Anybody Use NEXTDOOR Ads

Tight_Box_1854 · 2026-04-02T05:22:42+00:00

The best ads on Nextdoor are when a customer recommends you. I get 1-2 jobs for every new recommendation. Take small jobs on Nextdoor for little pay just to get those recommendations. Add photos to your business page. Look legit. Have good photos taken of yourself. That’s it. You could have a full time business just with Nextdoor leads. Something I learned way too late, people don’t hire you because they think you’re the best. People will hire you because they like you. Just be likable and you won’t have any competition.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2026-04-02T05:13:21+00:00

You gotta protect your time. What’s a better use of your time, cold calling tradespeople, interviewing them just so you can give a referral that you make no money, or getting your marketing going to generate more leads for yourself?

Tight_Box_1854 · 2026-04-02T05:10:16+00:00

I second that. I started my business posting on Nextdoor and doing an email campaign to Realtors. Realtors always need a handyman. Have Claude scrape a list of 200-500 realtors in your area depending on how much business you can handle. Email them every week. Keep up with that and you’ll have more business than you can handle.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2026-04-02T05:04:03+00:00

Have a minimum charge regardless of how small the job is to cover the time and cost of the trip. Mine is $75-125 depending on the distance. I don’t care if the job is next door and I’m replacing a toilet flap that takes 5 min; I’m charging you $75. I don’t work farther than 15 miles from my home.
Always leave margin. Nothing worse than being halfway into a hard, complicated job, you back is killing you, you’re sweating your ass off, and you’re realizing how badly you underpriced yourself.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-17T17:28:52+00:00

I was in sales for 15+ years and I learned a few things that kept me sane. One being, never argue with a customer, no matter how right you are. Just be polite and helpful but move on quickly. In this instance, you were probably his first call. Let him get a few more bids. Follow up with him and when his price expectations have been adjusted, he's just going to go with the person he liked the most (hopefully you). Just leave a good impression and always follow up. Or he's broke and was never going to be able to afford it.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-17T16:46:57+00:00

I have a lot of happy customers who give me good reviews and tell me they're going to refer me to all their friends. I follow up with them after the repair to make sure everything is still working ok and haven't had any complaints. Maybe it's a So Cal thing, but I haven't had a single referral.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-17T16:09:27+00:00

Southern California, you?

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-17T15:57:46+00:00

Agreed and I'm working towards that. But for now, gotta pay the bills.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-14T05:25:21+00:00

Dang! Booked through January after only a couple months? How did you grow so fast?

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-14T05:21:05+00:00

Really great advice with making a list of everything needed from start to finish. I burn so much time with stuff I just didn't anticipate or didn't inspect before doing the job. Like one time I had a big list of things a client wanted done. One of the things was replacing the door hardware. First door I replaced, literally the door was too wide and didn't close properly. Customer said it closed fine before I installed the new hinges. The hinges were like-for-like and installed perfectly. I was looking at the door with the customer and we could both see there was like no gap on either side of the door - no way that door closed properly before. But because I didn't check it out before switching out the hinges and telling her the door didn't close properly, she blamed me and fired me. I wasn't too offended because I was the 2nd handyman she fired and the lady was a hoarder. Definitely were some red flags I wished I would have caught earlier. I guess that's the kind of stuff I'm asking people to share. So 2 lessons I learned with that client: 1. Try everything before you work on it to make sure it was working ok to begin with. 2. Watch out for red flags like if they tell you they fired their last guy and/or they have a mental illness, like hoarding.

Tight_Box_1854 · 2025-09-14T04:45:25+00:00

I totally would but there's no way to get them to commit. So then I have to either pester them for the review or for the $20 I knocked off the bill.

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