client success story

Pool cover installer expands across BC as Twin Creek's team work behind the scenes to gain a steady flow of new customers.

automatic pool safety covers by Pool Patrol

It's starts with a great reputation

With over 20 years of experience, Pool Patrol has installed and serviced thousands of custom manual and automatic pool covers across B.C. They were already an industry leader when we started working with them in 2021.

So after two decades, why would they need marketing help? As anyone is the home services industry will tell you, reputation is everything. But reputation will only get a company so far when you're a pool cover company and only a minority of home owners have a pool. Plus, covers last a long time so repeat business is years apart. But perhaps the biggest reason is that the owner realized that he should give the marketing role to a specialist.

Companies in this position can drift with the current, so to speak, or take control of their marketing funnel. Twin Creek assisted the owner by managing the marketing activities to reach new customers at all stages of the sales cycle.


One of the surprises about working with Twin Creek was identifying areas where we were spending a lot of money and effort that we shouldn't be. They identified what worked and what didn't for us. That was really a pleasant surprise. Allan Horwood, CEO/Owner of Pool Patrol
Allan testing the strength of pool cover

Results

200%

More Visibility

It doesn't matter how good a company is if potential customers can't find you. It took a website overhaul and a lot of work to really gain momentum, but tripling Pool Patrol's Google rankings and getting recommended in the AI Engines has made a huge difference.

65x

Marketing ROI

When we met Pool Patrol, they were heavily into "spaghetti advertising" — the type where you throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. After measuring the results, we cut the junk and doubled down on the high-performing tactics. ROI soared.

15%

Year over Year Growth

In this industry, steady and consistent annual growth is often more desirable than a blistering pace that burns out the owner and the installation team.

Project story

 

Fixing the leaks.

Allan at Pool Patrol is a business owner and pool cover specialist.

He's not the installer swinging by every job site. He's not the guy answering every phone call. But for years, marketing landed on his desk anyway. Twenty years of reputation, thousands of covers installed, and still no clear read on what was actually working. Was the ad spend paying off? Which region needed more attention? Which channel was wasting money?

In a nutshell, Allan needed a marketing partner who could turn instinct into a plan. Pool Patrol had the product, the team, and the trust of builders across BC. What it needed was a system.

A marketing roadmap laid the groundwork. Our team built customer personas for pool builders, general contractors, and homeowners across two generations, then matched budget and messaging to match. No guessing. Every dollar tied to a persona and a channel that could prove it.

The results speak for themselves. Revenue up 15 percent year over year. The marketing strategy grew brand awareness across the province in key markets, supported the excellent reputation through reviews and social media, video, and online articles. Ads reach people at the right time in the right place. Doing the right thing consistently is a simple idea but takes a dedicated team to pull off.

Allan's voice never changed through any of it. Direct. Honest. A little edge. "What sort of experience do you want?" isn't a tagline. It's the whole business model. Builders get real answers fast. Homeowners get a cover that just works, installed by a team that's been doing this for over a decade. Nobody gets sold. Everybody gets looked after.

That's the experience. That's why the numbers went up.

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Pool Patrol Office

Services provided

 

  • Baseline Website Performance
  • Competitive Analysis
  • SEO Audit & Google Rankings
  • Goal Setting
  • Annual Marketing Budget & Projections
  • Customer Personas
  • Advertising Strategy
  • Asset Planning
  • Key Messaging
  • Monthly Marketing Campaign Development
  • Advertising Templates
  • Action Plan
  • Website Design
  • Marketing Videos & Commercials
  • Social Media Account Setup & Optimization
  • Marketing Management
  • Online Reputation Management
  • Pillar Content Creation - articles, videos, graphics
  • Website Maintenance
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Google Ads - PPC & Display
  • Social Media Management
  • Performance Reporting
As small business owners, advertising is not really what we do. We get pulled in different directions, fall down different traps, and let people talk us into "opportunities". You need one company to handle it. Their team has been terrific to deal with. Allan Horwood, CEO/Owner of Pool Patrol
From Twin Creek Media's YouTube Channel