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Your Are Leaving Money Behind: The Field Service Sales System That Grows Revenue

Sep 15, 2026

Your technicians may be doing great work, making customers happy, and completing jobs on time — while still leaving thousands of dollars in revenue behind.

In this episode of SoTellUs Time, Trevor and Troy break down one of the biggest missed opportunities in home service businesses: the moment right after the job is finished. When trust is at its highest, your technicians have a natural opportunity to recommend the next logical service — a maintenance plan, filter replacement, second-unit inspection, preventative service, upgrade, or other relevant add-on.

The problem is most technicians don’t see themselves as salespeople. They don’t want to sound pushy, they’re already thinking about the next job, and many have never been given a simple way to make the offer.

The solution is simple: one offer, one sentence, one relevant next step.

You’ll learn how to:

• Help technicians make recommendations without sounding salesy
• Create a simple one-sentence next-service script
• Build the offer into your normal job-completion checklist
• Track attach rate and uncover missed revenue
• Recognize technicians for making the offer, not just closing the sale
• Run a simple 7-day challenge to build the habit across your team

The goal isn’t to turn every technician into a salesperson. It’s to stop walking away from revenue your business has already earned the right to ask for.

This week’s challenge: Review your last 20 completed jobs and find out how many ended with a next-service offer. Then choose one service, write one simple sentence, and have every technician use it for the next seven days.

If you own or manage an HVAC, plumbing, electrical, pool service, roofing, pest control, landscaping, restoration, or other home service business, this episode will help you increase average ticket size, grow recurring revenue, and get more value from every customer visit.