Strengths first
What Hook Agency does well.
This is the part most comparison pages skip. If none of it applied, they would not be on your shortlist and this page would not need to exist.
- They publish their pricing: rare in this industry, and genuinely pro-customer. Credit where due.
- Design-forward websites with a strong visual brand reputation in the trades.
- A prolific content and video presence that has earned real authority with contractors.
Sourced
The facts, with dates.
Everything below comes from a public source and carries the date it was checked. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
- Published pricing
- Local SEO from $2,800/mo · PPC management from $2,000/mo · Meta ads from $3,000/mo · AEO from $4,000/mo (or $2,000/mo added to SEO)
- Checked 2026-07-18
- Website pricing
- Standard (templated) site $12K total; custom site $24K total; complex builds up to $50K, per their pricing page
- Checked 2026-07-18
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN (600 N Washington Ave)
- Checked 2026-07-18
- Focus
- Roofing, HVAC, and plumbing contractors, typically growth-mode businesses
- Checked 2026-07-18
Side by side
Where we are different.
| Dimension | Real Time Marketing | Hook Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Contract | Month-to-month. There is no long-term contract to sign and no term to wait out to leave. | Not published Hook Agency does not publish this, so we are not going to state it. Ask them directly. |
| Published pricing | The Local Services Ads rate card is published: five tiers, the monthly fee and what each manages, at /resources/lsa-management-pricing. | Local SEO from $2,800/mo · PPC management from $2,000/mo · Meta ads from $3,000/mo · AEO from $4,000/mo (or $2,000/mo added to SEO) Checked 2026-07-18. |
| Focus | Home services, and nothing else. HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and the trades around them are the entire business, not one vertical inside it. | Roofing, HVAC, and plumbing contractors, typically growth-mode businesses Checked 2026-07-18. |
How we keep this fair. Every comparison opens with what the other company does well. Every factual claim about another company comes from a public source and carries the date it was checked (2026-07-18). Where a company does not publish something: pricing and contract terms, most often, we say “not published” and tell you to verify it with them directly. An unknown is never counted as a knock, and we would rather leave a cell empty than fill it with a guess.
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- Since 2016
- No long-term contracts
- Every marketing dollar is tied directly to a closed invoice