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Case Study · General Contractor · Fort Worth, TX

68 Qualified Leads in the First 30 Days.

How a Fort Worth remodeling contractor turned wasted ad spend into a predictable, profitable lead engine by pairing paid ads with a follow-up system that actually closes.

Lone Star RemodelingFort Worth, TX
Headline Result
68

qualified leads in Month 1

30 days
4.2×return on ad spend (ROAS)

TL;DR — Lone Star had burned $40K on Google Ads with the wrong agency. We rebuilt the full funnel — ads + landing page + automated follow-up — and turned the same budget into 68 booked estimates in 30 days.

Client
Lone Star Remodeling
Industry
General Contracting · Home Remodeling
Location
Fort Worth, TX (DFW metro)
Timeline
30-day launch + ongoing
Services
Paid Ads · Landing Pages · CRM · AI Follow-up
Headline Result
68 leads · 4.2× ROAS in Month 1
The Client

A Skilled Crew Fighting an Unprofitable Ad Account.

James R. built Lone Star Remodeling into a 12-person crew doing high-ticket kitchen and bath remodels across DFW. He had the work ethic, the crew, and the portfolio — what he didn't have was a lead system. A previous agency had burned through $40K on broad-match Google Ads that drove irrelevant traffic with no follow-up.

At a Glance
  • 12-person remodeling crew
  • High-ticket kitchen & bath specialization
  • $40K+ wasted on prior ad spend
  • No landing pages, no CRM, no follow-up system
The Challenge

The Problem: Ads Without a System Burn Money.

The issue wasn't ads — it was everything around them. Clicks landed on a homepage, not a landing page. Form fills dropped into an inbox no one monitored. Leads waited 4+ hours for a callback in a market where the first-to-respond wins. Ads without a conversion system is a subsidy program for competitors.

$40K
prior ad spend wasted
4h+
avg. lead response time
0
landing pages or CRM
< 1%
lead-to-close rate
The Strategy

The Strategy: Connect the Full Funnel.

Ads, landing page, and follow-up rebuilt as a single system. Every click lands on a purpose-built page. Every lead gets an automated response in under 60 seconds. Every conversation gets tracked to close.

Pillar 01

Rebuilt Paid Search

Tight keyword clusters, exact-match for high-intent queries, negative-keyword audit. Ad copy built around specific services (kitchen, bath) not generic "remodeling."

Pillar 02

Conversion-Built Landing Pages

Service-specific landing pages with project galleries, financing info, and a single clear CTA. Mobile-first, under 2-second load.

Pillar 03

Instant Follow-Up Automations

AI-powered instant text response to every form fill. Missed-call text-back. Automated estimate-booking flow that compresses the usual 4-hour lag into 60 seconds.

Pillar 04

CRM + Attribution

Lightweight CRM connecting ads → leads → estimates → revenue. James sees exactly which keywords produce booked jobs, not just clicks.

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Execution

How We Launched.

30-day sprint from broken ad account to fully-funnel lead engine.

01

Account Audit

Week 1

Full teardown of prior ad spend, keyword waste, and funnel gaps.

02

Funnel Build

Weeks 1–2

Landing pages, automations, CRM deployed and tested.

03

Campaign Launch

Week 3

Tight campaigns live, bid strategy calibrated, tracking verified.

04

Optimize

Week 4 + ongoing

Daily bid adjustments, ad-copy testing, landing page iteration.

Visual Proof

The Funnel, Proven.

Same ad budget. Completely different output.

dashboard · monthly leads
Before
~4 / mo
After
68 / mo
Monthly qualified leads from paid search
Trending up
Lead response time — automated follow-up deployed
Redesigned homepage preview
New kitchen-remodel landing page — 14% conversion rate
The Results

The Results.

Same budget. A full funnel. Month 1 numbers.

Headline Result
68

qualified leads in Month 1

30 days
4.2×
return on ad spend
<60s
avg. lead response
was 4h+
14%
landing page conversion
$38
cost per qualified lead
was $410+
Leads
Qualified Leads per Week
+1600% vs. baseline
9
W-1
14
W-2
19
W-3
26
W-4

I'd run Google Ads before with another company and wasted money. Key City set it up different — they connected the ads to a follow-up system and our close rate jumped. Same budget, completely different results.

J
James R.
Owner, Lone Star Remodeling
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