AI SEO tools pump out generic articles and trade links between customers. We do the work that gets a local business picked.
| Feature | SEOchat | Typical AI SEO tool | SEO agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $99–$179 | $99–$149 | $1,500+ |
| Writes about your real business | ✅ | Generic | ✅ |
| Keeps your Google listing fresh | ✅ | ❌ | Sometimes |
| Tells you if AI recommends you | ✅ | Rarely | Rarely |
| Trades links between customers | Never | Often | No |
| Spanish + English | ✅ | Some | Depends |
| Reports you can understand | Weekly text | Dashboard | Monthly PDF |
| Contract | None | None | 6–12 months |
What you'll never get from us
- ✕Contracts or cancellation fees
- ✕Link-swap schemes that can get you penalized
- ✕Reports full of words you have to Google
- ✕Articles you didn't approve (unless you want autopilot)
- ✕Holding your content hostage: every article is yours, forever
Founding-member pricing
A full year for about one month of an agency.
Lock in today's price for as long as you stay. Cancel anytime.
Starter
One location, getting started.
$99/mo
About $3.30 a day
- ✓15 articles a month
- ✓Weekly Google listing posts
- ✓Monthly AI check
- ✓Weekly results text
Growth
Most popularEverything it takes to get recommended.
$179/mo
About $5.97 a day
- ✓30 articles a month
- ✓Weekly Google listing posts
- ✓Review requests by text
- ✓Weekly AI tracking
- ✓English and Spanish
- ✓Older articles refreshed monthly
Agency
Run SEOchat for your clients, under your brand.
Let's talk
- ✓Volume pricing per client
- ✓Your logo and domain
- ✓Client reports
Love it or your money back
Try SEOchat for 30 days. Not happy? Full refund, and you keep every article.
The 90-day promise
No growth in Google visitors by day 90? Your fourth month is on us. Details
The playbook
SEO for roofers: what actually works
When a homeowner finds a leak or a storm rolls through, they search "roofer near me" or "roof repair [town]" and call one of the first few names they see. More and more of them ask ChatGPT who to call. SEO for roofers is about being one of those names, in every town you work in, without paying for shared leads. Here's what works.
1. Win the Google Maps pack
For "roofer near me" searches, Google's map results get most of the calls. Your Google Business Profile drives them:
- Use "Roofing contractor" as your primary category and add true secondary ones (gutter service, siding contractor).
- If you work from home or at job sites, set a service area instead of showing your address, and list the towns you actually cover.
- Add photos from real jobs (before and after, crews on site, the trucks). They show you're active and local.
- Post completed projects and seasonal tips regularly so the profile stays fresh.
2. A page for every service and every town
Homeowners search for the exact job: "roof replacement", "flat roof repair", "metal roofing", "storm damage inspection". Each one deserves its own page explaining the work, materials, timeline, price ranges and warranty.
Then add pages for the main towns you serve, with real local detail: neighborhoods you've worked in, common roof types and weather issues in that area, and projects nearby. Avoid copy-paste city pages with only the town name swapped. Google treats those as thin and they rarely rank.
3. Get ahead of storm season
Roofing demand spikes after hail, wind and heavy rain. Publish before the season, not during it: "What to do after hail damage", "How roof insurance claims work in [state]", "Signs your roof needs replacing before winter". These pages build up over time, so they're ranking when the storm hits and the out-of-town storm chasers show up.
Content like this also builds trust. Homeowners who learn something from you are more likely to call you for the inspection.
4. Local Services Ads vs. organic SEO
Google Local Services Ads (the "Google Guaranteed" listings at the very top) charge per lead and can work well, but you pay for every call and stop showing the moment your budget runs out. Organic SEO (your profile, website and reviews) takes longer but keeps sending calls without a per-lead fee.
Many roofers run both. Strong reviews and an active profile help with each.
5. Reviews close the deal
Roof jobs are expensive, so homeowners read reviews carefully. Ask every customer when the job is done, while they're happy, with a direct link to your Google review form, and ask for photos if they're willing. Don't pay for reviews or only ask satisfied customers: Google and the FTC both prohibit it.
Reply to every review. A calm, professional reply to a critical review often impresses future customers more than another five-star rating.
Short on time? That's what SEOchat is for.
After a 10-minute chat, SEOchat does all of this for your business every week: profile updates, pages, articles, review requests and a plain-English report. Want to start yourself? Try our free SEO tools.
Fair questions
I'm on a roof all day. When would I even use this?+
From your truck. You get a text, you send a 👍 or a quick note like “we don't do metal roofs,” and it handles the rest.
Do roofers need a blog?+
Not a diary, but helpful articles answering homeowner questions (costs, materials, insurance, storm damage) are one of the best ways to show up in more searches and in AI answers.
How do I rank in towns where I don't have an office?+
Set your Google profile service area to include them, create a genuinely useful page for each main town, and earn reviews from customers there. Ranking in the map far from your address is hard, but organic results for town pages are very winnable.
I've been burned by SEO companies before. Why is this different?+
No contract, no mystery. You see every article before it goes live, you get a plain-English update every week, and you can cancel with one text. If it's not working, you'll know, and you can leave.
I don't have time for another thing.+
That's the point. After a 10-minute chat, SEOchat runs on its own. Most weeks your only job is a thumbs-up, and you can even turn that off.
Will it sound like me, or like a robot?+
It writes from what you told us: your services, your prices, your way of talking. You can correct anything in the chat, and it learns from every edit.
Is this really done by AI? Will Google punish that?+
Yes, SEOchat is a team of AI agents. Google rewards helpful content no matter who wrote it. What gets sites punished is thin filler and link schemes, and we do neither.
What if I cancel?+
Text us “cancel” and it's done. Every article stays on your site. It's yours.
My website is on Wix / Squarespace / I don't have one.+
We're launching with WordPress and Shopify, with Wix, Squarespace and Webflow next. No website? We'll host a blog for you.
¿Funciona en español?+
Sí. SEOchat publica en español, en inglés o en ambos, y te escribe por chat en tu idioma.
When do I get started?+
Right after checkout we'll reach out personally to set up your 10-minute chat. Founding members keep their price for as long as they stay, and you're covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.
Make AI obsessed with your business 😍
Pick a plan and check out in a minute. We'll reach out personally to set up your 10-minute chat.