Cold paid traffic in trades should never pitch the job. It buys trust impressions. Different mental model than every paid ads course you've watched.
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08.02
The first ad almost everyone runs
"Get a free quote on solar today!" The first ad almost everyone runs. A trickle of leads. "Paid ads don't work."
They work fine. You were using them wrong.
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08.03
The mental model shift
Cold ads don't close sales. They buy trust.
In my experience a homeowner needs to see your face 8 to 12 times before they consider you. Cold ads are how you buy those impressions cheaply. Pitch a stranger on the first impression and the salesman radar fires, you've spent money to make them scroll past you. Nobody signs from a cold ad. You earn your way in.
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08.04
Cold = the Street · what these ads should actually do
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Educate
Teach one specific thing about their problem. "What to check before signing a roof contract."
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Demonstrate
Show the work. Drone footage. Hands on the deck. Your Module 4 footage, now paid for impressions.
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Defuse
Name the industry's reputation before the homeowner does. "Most roofers won't tell you..."
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08.05
Why "Boost" is the wrong button
Boost is just Ads Manager Lite.
Meta added conversion objectives to Boost a few years ago, so the old "optimizes for likes" critique is outdated. The real issue now: no proper audience layering, no creative testing, weaker reporting. Use the full tool.
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08.06
The number that tells you what to spend
Max CAC=
Gross profit
3
If you net $4,500 on an average roof, your max CAC is $1,500. Stay under that and you scale forever.
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08.07
The walk to the kitchen table, now paid
Cold → Warm → Hot
This is the Module 4 walk, bought. Cold is the Street, educate a stranger. Warm is the Doorstep, prove it to someone who's seen you. Hot is the Kitchen Table, make the offer. You already made all three; paid just decides who sees which room.
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08.08
Bad cold ad
"Get a free quote on solar today! Call now to lock in 2026 pricing. Limited spots available."
Every single signal here is "salesman." The radar fires. Scroll.
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08.09
Good cold ad
"NJ homeowners overpay for solar by an average of $14k. Here's the line on your quote that tells you it's overpriced."
Educates. Defuses. Earns the next impression.
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08.10
Before you spend a dollar
Meta Pixel. Conversions API. Both. Installed.
Without these, the algorithm is guessing who to show your ad to. With them, it has signal, and your cost per lead drops as it learns who actually converts.
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08.11
The 7 day rule
Launch. Don't touch it. 7 days.
Meta's algorithm needs ~50 conversions to stabilize. If you change anything in the first week, you reset the learning. Most operators panic on day 2. Hold.
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08.12
Honest hedge
If you have storm restoration urgency, pitch style cold ads work briefly.
For the 30 day window after a major storm, urgency pitch ads outperform trust building ads. The rest of the year, they lose.
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08.13
This week's work
Calculate your max CAC. Write it down.
Install the Meta Pixel and CAPI on your site.
Audit any active boosted posts. Pause them.
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08.14 · END
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