Other agencies rent attention. We built our own.
Marketing Depot owns and operates contractor-focused platforms. Our clients get access to audiences that don't exist anywhere else.
Most agencies offer the same three things: a website, some SEO and a monthly ad spend. Useful, but identical from one agency to the next.
Alongside those services, we've built platforms of our own — a contractor discovery directory and a recognition program for trade businesses. Qualifying clients get exposure and opportunities through them, because we control the properties rather than buying space on someone else's.
Two platforms
Directory and recognition
Owned and operated
By Marketing Depot, stated openly
Published criteria
Recognition is earned, not bought
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The difference
Comparing two agencies shouldn't feel like comparing two of the same thing
When every proposal lists the same services, the only thing left to compare is price. Here's what actually separates them.
What most agencies can give you
- A website built on the same platform as everyone else's
- An SEO campaign competing for the same search results
- Ad spend on platforms anyone can buy into
- Listings on directories they don't control
- Awards purchased from third-party programs
What we can give you as well
- Everything in the first column, built for contractors specifically
- A profile on a discovery platform we own and operate
- Eligibility for a recognition program with published criteria
- Marketing assets you can use across your site, trucks and proposals
- Platforms that keep growing, because they're ours to develop
The platforms
Two properties built for contractors
Both are operated by Marketing Depot. We say so on the sites themselves, because a platform that hides who runs it isn't worth being listed on.
TopRatedContractors.ca
Contractor discovery platform
Owned and operated by Marketing Depot. Listings are open to qualifying contractors.
Get discovered. Build authority. Stand out.
A discovery platform built to connect homeowners with reputable local trade businesses. Qualifying Marketing Depot clients receive an enhanced profile — another place your company can be found, beyond your own website.
- A contractor profile with your services, service areas and project work
- Additional brand visibility in your local market
- Referral traffic from homeowners browsing the directory
- A professionally written company profile, included with your program
ContractorAwards.ca
Recognition program
Owned and operated by Marketing Depot. Entry is open to any qualifying contractor, client or not.
Recognition you can actually market.
Great contractors deserve to be recognised for the work they do. ContractorAwards.ca gives qualifying trade businesses a way to earn recognition they can put on their website, their proposals, their social media and their trucks.
Rather than us simply telling people you're one of the best, this helps you build the proof behind the claim.
- Published qualification criteria, applied the same way to everyone
- Open entry — you do not need to be a Marketing Depot client
- A badge for your website and marketing, when legitimately earned
- Announcement support for your website and social channels
Included with selected programs
What network access includes
Available with selected Marketing Depot programs. Your proposal confirms what's included for your business.
Directory Profile
An enhanced contractor listing on TopRatedContractors.ca covering your services, service areas and completed work.
Profile Writing
We write the profile for you, using the same understanding of your services that shapes your website and search work.
Awards Eligibility
Consideration for relevant categories in the ContractorAwards.ca program, assessed against the published criteria.
Recognition Assets
Where recognition is genuinely earned, a badge and supporting assets for your website, proposals and vehicles.
Announcement Support
Copy and assets to announce the recognition across your website and social channels, so it does some work for you.
Profile Maintenance
Your listing is kept current as your services, service areas and project work change, alongside your other Marketing Depot work.
How this works
We'd rather tell you how this works than let you find out
A recognition program run by an agency, awarded to that agency's clients, is worth nothing if nobody can see how it's decided. So here's the arrangement in plain terms.
We own both platforms, and we say so
TopRatedContractors.ca and ContractorAwards.ca are Marketing Depot properties. That's stated on both sites. They are our platforms, not independent third parties, and we don't present them as anything else.
Recognition is earned against published criteria
Awards are assessed against criteria published on the site and applied the same way to every entrant. Entry is open to contractors who aren't our clients. Paying us gets you eligibility and support with the submission — it does not get you an award.
We don't sell this as an SEO tactic
A directory listing is visibility and referral traffic, not a ranking shortcut. Where placement relates to a client relationship, links are marked accordingly. Your search results come from your SEO campaign, not from our own websites.
FAQs
Questions about the network
Your next step
Let's talk about what you'd get access to
Tell us about your business, the work you want to attract and the markets you serve. We'll explain which programs include network access and whether it makes sense for what you're trying to build.