DRILLBIT × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Drillbit.

Carson, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Drillbit is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US residential contractor mapped, the 63,000 that look like ResiBrands, and three campaigns we'd run for Drillbit in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR CARSON WRIGHT · AUSTIN, TX · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for Drillbit.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Lumion: zero pipeline to 50+ meetings in 31 days.

Vertical SaaS for trade and technical schools. First marketing hire, no outbound, a niche of 10,000 to 30,000 schools. We mapped five sub-verticals, timed the CDL play to a Pell Grant policy window, and routed replies straight to their SDRs. Same shape as Lumion: a first marketing hire, a fragmented owner-operator market, and a need for pipeline within weeks.

In the span of a month, we've had well over 100 positive responses. We've scheduled 45 to 55-plus meetings with an 80% hold rate.Andrew Jones, Head of Marketing, Lumion

Read the Lumion breakdown

31
Days to results
100+
Positive replies
50+
Meetings scheduled
80%
Hold rate
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 63,000 to 100,000 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the home services contractors that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 63,000 to 100,000 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • ResiBrandsSaved $840K annually, boosted profits 2.56x, added $5M in new revenue in 90 days
63,000 to 100,000home services contractors that look exactly like them
A FEW WE'D GO AFTER FIRST
  • Pillar ProsFlowing, Indiana
  • Iron Automations LLCPanama City, Florida
  • Territory.ioLondonderry, New Hampshire
  • HomePro DigitalDuryea, Pennsylvania
  • LocalHomeJobsTexas
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a home services contractor.

Every US plumbing, HVAC, and electrical contractor sits in Census County Business Patterns and Google Maps business categories, with owner names, employee counts, and service areas attached. We build the list from that, enrich the buyers, and time the sends to storm season and franchise expansion cycles.

US residential plumbing, HVAC, and electrical contractor establishmentsYour sweet spot: 5 to 50 employees, multi-location operatorsIn-market this quarter
0
US residential plumbing, HVAC, and electrical contractor establishments. US Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 2382.
~63,000
Sweet-spot contractors
5 to 50 employees, multi-location
3
Buyer personas
Owner, GM, Operations Lead
~189,000
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per contractor
Nov to Feb
Evaluation window
Budget set before spring call volume
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 420,000 US residential plumbing, HVAC, and electrical contractors and reach out when the right signal shows up, so Drillbit is the first name an owner thinks of when lead capture and collections come up.

  • New location or territory openingState business filings and Google Maps show fresh multi-location expansion needing centralized intake.
  • Private equity rollup acquisitionM&A trackers and press releases flag portfolio companies standardizing operations across new locations.
  • Call center or CSR job postingIndeed and LinkedIn listings show manual intake pain before automation gets considered.
  • Negative reviews citing slow responseGoogle Business Profile reviews mentioning missed calls signal lead-capture problems ready to fix.
  • Storm or heat wave surgeNOAA weather data predicts emergency call volume spikes crews can't handle without help.
  • Contractor license renewal or new ops hireState licensing boards and LinkedIn show new operations leadership resetting the back office.
09:14 · TODAY
Texas HVAC company with 6 locations posts opening for Call Center Manager
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
YESTERDAY
Regional plumbing rollup announces acquisition of its 4th franchise territory in the Southeast
→ ROLLUP PLAY
MON
Florida electrical contractor's Google reviews show 12 mentions of missed calls this month
→ MISSED-CALL PLAY
YESTERDAY
NOAA forecasts heat wave across the Southwest, HVAC emergency call volume expected to spike 40%
→ STORM-SURGE PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~63,000 sweet-spot contractors: 5 to 50 employees, multi-location plumbing, HVAC, and electrical operators identified from Census counts and Google Maps categories
AngleOne AI back office replaces the call center, dispatcher, and collections staff they are paying for today
~63,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetContractors that look like ResiBrands: multi-location franchise or rollup operators running a call center for lead intake
AngleLead with ResiBrands' $840K in annual savings and 2.56x profit lift after 90 days
~63,000+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetContractors showing a buying signal this quarter: new location opened, PE rollup acquisition, call center job posting, or missed-call reviews piling up
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~17,000 PER YEAR ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Carson, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.