03 · Operate — Win the business
CRM
One record of the customer, not five spreadsheets.
What this moves
- Lead response time
- Pipeline visibility (leads with a known stage)
- Data completeness rate
- Adoption rate by rep
The problem
Why this exists
The lead came in through a form, the follow-up happened by text, the quote lives in an email, and the job history is in your field-service software. Nobody has the whole picture, which means nobody can spot the customer overdue for maintenance or the lead that's gone cold for three days.
What we do
The actual work — not a scope of intentions.
Every item below is something a named person on our team executes and reports on.
- 01
Implement and configure HubSpot, or your existing CRM, around the home-service sales cycle, not a generic B2B template
- 02
Connect lead sources — website forms, call tracking, LSA, review platforms — into a single contact record
- 03
Build pipeline stages that match how your team actually sells: lead, qualified, appointment, quote, customer
- 04
Set up ownership and routing rules so leads land with the right person immediately, not in a shared inbox
- 05
Train your CSR and sales team on the system so adoption isn't the reason it fails
Why we do it this way
We spell the work out as a numbered list because “we’ll handle it” is how owners end up paying for motion instead of results. When you can read the task, you can ask which customer it produced.
Deliverables
What actually lands in your hands.
Tangible output, on a schedule, visible in your client portal.
Why we do it this way
Deliverables are the receipt. If a month goes by and nothing lands here, you shouldn’t need a meeting to notice — that visibility is what keeps this work pointed at revenue instead of activity.
- CRM configuration for your sales cycle
- Lead source integration
- Pipeline and stage setup
- Lead routing rules
- Team training
How it connects
CRM is a stage, not a silo.
Bought on its own it still works — but these are the places it gets multiplied, and the places it gets wasted if they're broken.
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Lead Management
The five-minute rule: respond fast or lose the job.
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Marketing Automation
The follow-up that happens whether or not anyone remembers to do it.
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Sales Process
The pitch happens in the driveway, not just the ad.
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Email Marketing
The list you already own, actually put to work.
Straight answers
Questions owners actually ask
If yours isn't here, ask it on a strategy session — we'd rather answer it before you sign than after.
Usually the reason a CRM goes unused is that it was set up generically and doesn't match how the team works the phone and the calendar. We rebuild the pipeline around your real process first, then train to it.
No — we configure whatever CRM fits your size and budget. HubSpot is our default recommendation because of the ecosystem, but the same principles apply to any platform.
Operate · CRM
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