Get Found, Text Back Missed Calls, and Follow Up Every Quote
The Growth Engine is a managed service for home-service contractors in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). I build it, set it up for your business, and run it, and you see which marketing brought in the jobs that paid.
What the Growth Engine Does for Your Business
Most jobs are not lost on the work. They are lost between the first call and the signed quote, while you are on a job or driving to the next site.
- Homeowners find your business. Your website answers what a homeowner wants to know before they call, and I run your search marketing on Google Search, Google Maps, and AI assistants such as ChatGPT.
- Every inquiry is captured, and missed calls get a reply. Your business number rings every crew phone at once, and a new caller nobody could answer gets a text back. See the phone system
- Inquiries become estimates, site visits, and quotes. Homeowners see a price range on your online estimator, book a site visit at an open time, and receive one quote with the price from every estimate they ran.
- Open quotes get followed up. The Growth Engine follows up on every open quote until the homeowner decides.
- Finished jobs get paid, and past customers come back. The Growth Engine sends invoices and payment reminders, and asks past customers for a review and their next job.
- You see which marketing produced paying work. The report traces each paid job to the ad, search, or referral that brought it in.
It fits home-service businesses from one truck to several crews, in roofing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, water and fire restoration, and other home trades.
Set Up and Run for You, Not Another App to Learn
Most contractor software hands you a login and a list of settings. The Growth Engine arrives built, set up for your business, and running.
I build your website, set up your business number, load your services and prices, write the follow-up messages, and run your search marketing. When your business changes, you tell me, and I change it.
You set the price, talk to the customer, and do the work.
The Growth Engine sends the follow-ups, invoices, and payment reminders, which helps you finish work earlier and keep your evenings.
One Customer Record Connects Every Step
A homeowner visits your website, calls about a repair, and asks for an estimate. Their name, the first call, the quote, the payment, and the ad that brought them in all stay on one customer record.
Your crew sees what each job needs, and the follow-ups read the customer's current stage to decide which message goes out next.
The homeowner enters their own details on your website. Nobody on your team copies, writes down, or retypes them, so fewer jobs slip between steps.
Try a Working Contractor Website Before You Call Me
You have heard software pitches before. Skip this one and try the website I built with Darteno, a landscaping and interlock company in Richmond Hill. It has been live since July 2026.
- See the website. Darteno's services, photos, prices, and service area are its own. Visit Darteno's Website
- Price a driveway. Answer the questions a homeowner answers, with Darteno's real prices, and see the price. Try the Estimator
- See the quote the homeowner gets. Their estimate goes into a PDF quote with each line, the HST, the deposit, and the terms. Download the Sample Quote (PDF)
- Book a time. The booking form at the bottom of this page is the same one Darteno's customers use to book a site visit. Pick a Call Time
- Follow the customer record. Every request, estimate, booking, and quote lands on one customer record. I walk you through it on the call. See How a Job Moves Through the Growth Engine
- See what changes for your company. Your services, prices, service area, and booking times are set for your business. See How Your Website Is Set Up
Each Trade's First Website Is Built With a Contractor in That Trade
Darteno's website was built with Darteno. Each trade's first website is built the same way, with one founding contractor, at no charge while I build and test it.
They show me how they estimate, quote, and run a job, and I build it on their real work. Every company that joins later gets a setup already tested by someone in its trade.
What Does the Growth Engine Cost?
Both plans include the whole Growth Engine: your website, the Growth Engine app on every crew phone, and missed calls and site visits on your truck's screen. The plans differ only in who uses the website.
Option 1: Own Website Plan
$500 to start, then $1,000 a month.
I build a website your company alone uses and run your search marketing, in the service area you choose.
Option 2: Pay When Paid Plan
$500 to start, then 8% of paid jobs the shared website brings you, up to $2,000 a job.
Your business shares one website with other companies in your trade, each in its own service area. Your service area is a list of postal areas, such as M4C, and no other company in your trade receives them, so every job request in your service area comes only to you.
You pay only after a customer pays you for a job the shared website brought you, so a slow month or a lead that goes nowhere costs you nothing. Every company on the shared website keeps a Google rating of 4.0 or higher, because a low rating brings down the others. Your Google Business Profile links to the shared website, where your company page shows your Google reviews.
The listed price covers the whole plan, and anything extra is optional.
Common Questions About the Growth Engine
What is the Growth Engine for contractors?
The Growth Engine is a managed service that helps homeowners in the GTA find your business, replies to missed calls, turns inquiries into estimates, quotes and booked jobs, follows up with potential customers, and shows which marketing produced paying work.
It includes your website, the Growth Engine app on every crew phone, and missed calls and site visits on your truck's screen, and every one of them works from the same customer records.
Who sets up and runs the Growth Engine?
I do. I set up your phone system, estimator, booking, quotes and follow-ups, and fix anything that stops working at its cause, so it stays fixed. On the Own Website Plan, I also build your website and run your search marketing. On the Pay When Paid Plan, I run the shared website and its search marketing. You approve your services and prices, and run the jobs.
How much does the Growth Engine cost?
On the Own Website Plan, it's $500 to start, then $1,000 a month. On the Pay When Paid Plan, it's $500 to start, then 8% of paid jobs the shared website brings you, up to $2,000 a job. Every price is in Canadian dollars, plus HST. Compare plans and pricing.
Can I see the Growth Engine working before I sign?
Yes. Darteno's website runs on it. You can price a driveway on its estimator, download the quote a homeowner receives, and book a call on the same booking form Darteno's customers use. On the call, I walk you through the Growth Engine app.
Do I need to replace my current business phone number?
No. On the Own Website Plan, I move your current business number in whenever your current provider allows the transfer, and I confirm that before setup begins. On the Pay When Paid Plan, I provide a business number for the shared website, and your current number stays with your phone company.
Does the Growth Engine replace my scheduling, dispatch, or accounting software?
No. The Growth Engine runs the customer side of each job, from the first call to the paid invoice. Crew scheduling and dispatch, accounting and payroll, job costing, time tracking, materials, and customer financing stay in the tools you use today.
Can I see which advertising brings in paying customers?
Yes. The Growth Engine links every ad, search, and referral to the customer payments it brought in. A job from a referral, a repeat customer, or a search is credited to that source.
Do you work with contractors outside the GTA?
Not yet. Strategic Mind works only with home-service contractors in the Greater Toronto Area, from Oakville and Burlington to Oshawa and Newmarket, so I meet you in person and know the towns you serve.
Do I need to learn several different software applications?
No. Each task has its own screen, and every screen works from the same customer records, so your team learns one app.
Does the Growth Engine guarantee more jobs?
No. Results depend on demand, your prices, your reputation, and how your team handles customers. The Growth Engine reduces missed opportunities, but nobody can guarantee jobs or revenue.
Find Out Where Your Business Is Losing Opportunities
Most contractors don't need more leads. They need to keep more of the leads they already get.
On the call, I review how you handle the first call, estimates, booking, quotes, payments, and follow-up. I show you where the gaps are and tell you plainly whether the Growth Engine is worth it for your business.
Book a Contractor Systems Review below, or call me.