Business Development Services For Trades Contractors
Get on more bid lists. Build real relationships with builders & developers.
Winning consistent work from custom home builders, developers, and GCs takes more than a good crew — it takes someone building the relationship long before the bid ever goes out. TradesOBD acts as your business development department: researching your market, building real relationships with the people who control the bid list, and following up until they know your name. Contact us today.
Everything We Handle For You
Deep Research
- Map every builder, developer, GC, architect, and property manager in your service area before we pick up the phone.
- Know exactly who's building what, and when they'll need your scope.
Our deep research service identifies every company and contact you could get on a bid list with — custom home builders, community builders, volume residential builders, remodeling GCs, commercial developers, property managers, and commercial GCs. You choose the service area and trade scope; we build the target list.
Relationship Building
- We operate as your business development manager, on a first-name basis with owners, estimators, and PMs.
- Consistent follow-up on every open bid — including tracking why you lost, so you win the next one.
This is the core of what we do. We call, email, text, and follow up in person, building real relationships with the people who decide who gets on the bid list. When you lose a bid, we find out why — pricing, fit, timing — so you get better at winning, not just at this one builder, but everywhere.
LinkedIn Management
- We connect and engage with decision-makers as you — not as a faceless agency account.
- Full content creation and engagement, built for an audience of builders and developers, not consumers.
We gain access to your LinkedIn and act as you, connecting with the owners, COOs, and preconstruction teams who matter. It's one of the fastest ways to build credibility with decision-makers before you ever meet in person.
Proposal Support
- We help build the materials that get you on the shortlist, not just a generic capabilities PDF.
- Backed by everything we've learned about the builder from months of relationship building.
We help you put together the proposals and capability materials that support every bid — informed by what we already know about the builder's pricing expectations, past subs, and decision process.
Gift & Swag Delivery
- Donuts, swag, and thank-yous delivered on your behalf, even when we're not local to your market.
- Timed around real moments — getting added to a bid list, winning a job, hitting a milestone.
Staying top of mind matters. We handle the delivery of gifts, food, and swag to the builders and developers you're building a relationship with, with a message that reinforces why you're the right sub for the job.
Bi-Weekly Reporting
- Regular, plain-language updates — not a confusing dashboard you have to interpret yourself.
- Full visibility into every open bid, every lost job, and everything we did that week.
Every two weeks, you get a clear update: open projects, lost-bid reports (and why), and a full account of the outreach we did on your behalf. No guessing what you're paying for.
A Simple Path From Cold To Client
Get On More Bid Lists
Custom home builders, commercial developers, property managers.
Build Real Relationships
Consistent follow-up, in-person touches, bi-weekly reporting.
Win Recurring Work
Repeat bid invitations, referrals within their network, no added ad spend.
Three Ways To Work Together
TradesOBD vs. The Alternatives
| TradesOBD | Other Agencies | In-House Hire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Revenue Share, Ever | many take a cut | n/a — salary regardless | |
| Real Relationships With Builders & Developers | most only do consumer marketing | yes, but costs 6 figures | |
| Relationships You Keep If You Leave | often held hostage | ||
| Bi-Weekly Reports That Make Sense | confusing dashboards | depends on the hire |
Questions Contractors Ask Us
Don't Miss Your Next Bid
Get a free business development plan — built by professionals with years of combined experience across the trades.
- Custom strategy for your trade & service area
- Honest fit assessment — no pressure
- Response within one business day
Built by business development professionals with years of combined experience across the trades.