How Two Founders Scaled a Niche Agency to $100K MRR in just 18 Months (Home Builder Marketers Story)

4 Dec 2025 · 61 min
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In this episode of the 7 Figure Agency Podcast, host Joshua Nelson interviews Seth Vandale and Nicholas Cormier, co‑founders of HomeBuilder Marketers, a full‑stack digital marketing agency that serves home builders and remodelers. The conversation walks through their journey from a $200‑MRR generalist agency to a $100K‑MRR niche agency in 18 months. Key themes include: why they chose the home‑builder vertical (personal background, high ticket value, industry lagging in technology); how they secured their first case study through cold‑calling and a free‑work trade‑off; the pivotal role of joint‑ventures with a construction‑software platform and other industry partners; their three‑tier service packages (Essentials, Growth, Scale) and a 4‑week billing cadence that adds an extra pay period; lead generation tactics (Facebook ads, case‑study funnels, conditional‑logic downsell, AI‑enhanced onboarding); a high‑volume outbound calling operation staffed by family and offshore agents; a consultative, needs‑based sales process that relies on live audits and education rather than hard‑selling; extensive use of GoHighLevel, Agency Analytics, ClickUp, and AI for content creation, onboarding automation, and video B‑roll generation; a culture‑first scaling strategy with a 25‑person remote team across Canada, the Philippines, Bangladesh, India and Thailand, daily 15‑minute stand‑ups, motivational rituals, and a philosophy of 1 % daily improvement; and finally advice for other agency owners about taking action, following the 7‑Figure Agency system, and focusing on long‑term, high‑value client relationships. The interview ends with contact details (Instagram/Facebook) and a call to action for listeners.

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