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Trailfire turns every siding replacement, fiber-cement install, and storm repair into more 5-star reviews, more referrals, and more nearby jobs — built around the high-ticket, visible-from-the-street, comparison-heavy buying behavior of siding work.
Before/after photo capture · multi-crew attribution · install-stage timing · neighborhood postcards after every job
Built for Siding
New siding transforms an entire home's appearance overnight. Trailfire sends postcards to the whole neighborhood while everyone is still talking about the dramatic makeover.
Siding is a major investment. Homeowners research extensively. A strong review portfolio gives them confidence to choose you. Trailfire builds it automatically.
When storms damage siding on one home, the whole neighborhood needs inspections. Trailfire helps you reach affected areas fast with targeted postcard campaigns.
Why Siding is different
Siding is the most visible exterior upgrade a homeowner can make — and storm-chaser contractors know it. Out-of-state crews descend after hailstorms, undercut local installers, then disappear before warranty issues surface. Your moat is review velocity + visible license + local longevity. Generic review tools don't understand any of that.
Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, and several other states require your contractor license on all advertising. Storm chasers from out of state can't legally do this. Trailfire auto-includes your license number — your storm-chaser competitor's postcards become a compliance violation.
Once scaffolding comes down, the contrast between your customer's house and the dated neighbors' houses is dramatic. Trailfire mails 25 postcards within 24 hours of job completion — when the visual comparison is freshest in every neighbor's mind.
Customers shopping siding compare materials (vinyl, fiber cement, wood) and colors more than they compare contractors. Trailfire's photo-review surfacing lets you put real install photos in postcards and review pages — eliminating one of the buyer's biggest decisions.
How It Works
Finish a vinyl, fiber cement, wood, or engineered siding installation or repair — then open Trailfire and tap "Job Complete". That single tap sets everything in motion.
One-tap job entry — customer, address, service type in 30 seconds
Geo-tagged automatically — neighborhood campaigns target the right homes
Mark Job Complete
Customer
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Address
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Service
Siding
Geo-tagged
Chicago IL
Engine activated
3 automations queued
Built for the way siding actually works
Siding is visible from the street — every neighbor sees the result. Trailfire prompts the customer to share the photo with the review so the social proof shows the transformation, not just the words.
Every review is tagged with the crew lead who ran the install. See which crews are driving 5-stars and which need coaching — before quarterly reviews, not after a 3-star drop.
Route happy customers to Google for SEO, Yelp for design-conscious homeowners, BBB for older buyers researching $$$ replacements. Send hesitant feedback to private channel first so issues resolve before they hit public.
The full Trailfire platform — for Siding
Reviews are the foundation. These are the engines that compound on top of them.
Identify the homeowner behind your anonymous web traffic and mail them a siding-specific postcard. Visitors who viewed your fiber-cement page get a fiber-cement postcard — not a generic mailer.
Learn moreA slow month doesn't go to waste. Up to 50% of unused postcards roll over for 90 days, send-first (FIFO) when peak hits. Most providers give you zero.
See pricingPick 5 local siding competitors. See whose review pace is climbing fastest, weekly. Know if you're losing ground before they pull away.
Learn morePost-install warranty check-ins, seasonal maintenance reminders, multi-product cross-sells (windows, gutters, trim) — all on autopilot. Set the rules, the engine runs.
Learn moreThe numbers
88%
of homeowners check online reviews before hiring a siding contractor
BrightLocal Consumer Review Survey
5–9%
revenue lift per 1-star rating increase
Harvard Business School
12×
more likely to hire a contractor who just worked on their street
Direct mail industry research
60–80%
typical Trailfire review capture rate vs. ~10–20% industry baseline
Trailfire customer averages
FAQ
SMS request the day after final walk-through. Siding is highly visual; customers want to show off the finished house. Same-day-ish capture produces the highest response.
Yes — a freshly resided house transforms a block. Trailfire's radius mailings around completed siding jobs produce some of the highest response rates we track.
Local presence and reviews. Storm-chasers can't show 100+ local Google reviews; you can. Make that contrast the centerpiece of your post-storm marketing.
Pre-summer for install season, late-summer through fall for storm damage assessment. Adjust postcard and drip spend seasonally — install-season campaigns convert at 2-3x off-season.
Yes in CA, FL, AZ, NV, OR, WA, NC, SC, TN, GA, LA. Trailfire's renderer auto-includes per state matrix and standardized format.
Same engine, different industry — configured for the way each trade actually works.
Free Resources
Practical, no-fluff playbooks tailored to siding business economics — reviews, postcards, referrals, local SEO, and compliance.
Practical playbook for siding contractors to build review velocity, climb the Local Pack, and win more nearby jobs. Trade-specific timing, templates, and response framework.
How siding contractors use post-job radius campaigns, Smart Cards, and referral postcards to turn one partial siding replacement into a whole street of new customers.
Why referrals have the lowest CAC of any channel for siding contractors. Reward structures, timing, automations — and the FTC disclosure rules that keep you safe.
The Local Pack ranking playbook for siding contractors. Business Profile, citations, service-area pages, schema, and the review velocity that compounds over time.
Practical TCPA and CAN-SPAM compliance for siding contractors. Consent capture, 10DLC registration, quiet hours, recordkeeping — and the per-violation penalties to avoid.
How siding businesses scale to multiple branches — per-location attribution, brand consistency, central vs. branch authority, technician mobility, and the marketing patterns that scale.
Pricing models for siding contractors — flat-rate books, options-based quoting (good/better/best), raising prices without losing customers, and financing for higher-ticket jobs.
The hiring and retention playbook for siding contractors. Sourcing apprentices, pay structures, retention, and the cultural patterns that keep your best siding techs from leaving.
Choosing a review management platform as a siding contractor. Evaluation criteria, feature comparison, TCO analysis, vendor categories, and the non-negotiables.
Join hundreds of siding companies using Trailfire to turn every exterior transformation into more nearby jobs.