MARKETING AGENCY

How Contractors Creative Signed 10 Home Improvement Contractors in 6 Months by Reaching Owners Between Job Sites

+2 new clients per month

10

10

new clients in 6 months

37%

37%

Reply Rate

Cold Email

Cold Email

Outbound channel used

CLIENT REVIEW

Hear it straight from the client

Every time we get an email that comes in, we always get very excited because we always get great results.

Every time we get an email that comes in, we always get very excited because we always get great results.

Every time we get an email that comes in, we always get very excited because we always get great results.

Nicholas Brigis, Co-Founder at CONTRACTORS CREATIVE

Nicholas Brigis

Co-Founder at CONTRACTORS CREATIVE

THE CHALLENGE

Where they were stuck

Contractors Creative is a marketing agency serving home improvement and green living contractors, helping them generate more leads and grow their businesses. The core challenge was reaching contractors who spend their days on job sites, not in front of email, requiring a channel mix and timing strategy tailored to their daily reality.

Contractors spend their days on job sites and rarely check email during work hours

Home improvement business owners are phone-oriented but skeptical of marketing claims

Seasonal demand fluctuations make timing and vertical segmentation critical for results

THE SYSTEM WE BUILT

How we solved their problems

Growth-Signal Contractor Lists

Built prospect lists of verified contractor business owners across home improvement and green living verticals. Filtered for growth signals like new service area expansion, recent hires, and updated licensing that indicated readiness to invest in marketing.

Mobile-First, Trade-Specific Messaging

Cold email was optimized for mobile readability (short paragraphs, clear CTAs) since most contractors check email from their phones. Messaging led with specific advertising success stories from comparable contractors: revenue growth numbers, lead volume increases, and cost-per-lead benchmarks.

Phone-Forward Multi-Channel Scale

AI cold calling was critical for this audience. Contractors who ignore email will pick up a phone call, especially if the opening line references their specific trade and market. LinkedIn supplemented for contractors with active profiles. The approach achieved a 37% reply rate and 10 new clients in 6 months.

Home improvement and green living contractors are hands-on operators who spend their days on job sites, not in front of email. Reaching them requires timing, channel mix, and messaging that respects their reality. Contractors Creative needed a systematic outbound engine that could connect with these business owners and convert them into marketing clients.

Outbound System built prospect lists of verified contractor business owners across home improvement and green living verticals, filtering for companies showing growth signals like new service area expansion, recent hires, and updated licensing. These signals indicated contractors ready to invest in marketing rather than just thinking about it.

Cold email was optimized for mobile-first readability since most contractors check email from their phones between jobs. Messaging led with specific advertising success stories from comparable contractors in their trade: revenue growth numbers, lead volume increases, and cost-per-lead benchmarks that spoke directly to a contractor's bottom line. AI cold calling was a critical second channel. Contractors who ignore email will pick up a phone call, especially if the opening line references their specific trade and market. LinkedIn supplemented both channels for contractors with active business profiles.

The multi-channel approach achieved a 37% reply rate and secured 10 new clients in 6 months. As Co-Founder Nicholas Brigis noted, "Every time we get an email that comes in, we always get very excited because we always get great results." That excitement reflected the consistent quality of leads generated by trade-specific, mobile-optimized outreach.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this case study, answered.

Can cold outreach work for reaching contractors?

Yes. Contractors Creative signed 10 new clients in 6 months by adapting the outreach to how contractors actually work. Mobile-optimized emails, trade-specific messaging, and AI cold calling during peak availability windows combined to achieve a 37% reply rate.

Which channel works best for reaching home improvement business owners?

AI cold calling is a critical channel for contractors. They're phone-oriented and will pick up a call if the opening line references their specific trade and market. Combined with mobile-optimized email and LinkedIn, Contractors Creative saw consistent engagement across all three channels.

How do you convince contractors to invest in marketing?

You lead with proof from their peers. Messaging for Contractors Creative cited specific revenue growth from comparable contractors in their trade, not abstract marketing promises. Every lead notification generated genuine excitement because the quality was consistently high.

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Trusted by 1,000+ B2B companies, Outbound System consolidates your entire outbound tech stack into one done-for-you system. Scale your pipeline across cold email, AI calling, and LinkedIn from a single platform, delivering twice the leads at half the cost while we fill your calendar with qualified decision-makers every month.

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Get your free growth plan today and stop guessing what works. We'll map your ideal customers, build custom outreach sequences across email, phone, and LinkedIn, and show you exactly how many meetings your outbound should be generating. All backed by data from 52M+ cold emails and tens of thousands of campaigns.

Trusted by 1,000+ B2B companies, Outbound System consolidates your entire outbound tech stack into one done-for-you system. Scale your pipeline across cold email, AI calling, and LinkedIn from a single platform, delivering twice the leads at half the cost while we fill your calendar with qualified decision-makers every month.

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