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$20k in First Month – How to Push Margins from 20% to 30%?
Hey everyone, I’m just about a month into running my home service business and wanted to share where I’m at + get some advice. We’re on track to finish around ~$20k in revenue in the first month. Current breakdown: Contractors: 62% Expenses (VA, tools, etc.): 18% Net profit: ~20% Overall, I’m happy with the start, but I know there’s room to improve margins. For those more experienced: Would you focus first on raising prices or reducing contractor costs? What contractor % do you aim for at scale? Any early changes that helped you break into the 25–30% range? Appreciate any insight—working on tightening systems and scaling the right way.
How can Jobber help me grow my business?
I am a fairly new business and I am still finishing the detail of my operations. I have been using the basic plan from Jobber for my bookings but I did not find myself using the Marketing suite very much when I first purchased a plan. I believe it is because I was still figuring out how to run my business operations. My question is, what is the best marketing move for me to do as a relatively new business owner using Jobber with limited resources like funds and a small client base.What marketing tool has given you the best return on investment?
Hi everyone! 👋 As a newer business owner, I'm trying to be intentional about where I invest my time and money. There are so many marketing tools available—from social media and Google Business Profile to vehicle wraps, yard signs, email marketing, referrals, and automation—that it can be hard to know what really works. If you could recommend just one marketing tool or strategy that has brought in the most customers for your business, what would it be and why? I'd love to hear what has worked for you and what you would recommend to someone just getting started. Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!
Marketplace Integration
Hi I'm Tom, I'm new here and am having difficulties with Facebook Market Place. I don't have an advertising budget yet. I'm too small and sales are not consistent or regular enough. My clients rave about products, build, quality and price. I've been posting and relying on word of mouth for sales. I can't figure out how to promote my products or make a business page. Am I barking up the wrong tree. I'm local in the East Valley. Should I be starting in a different direction?Does Jobber Marketing Suite Generate Leads for Your Business?
We just started our property services business in May. We have been doing really well with referrals so far but I know that doesn't last forever. I have met with a few Instagram marketing companies here in Austin and we've been quote $12K - that's not a realistic number for a business in it's first year. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Jobber marketing suite and if so, were you able to generate leads? How did it help you generate leads? What other benefits did you see from having it? Thank you!What Automated Follow-Up Campaigns Should Home Service Contractors Set Up to Get More Repeat Business?
Hey guys! For those of you that have access to the marketing suite - there's a few things you can set up today, that will pay off as long you have it active. 1st - Check in on your work 2-3 months after it's done. This timeline is what I'm using for our type of projects so yours could be sooner. A lot of contractors will do a project then never reach out to the home owner again. I can't tell you how many jobs we've received just because we had this automation set up. In the settings you just set it up for XX amount of months after the invoice is paid. 2nd - Ask them for a referral. This isn't asking for a review. That's a given. But you want to be asking home owners if they have any friends that could use your services. Jobber actually has a referral tracking system integrated in it as well. I will say that people are a lot more motivation to refer when there's a benefit to them. Personally, I don't think it's valuable to just offer $$ off your own services. I think you need to give them something they can use anywhere. Just my opinion. Set this up for 1 week after your job is finished/ invoice paid. 3rd - Set up a 1-2 year sequence of emails. You could set one up for one a week. 2 a month. The main thing is you want to show up in their inbox every week. You know those brands that you are too lazy to unsubscribe to so you see them in your email? Ya, be more like them. This can take some time but start out by giving them a monthly email, then start to add to it. It can be the same nurture sequence for anyone that gets added. How do you not be annoying? Make it more about education than selling them a service. Have AI come up with something for your industry and just make some time every week to chip away at it. Over time this will pay off. And i's a set it and forget it type thing that can have a massive long term impact in your business.Is it possible to change meta descriptions on Jobber hosted website?
I have my website hosted on Jobber, which for the most part is great. I've recently discovered that some of the meta descriptions for my service pages are completely wrong (wrong location, wrong service, etc.) which is really messing up my SEO and GBP rankings. Is there any way for the user to update these, or is it possible by contacting support?
