Maps posts that are not fake coupons
A Maps post is a short public update from the shop. A finished job. A changed hour. A real opening. It is not a fake coupon, and it is not a city list with an exclamation point. Ethical AI is in Frisco, Texas. We draft these updates for HVAC, plumbing, pest, fencing, and other Dallas-Fort Worth shops that want the listing to sound like the person who answers the phone.
Three posts worth making
Use the post for news a customer can check.
- A job you finished, with a photo you took, and the city of that job.
- An hour change, a holiday closure, or a week you are booked out.
- A new truck, a new tech, or a service you now do, stated once, without a discount you invented.
Skip the post if the only reason is "we have not posted in a while." Silence is better than a coupon for a service you do not discount. People who drive over for a deal you will not honor do not become fans. They become reviews.
The coupon problem
"50 percent off any repair this week" is a post shops publish because a template suggested it. Then the phone rings, the tech quotes the normal diagnostic, and the customer reads the post out loud in the driveway. You lose the call and the next one from that street.
If you have a real offer, it has a real boundary. What it covers. What it does not. The date it ends. The same words on the homepage and on the phone. One offer. If you cannot say it without the phrase "select services," do not post it.
A photo of a coupon card you made in a design tool, with the words inside the picture, is worse. The picture is hard to read on a phone, and the offer is still fake if the shop will not keep it. Put real words in the post text. Put a real job in the photo.
How to write the job post
Two or three sentences. What failed. What you did. The city, if the customer said the city is fine. Invite them to call the number already on the listing if they have the same problem. Stop. Do not end with eight suburbs. Do not end with a rank claim. Do not tag a pile of services you did not perform on that job.
Example shape: "No cool on a two-story in Frisco. Replaced the capacitor and showed the homeowner the burned connector. If your system is short-cycling, call the shop number and we will tell you whether you need a tech this week."
Use your job, not that one. The shape is the point.
The name in the post is the public name. Same name as the invoice. A post under a second brand builds a second brand, even when you meant well.
How often
One a week is enough when you have a real job or a real change. Daily coupons train the listing to look like a flyer. If you have nothing new, do not invent a holiday. The hour change and the job photo are the posts people actually use. Everything else can wait.
Match the site. If you say on the post that you are booked until Thursday, the person who hits the homepage should not be promised same-day. The public page and the listing describe one company. HVAC and plumbing can keep that discipline with the same force as a roofing crew.
A model drafts from the work order
Paste the work order, with the price removed if you do not want the price public. Ask for two or three sentences. Read it. Cut any city, discount, or superlative that was not in the work order. You press publish. The model does not get the listing password, and it does not get to "spice it up."
Tonight
- Find one job photo from the last ten days that you have the right to post.
- Write the two sentences from the work order.
- Delete any draft coupon that the shop will not honor tomorrow.
- Publish the job post, or publish an hour change if that is the real news.
- Read it on your phone, logged out, under the public name.
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