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Case study · Dumpster rental · Mount Pleasant, MI

EK Disposal Services

How a family-owned Mid-Michigan dumpster company turned a one-page website into a local lead engine, and what the next version of that site looks like.

  • Services Web design, local SEO, quote automation
  • Service area Isabella, Clare, Gratiot, Midland and Montcalm counties
ekdisposalservices.com
EK Disposal Services website redesign homepage on desktop, built by Heartland Digital Studio
EK Disposal Services website redesign on a phone
EK Disposal Services roll-off truck delivering a dumpster
EK's own truck and crew. Client photo.

The client

A strong local business with a website that undersold it

EK Disposal Services is a family-owned company in Mount Pleasant that rents roll-off dumpsters and handles demolition and cleanouts across Mid-Michigan. EK already had the fundamentals: a clear service area, several dumpster sizes and an owner-led reputation for being fast, clean and local.

The website was the weak link. Everything lived on a single page, which made it hard for search engines to understand where EK works and hard for visitors to tell quickly whether EK fit their project.

  • Make local coverage obvious to people and to Google
  • Let homeowners and contractors pick a dumpster size on their own
  • Keep a call or quote option on every screen
  • Get quote requests to the owner fast, with a Make.com automation

Phase one results · the first HDS build

Search visibility turned into real demand

Counted from every quote request EK's website form sent to the owner, tests removed. Website only: phone calls, texts and other contact are not included. These numbers come before the redesign shown further down.

93

EK Disposal quote requests through the website, Feb 10 to Oct 21, 2026. Website form only, not calls or texts

$32,725

Quoted through EK's website form, Apr 29 to Oct 19, 2026

#1

Organic search is EK's top traffic source: 887 of 1,283 visits, Jul 19 to Oct 16, 2026 (GA4)

“Working with Heartland has had our rentals booked out since they've finished our site.”

Kip Williams, Owner, EK Disposal Services

Phase two · new design rolling out

The next version: built like the trucks

With demand proven, HDS rebuilt EK on WordPress and Breakdance so the site can grow with the fleet. The visual direction comes straight from EK's equipment: shop black, safety yellow, heavy condensed type and real photos of EK's own trucks.

The new site breaks one page into a full structure: service pages for each kind of job, a pricing page with every fee listed, a dumpster size guide, a three-step quote request and a page for each town EK serves.

This design is replacing the current ekdisposalservices.com. The results above belong to the earlier build.

ekdisposalservices.com
EK Disposal Services redesign, full homepage on desktop

Hover to scroll the full homepage

EK Disposal Services dumpster rental service page
Service pages. Each job type gets its own page with its own price, proof and next step.
EK Disposal Services dumpster pricing page
Pricing up front. Delivery, pickup, rental length and weight allowance are listed before anyone calls.
EK Disposal Services three-step quote request
Three-step quote. Size and location, rental length, then contact details, with a call option beside the form.

On a phone

Built for the person standing in the driveway

Most dumpster searches happen on a phone, often mid-project. Every page keeps a fixed Call Now and Get a Quote bar at the bottom of the screen, and the quote steps are sized for thumbs.

EK Disposal Services homepage on a phone with the fixed call and quote bar
EK Disposal Services pricing page on a phone
EK Disposal Services quote request on a phone

How it fits together

Design, local SEO and lead generation are one system

01

Structure for search

Service pages and 17 town pages give Google a clear map of what EK does and where, instead of one page trying to rank for everything.

02

Proof for trust

Family owned since 2017, a 5.0 Google rating and real truck photos sit next to every decision point, so visitors are reassured before they call.

03

A short path to a quote

Prices up front, a three-step quote and a call button on every screen turn that search traffic into booked rentals.

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