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Discovery Questions by Industry

Service Businesses (Restoration, Cleaning, HVAC, Plumbing)

Lead Flow

  • How do most leads find you? (Google, referrals, Angi, Thumbtack, etc.)
  • What percentage are emergency vs. scheduled?
  • Who answers the phone? What happens after hours?
  • How quickly do you typically respond to inquiries?
  • Do you have different response processes for residential vs. commercial?

Operations

  • How do you currently schedule jobs?
  • What's your dispatch process?
  • Do you provide estimates? In-person or remote?
  • How do you handle insurance claims? (for restoration)
  • What's your average job value? Range?

Pain Points to Probe

  • How many calls go to voicemail?
  • What percentage of estimates convert to jobs?
  • How do you follow up with unconverted estimates?
  • What happens when you're on a job and can't answer?
  • How do you ask for reviews? What's your current rating?

Automation Opportunities

  • After-hours call handling
  • Estimate follow-up sequences
  • Review request automation
  • Job completion notifications
  • Seasonal reactivation campaigns

Med Spas & Wellness

Patient Journey

  • How do new patients typically find you?
  • What's your consultation process?
  • Do you offer financing? How do you present it?
  • What services drive the most revenue?
  • What's your rebooking rate?

Operations

  • How do patients book appointments?
  • What's your no-show rate?
  • How do you handle cancellations?
  • Do you send appointment reminders?
  • What's your average patient lifetime value?

Pain Points to Probe

  • How many consultation requests don't convert?
  • What's your follow-up process for missed appointments?
  • How do you nurture leads who aren't ready to book?
  • What happens to patients who haven't been in 90+ days?
  • How do you introduce new services to existing patients?

Automation Opportunities

  • Consultation request → booking flow
  • Pre-appointment prep sequences
  • Post-treatment follow-up
  • Membership/package renewal reminders
  • Reactivation campaigns for dormant patients

Universal Deep-Dive Questions

When They Say "We Need Help With Marketing"

  • What specific outcome would make you say "this is working"?
  • Have you tried automation before? What happened?
  • Who would manage this system day-to-day?
  • What's your budget for marketing/technology solutions?

When They Say "We're Too Busy"

  • Is the busyness profitable or just chaotic?
  • What would you stop doing if you could?
  • Are you turning away good business?
  • What's the cost of staying this busy?

When They Say "We Need More Leads"

  • How many leads do you get now? From where?
  • What happens to leads you don't close?
  • What would you do with 50% more leads tomorrow?
  • Is it really a lead problem or a conversion problem?

Closing Discovery

  • On a scale of 1-10, how urgent is solving this?
  • Who else needs to be involved in this decision?
  • What would make you say "let's do this" today?
  • What questions haven't I asked that I should have?