Vancouver, BC · Face-to-face + digital growth
Brightnest is a Vancouver sales and marketing agency built for service businesses. Our field teams book appointments face to face across Metro Vancouver while our SEO and digital media team makes sure you are the business people find, trust and call.
Trusted by service businesses across the Lower Mainland
Why Brightnest
Cleaning companies, contractors, exterior maintenance crews, property managers and home service providers do not need another agency talking about impressions. They need booked estimates, signed contracts and a calendar that fills before the season starts.
That is why we run two channels under one roof. Face-to-face marketing creates demand in the exact neighbourhoods and buildings you want to serve. SEO and digital media capture the demand that is already searching for you, and make sure every in-person conversation is backed by a brand people can verify online. One team, one plan, one number that matters: cost per booked job.
Two channels, one growth plan
Most agencies pick a lane. We run both, because service businesses win when the neighbourhood knows your name and Google agrees.
Face-to-face marketing
Residential canvassing, B2B prospecting, events and brand ambassadors. Trained representatives in your branding, on the streets and in the buildings where your best customers are.
SEO & digital media
Local SEO, technical SEO and content, Google Ads and Local Services Ads, conversion-focused websites and social media that turns your daily work into proof.
Services
Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood door-to-door campaigns that book estimates for cleaning, exterior maintenance, landscaping and home improvement companies.
Structured in-person prospecting to property managers, strata councils, facilities teams and business owners who buy recurring commercial services.
Home shows, community festivals, big-box retail and pop-up activations staffed by brand ambassadors who convert foot traffic into booked appointments.
Build your own in-house field sales capability with recruiting, onboarding, scripts, coaching and performance management from people who do this every day.
Own the map pack for the services and cities you serve — from Vancouver to Langley — with a fully optimised Google Business Profile and review engine.
Fix what holds your site back, publish content that answers real customer questions and build the authority that keeps you ranking year after year.
Lead-focused paid campaigns on Google Search, Local Services Ads, Meta and YouTube that scale up in peak season and pull back when the calendar is full.
Fast, mobile-first websites for service businesses with instant quote forms, click-to-call, online booking and the trust signals that turn visitors into customers.
The case for showing up
A digital ad competes with everything else on a screen. A trained representative on a doorstep, in a lobby or at a home show has your customer’s full attention, can see the moss on the roof and can book the estimate on the spot.
Metro Vancouver is built for it: dense, walkable neighbourhoods, strata communities that concentrate decision-makers, housing stock that reaches service age street by street, and a climate that renews demand for exterior services every single season. We pair that field presence with the local SEO and paid media that catch the homeowner who was not ready at the door but searches for you a week later.
Read our research on face-to-face marketingWho we work with
From marketing for cleaning companies and contractors to home and commercial service providers: if you sell a service to homeowners, strata councils, property managers or other businesses, we already know your customer, your seasonality and your margins.
House cleaning, janitorial, post-construction and specialty cleaning companies that need recurring clients and commercial contracts.
Pressure washing, roof and gutter cleaning, window cleaning and property maintenance businesses with seasonal demand curves.
General contractors, renovation specialists, roofers, painters and trades who win on trust and referrals.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping and pest control companies competing in crowded local search results.
Property managers, strata service providers and home builders who need owner acquisition and community presence.
Facilities services, security, waste and B2B service providers that sell recurring contracts to businesses.
How we work
A clear plan, a fast launch and weekly numbers you can run your business on.
We learn your services, margins, capacity and seasonality, then audit your current lead sources, website, search visibility and sales process.
You receive a written growth plan: which neighbourhoods and accounts to target in person, which keywords to own online and what each channel should cost per booked job.
Field teams are recruited and trained in your brand while our digital team builds pages, profiles and campaigns. Most programs launch within three to four weeks.
Weekly reporting shows door counts, conversations, rankings, leads and cost per appointment. We double down on what works and cut what does not.
Projects
Exterior cleaning & pressure washing
Residential & commercial cleaning
Property management & maintenanceWhat clients say
We went from hoping the phone would ring in April to having the first three weeks of the season booked before the rain stopped. The field team represented us better than we expected.
They understood that recurring commercial contracts were the goal, not one-off cleans. The site walks they booked with property managers turned into agreements we still hold.
Every other agency talked about impressions. Brightnest talked about booked consultations and forward capacity. That is the language of a contractor.
Research & insights
How door-to-door and in-person campaigns compare with digital channels for cleaning, exterior maintenance and contracting companies in the Lower Mainland.
Read the researchThe review, rating, category and website signals that separate the top three map-pack results for cleaning and contracting searches across Metro Vancouver.
Read the researchHow the three most common acquisition channels for service businesses compare on cost, lead quality, speed and scalability, and how to combine them by season.
Read the researchQuestions
Straight answers about face-to-face marketing, SEO and how we work with service businesses in Vancouver.
Face-to-face marketing puts trained representatives in direct conversation with your potential customers: at their front door, in their office building, at a community event or on a retail floor. For service businesses such as cleaning, exterior maintenance and contracting companies, representatives introduce your brand, qualify interest and book estimates or site walks directly into your calendar. It creates demand rather than waiting for it, and the leads it produces have already met a real person from your company.
We run field campaigns and digital programs across the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver, North and West Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, New Westminster, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge and Abbotsford, with programs extending to Squamish and Whistler on request.
Our core focus is service-based businesses: residential and commercial cleaning, exterior cleaning, contracting and renovation, home services such as HVAC, plumbing and landscaping, property management and commercial services. If your business sells a service to homeowners, strata councils, property managers or other businesses, our model applies.
Most programs launch within three to four weeks of kickoff. Field campaigns require territory planning, script development and representative training; digital programs require account access, tracking setup and page builds. Google Ads and Local Services Ads can often begin generating leads within the first two weeks while the rest of the program comes online.
We report on the metrics that matter to a service business: doors and conversations, booked estimates and site walks, map-pack rankings, calls and form submissions, cost per lead and, most importantly, cost per booked job. Reporting is weekly for active campaigns and monthly for SEO and content programs, and you always have access to the underlying data.
Yes. Many clients keep an in-house coordinator, a web developer or an existing ad agency. We integrate with what works, fill the gaps, and share tracking and reporting so everyone works from the same numbers.
Book a free 30-minute strategy call. We will map the neighbourhoods, accounts and keywords that will grow your service business this season.
