About Raju Khadka
About Me
I'm Raju Khadka, founder of RankMeTop, a plumbing & HVAC digital marketing agency. With 10+ years of experience in this industry, I work with a single type of business on purpose: no generalist guesswork, just systems built around how your customers actually search and hire.
10+
Years in plumbing & HVAC
200+
Businesses grown
300+
Students trained
300%
ROI in 12 months
250,000+
Leads generated
Founder's story
Why I started RankMeTop
I'll be straight with you: I'm not a plumber.
I’ve never cleared a drain or replaced an AC unit in 100-degree heat. You know your trade better than I ever will.
But here is what I’m genuinely good at, and it’s the thing quietly costing you jobs every single day. When a homeowner’s heat goes out and they reach for their phone, whoever shows up first on Google wins. Usually that is not the best company in town. It’s just the one with the best SEO.
My whole job is putting the good operators, owners like you, at the front of that line.
Before I started RankMeTop, I worked with a lot of US-based SEO agencies, and I saw exactly why so many plumbing and HVAC owners get burned by marketing companies. It was the same ugly secret every time: they would take an owner’s money, then outsource the real work to random work-from-home freelancers juggling a dozen industries at once, from health to ecommerce to plumbing, with none of the depth any of them needed.
I watched good business owners get burned over and over, paying agency prices for freelancer guesswork. So I stopped. I built RankMeTop as a fully in-house team that knows plumbing and HVAC inside out, no outsourcing and no middlemen, so owners like you finally get the ROI you deserve.
Why focus matters
Why work with someone who only does plumbing & HVAC?
- A generalist agency
- Learns your industry on your budget and your timeline
- Reuses the same playbook across unrelated niches
- Guesses at what your customers search for
- Reports on rankings and clicks, not calls
- Working with me
- I already know plumbing & HVAC search behavior cold
- Location-specific strategies built on real demand data
- I know your competitors before we start
- Everything ties back to booked jobs and revenue
How I work
How do I work with you?
No black boxes. You always know what I am doing, why, and what it is producing.
01
Audit & Discovery
I study your market, your competitors, and where leads are leaking right now.
02
Strategy
A location-specific plan built around how your customers actually search and choose.
03
Build & Launch
SEO, paid ads, and website work executed and connected as one system.
04
Optimize & Report
Monthly tuning and plain-English reporting tied to calls and booked jobs.
What I do
What can I do for your business?
Every service works toward one goal: consistent, measurable growth for your business.
Search & Local SEO
Own the map pack and organic results across your full service area.
Paid Advertising
Google Ads, Facebook, Instagram & Local Service Ads built to convert.
Website Design & CRO
Fast, trustworthy sites that turn visitors into booked calls.
Content Marketing
Content that ranks, answers buyer questions, and compounds over time.
Social Media Management
A consistent local presence that builds familiarity and trust.
Reputation Management
More 5-star reviews and a brand customers feel safe choosing.
Social proof
What do clients say about working with me?
“Since working with Raju, our inbound calls have tripled. We went from barely getting 10 calls a week to over 30. He knows the plumbing industry inside out and the results speak for themselves.”
Mike Johnson
Owner, Johnson Plumbing, Texas
“We were spending $4k a month on Google Ads and getting almost nothing. Raju restructured our campaigns and now we get five times the leads at the same budget.”
Sarah Chen
Owner, CoolBreeze HVAC, California
“Raju ranked us number one in Google Maps for our entire service area within four months. The phone does not stop ringing now.”
David Wilson
Owner, Wilson HVAC, Ohio
- 4.9 / 5.0 from 80+ verified client reviews
Connect with me
Where can you find me?
Follow along or say hello on the platforms below.
Updates and posts from Raju.
Grokipedia
Profile and background.
YouTube
Breakdowns on ranking in Google and AI search.
News and longer posts.
Snapshots from the work and the team.
X (Twitter)
News, takes, and quick replies.
About.me
A quick overview of who I am and what I work on.
The SEO Playbook
Step-by-step strategies used by top digital marketers to dominate.
Learn SEO — Udemy
Practical SEO training to help you rank higher and grow organic traffic
What I believe
What do I believe about marketing?
Marketing should be judged by the phone, not by vanity metrics. I don't sell rankings for the sake of rankings. My job is to connect your marketing to real business results: more calls, more booked jobs, and growth you can actually measure. If a strategy doesn't move that number, it doesn't make the plan.
Common questions
Good to know before we talk
What types of businesses do you work with?
Only plumbing and HVAC companies. That focus is deliberate. It lets me skip the learning curve and start from real knowledge of how your customers search and hire.
Do you require long-term contracts?
No. I earn the relationship month to month by showing up in the metric that matters most to you: booked jobs.
How soon will I see results?
Paid campaigns can produce calls within days. SEO and Google Maps usually build over the first three to six months and keep compounding from there.
Will I work with you directly or hand off to a junior team?
You work with me. When a project needs extra hands I bring in trusted help, but the strategy and oversight stay with me.
How do you measure success?
Calls, booked jobs, and revenue, tracked transparently. Rankings and traffic only matter when they move those numbers.
Let’s work together
Ready to grow your plumbing or HVAC business?
Book a free consultation and I’ll show you where leads are leaking and the fastest way to fix it.
Book a Free Consultation
How soon will I see results?
Paid campaigns can produce calls within days. SEO and Google Maps usually build over the first three to six months and keep compounding from there.
Will I work with you directly or hand off to a junior team?
You work with me. When a project needs extra hands I bring in trusted help, but the strategy and oversight stay with me.
How do you measure success?
Calls, booked jobs, and revenue, tracked transparently. Rankings and traffic only matter when they move those numbers.
Let's work together
Ready to grow your plumbing or HVAC business?
Book a free consultation and I’ll show you where leads are leaking and the fastest way to fix it.
Office
360 S Baywood Ave, San Jose, CA 95128
Rating
4.9 / 5.0 from 80+ verified client reviews