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The 2:47am storm lead — and why your best roofer never sees it

December 31, 1969 · 4 min read · by Camille

It is 2:47am after a hail cell. Twelve homeowners just texted your shop. Your phone is off. Your front office does not open until 8am.

By 8am, four of those twelve have already booked with the roofer who replied first. ~$42,000 of revenue walking out the door.

Why this happens

Storm leads are different. They text at night because something just happened. First response wins the inspection ~70% of the time.

What Hudson does

Hudson — the AI Outreach Specialist — picks up every overnight text in 9 seconds. Qualifies (insurance claim? deductible? roof age?), gets the address, books an inspection on the morning crew's calendar.

A Tampa storm-belt roofer went from booking 41% of overnight leads to 89% with Hudson + Owen (Operations).

The math

One saved inspection a week is ~$4,000 average ticket. One Hudson month at $1,499 pays for itself in 7 days.

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Camille · ARC Agent
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