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julie
Jobber Community Team
8 hours ago

How do home service businesses fill their calendar before busy season?

When work slows down, most service businesses feel it fast: stress, cash flow pressure, and last-minute scrambling. Sound familiar?

What’s the one thing you rely on most before busy season to keep your calendar full?

  • New leads
  • Repeat customers
  • Referrals
  • Deposits or upfront payments
  • Booking weeks in advance
  • Something else? (do tell!)

Bonus: What used to stress you out about slow periods that doesn’t anymore?

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  • Did you ever notice that Walmart is selling (not just advertising) Christmas before Halloween? I sell indoor painting Jobs for January and February when I am cleaning gutters in the fall. I'm not just advertising, but actually booking them. Just as I would book a faucet changeout next Wednesday. To make it happen, just remember your close ratio and adjust your marketing to fill the calendar. Build a machine so you don't have to wonder about the off-season. Your past data doesn't lie, and it will help you.