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A side-hustling marketer

Built a small portfolio of city-targeted lead-gen sites for hvac contractors.

Sells leads on retainer to 4 contractors in 4 cities — replaced his day job in 9 months

A weekend per siteBy FutureFounder Editors · Last updated January 1970
Business model
Local Lead-Gen Portfolio
First revenue
First contractor signed at $1.5K/mo
Current revenue
$9K-$12K MRR
Time to launch
9 months to replace day job

The story

Each site is a weekend of work in Lovable. Ahrefs picks the city + service. Zapier routes leads via SMS to the contractor instantly. Lindy follows up if the contractor doesn't pick up.

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Business model
Local Lead-Gen Portfolio
Build idea
Build a local lead-gen business
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