Strictly referrals before. A pipeline he controls now.
Justin does good paver work, and the people he had done it for knew it. Every job came from a referral. That is a fine way to start a hardscape business and a hard way to grow one, because referrals arrive when they arrive, and a paver season is only so many months long.
He was at about $50,000. The work was there to be had: homeowners in his area were searching for patios and walkways every week. They just were not finding him.
By showing up in every place a homeowner looks before they call anyone. That is Facebook and Instagram while they are still picturing the patio, Google when they search for a paver contractor near them, and now ChatGPT and the other AI assistants when they ask who to hire. Referrals keep coming either way. The difference is that the rest of the market stops going to someone else. That is the system we ran for Justin, and it took him from about $50,000 to $500,000 in 120 days.
Patios, walkways and outdoor living builds Justin had actually laid, in front of homeowners in his service area who were planning one. A form that asks what they want built and when, so the estimate visits are worth the drive.
His Google Business Profile built out for pavers and hardscape, so when a homeowner searches for a paver contractor near them, Justin is one of the names on the map.
Pages for the services and the towns he actually works in, written to answer what patio shoppers search for. This is the part that compounds after the first season.
More homeowners now ask an AI assistant who to hire before they ever open Google. We made sure that when someone asks ChatGPT about paver contractors in his area, Justin is part of the answer.
Same crew, same standard of work. What changed is that homeowners planning a patio now find Justin first, on every platform they look on.
Your market may still be open.
One contractor per trade per market, and the same guarantee in writing.
A homeowner sees the ad, searches the name, and asks ChatGPT about it. When Justin is there all three times, the decision is mostly made before the estimate.
Patio shoppers judge on the finished look. Real local projects did the selling that a supplier rendering never could.
Hardscape is sold months ahead. Running the system early meant the season filled before it started instead of in the middle of it.
We do not run the same campaign for a competitor down the road. In Justin’s area the system works for him and nobody else in his trade.
If you do quality hardscape work and most of it still comes from referrals, this is the system. You fund your own ad budget in your own account. The build, the ranking work and the follow-up are ours.
We take one contractor per trade per market. Justin’s is locked. Yours may not be.
At about $50,000, and strictly on referrals.
120 days.
Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram, Google, SEO, and visibility in ChatGPT and other AI assistants. All of them together, not one at a time.
Yes. The same system runs for contractors in Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, California and other markets. Availability depends on whether your market is already taken in your trade.
No. You set the budget and it runs in your own ad account. On the game plan call we will tell you what your market needs to work, before you spend anything.
The full system for paver and hardscape contractors.
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