Things I've already thought of for you.
72 systems I'd build for the trades, free to take. Filter to your industry, steal anything on the board — or hand me one and I'll have it booking revenue while your competitors are still "circling back."
72 IDEAS ON THE BOARD
After-hours AI receptionist
An AI voice agent that answers every call at 2am, triages the emergency, quotes the service-call fee, and books the slot — before the caller tries the next name on Google.
FOR: EVERY TRADEMissed-call text-back
Phone rings out → caller instantly gets a text: "On a roof right now — what do you need?" Saves the lead you already paid to generate.
FOR: EVERY TRADESpeed-to-lead auto-dialer
New form lead triggers your phone to ring and connects you to the prospect within seconds. First responder wins 78% of the time — be the first responder every time.
FOR: EVERY TRADEAgentic follow-up SDR
An AI agent that works every unclosed estimate: texts, emails, answers objections, and rebooks — politely relentless for 90 days so you don't have to remember to be.
FOR: EVERY TRADEReview engine
Job closes → customer gets a perfectly-timed review ask, unhappy ones get routed to you privately first. Compounds into the map-pack rankings that print money.
FOR: EVERY TRADEQuote-follow-up sequences
Estimates that chase themselves: day 2 nudge, day 5 financing option, day 12 "price holds till Friday." Most shops send zero follow-ups; the money is in follow-up three.
FOR: EVERY TRADEJob-photo content pipeline
Crew uploads job photos → AI writes the before/after post, tags the city, and publishes to Google Business Profile, Facebook, and Instagram. Marketing that happens while you work.
FOR: EVERY TRADEAI photo estimator
Homeowner texts photos, AI drafts a rough scope and price range for your approval. You quote in minutes, not after a week of windshield time.
FOR: EVERY TRADEInstant pricing calculator
A "ballpark my project" tool on your site that trades a price range for contact info. Converts researchers into booked estimates while competitors hide their prices.
FOR: EVERY TRADESeasonal reminder engine
Every past customer gets the right nudge at the right month — tune-ups, cleanings, inspections — automatically, forever. Databases beat door-knocking.
FOR: EVERY TRADEReferral engine
Post-job flow that makes referring you effortless: shareable link, tracked rewards, automatic thank-yous. Word of mouth, systematized.
FOR: EVERY TRADE"We're on your street" radius blitz
Booked job triggers postcards or door-hanger routes to the 50 nearest homes: "Your neighbor on Maple hired us." Social proof with a street address.
FOR: EVERY TRADETruck QR landing pages
Every truck, yard sign, and jobsite banner gets a QR to a page that books instantly — and tells you exactly which truck earned the lead.
FOR: EVERY TRADEAI call scoring & coaching
Every inbound call transcribed and scored: booked or lost, why, and what the CSR should say next time. Your phone is a goldmine of coaching data nobody reads.
FOR: EVERY TRADELead-source truth dashboard
One screen that shows what every lead source actually costs per booked job — not per click. Kills the ad spend that never made you a dollar.
FOR: EVERY TRADECancellation rebooking agent
Job cancels → an AI agent immediately offers the slot to your waitlist and backfills the schedule. Empty truck hours are the most expensive hours you own.
FOR: EVERY TRADEInvoice chase automation
Friendly, escalating payment reminders that run themselves so you never have the awkward call. Cash flow without the chasing.
FOR: EVERY TRADEMaintenance-plan portal
Sell recurring memberships — priority service, annual visits, discounts — with self-serve signup, billing, and renewal automation. Revenue you can forecast.
FOR: EVERY TRADEWin-back campaigns
Customers who haven't called in 18 months get a reason to. It costs 5× more to buy a stranger than to wake up a past customer.
FOR: EVERY TRADEHiring funnel that runs itself
Landing page, application flow, automated screening questions, and interview scheduling for techs and crews. The labor shortage rewards whoever hires fastest.
FOR: EVERY TRADEJobsite daily-log app
Crews log photos, hours, and blockers from their phone; owners see every job's status without driving to it. Fewer surprises, cleaner handoffs.
FOR: CONSTRUCTION · REMODELING · EXCAVATION +2Storm-response engine
Hail or wind event hits → geo-targeted landing pages, ads, and outreach spin up for the affected zips within hours, while the tarps are still going on.
FOR: ROOFING · GUTTERS · TREE SERVICE +1Hail-tracker prospecting
Storm data feeds a map of hit neighborhoods, auto-builds canvassing routes, and preps insurance-ready talking points for the door.
FOR: ROOFINGDrone roof-report generator
Drone photos in → branded inspection report out: annotated damage, measurements, and a scope the homeowner and adjuster both understand.
FOR: ROOFINGInsurance-claim copilot
AI that drafts supplements, decodes adjuster letters, and tracks every claim's stage — so restoration jobs stop dying in paperwork.
FOR: ROOFING · CONSTRUCTIONRoof-age prospecting list
Public records + imagery flag homes with 20+ year roofs in your service area. Market to the houses that actually need you this year.
FOR: ROOFINGShingle & color visualizer
Homeowner uploads a house photo and sees shingle colors on their own roof. Decision paralysis is where roof sales go to die.
FOR: ROOFINGDegree-day tune-up triggers
First heat wave or cold snap forecast → tune-up campaigns fire to the right customers automatically. Sell the fix before the breakdown.
FOR: HVACFilter subscription program
Right-size filters shipped on schedule with your brand on the box. Recurring revenue plus a quarterly reason to be in their home.
FOR: HVACIAQ upsell calculator
Techs answer five questions in the app, homeowner sees an indoor-air-quality score and options. Turns every maintenance visit into a consult.
FOR: HVACEmergency triage bot
"No heat" at midnight gets triaged by AI: safety checks, service fee quoted, tech dispatched or first-slot booked. After-hours revenue without after-hours staffing.
FOR: HVAC · PLUMBING · ELECTRICAL +1Water-heater age win-back
Your install records know whose unit is 9+ years old. They get the replacement offer before the cold-shower emergency — and before they Google.
FOR: PLUMBINGRepipe & financing calculator
Big-ticket jobs die on sticker shock. A monthly-payment configurator on the estimate turns "$12,000" into "$140/month" and yes.
FOR: PLUMBING · HVAC · ROOFING +2Drain-care membership
Annual camera inspection + priority emergency response as a subscription. The plumber they're "a member of" is the only one they call.
FOR: PLUMBINGEV-charger install funnel
Landing pages per city + a rebate finder that shows each address its utility incentives. Ride the EV wave with pages nobody else in your market has built.
FOR: ELECTRICALPanel-upgrade estimator
Photo of the panel + a few questions → instant upgrade quote range. The highest-intent electrical lead there is.
FOR: ELECTRICALGenerator storm campaigns
Outage-prone zips get standby-generator offers timed to storm season and grid news. Fear of the dark sells prepared comfort.
FOR: ELECTRICALBill-analysis solar calculator
Prospect uploads a power bill, gets a real savings model for their roof and rates — not a generic national estimate. Trust before the sales call.
FOR: SOLARIncentive finder by address
Federal, state, and utility solar incentives resolved per address, kept current automatically. Complexity is why homeowners stall; kill it.
FOR: SOLAR · ELECTRICAL · HVACSatellite instant quotes
Draw the lawn, driveway, or fence line on a map and get a price. Quote in 60 seconds what competitors quote in a week.
FOR: LANDSCAPING · FENCING · CONCRETE +1Route-density scheduler
Scheduling that packs jobs by neighborhood instead of first-come order. Same crew, same day, two more jobs — pure margin.
FOR: LANDSCAPING · PEST CONTROL · GUTTERS +1Seasonal contract renewals
Snow, mowing, and cleanup contracts that renew themselves with one tap — plus automated upsells when the season turns.
FOR: LANDSCAPING · TREE SERVICE · GUTTERSCrew-language work orders
Job details, scope photos, and change orders auto-translated for your crews in the language they read best. Fewer redos, faster days.
FOR: LANDSCAPING · CONSTRUCTION · PAINTING +2Pest seasonal calendar engine
Ant season, wasp season, rodent season — content and campaigns fire by pest calendar and geography, written once, reused every year.
FOR: PEST CONTROLRecurring-plan self-serve portal
Quarterly plans customers can buy, pause, and manage online. Pest control is a subscription business — sell it like one.
FOR: PEST CONTROL · LANDSCAPINGBroken-spring dispatch flow
"Car trapped in garage" is a same-hour sale. A flow that quotes the fix, dispatches the nearest tech, and texts an ETA — before they call anyone else.
FOR: GARAGE DOORSDoor style configurator
Pick a style, window, and color on a photo of their own house; the configured quote lands in your CRM as a hot lead.
FOR: GARAGE DOORS · FENCING · PAINTINGColor consultation visualizer
AI repaints their house photo in any palette. Homeowners who can see it, buy it — and share it.
FOR: PAINTINGHOA repaint-cycle prospecting
HOAs repaint on schedules. A database of communities, cycles, and decision-makers puts you in the room the year the budget exists.
FOR: PAINTING · ROOFING · FENCINGProject visualizer intake
Prospects sketch their remodel with AI image tools on your site — then the dream, budget, and timeline arrive in your inbox as a qualified lead.
FOR: REMODELING · CONSTRUCTIONClient portal with draw schedule
Progress photos, selections, change orders, and payment draws in one login. The contractor with the portal looks like the only professional bidding.
FOR: REMODELING · CONSTRUCTIONPunch-list closeout app
Walkthrough items captured as photos, assigned, and checked off — with the final invoice releasing on completion. End the "one more thing" spiral.
FOR: CONSTRUCTION · REMODELING · PAINTINGPublic-bid calendar scraper
Every city, county, and school district bid in your region scraped into one feed with deadlines and docs. Never miss a public job again.
FOR: EXCAVATION · CONCRETE · CONSTRUCTION +1Utility-locate workflow
811 tickets, locate statuses, and dig windows tracked against the schedule automatically. No more crews standing around an unmarked yard.
FOR: EXCAVATIONRoom-visualizer estimator
Upload the room, pick the floor, see it installed, get the estimate. Flooring is bought with the eyes.
FOR: FLOORING · REMODELINGBuilder-partner order portal
A wholesale portal where your builder accounts spec, order, and schedule without phone tag. Become infrastructure, not a vendor.
FOR: FLOORING · CONCRETE · FENCINGGutter-guard upsell flow
Every cleaning quote automatically includes the "never clean again" guard option with financing. The upsell is the business.
FOR: GUTTERSAutumn campaign autopilot
Leaf-season campaigns that launch themselves on the first frost forecast, targeted to tree-dense neighborhoods from prior job data.
FOR: GUTTERS · LANDSCAPING · TREE SERVICEHazard-tree report generator
Arborist photos become a branded risk report the homeowner can send their insurance company. Authority closes removals.
FOR: TREE SERVICEStump-grinding route filler
Small jobs auto-batched by neighborhood into gap days. The grinder pays for itself when the routing is smart.
FOR: TREE SERVICE · LANDSCAPINGProbate & pre-market lead engine
Court records, obituaries, and property data fused into a daily feed of likely sellers — with respectful, compliant outreach sequences attached.
FOR: REAL ESTATEOpen-house follow-up agent
Every sign-in gets a personal AI-drafted follow-up thread that answers questions and books showings while you're still stacking chairs.
FOR: REAL ESTATEListing-launch content kit
One listing in → property site, reels script, mailers, and ad set out. Every listing becomes a marketing campaign for the next one.
FOR: REAL ESTATEInvestor deal-flow dashboard
MLS + off-market feeds filtered to your buy box, with rent comps and rehab math attached. Speed wins deals; spreadsheets lose them.
FOR: REAL ESTATENeighborhood authority pages
A programmatic page for every neighborhood you serve — market data, sold stories, local answers — that ranks while competitors fight over one city page.
FOR: EVERY TRADEWarranty-expiry win-back
Track every install's warranty clock; as it winds down, the inspection offer goes out. You sold the roof — you should sell its replacement.
FOR: ROOFING · HVAC · GARAGE DOORS +1Permit-data prospecting
New permits in your area reveal who's renovating and who's about to need you next. Public data, private advantage.
FOR: CONSTRUCTION · ELECTRICAL · PLUMBING +2AI proposal writer
Scope notes in → polished, branded proposal out, with options laddered good/better/best. Options raise average ticket ~30% just by existing.
FOR: EVERY TRADEVoice-note job closer
Tech leaves a voice note walking off the job; AI turns it into the invoice, the follow-up, and the review ask. Paperwork dies in the truck.
FOR: EVERY TRADESlow-season demand engine
Your calendar's soft weeks trigger targeted offers to segments most likely to book them. Flatten the season instead of riding it.
FOR: EVERY TRADECompetitor-gap SEO machine
Programmatic pages for every service × city combination your competitors never built — hundreds of pages of search real estate, generated and maintained from data.
FOR: EVERY TRADESecond-line AI overflow
When the office line is busy or after five rings, an AI picks up as your overflow receptionist. The busiest hour of the day stops being the leakiest.
FOR: EVERY TRADELet's build something real.
See one your shop needs? Tell me which — flat quote, fast ship. Email bannisterderik@gmail.com or call/text 530-736-7085 — you get a straight answer from me, not a sales sequence.