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What is the leak costing you?

Two things quietly cost most small businesses money every week: the hours the owner spends on admin, and the leads that ring out or wait too long for a reply. Put your own figures in below and see what a year of that adds up to. It takes about a minute.

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Your numbers

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Quotes, invoices, scheduling, data entry, chasing people. Between 0 and 80.

A rough figure is fine. Most owners guess low. Between $10 and $500.

Calls, forms, texts, walk-ins — anyone who reaches out. Between 0 and 1,000.

Went to voicemail, came in after hours, or waited a day for a reply. Between 0% and 100%.

Your close rate on the people you do get to. Between 0% and 100%.

What one sale is worth to you, on average. Between $10 and $100,000.

What that adds up to

Hours lost to admin, per year
780Your weekly hours across 52 weeks.
What those hours cost you
$58,500Those hours priced at what your time is worth.
Leads missed or answered late, per year
144The people who reached out and didn't get you.
Revenue you might win back
$8,640Assuming you win just half of what you're missing.
Total, per year
$67,140

At these numbers, admin work could be costing you about $58,500 a year, and the leads you miss may be worth another $8,640. Together, that's roughly $67,140 a year.

This is an estimate, not a quote.

It's simple math on the numbers you typed. It assumes 52 working weeks in a year, and that you'd win just half of the leads you're missing now. It can't know your slow season, your repeat customers, or the jobs you turn down. Treat it as a rough sense of how big the problem is, not a figure to bank on.

How the math works

No black box. Here is every assumption behind the number you just saw, so you can argue with it.

Why 52 weeks?
The hours math takes your weekly admin time and runs it across a full year. If you take three weeks off, knock the number down a little in your head.
Why cut the missed revenue in half?
Because you'd never win all of them. Some of those leads were never going to buy, and some already went elsewhere. Halving it keeps the figure honest.
Why does my time have a price?
An hour you spend on invoices is an hour you didn't spend selling, quoting, or at home. Putting a number on it makes the trade visible.
What this doesn't know
Your slow season, your repeat customers, the jobs you turn down, and the leads that were never a fit. That's why it's an estimate and not a quote.

Want the real number for your business?

That's what the free audit is for. We look at how leads actually reach you, what your team still does by hand, and which tools you already pay for. Then you get a ranked list of fixes with a figure against each one — built from your numbers, not a starting example.

No obligation. No jargon. Plain English.

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