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What the low price signals, and the four answers that beat it.</description></item><item><title>The work that fills your January calendar happens in September</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/blog/book-january-in-september/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/blog/book-january-in-september/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Inspection volume follows closings, and closings follow contracts written six weeks earlier. 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transaction volume drops, including pre-listing offers, agent work, commercial and the numbers to watch.</description></item><item><title>Pricing a home inspection: good, better, best, and the add-ons that carry the business</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/home-inspection-pricing-and-quoting/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/home-inspection-pricing-and-quoting/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How to price and present a home inspection, why square-foot pricing loses money, ancillary attach rates, deposits, and what pricing does to your marketing.</description></item><item><title>The 48 hour window: what a missed call costs a home inspector</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/missed-calls-speed-to-lead-home-inspectors/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/missed-calls-speed-to-lead-home-inspectors/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Why answering speed 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inspection firm, the pages to write, and the profile and review work that decides whether you get named.</description></item><item><title>Facebook and Instagram ads for home inspectors: sell to agents, not to buyers</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-home-inspectors/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/facebook-instagram-ads-home-inspectors/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Why agent-targeted Meta ads beat buyer ads for a home inspection firm, plus the creative, offers, budgets and a retargeting setup that is nearly free.</description></item><item><title>Google Ads for home inspectors: what to run, what to kill, what a lead really costs</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/google-ads-for-home-inspectors/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/google-ads-for-home-inspectors/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Budgets, campaign structure, negative keywords and realistic cost per booked inspection for a home inspection firm buying search traffic in a referral market.</description></item><item><title>The Google Business Profile setup that gets home inspectors called first</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/google-business-profile-home-inspectors/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/google-business-profile-home-inspectors/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Categories, service list, hours that match how buyers book, photos, posts and Q and A for a home inspection firm, plus the fields most inspectors leave blank.</description></item><item><title>How home inspectors get more Google reviews, and why four is the number to beat</title><link>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-home-inspectors/</link><guid>https://inspectorgrowthlab.com/guides/get-more-google-reviews-home-inspectors/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 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