- About Michael Purvis
I help home service businesses get found by the people running searches before they ever pick up the phone.
Customers, partners, decision-makers. The audience matters less than the fact that they’re not finding you yet.
I’m Michael Purvis. I work with owners and decision-makers inside scaling home service businesses. Operators, marketing leadership, sales management, general managers, anyone whose work depends on whether the business gets found. For over a decade I’ve built and run marketing operations for home service companies, through my agency, NH Strategic Marketing, and my home services lead generation firm, Inbound Service Leads.
That decade taught me what separates the businesses that get found easily from the ones that get passed over. Market presence, told coherently and consistently across every channel where someone might look, matters more than most owners realize. AI search has added a new layer on top of that. Most operators can’t see inside it. Most marketing teams aren’t measuring it.
This practice exists to do something about that. The work shows what AI is saying about your business right now, finds the gaps that matter, and closes them.
I publish original research. I document the work through anonymized case studies. And I offer a Market Visibility Audit as the first step for any operator who wants to see exactly what AI search says about their business right now. No upsell, no retainer pitch. The report is the report.
"Referrals reward your past. AI search rewards your future."
- The thesis
- What makes this different
Practitioner-led, home services focused, built on current data.
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Built on current data
Benchmarks from the 2026 Demand Local / Conductor AEO Report, based on 3.3 billion sessions across 13,770 domains.
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Practitioner perspective
Over a decade running marketing and lead generation for home service operators. Not theory. Real work, on real businesses, with real outcomes.
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Home services focus
HVAC, plumbing, roofing, paving, landscaping, siding, and adjacent operators. Not a generic consultancy repositioned for the trades.
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Clear, useful delivery
Written for the decision-makers reading it. No jargon. No marketing fluff. No upsell.
- The other work
The other businesses I run.
Two companies that have given me a long, close look at how home service businesses actually work. Both inform the practice.
Marketing agency
NH Strategic Marketing
Full-service marketing agency working with home service businesses across the Northeast and beyond. Founded in 2012.
Lead generation
Inbound Service Leads
Home services lead generation firm. Operator-side experience that informs how I think about findability, conversion, and the economics of a home service business.
- Start here
The first step is the same for everyone. A Market Visibility Audit.
See exactly what AI search says about your business today. Built on real queries across ChatGPT, Google AI, and Perplexity. Delivered in five business days.