Crane Marketing, Measured

Grow Your Crane Company With
Marketing You Can Actually See

We build, run and track the online system that brings contractors to your cranes, then show you exactly what every dollar produced.

Pipeline · Last 90 Days
Example Client Dashboard
Quoted Revenue
$154.3K
27 Jobs Quoted
Est. Revenue Range
$73K to $365K
73 Leads, $1K to $5K Each
Calls
58
Inbound Calls
Forms
15
Web Submissions
Lead Sources · Last 90 Days
Example Client Dashboard
Google Ads
54 · 74%
Google Business Profile
11 · 15%
Direct
4 · 5%
Google Organic
2 · 3%
Referral
1 · 1%
Other
1 · 1%
Job Duration Requests
Example Client Dashboard
Quick Pick
44
66% · Under 1 Day
Multi-Day
19
28% · 2 to 5 Days
Week-Long
2
3% · 1 to 2 Weeks
Month-Plus
2
3% · 3+ Weeks
Example view of a client dashboard.
Month To Month
Verified Leads In CallRail
7+ Years Experience
$20K to $300K+
Monthly Quoted Pipeline Tracked
10,000+
Contractor Calls Analyzed
25+
Crane Companies Served
7+ Years
In Crane Industry
What We Market

Three Services.
Every Crane In The Yard.

Pick the jobs you want and the the crane you want booked. Every page below is built the same way: found on search, proven lead by lead, tracked in your dashboard.

OUR SERVICES

Operated Crane Service

Crane and operator, booked by the lift. The call that fills next week.

Crane and operator, booked by the lift.

See Operated Marketing →

Bare Rental

Long term units on a contractor's site. Fewer calls, bigger contracts.

Long term units on a contractor's site.

See Bare Rental Marketing →

Crane Dealer

New and used sales, parts and service. Buyers who search by model.

New and used sales, parts and service.

See Crane Dealer Marketing →
CRANES WE MARKET
Operated, bare rental or for sale. Same system for every one.
The System

One System,
Built To Compound

Every step feeds the next. The data from month one makes month six better, and your sales team only has to close.

1
Get Found
Ads, map and organic
2
Get The Call
A site built to convert
3
Track Every Lead
Recorded, tagged, verified
4
Quote And Book
Your team closes
5
Learn And Reinvest
Data tunes the next month
Step 5 Feeds Step 1. Every Month The Account Gets Smarter And Cheaper Per Lead.
Website

A Website Built To Convert

Fast Webflow site with service, city and fleet pages. You own it.

Service, city and fleet pages
Built in Webflow, you own it
Quote form and call tracking wired in
Google Ads

Google Ads That Find Contractors

Search and Business Profile ads with negative keywords managed daily.

One campaign per crane type
Negative keywords managed daily
Every click tied to a recorded call
SEO And Maps

SEO And Map Rankings That Compound

Leads nights, weekends and holidays, in every city you serve.

Map pack in every city you serve
Pages that rank for crane plus city
Leads nights, weekends and holidays
How It Works

Four Things You Get.
One System That Compounds.

A dashboard nobody else builds, a lead you can hear, an ad per lift, and a page per crane. Click through to see each one.

A dashboard nobody else builds, a lead you can hear, an ad per lift, and a page per crane. Tap through to see each one.

Your Fleet Dashboard

See What Your Market Is Asking For

Every tagged lead feeds one dashboard you can open any time: which units get requested, what the jobs are, and how heavy they run. It tells you what to bid, what to buy next and what to stop advertising.

Requests by crane, so you know which units earn their keep
Job types by share, from HVAC sets to container picks
Tonnage per request, so you see where capacity is short
Tracking And Insights

Every Lead.
Every Source.
Every Dollar.

Every call and form is recorded, transcribed and tagged by source. Your dashboard shows leads, job types, quotes and close rates, and your CFO can verify all of it in CallRail anytime.

Source Tags
Google Ads, Business Profile, organic, direct
Call Recordings
Every call transcribed and qualified
Quote Totals
Pipeline value, not impressions
Close Rate
What actually became booked work
Client Dashboard
Sample Data
Sample Crane Co. • Last 30 days
Livefrom CallRail
Leads
80
+34%
Net New
70
88%
Quotes
39
49% rate
Pipeline
$160K+
+41%
Leads By Source
Google Ads
Business Profile
Organic
Caller
Source
Job Type
Quote
Call
Contractor, Dallas TX
Google Ads
HVAC Rooftop Lift
$3,200
1:12
GC, Fort Worth TX
Business Profile
Steel Erection
$8,400
3:48
Roofer, Plano TX
Organic
Quick Pick
$1,850
0:52
Developer, Frisco TX
Google Ads
Precast Set
$6,100
2:05
Before A Lead Counts
Four tests every call and form has to pass
01
Real Person
Not a robocall, vendor or recruiter
02
In Your Area
Inside the service radius you set
03
Has A Lift
A job with a site, a date and a pick
04
Not A Repeat
New to you, not an existing customer
What Growth Looks Like

Month One Builds It.
Month Six Compounds It.

Nobody should promise booked cranes in week one. Here is the honest sequence, and where organic starts stacking on top of paid.

Nobody should promise booked cranes in week one. Here is the honest sequence.

Month 1

Setup

Site live, tracking installed, first leads in days.

Month 2

Momentum

Ads at full speed, real data coming in.

Month 3

Optimization

Cost per lead drops, first organic rankings.

Months 4 To 5

Compounding

SEO stacks on paid, more cities ranking.

Month 6

Full Compound

Predictable pipeline, known cost per booked job.

Scaled To Your Fleet

Typical monthly lead volume once campaigns settle

1 to 3 Cranes
10 to 40
leads / month

Single boom truck, owner answering the phone.

4 to 15 Cranes
30 to 80+
leads / month

A real dispatch operation with someone qualifying calls.

16+ Cranes
40 to 150
leads / month

Multi crew, multi location, several service areas.

From The Field

Crane Companies
Growing With Us

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After our trial period we looked back into our numbers and are seeing momentum and success. We like the direction we’re heading and looking forward to the next steps.

Lyle
Adams Crane

Our experience working with Z&M has been exceptional. Their marketing strategies have significantly increased our leads and we are excited about the direction moving forward.

Kameron
Mr. Crane

One of the things I appreciate most is how responsive they are. We’ve tripled our business in the past 12 months.

Tyler
Lift It Crane
Who You Work With

Two People Who Have Heard
10,000 Crane Calls

No account managers, no handoffs. Richie and Nick build every account, review the calls and get on the monthly walkthrough themselves.

7+ Years
only in the crane industry
25+
crane companies, coast to coast
Chicago
based, working nationwide

"You should be skeptical. Most crane owners who call us have been burned once already. That is why we show the numbers before we ask for anything."

Richie Zarnicki, Co-Founder
Richie Zarnicki, Co-Founder of Crane Marketers

Richie Zarnicki

Co-Founder

Runs strategy and the client relationship. The voice on the video and on your monthly call.

Nick McKenzie, Co-Founder of Crane Marketers

Nick McKenzie

Co-Founder

Builds the websites, the ad accounts and the reporting. Six years hands-on in Google Ads for crane companies.

Growth Plans

Pick Your Target.
We Build Toward It.

Every plan includes the same system. The difference is how much lead volume we build toward. We match you to the right one on the call.

Every plan includes the same system. The difference is how much lead volume we build toward.

Starter
20+
leads / month

For a single crane or small crew getting found online for the first time.

New Website
Google Ads Management
CallRail Tracking
Your Own Dashboard
Month To Month
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Scale
60+
leads / month

For multi crew fleets working across several service areas.

New Website
Google Ads Management
CallRail Tracking
Your Own Dashboard
Month To Month
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How We Compare

Us vs. An Agency
vs. A New Hire

Most crane companies weigh three options when they want more work. Here is how they stack up on the things that actually decide whether the phone rings.

What actually decides whether the phone rings
Built For Crane
Crane Marketer
Crane-only growth team
General Marketing Agency
Works across every industry
In-House Marketing Hire
One full-time employee
Speed And Expertise
Crane industry experience
Only works in crane, 7+ Years
Works across many industries
Depends on the hire
Time to first leads
Days after launch
3 to 6 months learning your business
3 to 6 months to hire and get up to speed
Who does the work
A full team: ads, SEO, website, tracking
Often one account manager
One person covering everything
Focus
Bringing in leads and booked work
Split across many clients
Pulled into events, social, trade shows
Visibility And Control
Lead tracking
Every call and form tracked to its source
Reports on clicks and impressions
Only if they set it up
Verify results yourself
Your team can log in and listen anytime
You rely on their reports
Depends on their setup
Who owns the website, ads and data
You do
Sometimes the agency
You do
Coverage when someone is out
The team covers it
Varies
Marketing stops
Commitment And Results
Commitment
Month-to-month, 30 days' notice
Often 6 to 12 month contracts
Salary, benefits and hiring costs
Results
Pipeline built in the first 90 days
Depends on experience
Depends on experience

Crane Marketer

Built for crane. Crane-only growth team.

Crane industry experience
Only works in crane, 7+ Years
Time to first leads
Days after launch
Who does the work
A full team: ads, SEO, website, tracking
Focus
Bringing in leads and booked work
Lead tracking
Every call and form tracked to its source
Verify results yourself
Your team can log in and listen anytime
Who owns the website, ads and data
You do
Coverage when someone is out
The team covers it
Commitment
Month-to-month, 30 days' notice
Results
Pipeline built in the first 90 days

General Marketing Agency

Works across every industry

Crane industry experience
Works across many industries
Time to first leads
3 to 6 months learning your business
Who does the work
Often one account manager
Focus
Split across many clients
Lead tracking
Reports on clicks and impressions
Verify results yourself
You rely on their reports
Who owns the website, ads and data
Sometimes the agency
Coverage when someone is out
Varies
Commitment
Often 6 to 12 month contracts
Results
Depends on experience

In-House Marketing Hire

One full-time employee

Crane industry experience
Depends on the hire
Time to first leads
3 to 6 months to hire and get up to speed
Who does the work
One person covering everything
Focus
Pulled into events, social, trade shows
Lead tracking
Only if they set it up
Verify results yourself
Depends on their setup
Who owns the website, ads and data
You do
Coverage when someone is out
Marketing stops
Commitment
Salary, benefits and hiring costs
Results
Depends on experience
The Bottom Line

A full crane-only team, every lead tracked to its source, and nothing locked in.

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Five Minutes, No Slides

Questions Owners Ask
Before They Start

What Crane Owners Ask

The same six questions come up on every first call. Here is the short version.

Will this get me booked work, or just leads?

We only count a lead if it passes four quality tests, and we track what happens after it reaches you. Quotes and close rates sit on the same dashboard as the lead count.

How many leads will I get?

It depends on your market, your service area and how many cranes you run. Across the accounts we run today it ranges from about 10 to 40 leads a month for a small fleet up to 40 to 150 for a large one. We will give you a realistic range for your area before you sign anything.

How fast will I see results?

First leads usually arrive within one to three days of the campaigns going live. Cost per lead starts coming down around month three, and the SEO and Business Profile work starts stacking on top of paid from around month five.

What if it does not work? Am I locked in?

No. Everything runs month to month with 30 days notice. There is no twelve month contract and no early termination fee. If the numbers are not moving, you can stop.

What do you need from me?

About ten minutes of your time: website access, domain access, Google Business Profile access, and Google Ads access if you already run ads. After that we handle the build.

What does it cost?

We match you to a plan on the call, because the right one depends on your market and how many cranes you run. What we can say now: we recommend at least $2,000 a month in ad spend, cost per lead across our accounts sits around $60 to $120, and the average quoted lift is about $2,800.

Free Market Report

See What Your Market Is Worth
Before You Spend A Dollar

We pull the search volume, competition and cost per lead for your service area and walk you through it on a short call. No pitch.

  • Monthly crane searches in your market
  • Who is already running ads against you
  • Realistic cost per lead and lead range for your fleetRealistic cost per lead for your fleet

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