Guides for Australian tradies.

Marketing · Tradies

How Australian tradies plan for quiet months: pre-season checklists, quiet-week playbooks, and when to turn paid leads up or down without panicking.

Marketing · Tradies

A practical monthly marketing budget for solo tradies: what to spend at each stage, the 20% job-value rule, and when to stop renting leads.

Google Business Profile · Local SEO

A simple after-job review system for solo tradies: when to ask, SMS scripts, automation options, and Google rules you must not break.

Local SEO · Tradies

Red flags when an SEO caller guarantees Google page 1 for tradies, five questions to ask before you sign, and what honest local SEO actually looks like.

AI · Marketing

Five practical ChatGPT workflows for Australian tradies: quote follow-ups, review replies, scopes of work, social posts, and website FAQs, without letting AI invent facts.

Websites · Tradies

AI site builders promise a tradie website in five minutes. Honest guide to what they ship, what still wins Google calls, and where a proper build earns its keep.

Tradies · Insurance

A plain-English run-through of the cover that is compulsory, the cover every client demands, and the cover that saves you when your tools get pinched or you cannot work.

Business · Tax

Sole trader or Pty Ltd company? The honest tax crossover, what switching really costs a tradie, and the signs it is time to make the move in 2026.

Pricing · Plumbers

What plumbers charge per hour in Australia in 2026, the charge-out rate vs employee wage gap, how to work out your own number, call-out fees and GST.

Pricing · Painters

What an Australian painter should charge per hour in 2026: real rates by city, why your charge-out rate beats the award wage, GST, licensing and how to price.

Leads · Tilers

The real cost of hipages for an Australian tiler: per-lead fees, shared leads, what a booked tiling job really costs, and when owning your pipeline wins.

Leads · Test & Tag Technicians

Is hipages worth it for test and tag? The honest maths: per-item pricing, why your real buyer is a compliance-driven business, and when owning your pipeline wins.