CENTRALCOMS × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, CentralComs.

Kyle, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. CentralComs is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractor mapped, the 30,000 that run like a multi-truck shop outgrowing its front desk, and three campaigns we'd run for CentralComs in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR KYLE CHANG · DUBLIN, CA · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for CentralComs.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Lumion: zero pipeline to 50+ meetings in 31 days.

Vertical SaaS for trade and technical schools. First marketing hire, no outbound, a niche of 10,000 to 30,000 schools. We mapped five sub-verticals, timed the CDL play to a Pell Grant policy window, and routed replies straight to their SDRs. Same shape as Lumion: a fragmented owner-operator market, a purchase triggered by a specific growth pain point, and a founder-led team that needs pipeline now.

In the span of a month, we've had well over 100 positive responses. We've scheduled 45 to 55-plus meetings with an 80% hold rate.Andrew Jones, Head of Marketing, Lumion

Read the Lumion breakdown

31
Days to results
100+
Positive replies
50+
Meetings scheduled
80%
Hold rate
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 18,000 to 24,000 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the home services contractors that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 18,000 to 24,000 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • The accounts that grow, retain and referWe'll confirm the seed list with you on the call.
18,000 to 24,000home services contractors that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a home services contractor.

Every HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractor with a storefront or service area sits on Google Maps with a category, review count, and phone number. We build the list from that, cross-reference state contractor license boards, and time the outreach to seasonal call-volume spikes.

US HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contracting firmsYour sweet spot: 5 to 50 employees, multi-truck shopsIn-market this quarter
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US HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contracting firms. US Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 2382 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors).
~30,000
Sweet-spot contractors
5 to 50 employees, multi-truck
3
Buyer personas
Owner, Office Manager, Dispatcher
~90,000
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per firm
Mar to May
Evaluation window
Before summer call-volume surge
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 120,000 US HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors and reach out when the right signal shows up, so CentralComs is the first name an owner thinks of when front-office coverage comes up.

  • New Google Business Profile location or category addedGoogle Maps shows growth past the owner-answers-every-call stage.
  • CSR or dispatcher job postingIndeed and trade job boards show a shop outgrowing one phone line.
  • Review mentions of missed or slow callbacksGoogle and Yelp reviews naming 'no one answered' flag a booking leak.
  • State contractor license renewal or new license issuedCSLB, TDLR, and other state boards list active licenses, a proxy for crew growth.
  • Review velocity jumpA spike in monthly reviews on Google Maps tracks with call volume outgrowing the front desk.
  • New truck wraps or local PPC spendFresh fleet branding and paid ads signal a shop scaling faster than its office staff.
09:14 · TODAY
Texas HVAC contractor with 14 trucks posts opening for full-time dispatcher
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
08:51 · TODAY
Ohio plumbing company's Google reviews jump from 3 to 22 in one month
→ REVIEW-VELOCITY PLAY
YESTERDAY
California electrical contractor adds a second service address on Google Maps
→ EXPANSION PLAY
YESTERDAY
Florida HVAC shop review reads: called three times, no one picked up
→ MISSED-CALL PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~30,000 contractors in your sweet spot: 5 to 50 employees, multi-truck HVAC, plumbing, and electrical shops enriched from Google Maps and state license rolls
AngleOne AI CSR that never misses a call instead of a receptionist who can't cover nights and weekends
~30,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetContractors that look like your best customers: same crew size, trade mix, and call volume
AngleLead with the shop size and trade they already resemble and the missed-call revenue they're leaking
~18,000+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetContractors showing a buying signal this quarter: dispatcher job posting, review-velocity spike, missed-call complaints, or a new location added on Google Maps
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~14,400 PER YEAR ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Kyle, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.