The 4C Contractor Scaling System
Your calendar shouldn’t swing between booked too far out and empty.
Most marketing stops once somebody fills out a form. Ours follows that homeowner all the way to a deposit, and it runs on what your own customers and your own sales team say.
“Right now, we are pretty much sold out for the year and heading into next year.”
Tony McCormack, Above & Beyond, Omaha
100+ outdoor living companies
31 five-star reviews
You’ve probably paid for one of these already.
The lead-gen agency.
A report full of clicks and impressions, and nobody checked whether a lead became a job.
Pay-per-lead.
The vendor’s done once the form gets filled. The follow-up, the site visit and the close are still on you.
Living on referrals.
The best leads you’ll ever get. You just can’t control when they come.
“I can’t deposit clicks.”
Three pillars. Four tests.
Homeowners trust you before you knock.
The right homeowners find you every month, not just when a referral comes through.
More appointments end in a deposit.
Every piece has to be:
Clear, so a homeowner gets who you are in seconds.
Compelling, so they pick you over the guy who can start tomorrow.
Cohesive, so your ad, your profile and your rep tell the same story.
Consistent, so it shows up every month, busy season or slow.
Pillar 1 · Pre-Selling Foundation
Homeowners pick you before you pull into the driveway.
Your past clients already know you’re the one to hire. The homeowner three miles away doesn’t. We help you put what your best clients say in front of the people who haven’t met you yet: video testimonials, footage from your own jobs, and a brand video that answers “why you?”
You don’t have to become a content creator. We have playbooks for all of it, and for some clients we come out and shoot it with them.
“I’ll go back to the day you said you were coming out here… that changed everything, it really did. Doing those videos… it just started snowballing from there.”
Tony McCormack, Above & Beyond, Omaha
Pillar 2 · Demand Engine
The right homeowners, every month, without running a special.
We run Meta ads that show homeowners who you are and why your work is worth what you charge. Market with discounts and you get the customer who wants one. The ads run from your own ad account, so every lead stays yours.
“They are not selling our potential clients on what specials or discounts we can give them, they are selling our potential clients on who we are and why we are better.”
Mike Lopez, Houston Cool Pools
“Really what helped was I’m able to charge more now, because I have more lead flow.”
Jaden, Hometown Lawns
Pillar 3 · Lead to Deposit
More of your appointments end in a deposit.
Referrals come in warm and close on a handshake. Homeowners from an ad come in colder, and they need a process:
- Every new lead gets a text within 60 seconds
- Follow-up that keeps going after the second try
- The price presented in person, never sent by email
- Every appointment ends in a deposit or a date on the calendar
Then we stay on your team about it, and push on follow-up, booking and closing so it doesn’t all ride on you.
15% to 37.5%
Bobby stopped emailing estimates and started presenting them face to face. His close rate went from 15% to 37.5% across eight estimates, with $62K closed.
Bobby, Midwest
“They’re not getting a quote from me if I don’t see their eyes.”
Richard, Southeast, decking company
“Our closing percentage last month is the highest that we’ve ever seen as a company… we hit over 30% three months in a row.”
Barnabas, Northeast, decking company
Your sales team writes your next ads.
After every site visit, your rep fills out a short form: why the homeowner said yes, or what got in the way. Those notes and your reviews become your next round of ads, in your best customers’ own words. The same notes show you what happened on every site visit, including the ones you weren’t on.
- Site visit
- Rep’s notes and your reviews
- Next ads
“You were the only agency that we interviewed that did the sales surveys.” Maryland Decking
“I’ve honestly never had to wait on them. They are incredibly responsive and truly care that my business succeeds.”
Richard Goodwin, Google review
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