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Roofing & Waterproofing Case Study Dubai: +203% Leads

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How a roofing company with 4 crews in Palm Jumeirah grew inspection requests 203% and cut cost per lead 60% in 6 months with Google Ads, Email Marketing and Lead Generation.

Illustrative case study: the business is anonymised and the figures are modelled on typical results for this market.

Roofing Companies · Dubai

Roofing

A roofing company with 4 crews based in Palm Jumeirah, serving the wider Palm Jumeirah area and focused on roof waterproofing, plus roof insulation and heat reflective coatings. Before working with us, 59% of enquiries came through ServiceMarket and similar paid platforms, where the same lead often went to three or four competitors. The goal was more exclusive inspection requests, a lower cost per contract and a pipeline the owner controls.

Results After 6 Months

Leads per month

+203%

Cost per lead

-60%

Marketing-sourced revenue

+265%

Return on marketing spend

31.2x

The challenge

Where the business was stuck

Roof replacements are high-value but infrequent purchases, so buyers are cautious and compare several quotes.
Storm and weather events create sudden demand spikes that most roofers aren't set up to capture.
Roofing has a trust problem. Buyers worry about cowboys, so credibility signals matter more than in most trades.
Peak season (waterproofing enquiries spike after rain events; insulation and shade demand rises ahead of summer) was not being planned for, so budget ran out when demand was highest.

The approach

Three services, one goal

We focused on Google Ads, Email Marketing and Lead Generation Program, the three channels with the best cost per contract for roofing businesses in Palm Jumeirah. Every call, form and chat was tracked to a booked outcome from week one, so every decision was based on revenue, not clicks.

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What we did

The technical work behind the numbers, service by service.

Service 1

Google Ads

Restructured the account into 30 single-theme ad groups by job type, with exact and phrase match only and a 674-term negative keyword list.
Installed call tracking and imported booked jobs from the CRM as offline conversions, so bidding optimised for revenue, not form fills.
Moved from manual CPC to Maximize Conversion Value with a target ROAS once 30+ conversions a month were flowing.
Added ad scheduling and location bid adjustments so budget follows the hours and areas that produce booked work.
Added click-to-WhatsApp extensions and tracked WhatsApp chats as a primary conversion.

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Service 2

Email Marketing

Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC on the sending domain and warmed it up, taking inbox placement from 69% to 98%.
Segmented 1,800 past customers and quote recipients by job type, area and last service date.
Built 5 automated flows: welcome, quote nurture, post-job review request, annual service reminder and win-back.
Sent a monthly campaign with seasonal offers for roof waterproofing and related work, A/B testing subject lines and send times.

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Service 3

Lead Generation Program

Added the business to our exclusive lead generation program: one roofer per service area, so leads are never shared or resold.
Launched dedicated lead capture pages and campaigns for roof waterproofing and roof insulation and heat reflective coatings across 4 service areas in the wider Palm Jumeirah region.
Qualified every lead by job type, location, budget and timeframe before delivery, with instant delivery by WhatsApp and email.
Replaced paid lead credits on ServiceMarket with a fixed monthly program and weekly reports on cost per lead and booked jobs.

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The numbers

Before and after

Metric	Before	Month 6	Change
Inspection requests per month	32	97	+203%
Cost per lead	AED 462	AED 185	-60%
Cost per contract	AED 2,271	AED 755	-67%
Lead-to-job rate	20%	25%	+4 pts
Website conversion rate	2.5%	3.3%	+30%
Marketing-sourced revenue / month	AED 198k	AED 722k	+265%
Share of leads from paid directories	59%	22%	-37 pts
Search impression share	23%	60%	+37 pts
Email open rate	16%	42%	+26 pts
Exclusive leads delivered / month	0	37	new

Lead growth

Inspection requests per month

Marketing-sourced revenue went from AED 198k to AED 722k a month, measured from booked roofing contracts in the CRM.

Optimisations That Moved The Numbers

01
The 674-term negative keyword list cut wasted spend on jobs, DIY and supplier searches by 27%.
02
Offline conversion import let bidding favour roof waterproofing searches, raising average lead value by 23%.
03
Email flows now bring in AED 93k of repeat and referral work a month from customers who were already on the books.
04
Qualifying leads before delivery cut time wasted on out-of-area and low-budget enquiries by 27%.

The 6-month timeline

From tracking to scale.

Weeks 1 to 2
Audit, tracking and baseline
Call tracking, conversion tracking, CRM connection and a full audit covering Google Ads, Email Marketing and Lead Generation.
Weeks 3 to 6
Build and launch
Google Ads, Email Marketing and Lead Generation live for roof waterproofing, plus roof insulation and heat reflective coatings.
Months 2 to 4
Optimise
Weekly search term, call and landing page reviews. Budget and effort moved to the jobs that close.
Months 5 to 6
Scale
Expansion into Dubai Hills and nearby areas, plus new services with proven demand.

Illustrative case study: the business is anonymised and the figures are modelled on typical results for this market. Your results depend on your market, budget, capacity and follow-up. We share realistic forecasts in your free audit.