OUTSOURCED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTRACTORS

#1 Business Development
Agency. All Done-for-You.

Like hiring in-house — but affordable, and without the headaches. Just growth.

TradesOBD builds the builder, developer, and GC relationships your business needs to grow — reaching out as a member of your team, as a member of your team, so you can focus on executing.

This isn't marketing. There are no leads. There's no Google Ads. This is business development — the thing that gets you on bid lists, into production schedules, and building 30 homes a year for one builder instead of chasing one-off jobs.

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  • No revenue share, ever
  • You own every relationship we build
  • Free strategy consultation before you sign anything
BD PIPELINE — LIVE
  1. 1
    Target Identified
    Builders mapped in your market
  2. 2
    Outreach Sent
    Calls & emails as a member of your team
  3. 3
    Relationship Built
    Warm — meeting requested
  4. 4
    Bid List Added
    Pending approval
  5. 5
    Job Awarded
    Coming
Week 1
outreach begins
100%
relationship ownership
3x
lower cost vs in-house hire
POOL●ROOFING●LANDSCAPING●HARDSCAPE●CONCRETE●FRAMING●PLUMBING●ELECTRICAL●HVAC●MEP●TILE●FLOORING●PAINTING●DRYWALL●INSULATION●SIDING●WINDOWS & DOORS●FENCING●GUTTERS●IRRIGATION●CABINETRY●COUNTERTOPS●FIREPLACE & STONE●EXTERIOR CLEANING●PAVING●DEMOLITION●EXCAVATION●SPECIALTY COATINGS●ANY TRADE. ANY MARKET. ANY SIZE.●POOL●ROOFING●LANDSCAPING●HARDSCAPE●CONCRETE●FRAMING●PLUMBING●ELECTRICAL●HVAC●MEP●TILE●FLOORING●PAINTING●DRYWALL●INSULATION●SIDING●WINDOWS & DOORS●FENCING●GUTTERS●IRRIGATION●CABINETRY●COUNTERTOPS●FIREPLACE & STONE●EXTERIOR CLEANING●PAVING●DEMOLITION●EXCAVATION●SPECIALTY COATINGS●ANY TRADE. ANY MARKET. ANY SIZE.●
THE DIFFERENCE

Marketing Gets You Homeowners. Business Development Gets You Builders.

WHAT MARKETING DOES

SEO, Google Ads, truck wraps, social media — all of it generates consumer leads. Homeowners who need a pool, a roof, a patio. Good money. But unpredictable. Seasonal. One job at a time.

WHAT BD DOES

Business development gets you on a custom builder's bid list. It builds relationships with the owner of a custom home builder, the pre-construction team at a regional community builder, the estimator at a commercial GC — whoever controls the bid list for your scope. It's the channel that turns into volume work, recurring revenue, and a business that doesn't depend on where the algorithm sends people next month.

TradesOBD is not a marketing agency. We are your BD department.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

You meant to call that builder three months ago.

You drive past the new community going up every morning. You tell yourself you'll reach out after this job. You never do. The pipeline never gets built.

You don't know who to call or what to say.

Cold-calling a builder's office, finding the right contact at a GC, knowing whether to go to the owner or the pre-con team — it's a different skill set than doing the work. Most contractors don't know where to start. So they don't.

You can't afford an $80K BD hire who might quit in 14 months.

Salary, benefits, swag budget, training time — and then they leave and take your contact list. The economics of in-house BD don't work for most contractors until they're much bigger.

The contractors winning volume builder work aren't outspending you on ads. They just got there first and they kept showing up.

THE PROCESS

Three steps. No babysitting. No confusion.

01

We onboard before we ever reach out.

We learn your trade, your pricing, your service area, your past work, and exactly how you want to be represented. We set up your dedicated BD email domain. We get into your LinkedIn if you're on Growth or above. To every builder we contact, we work for you.

02

We reach out. Consistently. Under your name.

Calls, emails, LinkedIn messages — to owners, estimators, pre-construction managers, purchasing agents, and project managers at builders, developers, and GCs of every type in your market. We send swag. We drop off lunches. We follow up every time. No account goes cold.

03

When the relationship is warm, we hand it to you.

We bring the intro, the context, and the warm relationship. You show up, write the bid, and win the work. We keep building while you keep executing. That's the whole thing.

Outreach starts in week one. First conversations and bid opportunities can come within weeks. The pipeline you build in month three pays off in month nine. BD is a long game — and the contractors who understand that are the ones who win.
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WHO WE WORK WITH

We built a tier for every stage of your business.

One truck or ten crews — there's a version of TradesOBD that fits exactly where you are right now.

$0 – $500K
Foundation

You're slammed. You know you should be calling builders. You just never do.

"I'm on the job until 5 and then I'm quoting. There's no time for any of this."

We start the system for you. Research every builder in your market, reach out as a member of your team, send swag, follow up relentlessly. You keep working. We build the pipeline.

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$500K – $2MMOST POPULAR
Growth

You have a couple builder relationships. You want a real, consistent pipeline.

"We've been at this level for two years. I want to be building 30 houses a year for one builder. That's where I need to be."

We add LinkedIn to your outreach — connecting with the decision makers at your target accounts. Owners at custom builders. Pre-construction teams at community builders. Estimators at commercial GCs. Whoever controls the bid list for your scope.

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$2M – $10M
Full Service

You hired a BD person last year. It cost you $80K and they quit.

"BD is about showing up consistently. I can't find someone who will do that and actually know what they're talking about in front of a developer."

The full machine — outreach, LinkedIn brand building, referral network activation, monthly strategy, analytics. Everything running without you touching it.

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$10M+
BD Department

You need BD infrastructure in markets where you don't have people yet.

"I don't need leads. I need relationships. Real ones. Without me babysitting the process."

We become your BD department. Dedicated team, multi-market deployment, owner strategy sessions, division-level reporting. Built into your operation permanently.

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Week 1
outreach

Outreach begins

20+
trades

Served across every U.S. market

3x
lower cost

vs. hiring an in-house BD manager

100%
ownership

Of every relationship we build — always yours

No leads. No campaigns. Just relationships that turn into recurring work.

RESULTS

Real contractors. Real relationships. Real work.

Every one of these started with a free consultation and a contractor who was done leaving builder relationships on the table. These results are real. The timelines are real. The work is real.

POOL & OUTDOOR LIVINGGROWTH PACKAGE
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Zero builder relationships to 4 active bid lists in 5 months.

Marcus ran a pool company in DFW for six years — all consumer work. $1.1M in revenue, stuck for two years. He knew custom home builders in his market were building $800K–$2M homes. He just couldn't get in front of them. TradesOBD researched 48 builders, prioritized the list, and started working his LinkedIn alongside phone and email. Within 60 days he had his first meeting with the pre-construction manager at a builder doing 60 custom homes a year. By month five, four active bid lists.

"I knew these builders existed. I just couldn't get in the door. They got me three meetings in the first month. That never happened when I tried on my own."
0 → 4
active builder bid lists
2
awarded projects, first 6 months
$280K
estimated new annual revenue
9.3x
ROI on monthly retainer
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COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL ROOFINGFULL SERVICE
Phoenix, AZ

After a failed $80K BD hire, they tripled their builder pipeline.

Southwest Roofing Systems was doing $4.2M across Phoenix and Tucson. Two solid builder relationships — no system. Their BD manager had just left after 14 months, taking his contact list. TradesOBD took over their LinkedIn, built a fresh target list of 85 builders and commercial developers across both markets. Within 90 days they were in live conversations with 12 active targets. In six months, 8 new bid lists.

"We spent $80K on a guy who quit and took everything. With TradesOBD, every single relationship is ours. That alone was worth the price."
2 → 10
active relationships
8
new bid lists in 6 months
$340K
first commercial contract
Zero
relationship turnover risk
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LANDSCAPING & HARDSCAPEFOUNDATION
Orlando, FL

One truck. No time. On 3 bid lists in 90 days.

Carlos had been running a landscape and hardscape op in Orlando for four years — just him and two guys. Great reputation, unpredictable pipeline. He'd drive past new communities and think 'I should call that builder' — and never do it. Foundation gave Carlos a dedicated BD manager working under his company name. By week six, his first site visit with a builder starting a 40-home community.

"I'm still doing the same work. I just have way more of it now. They found builders in my own market I didn't even know existed."
22
builders contacted, month one
3
bid list invitations in 90 days
$85K
first community phase awarded
4x
retainer ROI in first contract
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PACKAGES & PRICING

Straightforward pricing. No hidden fees. No revenue share. Ever.

Every package starts with full onboarding. Every relationship we build belongs to you — always. If you ever leave, you take everything with you.

STARTER

Foundation

$2,500–$3,000/mo

Solo operators and one-truck teams

  • Deep target research — every builder, GC, and developer mapped
  • We reach out as your team — as your Business Development Manager
  • We never let an account go cold
  • BuildingConnected profile setup & monitoring
  • Swag & treat delivery (10% of monthly retainer)
  • Bi-weekly pipeline report
  • Lost bid debrief
Up to 25 accounts · ~60 touches/mo
Start with Foundation
MOST POPULAR

Growth

$3,000–$4,500/mo

Mid-level contractors past word of mouth

  • Everything in Foundation
  • We operate your LinkedIn — connecting with owners, estimators, pre-construction managers, purchasing agents, and project managers at every type of target account
  • Active bid opportunity monitoring — BuildingConnected & platform alerts
  • Expanded account list and outreach volume
Up to 50 accounts · ~150 touches/mo
Start with Growth
FULL SERVICE

Full Service

$5,000–$7,500/mo

Growth-stage contractors at $2M–$10M

  • Everything in Growth
  • We build your LinkedIn brand — content, posting, presence
  • BuildingConnected bid submission support
  • Referral network activation
  • Monthly strategy call
  • Full monthly analytics
Up to 100 accounts · ~300 touches/mo
Start with Full Service
ENTERPRISE

BD Department

Custom

$10M+ contractors building BD permanently

  • Everything in Full Service across all markets
  • Dedicated account team embedded in your business
  • Owner & leadership strategy sessions
  • New market launch playbook
  • Division-level reporting
Unlimited · Built to your goals
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NO REVENUE SHARENO UPSELLSNO LOCK-INSYOU OWN EVERYTHINGFREE CONSULTATION INCLUDED

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RUN THE NUMBERS

See exactly what TradesOBD is worth before you sign anything.

The average contractor spends over $120,000 in year one on an in-house BD hire — before you count the swag budget, the car allowance, and the very real chance they're gone in 14 months. Run the numbers yourself. The math usually closes the conversation.

  • In-house BD hire: $80K–$100K salary + $20K+ overhead = $120K+ year one
  • TradesOBD Full Service: $60K–$90K/year, all in, zero turnover risk
  • TradesOBD Foundation: $30–$36K/year — less than a third of what an in-house hire costs
CALCULATOR PREVIEW
Avg project value with a builder$45,000
Builder projects per year12
Package
Foundation
Growth
Full
ESTIMATED ANNUAL ROI
$540,000
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These are estimates. Your real results depend on your market and trade.

THE MATH

Before you post that BD job listing — read this.

We hear this objection on almost every consultation call. So we built the comparison.

Category
Hiring In-House
TradesOBD
Monthly cost
$6,500–$9,000 (salary alone)
$2,500–$7,500 all in
Benefits & overhead
+$1,500–$2,500/mo
Included
Swag & entertainment
+$800–$1,500/mo
Included (10% of retainer)
Time to first outreach
30–90 days (hiring + onboarding)
10–14 days
Industry knowledge
Varies — often needs training
Built-in — trades BD specialists
Turnover risk
High — avg BD tenure 14 months
Zero — we're an agency
Contact ownership
Risk of contacts leaving with them
100% yours, always
Year-one total cost
$120,000–$160,000+
$30,000–$90,000

The math isn't close. And nothing walks out the door.

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YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS

From first call to first outreach in under two weeks.

We don't drag things out. You'll have a full target list and active outreach running before the end of your second week.

DAY 0

Free Strategy Consultation

We research your market before you get on the call. We come ready with your target landscape, the builders in your area, and a clear picture of what we'd do. You leave with a strategy — whether you sign with us or not.

DAYS 1–5

Full Onboarding

We learn your trade, pricing, service area, past work, and how you want to be represented. We set up your dedicated BD email domain. If you're on Growth or above, we get LinkedIn access.

DAYS 5–10

Target List Built

We build your prioritized target list — every builder, GC, and developer in your service area ranked by opportunity. You review and approve. We refine and launch.

DAYS 10–14

Outreach Begins

Your BD manager starts reaching out as your Business Development Manager. Calls, emails, LinkedIn. Swag orders placed. The pipeline starts moving. You don't have to do a thing.

DAY 30

First Report

Your first bi-weekly pipeline report lands. Every account contacted, every response, every relationship in progress. Full transparency.

Outreach starts in week one. First conversations and bid opportunities can come within weeks.

The best time to start was a year ago. The second best time is today.

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BEFORE YOU ASK

The three things contractors ask us on every call.

What if I stop working with you? Do I lose everything?

No. Every LinkedIn connection is in your account. Every email relationship goes in a CRM you own. Every contact belongs to you. We built it that way on purpose. If you ever leave, you take all of it. We're not holding your relationships for ransom.

How do you know my trade well enough to represent me?

We onboard before we ever reach out on your behalf. We learn your pricing, your scope, your differentiators, and your past work. We know what a custom builder's owner cares about when they're vetting a new sub. We know how a commercial GC's estimator evaluates a bid. We know what a production builder's pre-construction team needs before they'll add someone to the list. We've operated across pool, roofing, concrete, landscape, framing, MEP, hardscape, and more.

How long until I see results?

Outreach starts in week one. First conversations and bid opportunities can come within weeks. The relationships we build in month three pay off in month nine. BD is not a 30-day lead gen play. If that's what you need, we're not the right fit. If you're building something that lasts, we are.

FAQ

Questions we get on every consultation call.

If you have something we haven't answered, ask us on the call. We'll tell you straight.

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