The Money Is in the Follow-Up | Ryan Fenn of Chiirp

Stop Losing Leads You Already Paid For — Ryan Fenn of Chiirp on Follow-Up Automation for Home Service Pros Resources & Links Mentioned ➡️ Chiirp (text message automation for home service companies) → https://chiirp.com ➡️ Ryan Fenn's Skool community (Facebook lead generation training) → https://skool.com/ryan-fenn ➡️ Miami Beach Workshop → https://contractormarketingpros.net/miami-event/ 🎙️ Subscribe & Listen to the Show ➡️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-marketing-for-home-service-pros/id1838795152 ➡️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AOhVDtTGnCHqKPupLbEiu ➡️ Website: https://aiandmarketingpodcast.com ⚡ Ways to Work With Mauricio ⚡ DIGITAL AGENCY — We help home service contractors generate leads and grow with AI-powered marketing → https://contractormarketingpros.net ⚡ FREE STRATEGY CALL — Book a call with our team → https://www.contractormarketingpros.com/calendar 🤝 Connect With Mauricio ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauriciocardenal ➡️ X (Twitter): https://x.com/mrmauricio9 ➡️ Website: https://contractormarketingpros.net 🤝 Connect With Ryan Fenn ➡️ Chiirp: https://chiirp.com ➡️ Lead gen training (Skool): https://skool.com/ryan-fenn ➡️ LinkedIn: [URL not verified — confirm with VA] 💬 QUESTION — Have you ever had a lead come back months later from an automated follow-up text? Tell us in the comments. This video is NOT sponsored. ⏰ TIMECODES ⏰ 0:00 Introduction — Ryan Fenn and Chiirp 0:55 From Windshields at a Gas Station to a Million-Dollar-a-Month Software Company 3:20 How Automated Texts Turned Cold Facebook Leads Into $2M in Course Sales 5:40 The Duct-Tape Stack That Came Before Chiirp 6:37 Speed to Lead: Why 2026 Is Inexcusable If You Have Not Solved This 8:12 The Salesforce Study: Conversion Drops 50% Every Minute You Wait 9:00 The DEXA Scan Story: How Two Minutes Handed a Job to a Competitor 10:39 Shrinking Attention Spans and Rising Customer Expectations 11:35 What Percentage of Leads Die From No Follow-Up 12:00 $750,000 Recovered in 60 Days With Estimate Rehash 12:45 $250,000 in the First Week From Abandoned Call Rescue 13:40 Why Follow-Up Is a Hard Sell: Boring Work, Big Money 15:29 The One-Call-Close Ego Problem in Roofing 17:10 The Perfect 14-Day Follow-Up Sequence for an HVAC Company 20:19 How Many Touch Points in the First 14 Days 21:04 Why Your Follow-Up Sequence Must Change by Lead Source 23:17 Separate Campaigns for Angie, Thumbtack, Google LSA, and Facebook 25:07 Angie Leads Don't Suck. Your Conversion Process Does. 29:27 The Blue Ocean of Facebook Ads and Why It's Surpassing Google 32:46 How Facebook's AI Algorithm Now Does Your Targeting for You 34:26 Automation Amplifies What's Working. Don't Automate a Broken System. 38:43 Software First or People First: How to Always Make the Right Call 41:17 What 500 Million Text Messages Revealed About Follow-Up Copy 43:40 The Owner Handshake: Scaling Authenticity With Automated Video 44:21 Blue vs. Green iMessage and the 40 to 50% Response Rate Difference 47:08 How to Automate an Owner Video Through iMessage Without Getting Flagged 49:41 The Anti-AI Guy Who Sells AI: Ryan's Real Take on Automation 53:35 When to Use AI Voice and When Not To 56:29 The Buyer's Remorse Window: One Text That Prevents Post-Sale Cancellations 59:08 Where to Find Ryan Fenn and Chiirp #ContractorMarketing #HomeServiceBusiness #FollowUpAutomation #Chiirp #SpeedToLead #TextMessageMarketing #HVACMarketing #RoofingMarketing #AIForContractors #LeadConversion About This Channel The AI + Marketing Show for Home Service Pros is the podcast for contractors — roofers, HVAC techs, plumbers, landscapers, electricians, and remodelers — who want to grow using AI and marketing that actually works. No fluff. No jargon. Plain-English tactics you can use this week. Hosted by Mauricio Cardenal, founder of Contractor Marketing Pros, a digital marketing agency that has generated 250,000+ inbound leads and $150M+ in tracked revenue for home service businesses across the U.S. New episodes every week.