Comparing Contractor Growth Network? Read this first

CGN vs LSM:
A $26k website, or calls this week?

  • CGN: premium website + SEO shop for $2M–$7M design-build remodelers — published packages like Build SEO at $4,900/mo plus a website around $26,000 (bundle discounts apply).
  • LSM: $699 / $1,499 / $2,450 per month total, no setup fee — high-intent Google Ads live in ~48 hours.
  • With LSM the Google Ads account, landing page, and call tracking are in YOUR name. Cancel anytime, keep everything.
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The honest verdict

For design-build remodelers, CGN is the real deal.
It’s also a very different check.

Let me be straight with you: Contractor Growth Network is one of the more credible names in remodeler marketing. 500+ websites built, a claimed 2.24% conversion rate against a 0.38% industry baseline, 500+ five-star reviews, and — rare in this industry — published pricing. They’re honest about who they’re for: $2M–$7M design-build firms that care deeply about how they’re represented online.

Now look at the check. Their Build package runs $4,900/month for SEO, with a website around $26,000 (a $7,500 bundle discount applies), spread over the first six months. That’s premium-brand economics — and for a $5M design-build firm chasing referral-quality leads over years, it can genuinely pencil. But it’s a brand investment with an SEO timeline, not a lead machine you can turn on this week.

We’re the other tool: $699, $1,499, or $2,450 per month, all-in, no setup fee — a high-intent Google Ads machine built in your account, with your landing page and your call tracking, live in ~48 hours, month-to-month with a 7-day full money-back guarantee. If you need the phone ringing while the brand compounds — or you’re not at $2M yet — that’s us.

Contractor Growth NetworkLocal Service Mastery (LSM AI)
What it isStrategy + website design + SEO/AI-search for design-build remodelersDone-for-you Google Ads + your own AI account manager, personally overseen by Lior
Published pricingPublished — e.g. Build SEO $4,900/mo; website ~$26,000 less a $7,500 bundle discount, spread over 6 monthsPublic, on the page: $699 / $1,499 / $2,450 per month, no setup fee
Who it’s for$2M–$7M remodeling firms investing in brand and organic growthAny local service business that wins when someone searches and calls — no revenue minimum
Core engineWebsites + SEO content — compounds over monthsHigh-intent Google Search — calls from people who need the work now
Time to first leadsSEO timeline; site build spans the first 6 months of paymentsLive in ~48 hours after setup
Who owns the ad accountCGN’s core isn’t paid ads — ask about ownership of the site and any ad accounts in writingYou. Your Google Ads account, your name — forever
CommitmentMonthly payments; website build spread over first 6 months — confirm cancellation termsMonth-to-month. Cancel anytime. 7-day full money-back guarantee
If you cancelConfirm what happens to the website, content, and rankings workYou keep everything — account, landing page, tracking numbers, campaign history

Contractor Growth Network details from public sources (contractorgrowthnetwork.com) as of July 2026. Pricing and terms change — confirm directly with Contractor Growth Network. Contractor Growth Network® is a trademark of its respective owner. Local Service Mastery is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Contractor Growth Network. Comparison is based on publicly available information (contractorgrowthnetwork.com) as of July 2026; features and pricing change — verify all details directly with the vendor.

Why this matters

Brand takes years. Payroll is due Friday.

I’ve been doing this for 15 years, and I respect what shops like CGN build — genuinely. A design-build remodeler with a beautiful site and compounding SEO is playing a long game that works. But I’ve also sat with too many remodelers six months into a five-figure website build, watching the rankings crawl upward, asking me the same question: “Lior, when does the phone ring?”

Here’s the thing — it’s not either/or. It’s sequencing. High-intent Google Ads are the paycheck; brand and SEO are the savings account. The remodelers who win run the paycheck first, then fund the long game from real revenue instead of hope.

So here’s what we do: a Google Ads machine in your account, with your landing page and your call tracking numbers — live in ~48 hours, from $699/month, no setup fee. Our AI, trained on 8,600+ real coaching sessions, manages bids daily; I personally oversee it; you approve everything before launch. 15–40 qualified calls per month typical in a medium market with a $1,000 ad budget — run the free estimate for your market. And everything we build stays yours, even if you leave.

— Lior Vaknin, founder, Local Service Mastery

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— Lior Vaknin, founder, Local Service Mastery

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How LSM AI Works

The honest truth

Agency vs. owning it.

The agency model
  • $2,000–$5,000/month in fees just to manage your account
  • They own your Google Ads account — you start from zero when you leave
  • Random results. No explanation of why.
  • Zero visibility into what they're actually doing
The LSM way
  • From $699/month — less than one job is worth
  • Your Google Ads account. Your campaigns. Your data — always.
  • AI manages it daily. Full transparency — you see every decision.
  • Cancel anytime. Your campaigns stay yours forever.
Month-to-month · No contracts · Cancel anytime

Pick your plan.

Everything built inside your accounts. Owned by you.

Starter
$699/mo
Most popular
Growth
$1,499/mo
Pro
$3,500/mo
Enterprise
Custom
Book a call
Included in every plan
Google Ads campaign built for you
High-converting landing page
Call tracking setup
Competitor click blocking
Daily AI optimization & negative keywords
Monthly performance report
LSM AI manager — 24/7 Q&A on your account
Campaigns & coverage
New campaigns per month1/moUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Cities coveredStart with 1Full areaFull areaFull area
Campaign duplication
Support & extras
SupportStandardPriorityLiveDedicated
Local SEO management
Facebook / Meta Ads management
ChatGPT Ads management
Full LSM training access
Weekly group coaching with Lior
White-label & custom solutions
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$699/mo
  • Included in every plan
  • Google Ads campaign built for you
  • High-converting landing page
  • Call tracking setup
  • Competitor click blocking
  • Daily AI optimization
  • Monthly performance report
  • LSM AI manager 24/7
  • Campaigns
  • 1 new campaign per month
  • Start with 1 city
  • Campaign duplication
  • Support
  • Standard support
Free · Real Google data · 60 seconds

How many calls can your market get?

Real numbers — pulled straight from Google Ads. Not an agency pitch. 🎯

$ /mo

No credit card  ·  No commitment  ·  We verify your details before showing results

The LSM way

How it works.

The opposite of an agency. We build it inside your accounts. You own it all.

1

Pick your plan

One city or your whole service area. The free audit tells you exactly what to expect in your market.

2

Your LSM AI builds everything

Your AI marketing manager builds your Google Ads, call tracking, fraud protection, and landing page — inside your accounts. You approve before a single dollar is spent.

3

Your phone starts ringing

Most clients are live within 48 hours. Your AI optimizes bids and keywords daily — results compound over time.

Google Ads campaign (your account) Call tracking setup Competitor click blocking High-converting landing page Daily bid & keyword optimization Monthly performance report You own every account, always Personal LSM AI manager 24/7 Q&A in Lior's voice 7-day money-back guarantee
Real client wins and results using LSM
Included in every plan

Your own AI account manager.

Built on 8,600+ real LSM coaching sessions. Trained in Lior's exact voice.

⚡ Powered by LSM AI · Trained on 8,600+ real LSM coaching sessions
🔐

It already knows everything about you

The moment you sign up, your LSM AI knows your plan, your city, your service. No setup call. No briefing a stranger.

🏗️

Builds your entire setup — while you watch

Google Ads. Call tracking. Fraud protection. Your landing page. Built inside your accounts, step by step.

Nothing goes live without your sign-off

Before a single dollar is spent, your AI walks you through everything it built. You approve. Then it goes live.

💬

On call 24/7 — in Lior's exact voice

Ask it anything, anytime. 8,600+ real LSM coaching answers. Available instantly.

claude
Membership verified — Growth plan · Dallas TX
Client profile loaded — HVAC, 3 cities
Building your Google Ads campaign…
Campaign created (PAUSED for review)
47 keywords added across 3 ad groups
3 responsive ads created
Setting up call tracking…
4 tracking numbers created
Call tracking installed on your site
Competitor click blocking active
Building landing page…
Site backed up · Page builder detected
Landing page live at dallas-hvac.yourdomain.com
Everything looks good. Budget: $75/day · Targeting: Dallas 25mi · Ready to go live?
You: Yes, turn it on.
Campaigns activated. Your phone should start ringing.
Real session · Google Ads + Call Tracking + Landing Page built in one go
Free · 2 minutes · No call required

See what your market can do.

Real estimate — pulled directly from Google's own data. Not a made-up projection. 🎯

No credit card  ·  No call  ·  Results in 30 seconds

If this sounds familiar…

You've been burned before.

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They own your accounts. Not you.

The day you leave an agency, your Google Ads account, tracking numbers, and landing page are gone. You spent $30,000 building their asset.

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The reports look great. The phone doesn't ring.

Impressions. Clicks. CTR. Beautiful PDF every month. But when you ask how many jobs you closed — nobody has a straight answer.

🤷

You ask a question. You get an email 48 hours later.

You need answers now. A human account manager you can never reach isn't service — it's a subscription to uncertainty.

Still got questions?

15 minutes with me. No pitch.

Not sure which plan fits your market? Book a free 15-minute call. I'll tell you honestly if I can help — and if I can't, I'll tell you that too.

— Lior

Lior Vaknin
Who's behind this

I'm Lior. 15 years making sure you never get locked out of your own marketing again.

I built Local Service Mastery because I watched too many great contractors get burned by agencies — overcharged, locked out, left with nothing. So I flipped the model: your accounts, your data, your asset. We build it. You own it.

500+owners coached
$20M+revenue generated
15+years in the game

Peace,
Lior Vaknin

Good questions

Questions,
answered.

Is LSM a replacement for Contractor Growth Network?

No — and I want to be precise about that. CGN does websites, SEO, and brand strategy for design-build remodelers; we don’t do SEO retainers or website redesign projects at all. We build and run a high-intent Google Ads lead machine you own. If a premium brand presence and organic growth matter more to you right now than immediate owned lead flow, CGN may be your pick — we’ll tell you that on the call. Plenty of remodelers could sensibly run both.

How much does Contractor Growth Network cost?

CGN publishes pricing — credit to them. Public figures as of July 2026: SEO packages such as Build at $4,900/month, with websites around $26,000 (a $7,500 bundle discount brings a $26,000 site to $18,500), paid monthly with the site build spread over the first six months. Confirm current numbers with them. Ours: $699, $1,499, or $2,450 per month, all-in, no setup fee.

Does LSM work for remodelers and design-build firms?

Yes — with an honest caveat. Remodeling is a longer sales cycle than emergency trades, but people still search “kitchen remodeler near me” with real intent, and those calls are winnable. 15–40 qualified calls per month typical in a medium market with a $1,000 ad budget — run the free estimate for your market and I’ll tell you if your city and ticket size fit.

I’m not at $2M revenue yet — can I still use LSM?

Yes. CGN is upfront that their sweet spot is $2M–$7M firms. Our model has no revenue minimum: $699/month buys the same owned machine — your ad account, your landing page, your tracking numbers, live in ~48 hours, month-to-month with a 7-day full money-back guarantee.

Which plan should I pick?

Start with Starter if you want to get your phone ringing in one city and grow from there — one new campaign gets added each month. Go with Growth if you're ready to cover your full service area right away. Pro adds local SEO, Facebook Ads, and weekly coaching with me directly. If you're still not sure, run the free audit — it'll tell you what to expect in your market.

How fast will my ads go live?

Most clients are live within 48 hours of completing setup. Your LSM AI builds everything, you review and approve, then it goes live. The only exception is if Google requires advanced verification for your category (locksmith, garage door) — that's a direct process between you and Google, and we walk you through it.

What results can I expect?

Depends on your trade, your city, and your ad budget. The free audit gives you a real estimate pulled directly from Google's own Ads data — not a made-up projection. In a medium-to-large market with a $1,000/month ad budget, most clients get 15–40 qualified calls per month. Run the audit first to see what's realistic in your specific area.

Do I really own everything?

Yes. The Google Ads account, the call tracking numbers, the landing page — all built inside your accounts, in your name. If you ever cancel, you walk away with everything you paid to build. That's not a policy. That's the whole point.

Is there a contract?

No contract, ever. Every plan is month-to-month. Cancel anytime — if we stop earning your business, you should stop paying.

What if I already have my own call tracking or fraud protection?

No problem. You can connect your existing accounts, or we set everything up fresh for you. Your call — you pick during onboarding.

I'm a locksmith or garage door company. Anything I should know?

Yes — Google requires advanced verification for locksmith and garage door services before ads can run. We build your campaign and all your keywords, but you'll need to complete that verification with Google directly (we walk you through it). If for any reason you can't complete it, you're covered by our full 7-day refund.

Do you work with my trade?

We specialize in home and local services — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, locksmith, garage door, pest control, carpet cleaning, water damage, tree service, and more. Run the free audit and you'll instantly see if we're a fit.

What exactly is my LSM AI account manager?

It's your personal AI marketing manager — trained on 8,600+ real LSM coaching sessions. Sign up and it's ready to go: builds your full campaign setup inside your accounts, reviews everything with you before anything goes live, and stays on 24/7 to answer any question about your campaigns, leads, or marketing strategy. In Lior's exact voice.

What's the 7-day money-back guarantee?

If you sign up and decide within 7 days that this isn't right for you — for any reason — you get a full refund. No hoops. We'd rather lose a bad fit early than keep a client who isn't seeing value.

Stop renting leads.

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