Why Home Service Owners Lose Customers Before They Ever Pick Up the Phone
2026-06-10 ยท 79 min ยท 11 entities
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Senja Spellman is a fractional CMO who has spent over a decade inside the marketing departments of companies like Tundra Land ($100M), Leaf Home, Bath Works, and Home Genius Exteriors. She took Bath Works from $12M to $25M in one year โ now pacing $52M. Today she shares exactly how home service companies can build brand trust, track TV attribution, grow with zero ad spend, and disrupt in a market where everyone looks the same.
In this episode:
โธ Why 66% of customers pick by trust โ and only 7% by price
โธ The TV attribution model that ties every spot to a lead
โธ How to use ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to audit your brand visibility right now
โธ Brand vs. direct response โ which one your business actually needs
โธ The 97% rule: why branding matters more than most owners think
โธ Omnichannel data strategy: how to hit the right person across mail and CTV
โธ Marketing budget benchmarks: growth (20โ22%) vs. maintenance (15โ18%)
โธ How cause marketing builds internal culture and external brand
โธ Why marketing is meant to disrupt โ and how to stop blending in
-- ๐ TIMESTAMPS ๐ --
00:00 โ Senja's Background
07:06 โ TV Attribution Model
15:31 โ LLM Brand Visibility
22:48 โ Home Service Differences
30:25 โ Marketing Budget Benchmarks
36:10 โ The 97% Rule
41:30 โ Omni-Channel Data Strategy
49:50 โ Private Equity Risks
57:07 โ Brand Story Process
01:03:55 โ Lead Gen Quick Wins
01:12:05 โ Disruption in Marketing
01:17:55 โ Senja's Contact Info
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