QUOTEIQ × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, QuoteIQ.

Mike, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. QuoteIQ is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US home service establishment mapped, the 105,000 that look like QuoteIQ's best customers, and three campaigns we'd run in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR MIKE VIDAN · SAVANNAH, GA · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for QuoteIQ.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Lumion: zero pipeline to 50+ meetings in 31 days.

Vertical SaaS for trade and technical schools. First marketing hire, no outbound, a niche of 10,000 to 30,000 schools. We mapped five sub-verticals, timed the CDL play to a Pell Grant policy window, and routed replies straight to their SDRs. Same shape as QuoteIQ: a public registry of buyers on Google Maps, a fragmented multi-trade market with no dominant vendor, and a 6-person team that needs pipeline now.

In the span of a month, we've had well over 100 positive responses. We've scheduled 45 to 55-plus meetings with an 80% hold rate.Andrew Jones, Head of Marketing, Lumion

Read the Lumion breakdown

31
Days to results
100+
Positive replies
50+
Meetings scheduled
80%
Hold rate
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 105,000 to 175,000 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the home service contractors that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 105,000 to 175,000 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • Jump 2 It Pressure WashingQuotes jobs in 30 seconds door-to-door, closes 70-80% of estimates
  • Top Tier WashingBuilds AI estimates in 2-3 minutes, down from days, closes 60%
  • C&C Pressure Wash ProsQuotes over the phone with satellite measurements, closes 60% of estimates
  • Exterior Cleaning Solutions STLSends 30-40 estimates weekly, closes 40% of quotes
105,000 to 175,000home service contractors that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a home service contractor.

Every home service contractor shows up on Google Business Profile with a trade category, service area, and review count, and most carry a state or county contractor license. We build the list from those public sources, enrich the owner or office contact, and time the sends to each trade's busy season.

US home services / specialty trade contractor establishmentsYour sweet spot: 1 to 20 employees, mobile-first tradesIn-market this quarter
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US home services / specialty trade contractor establishments. US Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 238, 561730, 561720)
~105,000
Sweet-spot contractors
1 to 20 employees, mobile trades
2
Buyer personas
Owner-operator, office manager/dispatcher
~120,000
Relevant contacts
At 1.1 titles per business, mostly owner-operators
Mar to May
Evaluation window
Before peak spring and summer season
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 700,000 US home services establishments and reach out when the right signal shows up, so QuoteIQ is the first name a home service owner thinks of when quoting, scheduling, or getting paid comes up.

  • New contractor license or DBA filedCounty clerk and state licensing boards; a fresh filing means new ops decisions are being made now.
  • Google Business Profile category addedGoogle Maps listings; adding a trade category signals expansion into new service lines.
  • Office manager or dispatcher job postingIndeed and ZipRecruiter; hiring past the truck means outgrowing manual scheduling.
  • Review velocity spikeYelp, Google, and Angi; a jump in reviews means volume the owner can no longer track by hand.
  • Seasonal crew hiring surgeJob boards; spring hiring for pressure washing and lawn crews precedes a scheduling crunch.
  • Competitor CRM named in reviews or postingsPublic reviews and job ads mentioning Jobber, Housecall Pro, or ServiceTitan flag switch-ready accounts.
09:14 · TODAY
Pressure-washing business in Georgia adds gutter cleaning to its Google Business Profile
→ NEW-SERVICE PLAY
08:40 · TODAY
Solo lawn-care operator in Texas posts a first-ever office help wanted ad
→ SCALING-PAST-SOLO PLAY
YESTERDAY
Exterior-cleaning company's Yelp reviews jump from 12 to 40 in six weeks
→ REVIEW-VELOCITY PLAY
YESTERDAY
Handyman business in Ohio files a new LLC, address matches a residential garage
→ NEW-LICENSE PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~105,000 home service contractors in your sweet spot: 1 to 20 employees across pressure washing, lawn care, cleaning, and handyman trades, sourced from Google Business Profile categories and county licensing rolls
AngleOne login for estimates, invoicing, scheduling, and payments instead of six disconnected apps and a spreadsheet
~105,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetContractors that mirror Jump 2 It Pressure Washing, Top Tier Washing, C&C Pressure Wash Pros, Exterior Cleaning Solutions STL, and Rising Tide Property Solutions: 2 to 10 truck exterior-cleaning and property-service crews
AngleLead with the exact close rate and review lift these five customers saw after switching off spreadsheets
~105,000+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetContractors showing a buying signal this quarter: new business license filed, Google Business Profile category added, office-manager job posted, or review velocity spiking
AngleA same-day text with a quote template pre-built for their exact trade, sent the week the signal fires
~42,000 PER QUARTER ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Mike, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.