INSIGHTS

Publish a few useful pages a week, not a post a day

A construction or property business gets found by a page that answers the search, and by a mention that points at that page, not by a fresh post every morning.

A new page every day does not lock in a search

A new page every day feels like the work is getting done. The list gets longer, and the site looks busy. A thin page still sits there. It names the business, says a little about several jobs, and never quite answers the search a person typed.

Google ranks a page that clearly answers that search. It does not treat a daily post as proof that the page should be shown. If the page could belong to any firm, posting again tomorrow will not make it the page that gets found.

What to publish first

For a construction or property business, start with the jobs owners already have words for. Quoting. How a tender gets read and answered. A straight second opinion before a builder buys software. Those are the searches a person types while the work is in front of them, not while they are browsing.

Give each search its own page, and use the words they type. A page about pricing a variation should say variation. A page about a tender should say what to check before the price goes back. Do not fold several searches into a single piece and hope it covers the lot.

The guide for construction and trades is that kind of page: a single subject, written for the owner who runs the office as well as the jobs. If the page is the second opinion on software, the note on what an agentic system is is a fair model. It stays with its subject, and it says what the thing is and what it is not.

A few solid pages each week

A few solid pages each week is the pace. Each page should be useful on its own if someone lands on it from a search. The reader should not need yesterday's post, or the homepage, before the page makes sense.

That pace leaves room to be specific. There is time to say how a quote actually moves through the office, or what a tender return should include, instead of rushing a line out so the day is not missed. The pieces on Insights are meant to work the same way. Open the page you need, and it should stand up by itself.

Point the mention at that page

A backlink is a link from another website to your page. Once that is clear, link is the right word. The link has to point at the exact page you wrote for the search, not just the firm's homepage.

A link to the homepage says the firm is there. A link to the quoting page says that page answers that search. Ask for the mention when the page is finished and useful. A link to a thin post does less than a link to a page an owner can use on a Tuesday afternoon.

Who these notes are for

Turner & Barnett writes these for owner-led construction and property businesses. Michael or Marcus can switch who signs each piece, so the name on the page is the person who wrote it.

Tell us the job.

Email michael@turnerbarnettconsulting.com or call 0457 222 093 with the one job costing you the most. Ready to see results? Start the Client Discovery Brief and we'll bring the working fix to the first meeting.