A growth model for local service businesses

Cut the deadweight.
Make every lead count.

Slash & Burn is a complete go-to-market model built for one real-world niche: tree service companies. It connects attention, response, booking, and follow-up into one visible system.

Built byJeff RedmondDigital Coherence
THE WORKOne niche.
One connected system.
THE SIGNALYour phone rings.
The system responds.
01 THE MODEL

Marketing is not a pile of tactics. It is a chain.

Most local operators do not need more noise. They need the pieces they already have—or know they should have—to work together.

Slash & Burn makes that chain concrete: a distinct point of view, creative that earns attention, an always-ready response layer, and a disciplined path to the calendar.

02 THE SYSTEM

Four jobs. One continuous loop.

01

Get seen

A sharp market position, local search presence, paid media, and creative that speaks the customer’s language.

02

Get answered

A trained AI phone assistant catches the calls the crew cannot—after hours, on the job, and during the rush.

03

Get booked

One clear path from first click to qualified conversation, estimate, and a place on the calendar.

04

Get better

Follow-up, measurement, and iteration turn a collection of tactics into a growth system that compounds.

ATTENTIONACTIONLEARNING
03 THE PLAYBOOK

Not a concept deck.
A working asset system.

The model was developed all the way down—from the market thesis to the words an AI receptionist uses when a storm-damaged homeowner calls.

01

Authority

A category-specific book that names the problem and teaches the point of view.

02

Demand

Ads, outreach, video, and landing pages built around one costly pain: invisible demand.

03

Response

A voice AI knowledge base designed to answer, qualify, and schedule real customer calls.

04

Conversion

Scripts, nurture, booking flows, and sales material that move attention toward action.

Slash 'n Burn Advertising paperback cover
THE AUTHORITY ASSETSlash ‘n Burn Advertising

The no-nonsense guide to growing your tree service business.

THE REVENUE LEAKA missed call is not admin.
It is a customer choosing.
04 BUILT FOR THE FIELD

The crew is working.
The system is, too.

Local service businesses live in the gap between doing the work and winning the next job. Slash & Burn was designed around that reality—not around an idealized marketing department.

  • 01 Clear answers to real service questions
  • 02 Fast qualification and estimate scheduling
  • 03 Consistent follow-up without phone tag

THE IDEA BEHIND THE IDEA

Build the whole system.
Then make it unmistakably yours.

Slash & Burn is one demonstration of a broader capability: turn a sharp market insight into an authority platform, a campaign, a responsive sales layer, and a repeatable operating model.

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