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~$150k margin on a ~$650k contract from ~$3,800 ad spend — and five paid prelims in two weeks

J & J Custom Homes · Georgia · Two-week sprint — paid prelims and contract pipeline

  • Custom homes
Live homepage, jnjcustomhomes.com — captured 13 October 2026.
Live homepage, jnjcustomhomes.com — captured 13 October 2026.

Numbers on the record

Ad spend
~$3,800
Contract value
~$650k
Margin
~23% (~$150k)
Paid prelims sold
5 in 14 days
Revenue 2024 to 2025
~$2.1M to ~$5.75M
2026 trajectory
~$5.75M to ~$10M (in progress)

Figures from client confirmation, ad platform exports, or analytics — not independently audited.

Summary

Packaging the prelim offer and tightening marketing-to-sales handoffs stopped the team burning time on free-advice enquiries. Five paid consults sold in a fortnight, with the same paid push supporting a major contract. The prelim sprint was one chapter — the broader arc is a custom builder who moved from ~$2.1M to ~$5.75M USD year on year, with ~$10M in their sights for 2026.

  1. 01

    Before

    Inbound looked healthy but the prelim offer was under-sold — volume did not turn into cash on the calendar, and ad spend had no clear line to contract.

  2. 02

    What we changed

    Packaged the prelim as the obvious next step, aligned scripts and handoffs between marketing and sales, and put speed on response so hot enquiries met a human before they cooled.

    To work through the scope and handover behind a paid planning offer, read the sales and feasibility walkthrough. It explains the process and its limits. The results here belong to this client and period; a paid preliminary stage is not required for every type of residential work.

  3. 03

    After

    Five paid prelims in two weeks and a ~$650k contract in the same window — with the ad spend to show what drove it. Year on year, J & J reported revenue from about $2.1M to about $5.75M USD in 2025, with about $10M in their sights for 2026 — the prelim and contract pieces sit inside that wider trajectory.

In their words

“Most of our business comes from you guys. A very small percentage comes from our road signs and our truck. Most of it comes from whatever advertising y'all are doing for us.”

J & J Custom Homes, Jason Sikes

Proof on file

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J & J's 2025 sales pipeline (USD): ~$5.77M signed at Won, ~$32M qualified behind it, ~$154M of new leads still being worked. 2026 closings draw from the same funnel.
J & J's 2025 sales pipeline (USD): ~$5.77M signed at Won, ~$32M qualified behind it, ~$154M of new leads still being worked. 2026 closings draw from the same funnel.

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