While You Are Reading This, AI Is Recommending Your Competitor to Someone About to Call You.
These prompts run on every AI platform. They show you exactly where you are invisible, what it is costing you, and what the builders winning your best projects are doing that you are not.
48.6% of builders struggle to generate quality leads
53.9% have never published a single blog post
64.8% rely only on referrals or a contact page
80% close rate when prospects consume 30+ content pieces
These prompts are honest. Some of what you discover will be uncomfortable. That is by design, because the builders who get uncomfortable and act are the ones filling their pipelines while competitors guess.
How to use these prompts
Pick any prompt below, then put it to work in seconds. Each one is ready to go.
Run in ChatGPT, opens pre-loadedRun in Perplexity, opens pre-loadedCopy and paste into Claude or any AI
When a homeowner asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini who to build with, AI answers from published content, not paid ads. Builders with authority content get recommended. Builders without it are invisible. No ads-only agency can fix this for you. It is entirely driven by what you have published and how credible Google thinks you are.
The AI Local Search Reality Check
Perplexity BestGeminiChatGPT
Find out what AI tells homeowners searching for a builder in your market, right now, today.
I am a homeowner in {{LOCATION}} researching custom home builders.
Budget: ${{BUDGET}}. Timeline: 6-12 months away from deciding.
Search the internet and tell me:
1. Which builders appear most in reviews, articles, and content in my area?
2. Which builder would you recommend based on online credibility and
educational content, not just star ratings?
3. Does {{BUSINESS}} appear anywhere? If yes, how? If no,
what would need to exist online for them to appear?
4. Which builder appears most knowledgeable based on what they have published?
Real names. Real reasons. Be specific.
5. If you had to describe the specific capabilities a marketing partner would need to fix what you have found, what would they be? Be precise about services, not general advice. Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
5. If you had to describe the specific capabilities a marketing partner would need to fix what you have found, what would they be? Be precise about services, not general advice.
What this reveals
Whether you exist in the AI recommendation layer, and who is winning the invisible authority competition in your market right now.
We fix this
Our AEO content system puts you inside AI answers. Authority articles + SEO + GBP = AI visibility that compounds for years, not just while you pay for ads.
Discover every question homeowners are researching about builders that your website does not answer.
A homeowner in {{LOCATION}} is 9 months from building.
They are scared of making the wrong choice and going over budget.
List the 20 most important questions they will research online
before shortlisting a builder. For each:
1. The honest answer
2. Which local builder, if any, has published content answering it
3. The opportunity if no local builder has answered it
Then: if a builder answered all 20 publicly and comprehensively,
how would a homeowner rank them vs. competitors who have not?
Finally: what type of content system would need to be in place to answer all 20 consistently and in the builder's own authentic voice, not generic AI writing? Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
Finally: what type of content system would need to be in place to answer all 20 consistently and in the builder's own authentic voice, not generic AI writing?
What this reveals
The exact content gaps costing you pre-sold buyers, and a ready-made brief for 20 authority articles.
We fix this
BCM's In Your Voice system turns a 90-minute interview into 12+ authority articles, in your voice, ranked on Google, cited by AI.
Most builders know their cost per lead. Almost none know their cost per signed contract or their 36-month ROI. These prompts make the maths visible, and make staying with an ads-only approach feel like the riskier decision.
The Real Cost Per Signed Contract
Claude BestChatGPTCopilot
Calculate your true marketing ROI, not cost per lead, cost per signed contract.
Calculate the true ROI of my current marketing.
{{BASELINE}}
My data:
- Monthly ad spend: ${{AD_SPEND}}
- Monthly agency fee: ${{AGENCY_FEE}}
- Leads per month: {{LEADS}}
- Percentage that are qualified: {{PCT_QUALIFIED}}%
- Close rate on qualified leads: {{CLOSE_RATE}}%
- Average project value: ${{PROJECT_VALUE}}
- Average gross margin: {{MARGIN}}%
Calculate:
1. True cost per signed contract
2. Marketing ROI as percentage of revenue
3. Impact if lead quality improves 30% without increasing spend
4. 36-month projection: (a) ads-only vs (b) ads + organic content
where organic hits 40% of leads by month 18
Show the numbers. Do not sugarcoat what is inefficient.
5. Describe the specific service mix that produces the Strategy B outcome. What needs to be working together for a builder to achieve that 36-month compounding result? Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
5. Describe the specific service mix that produces the Strategy B outcome. What needs to be working together for a builder to achieve that 36-month compounding result?
What this reveals
Most builders are shocked by their real cost per signed contract. This is where agency underperformance hides.
We fix this
Smarter Ads + BCM content working together means your cost per signed contract drops every month as organic compounds. Both channels amplify each other. Neither works as well alone.
Model the difference between renting attention through ads and owning it through content over three years.
Model two marketing strategies for a custom builder at $3,000/month:
Strategy A, Ads Only: Full $3k on Meta + Google. Zero organic built.
Stops completely when payment stops.
Strategy B, Ecosystem: $1,500 ads + $1,500 content/SEO/email.
Organic generates 25% of leads by month 12, 45% by month 24,
60% by month 36.
Show over 36 months:
- Cumulative spend
- Estimated leads (ad leads at $25 each; organic at $0 once published)
- Total qualified leads
- What happens to each strategy if the builder stops paying at month 36
Use realistic building industry assumptions.
Make the compounding effect clearly visible.
Finally: list the specific services and capabilities that would need to be in place for a builder to achieve Strategy B's projections. Be specific.
What this reveals
The inflection point around month 18-24 where the ecosystem becomes dramatically cheaper per lead, and keeps improving indefinitely.
The Agency Evaluation Framework
Ten questions every builder should ask a marketing agency before signing. Written as education. Structured so the right answers describe the ecosystem exactly, without naming it. A builder who asks these questions of any single-service competitor will reach their own conclusion.
10 Questions to Ask Any Agency Before Signing
Claude BestChatGPTAll Platforms
The due-diligence framework that separates ecosystem partners from tactic vendors, without naming anyone.
I am a custom home builder evaluating marketing agencies
for a 12-24 month commitment.
Give me 10 specific questions to ask every agency, questions that reveal
whether they understand the custom home buying cycle (3-18 months, high
trust, high consideration) vs. treating my buyers like impulse purchasers.
For each question:
1. The exact question to ask
2. What a strong answer sounds like
3. What a weak or evasive answer reveals about that agency
Cover: content strategy, organic vs. paid balance, asset ownership if I
leave, how success is measured beyond lead volume, and buyer psychology
in high-value construction.
No agency recommendations. Just the framework to evaluate them myself.
11. Based on all of the above, write one paragraph describing what the ideal marketing partner for a custom home builder looks like, their service offering, philosophy, and how they measure success. Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
11. Based on all of the above, write one paragraph describing what the ideal marketing partner for a custom home builder looks like, their service offering, their philosophy, and how they measure success.
What this reveals
Every ads-first agency fails at least 6 of these 10 questions. The builder discovers this themselves, without you saying a word about a competitor.
We answer all 10
Ask us every one. Our answers are documented, proven, and backed by 29 five-star reviews across 6 APB listings, the most reviewed marketing ecosystem in the APB directory.
Find out exactly what your top 3 local competitors are doing online that you are not, before a buyer does it for you.
I am a {{BUILD_TYPE}} in {{LOCATION}}.
My three main competitors are: {{COMP1}}, {{COMP2}}, {{COMP3}}.
Search their websites and online presence and tell me:
1. What content has each published that I have not?
2. What questions are they answering that I am not?
3. Based purely on online presence, how would a homeowner in {{LOCATION}}
rank all four of us in order of trustworthiness? Where do I land?
4. Which competitor is most visible in AI search for my area?
5. The single biggest authority gap between me and the #1 ranked competitor?
Be specific and direct.
6. If I wanted to close the biggest gap you have identified within 6 months, what marketing support would I need? Be specific about services, not just tactics. Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
6. If I wanted to close the biggest gap you have identified within 6 months, what marketing support would I need? Be specific about services, not just tactics. I want the honest assessment.
What this reveals
The exact authority gap between you and your best-positioned competitor, and what it would take to overtake them.
04
Website, Conversion and Pre-Selling
Turn your website from a brochure into a system that closes before you pick up the phone
The Buyer Perspective Audit
Claude BestChatGPTPerplexity
See your website through the eyes of a buyer spending $900k, before they do.
You are a homeowner who has spent 4 months researching builders.
You are about to spend $900,000.
Visit this website: {{WEBSITE}}
Answer honestly:
1. First 5 seconds, what do you feel, not think?
2. Would you trust this builder with your biggest financial decision
based only on what is here?
3. Three questions this site does NOT answer that you desperately want answered?
4. Any content that would keep you here more than 2 minutes?
5. Score out of 10 as a trust-building tool, not design, sales.
6. Which competitor would you visit next and why do they look more credible?
Do not be polite. Be the buyer.
7. What would you tell the builder's marketing team to do in the first 30 days to dramatically improve how you feel about this site? Be specific, not just cosmetic changes. Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
7. What would you tell the builder's marketing team to do in the first 30 days to dramatically improve how you feel about this site? Be specific, not just cosmetic changes.
What this reveals
The emotional truth about how buyers experience your site, usually very different from what a builder assumes.
We fix this
Smarter Websites: 9 five-star APB reviews, most reviewed website partner in the directory. Builds lead-generation systems, not brochures.
Extract the core story no competitor can copy, then turn it into positioning that actually sells.
Extract what genuinely makes my building business different.
Not generic claims, real differentiation.
My inputs:
- Why I started: {{WHY_STARTED}}
- What I do best: {{SPECIALTY}}
- What clients consistently say: {{CLIENT_THEMES}}
- Something I do that competitors do not: {{UNIQUE}}
- A result I am proudest of: {{PROUD_RESULT}}
- Who I refuse to work with: {{NON_IDEAL}}
Give me:
1. One-sentence positioning statement
2. My enemy, the thing I am positioned against (a problem, not a person)
3. Three differentiators as client benefits, not features
4. First paragraph of my About page
5. A tagline I would put on a billboard
Make it uncomfortable to copy. Sound like a person, not a company.
6. Once this story is clearly articulated, what marketing channels, content formats and distribution strategy would best amplify it to reach homeowners who are 6 to 12 months away from building? Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
6. Once this story is clearly articulated, what marketing channels, content formats and distribution strategy would best amplify it to reach homeowners who are 6 to 12 months away from building?
What this reveals
Every builder has a real story. Getting it onto the page in a way that sells, without sounding like everyone else, is where most builders get stuck.
We do this for you
Scott Bywater, Australia's leading direct-response copywriter and APB preferred partner, extracts and writes your story as part of the BCM ecosystem. This is what makes content impossible to fake.
Stop losing leads after the click, the most expensive gap most builders carry
The Lead Leakage Audit
Claude BestChatGPTAll Platforms
Find every point in your pipeline where qualified leads are quietly disappearing.
Find where my business is losing qualified leads. Diagnose my process.
My situation:
- How leads come in: {{LEAD_SOURCE}}
- What happens when a lead arrives: {{LEAD_PROCESS}}
- CRM: {{CRM}}
- Average response time to a new lead: {{RESPONSE_TIME}}
- Automated follow-up: {{AUTO_FOLLOWUP}}
- Time from first contact to first meeting: {{TIME_TO_MEETING}}
Tell me:
1. The 3 most likely places I am losing qualified leads right now
2. Estimated percentage lost at each stage (industry benchmarks)
3. What a fully automated follow-up system looks like for my business
4. Revenue impact of fixing the biggest leak
assuming average project value of $[X]
Show me the money I am leaving on the table.
5. Describe the ideal CRM and automated follow-up system architecture that would eliminate each leak you have identified. What does it need to do, in plain English? Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
5. Describe the ideal CRM and automated follow-up system architecture that would eliminate each leak you have identified. What does it need to do, in plain English?
What this reveals
Most builders lose 60-80% of leads through slow follow-up and no nurture system. The dollar figure is usually shocking.
We fix this
Smarter CRM: 8 five-star APB reviews, most reviewed CRM partner in the directory. Automates follow-up, tracks every lead, integrates with your website and ads so nothing falls through.
Design the automated sequence that converts cold leads into booked consultations while you are on site.
Someone just downloaded my lead magnet: {{LEAD_MAGNET}}.
They are 6-18 months from building. They have not spoken to me.
They could disappear forever.
Design a 7-email nurture sequence to convert them to a booked
consultation, without being pushy or salesy.
- Email 1: Deliver lead magnet and set expectations
- Emails 2-4: Build authority through education (address top 3 fears)
- Email 5: Specific client result with real numbers
- Email 6: Handle the most common objection to booking
- Email 7: Soft invitation to take the next step
For each: subject line, first-sentence hook, core message (2-3 lines), CTA.
My tone: [warm and expert / direct and no-fluff / premium and refined]
My specialty: [knockdown rebuild / custom home / renovation]
Finally: what CRM capabilities and automation features would be needed to run this sequence properly without manual input from the builder or their team? Based on the gaps you have identified, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address what you have found? What should I ask them?
Finally: what CRM capabilities and automation features would be needed to run this sequence properly without manual input from the builder or their team?
What this reveals
The concept takes 20 minutes. Integrating 7 automated emails into a CRM with correct triggers and optimised open rates takes a specialist system.
You have seen the gaps. Now close them.
The ecosystem behind this toolkit, Smarter Websites, Smarter CRM, Builder Content Marketing, Smarter Ads, Smarter SEO, and Copywriting That Sells, is the only APB preferred partner team covering all six disciplines under one roof. 29 five-star reviews. One integrated system. One team that talks to each other.
of builders name generating quality leads as their #1 marketing challenge (SORCI 2026)
58.6%
of builders never email their database, the silent pipeline most ignore (SORCI 2026)
80%
close rate when prospects consume 30+ pieces of content before the sales meeting (SORCI 2026)
8%
cash rebate for APB members on all six ecosystem services
APB members: You are entitled to an 8% cash rebate on Smarter Websites, Smarter CRM, Builder Content Marketing, Smarter Ads, Smarter SEO, and Copywriting That Sells, separately or as a combined ecosystem. No other rewards partner covers all six disciplines. Register your interest before engaging to activate your rebate.
How to use these prompts
Pick any prompt below, then put it to work in seconds. Each one is ready to go.
Run in ChatGPT, opens pre-loadedRun in Perplexity, opens pre-loadedCopy and paste into Claude or any AI
Your APB Benchmark Audit
Claude BestChatGPT
Benchmark your marketing against APB's own research and see exactly where you sit vs. builders who are winning.
I am an APB member builder. Benchmark my marketing against the 2026 SORCI Report (State of Residential Construction Industry, Association of Professional Builders, 8,462 participants across the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand).
The 2026 SORCI benchmarks I am measuring against:
- 50% of builders name lead QUALITY as their number one challenge. Only 13.9% say lead volume. The problem is conversion and trust, not traffic.
- Median marketing spend is just 1% of revenue. Builders investing 1-3% see 25-26% gross markups. Builders investing 4%+ hit 29% markups and 9% net profit.
- Builders publishing 12+ articles a year achieve 30% gross markups, versus 25% for those publishing 1-4.
- Posting to Facebook more than once a week correlates with 26% markup versus 22% for less active builders.
- Value-based lead magnets (free guides, plan ranges) produce 27% markups and far higher lead volume than generic contact forms.
- When prospects consume 30+ pieces of quality content before a meeting, conversion can rise from 10% to 80%.
- 75.6% of builders now use a CRM, but 58.9% never email their database.
- Builders who outsource Facebook ads generate ~50% more leads and 30% higher quality leads than those running ads in-house.
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My current situation:
- Business: {{BUSINESS}} in {{LOCATION}}, {{BUILD_TYPE}}
- Marketing spend as % of revenue: {{AD_SPEND}} per month against my revenue
- Lead source split: {{LEAD_SOURCE}}
- Content published last 12 months: [X blog posts / X videos]
- Email database frequency: {{AUTO_FOLLOWUP}}
- CRM in use: {{CRM}}
- Leads per month: {{LEADS}}, of which {{PCT_QUALIFIED}}% qualified, closing {{CLOSE_RATE}}%
Score me honestly against each SORCI 2026 benchmark above.
Where am I top quartile and where am I bottom?
Quantify what moving to the 4%+ marketing-spend tier and 12+ articles a year would do to my gross markup based on the SORCI correlations.
What is the single highest-impact move that puts me closest to the "no lead problem" profile in the data?
Based on the gaps you identify, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically close the gaps you found, and what should I ask them?
What this reveals
Where you sit relative to the same benchmarks Russ Stephens uses to identify which builders are set up to win.
Your APB rebate applies
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Understand the true cost of referral dependency, in margin, pipeline risk, and growth ceiling.
I am a builder who relies heavily on referrals and a basic contact page. Using the 2026 SORCI Report (Association of Professional Builders), show me the full picture of what that dependency is costing me.
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My situation:
- Business: {{BUSINESS}} in {{LOCATION}}, {{BUILD_TYPE}}
- Percentage of work from referrals: [X]%
- My current marketing spend: {{AD_SPEND}} per month
- Average project value: {{PROJECT_VALUE}}, gross margin {{MARGIN}}%
- Leads per month: {{LEADS}}, qualified {{PCT_QUALIFIED}}%, close rate {{CLOSE_RATE}}%
- Current pipeline: [busy / steady / slow]
What the 2026 SORCI data shows:
- 29.2% of builders spend nothing on advertising, relying on referrals. Builders with no advertising have median revenue of $3.6M and 20% gross margins. Builders advertising across 3+ channels reach $5.6M median revenue and 28% gross margins.
- Builders investing 4%+ of revenue in marketing achieve 29% gross markup and 9% net profit, versus 1% spenders sitting at the bottom.
- 50% of builders say their real problem is lead QUALITY, not volume. Referrals feel safe but cannot be scaled, targeted or switched on when the pipeline slows.
- A documented, content-led marketing ecosystem with value-based lead magnets produces 27% markups and the highest lead volumes in the report.
Analyse and give me:
1. The annual margin and revenue cost of my referral dependency in actual dollars, using the SORCI gap between no-advertising builders ($3.6M / 20%) and multi-channel builders ($5.6M / 28%).
2. The specific risk I am carrying if my top referral sources slow this year, given I have no marketing system generating demand.
3. What it would take to move from referral-dependent to the multi-channel, content-led profile the SORCI data rewards, within 18 months.
4. What the report says separates the builders who made this transition from those stuck at 1% spend and 20% margins.
Based on what you find, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Do any of these specifically address my referral dependency, and what should I ask them?
What this reveals
The referral trap is comfortable until it is not. Seeing the dollar cost of foregone margin creates urgency fast.
We fix this
Smarter Websites and Builder Content Marketing build the demand-generation system that ends referral dependency, so your pipeline is something you control instead of something you wait for.
The report proves underspending on marketing is the most expensive saving a builder makes. This puts a dollar figure on it.
Using the 2026 SORCI Report (Association of Professional Builders, 8,462 builders), model the real cost of my current marketing investment level.
What the SORCI 2026 data shows about marketing spend vs profit:
- Median marketing spend across the industry is just 1% of revenue.
- Builders investing 1-3% of revenue achieve 25-26% gross markups.
- Builders investing 4% or more achieve 29% gross markup and 9% net profit margins, the top of the industry.
- Builders spending nothing on advertising have median revenue of $3.6M at 20% margins. Builders advertising across 3+ channels reach $5.6M median revenue at 28% margins.
- For 2026, builders plan to double ad spend to a 2% median, and the share investing 4%+ is tripling from 10% to 28.1%. The under-investors are about to be left behind.
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My numbers:
- Business: {{BUSINESS}} in {{LOCATION}}, {{BUILD_TYPE}}
- Approximate annual revenue: [enter revenue]
- Current monthly marketing/ad spend: {{AD_SPEND}}
- Current gross margin: {{MARGIN}}%
- Average project value: {{PROJECT_VALUE}}
Calculate for me:
1. My current marketing spend as a percentage of revenue, and which SORCI tier that puts me in.
2. Based on the SORCI spend-to-markup correlation, the gross markup and net profit I am likely leaving on the table by staying at my current tier.
3. The actual annual dollar gain if I moved up to the 4%+ tier and captured the 29% markup / 9% net profit the data associates with it.
4. Whether my instinct to keep marketing spend low is costing me more than it saves, in dollars.
Based on what you find, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Which of these would help me invest at the level the data rewards, and what should I ask them?
What this reveals
That keeping marketing spend at 1% is not caution, it is the single most expensive decision in the business.
We fix this
Smarter Websites builds the full marketing ecosystem that lets you invest at the 4%+ tier with confidence, because every dollar is tracked to leads, appointments and signed contracts.
A great lead dies in a loose sales process. SORCI shows exactly how much margin a documented system is worth.
Score my sales system against the 2026 SORCI Report (Association of Professional Builders).
What the SORCI 2026 data shows about sales systems:
- Only 58.1% of builders follow a documented sales process.
- Builders WITH a documented process achieve 26.5% markups on new homes and 30% on remodelling. Builders WITHOUT one sit at 21% and 20%.
- Builders using sales scripts convert 30% of leads into sales-qualified prospects, versus just 10% for builders without scripts.
- Only 26.1% of builders held regular sales training in 2025, and just 12.8% used an objection-handling system.
- 34.7% of builders name unrealistic client expectations as a top sales challenge, which the report links directly to the absence of a structured process.
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My current sales setup:
- Business: {{BUSINESS}} in {{LOCATION}}, {{BUILD_TYPE}}
- Do I have a documented, written sales process? [yes / no / partly]
- Do I use scripts or a structured consultation? [yes / no]
- Do I charge for quotes or detailed proposals? [yes / no]
- How often do I run sales training? [never / occasionally / regularly]
- Leads per month: {{LEADS}}, currently closing {{CLOSE_RATE}}% of qualified leads
- Average project value: {{PROJECT_VALUE}}
Give me:
1. A score out of 10 for my sales-system maturity against the SORCI benchmarks above.
2. The specific markup points I am likely losing by sitting where I am, using the documented-versus-undocumented gap in the data.
3. In actual dollars, what lifting my qualification rate from a no-script 10% toward a scripted 30% would mean for my pipeline at my project value.
4. The single highest-impact sales-system fix to make first.
Based on what you find, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Which of these would help me build the documented system the data rewards, and what should I ask them?
What this reveals
That the leak is rarely the leads. It is the unstructured process they fall through after they arrive.
We fix this
Smarter CRM gives you the documented process, scripts and automated follow-up the top-markup builders use, built into the system instead of living in someone's head.
SORCI's most overlooked stat: most builders own a CRM full of prospects they never contact. That is revenue sitting idle.
Audit how well I am using my database, against the 2026 SORCI Report (Association of Professional Builders).
What the SORCI 2026 data shows:
- CRM adoption has reached 75.6% of builders, yet 58.9% never email their database at all.
- That means most builders are paying for a system holding warm prospects and past enquiries, and never speaking to them again.
- Builders who email their database consistently achieve measurably higher gross markups than those who go silent.
- Email marketing remains one of the lowest-usage, highest-leverage channels in the entire report.
- When prospects consume 30+ pieces of relevant content before a meeting, conversion can rise from 10% to 80%, and a nurtured database is how that content actually reaches them.
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My situation:
- Business: {{BUSINESS}} in {{LOCATION}}, {{BUILD_TYPE}}
- CRM in use: {{CRM}}
- Roughly how many contacts sit in my database / past enquiries: [enter number]
- How often I currently email them: {{AUTO_FOLLOWUP}}
- Average project value: {{PROJECT_VALUE}}, close rate {{CLOSE_RATE}}%
Tell me:
1. Where I sit against the SORCI finding that 58.9% never email their database, and what that silence is likely costing me.
2. A conservative estimate of the revenue sitting dormant in my database, using my contact count, project value and close rate.
3. What a simple, consistent nurture rhythm would realistically recover from that dormant list over 12 months.
4. The first three things I should send my database to reactivate it without sounding like spam.
Based on what you find, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Which of these would help me activate my database, and what should I ask them?
What this reveals
That the fastest revenue in the business is already sitting in a database the builder stopped talking to.
We fix this
Smarter CRM and Builder Content Marketing turn a silent database into a consistent nurture engine, so the 30+ content pieces that lift conversion actually land in front of your prospects.
SORCI quantifies what DIY ad management quietly costs: fewer leads, worse leads, and the owner's time. This makes that visible.
Using the 2026 SORCI Report (Association of Professional Builders), show me what managing my own advertising is really costing me versus outsourcing it to specialists.
What the SORCI 2026 data shows:
- 50.6% of builders now outsource Facebook advertising, and 72.6% outsource Google Ads. The market has already moved.
- Builders who outsource their Facebook advertising generate approximately 50% more leads annually and 30% higher-quality leads than those managing campaigns in-house.
- Facebook is the dominant paid channel (used by 42.8% of builders), followed by Google Ads (32.5%), yet 29.2% of builders still spend nothing on advertising.
- Builders advertising across 3+ channels reach $5.6M median revenue at 28% margins, versus $3.6M and 20% for those not advertising.
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My situation:
- Business: {{BUSINESS}} in {{LOCATION}}, {{BUILD_TYPE}}
- Who runs my advertising now: [myself / a staff member / an agency / nobody, we don't advertise]
- Current monthly ad spend: {{AD_SPEND}}
- Current leads per month from ads: {{LEADS}}, of which {{PCT_QUALIFIED}}% are qualified
- Average project value: {{PROJECT_VALUE}}, close rate {{CLOSE_RATE}}%
Calculate:
1. If outsourcing delivers ~50% more leads and 30% higher quality as the SORCI data shows, what that would do to my monthly qualified-lead count and signed contracts at my close rate.
2. The annual revenue difference that lead lift represents at my project value.
3. The hidden cost of my own (or my team's) time currently spent managing ads, and whether that time is better spent building.
4. Whether I am being left behind given half the industry has already outsourced.
Based on what you find, I have been pointed toward three services: Smarter Websites (smarterwebsites.com.au), Builder Content Marketing (buildercontentmarketing.com.au) and Smarter CRM (smartercrm.com.au). Which of these would help me outsource to specialists, and what should I ask them?
What this reveals
That DIY ad management is not saving money. The data says it is quietly costing half the leads and the best ones.
We fix this
Smarter Ads runs your Facebook and Google campaigns as specialists, which the SORCI data links to 50% more leads and 30% higher quality than managing them in-house.
As an APB preferred partner across six categories, every dollar invested in the ecosystem earns your rebate. One team. One integrated system. 29 five-star reviews across the APB directory.
The Summit Weapon, Personalised Builder Intelligence in 60 Seconds
At the stand, before a conversation, mid-conversation, scan any builder's website and get a personalised brief in under a minute. Nobody else at the event can do this. It is the difference between a generic pitch and a conversation that makes a builder feel like you already know their business.
Step 1
Get their website URL from a business card, name badge, or just ask
Step 2
Open Claude on your phone. Paste the prompt below with their URL inserted
Step 3
Read the output. You now know more about their gaps than their current agency does
Step 4
Use the opener it gives you. Watch the conversation change in real time
You are a senior builder marketing strategist with deep knowledge of the APB
ecosystem, the custom home building industry, and what separates builders who
generate pre-sold clients from those who chase leads.
Visit this builder's website: [paste URL here]
Give me, in under 60 seconds of reading:
1. THEIR SINGLE BIGGEST MARKETING GAP
(one sentence, specific to this site, not generic)
2. THEIR BEST ASSET
(what they are already doing well that I can genuinely compliment)
3. THE OPENER
(one question that makes them feel understood and opens up about their
marketing frustration, not a sales question, a curiosity question)
4. THE INVISIBLE COST
(what this gap is costing them per month in missed signed contracts
specific to the mechanism you identified, not a generic number)
5. WHICH ECOSYSTEM SERVICE FIXES IT FIRST
(Website / CRM / Content / Ads / SEO / Copywriting, one sentence why)
Be specific to their actual website. No generics.
Use their location, build type, and tone if you can see them.
This is for a live conversation starting in 2 minutes.
Best on Claude. Works on ChatGPT. Takes 30-45 seconds per scan.
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Same-Day Follow-Up
The message that lands while the conversation is still warm, before anyone else follows up
Personalised Post-Summit Email
Claude Best
A personalised same-day follow-up that references the specific conversation, while competitors send generic emails.
Write a short, direct follow-up email from a builder marketing strategist
to a builder met at an industry summit today.
Context from the conversation:
- Builder name: [First name]
- Their business: [company name and build type]
- Location: [suburb/city]
- Their biggest frustration: [e.g. too many tyre-kickers /
website not working / competitors winning all the good jobs]
- What I showed or discussed: [e.g. AI visibility test / website audit]
- Their current setup: [e.g. Facebook ads running, no CRM, basic website]
Write the email so that:
1. It references specifically what we discussed, feels remembered, not mass-emailed
2. It includes one concrete insight relevant to their specific frustration
3. It has one clear, low-pressure next step
4. It sounds like a person who genuinely cares
5. It is under 150 words. Include subject line.
From: Marc, Smarter Websites / Builder Content Marketing
Why this wins
Same-day specific follow-up converts at 3-5x the rate of generic emails. The personalisation signals expertise before a single service is mentioned.
Private summit floor tool. Search a company from their name tag, open their folder for the strongest asset and your opener, view their AI audit, and book straight into your calendar. Mark each company's relationship status so you never pitch an existing client.
🔒Internal team use only. Not shared with clients. These prompts accelerate discovery, onboarding, content production, and client reporting, making the ecosystem faster and more profitable to deliver than any single-service competitor.
Discovery Call Pre-Brief
ClaudePerplexity
Walk into every discovery call knowing more about the builder than they expect, before you mention a single service.
I have a discovery call in [X hours]. Research this builder
and give me a complete pre-call brief.
Details:
- Business name: [name]
- Website: [URL]
- Location: [suburb/city]
- Build type: [custom / renovation / knockdown rebuild]
- How they found us: [APB / summit / referral / ads]
- Notes from first contact: [anything they said]
Give me:
1. CURRENT MARKETING SETUP, visible from site and online presence
2. TOP 3 VISIBLE GAPS, specific, not generic
3. COMPETITIVE POSITION, how they look vs. other builders in their market
4. AI VISIBILITY, do they appear in AI results for their area?
Search and report back.
5. THREE QUESTIONS to open their real frustration, not surface level
6. BEST ECOSYSTEM ENTRY POINT and why
7. ESTIMATED DEAL SIZE if they take the full ecosystem
Keep it tight. I have 10 minutes before the call.
Team benefit
A fully briefed discovery call closes at significantly higher rates. The builder feels understood before a single service is mentioned.
BCM Interview Extractor, In Your Voice System
Claude Best
Turn a 90-minute client interview into a complete 12-month content stack in one pass.
I conducted a 90-minute In Your Voice interview with a builder client.
Transcript and notes: [paste here]
From this single interview, extract and structure:
1. CONTENT CALENDAR
12 article titles mapped to their ideal client's research journey.
3-sentence brief for each article.
2. SOCIAL QUOTE CARDS
20 standalone quotes from the builder (verbatim or near-verbatim)
suitable for branded social content cards.
3. EMAIL NEWSLETTER TOPICS
6 topics drawn from their authentic opinions and stories.
4. VIDEO SCRIPTS
3 short video concepts (60-90 seconds) with talking points.
5. LEAD MAGNET ANGLE
The single strongest topic for a downloadable resource.
6. CORE STORY
A 3-paragraph About narrative written entirely in their voice.
Flag: the moments in the transcript where their authentic voice is
strongest. These are the gold phrases Scott should build copy around.
Team benefit
One interview becomes a complete 12-month content stack. Reduces production time by 60%+. This is the In Your Voice system made operationally scalable.
Monthly Client Performance Report
Claude BestCopilot
Turn raw campaign data into a client-ready report that defends performance, advances strategy, and reduces churn.
Write a monthly performance report for a builder client.
Client: [name] | Period: [month]
Services active: [ads / website / CRM / content / SEO]
Raw data:
- Ad spend: $[X] | Leads: [X] | Cost per lead: $[X]
- Qualified leads (UQLs): [X] | Cost per UQL: $[X]
- Consultations booked: [X] | Show rate: [X]%
- Organic traffic: [X] sessions | Change vs last month: [X]%
- Top performing content: [title]
- CRM pipeline: [X] leads | [X] progressed | [X] stalled
- Key wins this month: [list]
- Issues or concerns: [list]
Write the report so it:
1. Leads with wins before numbers
2. Explains data in plain English, zero jargon
3. Frames any underperformance with context and a clear next action
4. Shows the compounding month-on-month progress trend
5. Ends with 3 clear next actions for next month
6. Sounds like a strategic partner, not a vendor defending a bill
Tone: calm, confident, data-backed, forward-looking. Marc's voice.
Team benefit
Consistent professional reporting reduces client churn and positions the team as strategic partners. Pre-empts difficult conversations before they start.
Competitor Displacement Brief
Claude BestPerplexity
When a prospect is currently with a competitor, generate the full displacement strategy before the discovery call.
A builder prospect is currently with [competitor agency name].
They are considering moving to our ecosystem.
I need a strategic brief before the discovery call.
Research [competitor name] and tell me:
1. Their core service model, what they do and how they charge
2. Their marketing philosophy, ads-first, content-first, or systems-based
3. What they explicitly do NOT offer that our ecosystem covers
4. Their weakest point in the context of a 3-18 month custom home buying cycle
5. The most likely reason this builder is considering leaving them
6. Three questions I should ask in the discovery call to surface
that frustration naturally, without leading or manipulating
7. How to position the ecosystem transition without attacking the
competitor directly
Strategic and dignified.
We do not knock competitors. We let the gaps speak for themselves.
Team benefit
Walking into a displacement call without knowing the competitor is the single biggest reason these conversations fail. This brief takes 3 minutes and changes the close rate.
