“I Can’t Deposit Clicks”: Turning Contractor Leads Into Booked Jobs | Scaling Outdoor Living

“I Can’t Deposit Clicks”: Turning Contractor Leads Into Booked Jobs

Scaling Outdoor Living · November 2, 2026

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Getting leads but not deposits? For most outdoor living contractors, the money gets lost somewhere between the form fill and the signed deposit. One of our clients put it plainly: “I can’t deposit clicks.”

In this episode of Scaling Outdoor Living, Rex and Savannah from Mill Creek Marketing walk that gap step by step: letting homeowners book while they’re still on your page, first-week follow-up that answers objections before they come up, and why the bid belongs at the kitchen table, even on a $10K job. Plus the contractor who said a homeowner had opened his emailed bid 15 times but “wasn’t serious.” Who opens something 15 times for fun?

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