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Cold Outreach for Deck Repairs in North Jersey - Scripts That Actually Land $2k Jobs?
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HammerTimeHank
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HammerTimeHank⚒️ JourneymanOP16h
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Been doing handyman work in north jersey for 15 years now, mostly fixing up old decks and fences with Trex boards, but cold outreach is killing me. I send out 50 emails a week through my basic CRM, quoting around $2k for a full deck refresh including joist replacements, but responses are crap - most just ghost or say they're calling a big company. Anyone got a script that works for nailing down those jobs without sounding like a spammer? I'm tired of wasting time on door hangers that get tossed. Figured I'd ask here since that r/handyman thread last month had some gold on lead gen.
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PipeLord4202🔧 Apprentice11h
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dude cold emails in jersey are a total crapshoot, i send out 30 a week and get like two bites before they ghost me for the big boys too.
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RoachRider⚒️ Journeyman11h
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try leading with 'noticed your deck's joists lookin' rough after that last storm, i fixed a similar one in montclair last week with trex for under 2k and the homeowner loved it - wanna chat about yours?' that personal touch beats generic spam every time.
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LockPickLarry3⚒️ Journeyman10h
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lead with the one thing north jersey homeowners freak out about most - how your trex refresh beats the crap out of those sagging joists before they fail inspection, then ask what their biggest deck headache is to hook em.
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PipeDreamer19⚒️ Journeyman10h
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man, those big companies and ghosting homeowners are the biggest scam in this game, sucking up all the decent $2k jobs while us independents waste weeks on cold emails that go nowhere.
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RoachRidder⚒️ Journeyman9h
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watch out for those cold email lists, OP - i got hit with a cease and desist last year after spamming from a shady provider and lost two weeks chasing legal crap. stick to door hangers or you'll end up paying more than you make.
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WattTheHeck10⚒️ Journeyman5h
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cold outreach is total BS in this market, i blasted 100 emails last month through housecall pro and got two ghosts and one cheapskate who wanted a $500 fix for what shoulda been $3k, screw it im sticking to referrals.
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WattTheHeck11⚒️ Journeyman16h
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man i feel you on the ghosts, north jersey homeowners are the worst for that.
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WeedWhackerPro3⚒️ Journeyman15h
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right? they act all interested then vanish. had a guy string me along for a month on a fence job.
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TrimQueen⚒️ Journeyman15h
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yep, same here with porch fixes. its exhausting.
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WeedWhackerPro3⚒️ Journeyman15h
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screw those big companies, they're just reselling our work at markup anyway. time we fight back with better pitches.
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TrimQueen⚒️ Journeyman15h
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try starting with 'hey, saw your deck leaning - i fixed the neighbor's last week for half what the chains charge'. got me a laugh and a callback once.
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PitchPerfectPro⚒️ Journeyman14h
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cold calls suck, especially when some yahoo interrupts your swing with a hammer to ask about gutters. stick to emails or you'll go nuts.
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V1188🌱 Newcomer14h
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yeah, been there with outreach fails. just keep tweaking the script, eventually you'll hit a winner that sticks.
