Fostyr for contractors
The next project comes from someone who sent the last one. Keep every one of them.
A realtor whose buyers all need a kitchen. An architect who needs a builder they trust. An inspector whose report lists the work. A property manager with forty units to turn. A homeowner from 2019 who is finally doing the basement. Those relationships are the business. Fostyr keeps them, with every project, and tells you when one has gone quiet.
Where the work comes from for a contracting or remodeling company
Real estate agents
Every buyer wants something changed. The agent hands them a name.
Architects and designers
A designer with a builder they trust sends every project that fits.
Home inspectors
A report is a scope of work with the buyer's phone number on it.
Property managers
Turnovers, repairs and upgrades, forty doors at a time.
Past clients
The bathroom this year, the addition in three. They call whoever they remember.
What goes wrong without a system
The designer who found someone else
An architect sent you four projects in two years. You were slow to return a call during a busy summer. The fifth went to a builder who wasn't.
The client you never called back
You finished a kitchen in March and said you'd check in. The homeowner did the deck in August with the company that mailed a postcard.
The history in one estimator's head
Your best estimator knows every realtor's preferences and which inspectors send the good jobs. Then the estimator leaves.
Project software that forgets the referrer
Your job system knows the scope, the schedule and the draw. It cannot tell you which realtor sent the most projects or that an architect hasn't called since spring.
Where to start, with no software and no plan
List who sends the projects
Not the clients: the people who send the clients. Realtors, architects, inspectors, managers, and the past clients who refer. A count beside each name. That list is the marketing plan.
Connect the inbox; bring the project list
Every thread with every architect is already in your mail. Connect it once. Export the project list and drop it in; the referrers get their counts.
Call the ones going quiet
The realtor who sent five buyers last year and none this year gets a call this week. Fostyr surfaces them; you pick up the phone.
Make the follow-up a rhythm
Every finished project gets a check-in at three months and a note at a year. Every referrer gets a thank-you the day the project closes. Put it on a cadence and it happens.
How Fostyr fits a contracting or remodeling company
Hub: Who is waiting on you, and which referrer has gone quiet.
The morning: the architect who asked for a budget, the realtor who hasn't sent a buyer in ninety days, the past client who just replied about the addition. Ask Fostyr which referrer sent the most projects last year.
Relationships: Every realtor, architect, inspector and client, with every project.
Each has a journey: projects, emails, calls, the notes from every estimator and project manager who dealt with them. A grade shows who actually sends work. A brokerage holds its agents, so a change at their office keeps the history.
Workspace: Email, calendar and follow-ups, attached to the people.
A thread from a designer lands on the designer. The three-month check-in sits beside the finished project. Templates for the estimate is attached, the project is complete, thank you for the referral.
Marketing: Visits, check-ins and reviews, on a cadence.
A route for the brokerages and design studios you visit. Rhythms for the quarterly referrer check-in and the after-project follow-up. Reviews asked for the day the punch list is done.
Connections: Your inbox fills it in; your project list comes with you.
Connect Gmail and the threads attach themselves. Bring your project export in and every referrer gets their history. Use a construction management system we don't connect to yet? Tell us at setup and we'll help you bring your data over.
What marketing means for a contracting or remodeling company
Marketing for a contractor is the referral, not the lead service
Paid lead services sell the same homeowner to five companies. A realtor or a designer sends you the client alone, with trust already built. Spend the effort there.
The finished project is the campaign
Photos, a review, a thank-you to whoever sent it, and a check-in at three months. Every project you finish should produce the next one.
Reviews decide the homeowner who found you cold
A homeowner comparing three contractors picks by reviews and photos. Ask every satisfied client the day the job is done.
Questions contractors ask
- How do I grow a contracting business?
- Through the people who send projects repeatedly: realtors, architects, inspectors, property managers and past clients. Growth is meeting more of them, keeping the ones you have, and noticing quickly when one goes quiet. Fostyr is built around that list.
- How do I get more remodeling jobs without buying leads?
- Follow up every finished project, thank every referrer, and call the realtors and designers who have gone quiet. Fostyr tells you who to call and when, and keeps the follow-ups on a cadence.
- How do I get referrals from realtors and architects?
- Return calls the same day, hold your schedule, keep the client informed, and stay in touch between projects. The last part is where most contractors lose the next one. Fostyr keeps the list and tells you who has gone quiet.
- What software does a contractor need?
- A project and estimating system for the work, and a relationship system for the people who send it. Fostyr is the second one. It reads your inbox and takes your project list so the referrers and their history fill in without data entry.
- Is Fostyr a CRM for general contractors?
- It is a relationship system rather than a sales pipeline. It tracks the realtors, architects, inspectors, managers and clients behind your projects, with their whole history, and nudges you before one fades.
- How much does Fostyr cost?
- $200 a month for your core team of up to five, then $35 a month per additional person, with a thirty-day trial and no card required.
Pricing
$200 a month for your core team of up to five, then $35 a month per additional person. Thirty-day trial, no card required.