Talking to lakefront customers — the pre-season email, the install-day note, intake for a property nobody has seen, and raising a price without losing the account.
A new customer calls in July. The next ten minutes decide whether the property runs clean for a decade or generates three phone calls per visit forever: the customer, the property, the pin on the dock, the gear list, the access notes.
· 5 min read
Not the fastest install and not the lowest price. The customers who stay ten years want to never think about the dock — and the companies that keep them win on honest windows, photos over promises, and how the last job ended.
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One email, that evening: every piece listed, the crew’s photos, the price, a button to pay. It ends billing arguments before they start, and it’s the best marketing the company sends all year.
· 4 min read
The April calls aren’t about the date — they’re about silence. One email in March that explains ice-out honestly, gives a window instead of a promise, and tells customers what “done” will look like. Template included.
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Tell them in January, anchor the new number to the renewal, give one honest reason, and don’t apologize twice. The letter, the calls that follow, and why prices raised while the water is hard are an arrangement — not an argument.
· 6 min read
Create the account yourself, import your customer list, drop a few pins, and look at your own lake this afternoon. You’re not charged until you generate your first season — and if it isn’t obviously better than what you’re doing now, you’ve lost an hour.
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