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    <description>Playbooks for home service owners: faster replies, more booked calls, every estimate followed up.</description>
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      <title>Cost per lead in home services, and what each sold job costs you</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Leads and ads</category>
      <description>Cost per lead in home services: a median $91 from search ads to March 2026, and $228 for roofing a year earlier. Work out what each sold job costs you.</description>
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      <title>How fast should contractors respond to a new lead?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Reach a new lead within five minutes. Here&apos;s why it wins jobs, the exact texts and call scripts to use, and a simple test to time your own office.</description>
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      <title>How to choose a marketing agency for contractors: 12 questions to ask</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>To choose a marketing agency as a contractor, ask questions you can check. Here are 12, with good and bad answers, red flags and a checklist for the call.</description>
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      <title>How to follow up on an estimate: day-by-day texts and call scripts</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Follow up on an estimate the same day: book the next call before you leave, text that evening, then run a 30-day plan. Every text and script to copy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Your call booking rate is booked appointments divided by calls from people who want work done. The 2026 numbers, how to work out yours, and the script.</description>
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