What content should a pool company post on social media to attract pool buyers?<\/h2>\n
A pool builder should post its own work: builds stage by stage, finished pools with the town and pool type named, renovation before-and-afters, and short videos answering the questions homeowners ask before a design consultation. Keep reels short, since Instagram says reels over 3 minutes won’t be recommended to new audiences, and favor original content over reposts. Post steadily through the off-season, get written permission before showing a customer’s backyard, and judge posts by whether new leads mention them, not by likes.<\/p>\n
Real photos of your own work are what we build pool marketing around too, and the same photos belong on your Google profile, which our packages<\/a> manage as part of our marketing for pool builders<\/a>. The rest of the pool builder marketing questions<\/a> library goes one question at a time.<\/p>\n Posts that show your real work and answer what a homeowner is wondering before they call. In our judgement, a pool builder’s feed should mostly be five things:<\/p>\n What it shouldn’t be is stock photos, generic quotes or reposted content from manufacturers with nothing of yours in it. How to capture good footage on every job is its own topic, covered in using project photos and videos<\/a>. This page is about what to post once you have it.<\/p>\n Because homeowners planning a pool look you up long before they call. In our judgement, a serious buyer will check your Instagram or Facebook page to see whether you’re still building, what your recent pools look like and whether real customers are in the comments. A feed that stopped two summers ago raises a question you don’t want them asking.<\/p>\n Posts can also reach people who don’t follow you yet. Meta says both Facebook and Instagram may recommend content and accounts that people don’t already follow, in places such as Explore, Reels and Feed, and that it personalizes those recommendations to what each person interacts with. Source: Recommendations on Instagram<\/a>. A homeowner who has been looking at backyard and pool content is the kind of person your pool posts could reach, though nobody can promise it.<\/p>\n The ones where something visibly changes. In our judgement, these make the strongest posts for most builds:<\/p>\n A whole build can live in one post. Instagram lets you share up to 20 photos and videos in a single carousel post, and people swipe through them; you can add one caption and location for the whole post and tag someone in each photo. Videos inside a carousel aren’t treated as reels, so they won’t appear in the Reels tab. Source: Share a post with multiple photos or videos on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Both, for different jobs. Photos and carousels work well for finished pools and before-and-afters, where someone wants to look closely. Reels suit movement: a dig-day time-lapse, water filling a new shell, a slow walk around a finished backyard.<\/p>\n Keep reels short if you want them seen by new people. Instagram lets you record reels of up to twenty minutes, but says reels over 3 minutes won’t be recommended to new audiences. Source: Record a reel on Instagram<\/a>. In our judgement, most pool reels say what they need to in well under a minute, and a longer walkthrough belongs on your website or YouTube.<\/p>\n As matched pairs: the same angle, before and after. A cracked plaster finish and dated tile next to the same pool resurfaced and retiled tells the story without much caption. Name what changed, such as new finish, new tile line, new coping or new equipment, and the town.<\/p>\n In our judgement, renovation posts also deserve their own place in your plan if renovations are work you want, because the homeowner with a tired pool is a different buyer from the one with a bare yard. If you only want new construction, post fewer renovations so your feed tells people what you actually do.<\/p>\n Answer the questions you hear in every design consultation, one per post. In our judgement, the ones homeowners most need answered are things like what happens at the first meeting, how long a build usually takes from signed contract to swim, what a permit and inspection add to the calendar, why gunite and fiberglass take different amounts of time, and what to decide early. A short video of the owner or designer answering one of those is often more useful than another finished-pool photo.<\/p>\n Be careful with money. A general line about what drives cost is fine. A payment figure is different: under the advertising section of federal Regulation Z<\/a>, a credit ad that states the amount of any payment must also state other terms, including the annual percentage rate. That’s our reading, not legal advice, so use the wording your lender approves. If you put money behind financing posts on Meta, the targeting rules change too, as covered in whether Facebook and Instagram ads work<\/a>.<\/p>\n With permission, yes. A backyard is part of someone’s home, so get a written yes before posting, and leave out faces, house numbers and license plates unless the homeowner agrees. The details of asking are covered in the project photos and videos guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n When you share what a customer said, the FTC’s endorsement guidance applies. If there’s a connection between the person and your business that people wouldn’t expect and that would affect how they judge what was said, such as a relative or employee praising the company, it should be disclosed clearly. The FTC also says an incentive, even one with no financial value like the chance to appear in an ad, can need disclosing if it could sway what someone says. So if a homeowner got a discount for appearing in your video, say so. That’s a summary of the FTC’s guidance, not legal advice. Source: FTC’s Endorsement Guides: What People Are Asking<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sparingly, and with credit. Instagram says it encourages people to post original content to get the best reach and distribution, and that simply stitching clips together or adding a watermark doesn’t count as a material edit. If you want to share someone else’s post, Instagram recommends reposting or sharing it to your stories so the original creator gets credit. Source: About original content on Instagram<\/a>. Meta also lists unoriginal content repurposed with only minor edits among the content it may not recommend. Source: Recommendations on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a pool builder, that’s an easy rule: your own pools first. When a landscaper or hardscaper worked on the same backyard, in our judgement it’s better to tag them in your own photos than to repost theirs. It credits the work and shows homeowners the full project.<\/p>\n There’s no official number, and anyone who quotes one as a rule is guessing. In our judgement, steady beats bursts: a couple of good posts a week that keep going through the slow months does more than a flurry every June. You can plan ahead with Meta Business Suite, which lets you schedule posts, Stories and reels for Facebook and Instagram and see them in a Planner. Source: Schedule Facebook and Instagram content on Meta Business Suite<\/a>.<\/p>\n Let the season set the theme. Spring and summer are for finished pools in use and fill days. Fall and winter are for design, the build calendar and what it takes to be swimming by next summer, which is when many homeowners are deciding. Keeping leads coming in the off-season<\/a> covers the rest of the winter plan.<\/p>\n Look past likes. Instagram’s insights show account and content performance for any period within the past 90 days, for public accounts. Source: View account and content insights on Instagram<\/a>. Use them to see which kinds of posts get saved, shared and watched through, and make more of those.<\/p>\n The question that matters is whether homeowners who request a design consultation mention your posts. Ask every new lead how they found you and what they looked at, and record it with the lead. Tracking which marketing produces signed contracts<\/a> covers how to keep that source attached until a contract is signed.<\/p>\n A free visibility audit shows where you show up on Google, Maps and AI answers, and what it's costing you in calls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You have the most visual product in the trades.<\/strong> A finished pool at dusk is the kind of picture people stop scrolling for. Most trades have to work to make a repair look interesting; a pool builder mostly has to remember to take the photo.<\/p>\n The audience is planning, not panicking.<\/strong> Nobody needs a pool today. Posts that help someone picture their own backyard and understand how the process works fit the way pool buyers decide, over months.<\/p>\n Each build is weeks of material.<\/strong> One project gives you a dig day, a shell, finish choices, a fill day and a reveal. In our judgement, a builder finishing several pools a season has more than enough to post without ever reaching for stock content.<\/p>\n Your Google profile wants the same photos.<\/strong> The pictures you post on Instagram and Facebook also belong on your Google Business Profile, where homeowners compare you with other builders. Optimizing your Google Business Profile<\/a> covers which ones to add there.<\/p>\n This is an illustration, not a schedule you have to follow. Take one gunite build in a nearby town and plan the posts around it:<\/p>\n That’s six or seven posts from one job, all original and all yours, and each one answers a question a future customer will have. In our judgement, a builder with a few projects going at once can keep a steady feed from the work alone.<\/p>\n The same photos feed your Google profile. Our Essentials package includes Google Business Profile management with one post a week, and Growth raises that to three a week, so the pictures you take on site work twice.<\/p>\n Mostly, yes. Meta Business Suite lets you create and schedule posts, Stories and reels for both from one place. Adjust captions where the audience differs, but the same pool photos work on both.<\/p>\n To see insights, your account needs to be public; a professional account gives you the Insights view under its professional tools. In our judgement, any business account should be public and professional.<\/p>\n In our judgement, wait. Let the homeowners have the reveal, then ask whether they’re happy for you to share it. It’s a small courtesy that makes the permission conversation easier.<\/p>\n Talk about what drives cost rather than posting figures. If you mention payments or financing, use the wording your lender approves.<\/p>\n Yes. Winter is when many homeowners plan for next summer, so it’s a good time for design, process and build-calendar posts, and for finished pools from the past season.<\/p>\n Yes, and quickly. A question in the comments is often the first contact from a future customer, so answer it as you’d answer the phone and move it to a call when it’s serious.<\/p>\n Start with a free visibility audit: rankings, Google profile, reviews and tracking, checked against your service area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What pool builders should post on Instagram and Facebook: build stages, finished pools, renovations and buyer answers, plus reels, reposts and permissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","ll_review_state":"approved","ll_template_version":"v1","ll_sources":"[\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/269314186824048\/\", \"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/2720958398006062\/\", \"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/313829416281232\/\", \"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/1800814370401535\/\", \"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/1533933820244654\/\", \"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/help\/609176706604372\", \"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/business-guidance\/resources\/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking\", \"https:\/\/www.consumerfinance.gov\/rules-policy\/regulations\/1026\/24\/\"]","ll_faq":"[{\"q\": \"Should I post the same thing on Facebook and Instagram?\", \"a\": \"Mostly, yes. 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Why post at all if social media doesn't make the phone ring?<\/h2>\n
Which build stages make the best posts?<\/h2>\n
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Should a pool builder post reels or photos?<\/h2>\n
How should I post pool renovations and remodels?<\/h2>\n
What should I post about my process, timeline and pricing?<\/h2>\n
Can I post customers' backyards and what they said about me?<\/h2>\n
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How often should a pool builder post, and when?<\/h2>\n
How do I know if my posts are helping?<\/h2>\n
Want to see where your company stands?<\/h4>\n
What's different about social media for pool builders<\/h2>\n
A worked example: one pool build, a month of posts<\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\nFrequently asked questions<\/h2>\n
Should I post the same thing on Facebook and Instagram?<\/h3>\n
Do I need a professional Instagram account?<\/h3>\n
Can I post photos of a pool before the homeowner has seen it finished?<\/h3>\n
Should I show prices in my posts?<\/h3>\n
Is it worth posting on social media in winter?<\/h3>\n
Should I respond to comments and messages?<\/h3>\n
Key takeaways<\/h2>\n
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Not sure what's working right now?<\/h4>\n
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