$248,000 recovered in 12 months — how an HVAC shop owned spring tune-up season
Most HVAC shops fire spring tune-up reminders in April — when phones are already ringing off the hook. Reliant ran a tiered late-February sequence based on per-customer cadence and equipment age. Spring booking rate climbed from 25% to 45% of customer base. Replacement quote conversion on year-11+ equipment lifted 3x because the conversation happened before the unit failed.
"I used to dread May. Now we book 45% of spring tune-ups in March instead of May. Techs have predictable schedules. IAQ attach is up 2x. The replacement quote conversation happens before the unit fails on Memorial Day weekend."— Representative HVAC shop owner · illustrative quote
Three weeks of nothing followed by twelve weeks of total chaos — every year.
A typical HVAC shop's calendar is broken by design. Late March and April are dead. May through August is total chaos with techs working 12-hour days and customers told 'we can get to you Friday.' The shop's existing tune-up reminder was a single April blast email getting 8% conversion. By the time it fired, customers were already in shopping mode against three competitors.
Late-February tiered sequence with per-customer cadence + equipment age awareness.
ServiceTitan export uploaded. Customer history, install dates, maintenance agreement status parsed. 1,200 customers segmented into 5 message tiers.
Voice Training extracted Tom's tone from 30 prior messages. Drafts generated for each tier in his voice.
Message 1 fires: on-schedule reminder to 460 customers with clean annual cadence. 'Hey Mike, AC tune-up time — got Tuesday open?'
Message 2 fires: lapsed-customer nudge to 280 customers who skipped last spring. 'No pressure if you've used someone else.'
Message 3 fires: equipment-age conversation to 95 customers with 10+ year units. Stages replacement quote without pressure.
Messages 4 + 5 fire to membership customers and dormant emergency-only callers. Sequence complete.
What actually happened.
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