u/ConfidenceFinal6506

Solo Canadian web dev — fast, mobile-first sites for small service businesses, $500–$750 (free demo first)

Hi — I'm Aniket, Canadian solo dev. I build sites for small service operators (HVAC, restaurants, cleaning, dental — high-call-volume verticals) where the existing site is broken on mobile or 5+ years old.

What I deliver:

  • 1–3 page site, mobile-first, sub-2-second load
  • Click-to-call hero, GBP linkout, simple lead capture
  • Wired to whatever booking tool you use (Square, Calendly, Toast, OpenTable, etc.)
  • Plain and fast — not flashy

The deal:

  • Free demo first (1-page mockup so you can see the actual work)
  • $500–$750 to finish and launch, depending on pages + integrations
  • 3–5 day demo turnaround

Samples: happy to share portfolio once you reach out. **Contact:**comment or DM. EST hours, replies within 12 hours.

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u/ConfidenceFinal6506 — 5 days ago

If you own a small service business and feel like you're working harder every month for less, I'd genuinely like to look at your numbers (no pitch).

I'm building software for local service businesses (HVAC, plumbing, dental, salons, restaurants, cleaning, mobile detailing) and I've spent the last few months doing one thing — sitting on calls with owners, asking them to walk me through their actual phone, voicemail, customer list, and quote pipeline. No demo. No deck. Just listening.

A pattern keeps showing up that I want to address directly.

Most owners I talk to are not short on customers. They are short on the systems to keep the customers they already had. Missed calls that never got a callback. Quotes that ghosted. Customers who haven't been reached out to in 14 months. Reviews never asked for. Each one is invisible by itself. Stacked together they're usually 20–40% of the year's revenue, gone, with no line item to point at.

Most owners I've shown this to had a moment of "oh." Then a moment of "I don't have time to fix this."

Here's the thing I keep telling them: you don't have to.

If you own a small service business and any of the above sounds familiar — the missed calls, the ghosted quotes, the dormant customer list, the reviews you never get around to asking for — I'd actually like to look at your specific numbers. DM me. No pitch, no calendar link, no slide deck. I'll ask you 4 or 5 questions, you tell me what your phone log and customer list look like, and I'll send you back the math on what you're probably leaving on the table and the 2 or 3 things I'd fix first.

Why I'm offering this: I'm building in this space and I learn more from one of these conversations than from a week of reading. You get a clear-eyed read on your business from someone who isn't trying to sell you anything in the first conversation. That's the trade.

Trade-off to be honest about: I can't do hundreds of these. If a lot of people DM, I'll get to everyone but it might take a few days. And I'm Canadian-based so I'm most useful for Canadian and US service businesses. If you're outside that, I'll still answer, just less context.

If you'd rather not DM, drop your (1) industry and (2) the one number in your business that's been bothering you in a comment and I'll reply there.

Disclosure: I'm the founder of AGNT/01 (agntone.ca) — AI employees for service businesses. The framework I'd walk you through is the same one I use with operators. Mention this post and I'll skip my usual intro questions.

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u/ConfidenceFinal6506 — 5 days ago

The cheapest revenue lift in any service business: a 5-minute exercise

Most service businesses spend 80% of their marketing budget chasing new customers, and almost 0% reactivating the ones they already had.

Here's the exercise. Takes 5 minutes. Most operators find $20k–$50k in obvious money sitting in their customer list.

Step 1 — Open your customer list. CRM, Jobber, Housecall Pro, a Google Sheet, doesn't matter. Sort by "last service date."

Step 2 — Count how many customers haven't been contacted by you in 12+ months. Most operators are at 25–40% of their total list. That's the dormant pile.

Step 3 — Multiply that number by:

- your average ticket

- 22% (industry-average reactivation rate when you reach out personally)

That's what you'd add in 6 weeks if you sent ONE personalized text to each.

Example math:

- 800 customers in list

- 280 dormant (35%)

- Average ticket: $400

- 280 × $400 × 22% = $24,640 of revenue currently sitting unreachable

The reactivation message that works:

Don't blast. Don't use templates. Don't say "we miss you!" — that's the message that trains customers to ignore your texts forever.

The format that converts at 25–35% reply rate:

"Hey [name], it's [your name] from [company]. Last time we were out was [month/year] for your [service]. You're due if you want to schedule a slot — no pressure either way."

One text per customer, sent one at a time over 2–3 weeks.

Why this works when most win-back campaigns don't:

The text reads like a real person sent it. Because it should be. Most automation tools blast it as a campaign and the receive-rate craters because phone carriers mark it as spam. Sending one at a time, mixed with normal SMS traffic, lands like a conversation.

Trade-off: doesn't infinite-scale without either a human in the loop or a really tight templating system. Past 1,500 customers, you need help. Below that, you (or your front desk person) can do it in 30 minutes a day for a week.

If you run the math and want feedback on the message format for your specific trade, drop your (1) industry and (2) dormant customer count in a comment.

Disclosure: I'm the founder of AGNT/01 (agntone.ca) — AI employees for service businesses across Canada. The framework above is what I help operators set up. Happy to walk through your specific list in DMs if it'd help — no pitch, just the math for your numbers.

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u/ConfidenceFinal6506 — 5 days ago