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Speed-to-Lead Calculator

Most people hire whoever calls them back first. See how much revenue your slow follow-up is costing you every month, and how many more jobs you'd win by answering every lead in seconds.

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Your numbers

Rough guesses are fine. Move the sliders and your results update as you go.

Sets typical starting numbers for your trade. Tweak anything to match your business.

50

Every new inquiry that comes in: phone calls, form fills, and messages.

$700
$

What one new customer is worth to you (a single job, or their first year with you).

25%
%

Of the leads you get now, how many turn into paying customers.

How long it usually takes to get back to a brand-new lead, after-hours ones included.

What slow follow-up costs youDSpeedslow
Lost to slow follow-up
$5,363 /mo
That's about $64,355 a year walking out the door.
+8 customers/mo
Extra jobs you'd win by answering every lead in seconds, day and night, before they call someone else.
Your follow-up speed
Same day
Costing you deals
Best in class: under 5 min
Customers lost / mo
8
to slow response
About $5,363 in revenue
Close rate now
25%
Held back by speed
Answering instantly: ~40%
First-responder edge
78%
buy from #1
Of customers pick who answers first
Odds a lead becomes a customer, by how fast you answer
Under 5 minutes
instant
5 to 30 minutes
30 to 60 minutes
1 to 4 hours
Same day
you
1 to 2 days
Whenever

At your current speed you're winning about 25% of your leads. Answer every one in seconds, day or night, and that climbs toward 40%. That gap is roughly $5,363 a month you're handing to whoever calls your lead back first.

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How we crunch these numbers

We start with your current customers (leads times your close rate). Then we estimate the close rate you'd reach if every lead got an instant, around-the-clock response, since response speed is one of the biggest drivers of whether a lead ever turns into a job.

The lost revenue is the gap between those two: extra customers times your average value. Lead-response research consistently shows the odds of winning a lead drop fast after the first few minutes and fall off a cliff after the first hour, and that roughly 78% of customers buy from whoever responds first.

These are ballpark estimates meant to get you thinking, not a promise. Your real numbers depend on your market, your offer, and how consistent your follow-up is. Want the exact picture? Book a free call and we'll map your current setup.