Built for precision. Engineered to scale.

More Qualified Leads.
More Opportunities to Grow.

Scale Engine helps HVAC contractors — and roofing and hardscaping businesses — develop customer acquisition systems through targeted advertising, conversion-focused landing pages, and practical marketing analytics.

Specialized for HVAC, roofing, and hardscaping contractors.

Campaign overview
Sample data — illustrative only

Inquiries

132

Qualified leads

71

Cost per lead

$38

Booked estimates

24

Inquiries by weekSample
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6

Figures shown to illustrate the structure of reporting. They are not results from a client campaign.

What we solve

Contractor growth is limited by systems, not effort.

The four constraints we see most often in home service marketing — and the ones our work is organised around.

01

Inquiries arrive in waves

Demand moves with weather, season and local competition, so some weeks are overloaded and others are quiet.

02

Spend that doesn't produce qualified leads

Broad targeting and vague offers bring in inquiries outside your service area or outside the work you want.

03

Website visitors who never reach out

Slow pages, unclear next steps and awkward mobile forms quietly end the conversation before it starts.

04

No clear view of what a customer costs

Clicks and form fills are visible; lead quality, booked appointments and acquisition cost usually are not.

Services

Marketing Systems Built for Growth

Four connected pieces of work. Each one is judged on the inquiries it produces and the quality of those inquiries — not on impressions.

01

Meta Advertising

Homeowners aren't searching for you yet — reaching them means earning attention.

Our approach
Facebook and Instagram campaign planning, audience research, geographic targeting, creative development, offer testing, budget allocation and ongoing optimization.
How it's evaluated
Cost per lead, lead quality, delivery, and how spend maps to qualified inquiries.
02

Lead Generation

Form fills that never become conversations waste time and budget.

Our approach
Lead capture forms, qualification questions, inquiry routing, source attribution and a defined follow-up workflow — so an inquiry, a qualified lead and a booked job stay distinct.
How it's evaluated
Inquiry volume, qualified rate, appointment rate and where prospects drop out.
03

Landing Pages & Conversion

Interested visitors leave when pages are slow, generic or awkward on a phone.

Our approach
Service-specific messaging, clear offers, mobile-first layouts, accessible forms, focused calls to action and conversion tracking.
How it's evaluated
Conversion rate, form completion rate and mobile behaviour.
04

Marketing Analytics

Clicks and submissions don't tell you what a customer actually costs.

Our approach
Tracking lead volume, qualified lead rate, cost per lead, appointment rate, close rate and acquisition economics where reliable sales data exists.
How it's evaluated
Cost per lead against cost per customer, with media spend reported separately.
How Scale Engine works

Diagnose → Launch → Measure → Optimize

Our intended working process. Click a step to see what it involves.

What diagnose actually is

We start with how your business actually acquires customers: the services you sell, the area you serve, what a customer is worth, and what your current marketing is doing. The constraint is usually visible before any spend moves.

What you walk away with

A short written view of what we'd address first, and why.

What happens in this step

  • Services, service area, capacity and seasonality reviewed
  • Current advertising, offer and landing experience reviewed
  • Acquisition economics discussed — what a customer is worth to you
  • Tracking and follow-up gaps identified

What launch actually is

Launch turns the plan into a working system inside your own ad account: campaigns, creative, landing pages and lead capture. Everything is built so a result can be traced back to a decision.

What you walk away with

Live campaigns, a working inquiry path and a defined starting point to measure against.

What happens in this step

  • Messaging and creative concepts developed for review
  • Campaign structure, audiences, geography and budget set
  • Landing page or form path built for the specific service
  • Conversion tracking installed and verified

What measure actually is

Measurement is where most contractor marketing stops at clicks. We report on inquiry volume and quality, appointment progress and acquisition cost — and separate media spend from total cost so the picture is honest.

What you walk away with

A clear read on where prospects drop out and what acquisition actually costs.

What happens in this step

  • Inquiry volume and source tracked
  • Qualified lead rate and appointment progress recorded
  • Cost per lead compared against cost per customer
  • Close rate and revenue reviewed where data is available

What optimize actually is

Optimization is disciplined iteration: adjust targeting, creative, offers, landing pages and the follow-up handoff based on what the measurement shows — not on what looks busy.

What you walk away with

An ongoing cycle of tests, with the next decisions already defined.

What happens in this step

  • Creative and offer testing on a fixed cadence
  • Budget shifted toward what produces qualified inquiries
  • Landing page and form friction reduced
  • Follow-up and handoff refined as patterns emerge
Why Scale Engine

Four principles we operate by.

Scale Engine is an early-stage agency. We won't show you results we haven't produced. What we can tell you is exactly how we think about the work.

Precision Over Guesswork

Decisions are informed by research and measurable information — audience data, inquiry quality and acquisition cost rather than instinct.

Systems Over Short-Term Tactics

A structured acquisition process that can be repeated and improved, instead of one-off campaigns that stop working when they stop being new.

Transparency Over Vanity Metrics

Attention goes to lead quality, conversion rates and acquisition economics. Impressions and clicks are inputs, not outcomes.

Continuous Improvement

Testing, analysis and refinement on an ongoing basis, with the next set of decisions defined before the current test ends.

FAQ

Questions before you book

We plan, build and manage Meta advertising for home service contractors — and the landing pages, forms and tracking that determine whether that advertising produces usable inquiries. The work is structured around lead quality and acquisition cost, not click volume.

HVAC is our primary specialty. We also support roofing and hardscaping contractors, adapting the same approach to how those homeowners buy. If your business sits adjacent to that work, the audit form has an option for it.

No. Advertising outcomes depend on your market, pricing, capacity, seasonality and how inquiries are handled — none of which an agency controls. What we commit to is a clear plan, honest reporting and disciplined testing.

Start from your economics: what a customer is worth to you and what you can afford to pay to acquire one. That determines a sensible budget far better than a generic minimum. We work through it during the audit call.

It depends on scope — the services involved, how much creative is needed and whether tracking has to be rebuilt. We set expectations for your specific scope before work begins, and testing continues after launch rather than stopping at it.

No. If you don't have a site, a focused landing page can carry the conversion path for a given service. If you do have one, we can work with it or build a dedicated page for the campaigns.

A 20-minute conversation about your services, service area, current marketing and where inquiries are being lost. You leave with a clearer view of what we'd examine first — and whether we think we're the right fit.

Yes. Media spend is paid to Meta from your own ad account. Agency work is billed separately, so you always see what is platform cost and what is service cost.

We read your request and follow up to arrange a time to talk. Submitting the form doesn't reserve an appointment on its own.

No. The audit call is free and there's no obligation to work with us afterward. If we don't think we can help, we'll say so.

Next step

Let's Identify Your Next Growth Opportunity.

Tell us where your marketing stands today. We'll look at your services, your service area and your inquiry path — then talk through what we'd examine first.

Get Your Free Growth Audit
Free growth audit

Discover What's Holding Back Your Growth.

A free introductory review and a 20-minute conversation about your marketing, your challenges, and where the opportunities might be. No cost, no obligation.

Enter “none” if you don't have a website.

We use these details only to respond to your request. No sales list, no automated outreach.