Welcome to Roofer Growth Hacks! In this episode, we’re breaking down the November 2025 State of Marketing for Roofers a rapid-fire update on what’s changing with Google Local Service Ads, Business Profiles, AI tools, and lead generation that every roofing company needs to know.

Chris Hunter, Chief Marketing Officer at RoofingSites.com and author of The Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing for Roofers, walks through the latest Google updates, what they mean for your business, and how to stay ahead as algorithms, ads, and AI evolve.

Today, we’ll cover the biggest shifts shaping roofing marketing right now from Local Service Ads showing up in Google Maps and the retirement of the Google Guaranteed badge, to how AI tools like ChatGPT can help you write better copy, generate more leads, and automate your follow-up.

If you’re still running your 2023 marketing playbook, this is your wake-up call. The game has changed and we’re showing you how to win in 2025.

About:

RoofingSites.com has been helping Roofing Companies grow for over a decade by using our proven marketing system, the 4R Roofing Marketing System to provide exclusive calls and appointments to each company. We started as a web design company and quickly pivoted to a marketing company since that’s what the Internet’s all about and it’s what our partners kept asking us for!

Since then, we’ve transitioned into a marketing company that not only helps get calls to your roofing company, we help you close the sale!

Timestamps:

[00:00 - 01:08] – Intro

[01:09 - 04:56] – The Importance of Local Service Ads

[04:57 - 10:29] – Changes in Google Business Profiles

[10:30 - 14:33] – Leveraging AI in Marketing

[14:34 - 18:36 ] – The Critical Role of Speed to Lead

[18:37 - 24:33] – Embracing Multi-Channel Marketing

[24:34 - 26:13] – Outro

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Resources:

Upsell & Cross-Sell Campaign Builder for Roofers: https://roofingsites.com/upsell-workbook

RoofingSites: https://www.roofingsites.com/

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