How can I automatically follow up with HVAC leads from my website and ads?
You pay for every ad click and form fill. If nobody replies for hours, that money is mostly wasted.
- My web leads sit in the inbox for hours. How do I fix that?
- Can leads from Google go straight into my software?
- What should the first reply say?
Send every new lead an immediate text and email that confirms the request and offers a booking time, then create the lead in your field service software and alert the office. If nobody books within a set time, a short sequence follows up for a few days and then stops. Speed matters most: research on online leads shows most companies reply far too slowly.
Where HVAC leads come from
Website forms, chat, Google Ads call and form extensions, Local Services Ads, Google Business Profile messages, Yelp, Angi and similar sites. Each one can feed the same follow-up flow if it lands in one place, usually your field service software or a CRM connected to it.
A follow-up sequence that works
| When | Channel | Message |
|---|---|---|
| Within 1 minute | Text and email | Confirm the request, offer a booking link or two time slots |
| Within 15 minutes, business hours | Call from the office | Triggered by an alert to the CSR |
| Next morning | Text | Short check-in if still not booked |
| Day 3 | Offer help with options or financing, then stop |
Track where leads came from
Tag each lead with its source so you can see which ads and listings book jobs. Without that, you will keep paying for clicks that never turn into work. See how to track which marketing brings jobs.
How we look at it at ShoutEx
We often find leads from paid ads sitting in an inbox nobody checks. Fixing follow-up usually improves results more than changing the ads, so we fix it before we touch the ad budget.
- Leads arriving by email to one person who is on a roof all day.
- Sequences that never stop, which annoy people and invite spam complaints.
- No source tracking, so ad spend can't be judged.
- The same message for an emergency and a quote.
- Every lead in one system with its source.
- An instant reply plus an office alert.
- A short sequence that stops once someone books or says no.
- Monthly report of leads to booked jobs by source.
What HVAC owners and researchers say
Researchers and contractors agree on speed.
Researchers who studied response times found most companies are not responding to online leads nearly fast enough.
Read the summary →Contractors in the article name after-hours web leads and speed to lead as early wins for automation.
Read the article →Owners compare lead sources. A common complaint is paying for shared leads that other contractors call first, which makes speed even more important.
Browse the threads →Community summaries describe recurring themes in public threads, not individual posts. Vendor pages describe vendor claims, so test them on your own calls.
Read next
Go deeper in the ShoutEx guides, or check the sources behind this answer.
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Can I follow up Local Services Ads leads automatically?
Some field service and lead tools connect to them. Check what your platform supports, and keep the reply personal.
Should I text or email first?
Text first for repairs, because people check texts faster. Email works as a backup and for quotes.
Is it okay to text people who filled in my form?
Replying to their request is fine. Promotional texts later need consent under CASL in Canada and the TCPA in the US.