One of the best businesses to run with AI is a leak fix for boring local companies.
A boring company already pays for ads to get traffic to its website. You turn that traffic into more calls and more booked jobs.
There are approximately 112,000 plumbing and HVAC companies. Their average revenue is $2.5 million each year. A lead can cost them $129.
The full setup is:
1) Pick the niche. Examples: commercial hood cleaning, septic services, sport courts in the Carolinas, snow removal in the Northeast. Pick a market near you.
2) Find companies there that make $2 million to $20 million each year and run ads now.
3) Make a Dream 100 list of them. This strategy is from The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes.
4) Combine it with the best direct-to-consumer funnel and ad strategies.
5) Sell one result: more calls from the traffic that they pay for now.
6) Measure the return and show it to the owner.
Step 6 works only after step 1. Lawn maintenance and restaurants have a low ticket. A plumbing job can cost thousands of dollars, and the homeowner needs the repair that day.
Two weeks ago, water came through my ceiling. That day, I paid approximately $2,000 for water restoration.
When you can show the return, the owner will keep you.
Only 14% of plumbing and HVAC owners say that AI is fully part of how they operate. Private equity firms now do roll-ups in that market. Many other markets have real demand, weak marketing, and no one who sells to them.
Pick the niche, find the ad spend, then fix the leak.
