Recipe No. 39 · Marketing

Seasonal maintenance reminder campaign

Remind past customers when seasonal service is due (e.g., HVAC tune-up, gutter cleaning).

Serves
Home services
Made with
Zapier
Prep (setup)
~20 min est.
Yield
1–2 hrs/week saved, est.
Level
Beginner
Plan needed
Zapier: Free covers 2-step Zaps (100 tasks/mo, checks every 15 min); multi-step Zaps need Professional (from $19.99/mo billed annually, $29.99 monthly, per zapier.com/pricing). Check your plan.
Est. SMS cost
No SMS needed
Flow at a glance
  1. TriggerSync completed-job customers to Mailchimp…
  2. Step 2In Mailchimp, schedule seasonal campaigns…
  3. Step 3Include a booking link and opt-out
  4. Step 4Test with dummy data, then turn it on and…

Ingredients

  • Customer list in Sheets/Jobber/Housecall Pro
  • Zapier
  • Mailchimp
Editor-reviewedLast checked 2026-10-16v1.0.0 · Free

Steps reviewed against current tool UIs by the editor; not yet run end-to-end in a live account. Time saved is an estimate; results vary. Costs from Axis Consulting and Twilio pricing; check current pricing.

Method

  1. Sync completed-job customers to Mailchimp with tags by service type (Zap: job completed → Add/Update Subscriber + tag).
  2. In Mailchimp, schedule seasonal campaigns to each tag (e.g., 'hvac' in early spring and fall).
  3. Include a booking link and opt-out.
  4. Test with dummy data, then turn it on and review results for the first week.

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