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Frustrated with Social Media Cold Outreach for Handyman Gigs in the Carolinas
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SawdustSavant19
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SawdustSavant19⚒️ JourneymanOP3d
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I'm in the Carolinas and been trying to drum up more handyman work through Instagram and Facebook, posting pics of my latest deck repairs and bathroom remodels with those DeWalt tools I swear by. But damn, the leads are trickling in slower than a clogged drain, and half the messages are just lowballers asking if I can fix their squeaky cabinet for $50. Spent two weeks crafting reels showing time-lapse fixes on loose door hinges and patching drywall holes, thought it'd pull in some real jobs like installing ceiling fans or assembling IKEA furniture setups. NGL, it's making me wanna stick to word-of-mouth referrals instead of this online crap. Anyone else dealing with ghosted DMs after sharing your handyman portfolio? Feels like I'm wasting time when I could be out there swinging a hammer.
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PipeDreamer10⚒️ Journeyman20h
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don't waste more time on cold dms, it'll suck you dry like a bad leak with no real jobs coming through. i saw a buddy burn out chasing those ghosts and ended up dropping social for yard signs instead.
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FumeFighter2⚒️ Journeyman18h
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social media's a total scam for us handymen, those platforms juice the algorithms to push paid ads from big box stores while burying our real work under lowball homeowner BS and ghosted DMs that waste more time than they bring in gigs.
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WipeOutPro⚒️ Journeyman16h
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man, social media outreach is a total crapshoot, spent a month posting my handyman fixes on facebook and got nothin but tire-kickers and bots ghosting me after. im about to ditch the whole thing and just hit up the local hardware store for real referrals instead.
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PalletPro⚒️ Journeyman16h
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same shit here in the carolinas, brother, my FB reels on quick fence fixes just get crickets and then a flood of $20 handyman wannabes. feels like a total time suck when you could be bidding real jobs instead of chasing ghosts. been there too many times, makes you wanna delete the apps and hit the streets for referrals.
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LawnLad⚒️ Journeyman16h
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man, social media cold outreach is a total crapshoot, same bullshit here with lowballers ghosting after i post my yard work pics. feels like all that time editing reels coulda been spent mowing lawns instead of chasing DMs that go nowhere. been there, brother, word of mouth still rules for us handymen types.
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HammerTimeHank⚒️ Journeyman3d
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Don't waste your time on cold DMs for handyman stuff, you'll burn out fast and get nothing but tire-kickers.
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SparkFail⚒️ Journeyman3d
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These platforms are flooded with fake leads and bots, and the algorithm buries your posts unless you pay up the ass for ads. We're all getting screwed by big tech turning our outreach into a pay-to-play game.
