Pressure Washing Marketing: 13 Ways to Grow Your Client List

1. Create a brand potential customers will recognize

Building a brand helps you stand out from competitors, tells potential customers you’re professional and trustworthy, and makes your business memorable.

Here’s how to build your pressure washing brand:

1. If you’re just starting your pressure washing business, pick a business name and slogan that is short, memorable, and accurately reflects your services and values.
2. Choose colors and fonts that will appeal to your customers and match your business values and services.
3. Create a logo that includes your pressure washing business name, an icon, and your brand colors and fonts.
4. Design marketing materials, like business cards, pressure washing flyers, vehicle wraps, or employee uniforms to promote your business.

2. Market your business on social media

Social media marketing makes it easy to connect with potential customers where they hang out online. Best of all, they’re a cost-effective way to grow your brand awareness.

Here’s how to promote your pressure washing business with social media:

• Create a Facebook business page that includes your business information, services, customer reviews, and before and after photos of a completed pressure washing job
• Share images, special offers, blogs, and other pressure washing content across your social media profiles regularly
• Target your audience by neighborhood, age, or income with Facebook ads to reach new customers faster

Pro Tip: Consider who your target audience is before creating any social media accounts. A younger audience may spend more time on TikTok or Instagram, while an older audience may prefer Facebook or Twitter.

3. Create useful and interesting video content

Video marketing is a useful strategy to reach a wider audience and educate customers about the benefits of your pressure washing services.

You don’t need a camera crew or production studio to create high quality video content. All you need is a mobile device to:

• Connect with your audience in real time with Instagram Live and answer questions about your business or pressure washing services
• Create and share Instagram Reels or TikToks of pressure washing jobs 
• Share helpful tips on how often you should clean your house or driveway with longer YouTube videos

4. Build a pressure washing website

Your pressure washing website is one of your most important marketing tools. It’s an online business card that tells visitors what services you provide, what areas you service, and why they should work with your business.

It’s also often the first impression a potential customer will have of your business. 

At the bare minimum, your home service website should include:

• Your name, logo, and branding
• Your contact information
• The services you offer
• The area you serve
• A call to action (like “request a quote”) that tells visitors what they should do next

You can hire a freelancer to build your website for you, or do it yourself with website builders like Wix or Squarespace.

5. Get found online with pressure washing SEO

Search engine optimization (SEO) helps your pressure washing business appear higher in the list of Google search results and makes it easier for potential customers to find your services.

You can hire a freelancer or agency to optimize your website, or get started yourself with these tips:

• Include terms or phrases customers would use to search for your services online, like “pressure washing in [CITY]” or “house washing in [CITY]”
• Make sure your website is easy to navigate, quick to load, and mobile friendly
• Set up your free Google Business profile to appear in Google Search and on Google Maps
• Share your industry knowledge by writing pressure washing blogs that answer commonly asked questions, like “can you power wash windows?”

6. Win new and repeat business with email marketing

Sending email campaigns is an effective way to encourage leads to invest in your business, or keep your business top-of-mind for existing customers who’ll need your services again down the road.

Use email marketing to: 

• Offer discounts or promotions to win new or repeat customers 
• Send a monthly newsletter to share helpful tips and company updates
• Let customers know about new service offerings, like window washing or deck restoration

7. Invest in Google paid pressure washing advertising

Google Ads put your business front and center when a potential customer searches for a pressure washing business online. 

Local Services Ads target customers in your defined service area. They appear at the very top of a search results page when a potential customer searches for local pressure washing services.

8. Start a customer referral program

Also known as word of mouth or referral marketing, starting a customer referral program is an easy way to turn your existing customers into new business. 

Here’s how to get more pressure washing jobs with customer referrals:

1. Provide a great customer experience that gets your clients talking
2. Give customers an incentive like gift cards, service discounts, or free products for a successful referral
3. Make the process easy by asking for referrals through email or with a website referral form

READ MORE: 15 brilliant customer referral program ideas (with examples)

9. Ask customers to leave positive reviews

A collection of positive reviews helps you stand out from your competition and show potential customers that they can trust your business. It’s also a free and easy strategy to implement. 

Simply ask customers for a review in person, in an email, or with a text message, after the pressure washing service is complete. Then share positive reviews on your website, in social media posts, and on flyers.

READ MORE: How to respond to negative reviews (with expert examples)

10. Use vehicle wraps to attract customers on the road

A truck decal or van wrap is like a rolling billboard for your pressure washing company. It tells potential customers who you are, what services you offer, and how to get in touch to book a new job.

Your van wrap or decal should include your business name, logo, slogan, and contact information. You can design it yourself, work with a freelancer, or get a print shop to create it for you.

Pro Tip: Use your brand colors and fonts on your vehicle wraps to make sure your branding stays consistent and memorable.

11. Print and distribute flyers or door hangers

Promote your services to businesses and homeowners in your community by delivering pressure washing flyers or door hangers.

Or, create your own tearaway flyers to place on community bulletin boards in local libraries, grocery stores, gyms, or community centers—just make sure to ask for permission first. 

Pro Tip: To encourage potential customers to act, include a time-sensitive offer on your flyers and door hangers, like 15% off a specific service until the end of the month.

12. Find new customers on lead generation sites

Lead generation sites like Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor, and TaskRabbit help you connect with customers and grow your business. These sites match you with new pressure washing leads in your area. 

Depending on the site, you’ll be charged per lead, or on a subscription basis.

Here’s how to get started with lead generation sites:

• Pick the best lead generation site for your power washing business
• Create a business profile that includes the services you offer and your service area
• Set a monthly advertising budget to keep from overspending on leads

READ MORE: Thumbtack vs. Taskrabbit: which lead generation service is right for you?

13. Connect with people in your community

Building relationships with other community members helps your neighbors think more highly of your pressure washing business.

Here are a few tips to build better relationships with your community:

• Use NextDoor to connect with your neighbors and advertise your business
• Create a Facebook group to share pressure washing tips with your community
• Support your community by sponsoring a local youth group or sports team

READ MORE: 10 home service businesses giving back to their communities