Does a service business need social media?
Not the way most advice claims. Customers do not scroll Instagram for a plumber. They search when something breaks. For most trades, local search and reviews produce the jobs. Social media works as light proof you exist and do real work, not as a lead engine. Get found first. Post second.
The honest role of social for a trade: a customer who found you on Google sometimes peeks at your pages to confirm you are active and real. A profile with recent job photos does that job fine. It takes an hour a month, not a content calendar.
There are exceptions. Visual trades like landscaping and painting can win real work from before-and-after photos. Community groups matter in some towns. If a channel demonstrably books jobs for you, keep it.
The mistake is order. Businesses pour hours into posts while their Google profile sits incomplete and their site loads slow. That is marketing effort pointed away from where customers decide. Fix the search presence first. It is where the calls come from.
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