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Ready to schedule? Before spring fills up.

The patio you quoted in November is still on their mind. In March, the useful email isn't another "just checking in". It's two real start dates and a reason to pick one now.

The spring follow-up

For a quote from last season that never got a yes or a no.

Subject: Spring dates for your [job type]

Hi [Customer first name],

Back in [Month] I quoted [scope, e.g. the paver patio and the walkway out to the driveway] at [Total]. Spring is picking up, and I'm booking [months, e.g. April and May] now.

I have two openings that would fit your job: [Option 1, e.g. the week of April 12] or [Option 2, e.g. the week of May 3]. If either works, reply with the one you want and I'll hold it for you until [Hold-until date].

Your quoted price holds if you book by [Date].

If the project is on hold this year, no problem. Let me know and I'll check back in the fall.

Thanks, [Your name] [Company], [Phone]

Let Redline write it for you

Click any text to change it. Fill in the parts in [brackets] before you send.

The short nudge, a week later

Only if they haven't answered and you're still holding a date for them.

Subject: Still holding [Option date] for you?

Hi [Customer first name],

Quick one: I'm still holding [Option date] for your [job type] until [Hold-until date]. After that it goes to the next person on my list.

Reply "yes" and it's yours.

[Your name], [Company]

Let Redline write it for you

Click any text to change it. Fill in the parts in [brackets] before you send.

When to send it

As soon as the phone starts ringing for the season, and before your calendar is full. Offering dates you don't have is worse than not writing.

  1. Pull last season's quiet quotes

    Anything still sitting in Quoted from the fall or winter. They already know your price, so they're the fastest jobs to book.

  2. Pick two real openings

    Look at your calendar first. Offer two dates you can actually start, a few weeks apart, so one of them fits their plans.

  3. Send, hold, nudge once

    Hold the date until the day you named. If there's no answer, send the short nudge. If there's still nothing, release the date.

What to change

  • Use real dates. "Sometime this spring" gives them nothing to say yes to
  • If material prices moved since you quoted (lumber, pavers, shingles, condensers), don't promise the old number. Replace the price line with "I'll confirm the price before we start"
  • Hold a date only as long as you can afford to, and put the hold-until date in writing
  • For exterior paint, decks or roofs, name the start week, not the day. Weather will decide the day

A winter quote, back on the calendar

Any quotes still out from last fall?
Redline

4 quotes still in Quoted from September to November, $38,900 in all. Biggest: Kate Brennan, paver patio and walkway, $14,600, quoted November 12.

Draft Brennan a spring follow-up. Offer the week of April 12 or May 3, hold it until March 27
Redline

Both weeks are open on your calendar.

Subject: Spring dates for your patio

Hi Kate, back in November I quoted the paver patio and walkway at $14,600. I'm booking April and May now and have two openings that fit: the week of April 12 or the week of May 3. Reply with the one you want and I'll hold it until March 27. If the project's on hold this year, just let me know.

Thanks, Tom

Tap Approve & send to email it from your Gmail.

Sent. Remind me March 27 to release it if she hasn't answered.
Redline

Reminder set for March 27. It'll be in that morning's brief.

Redline drafts each one and waits for your OK. It sends from your Gmail, never by text, and never on its own.

The spring rush, by chat

Find the quiet quotes

Ask "any quotes still out?" and Redline lists them with totals. Home shows quotes gone quiet too. See the job pipeline.

Check the weeks you're offering

Ask whether the weeks are open before it drafts. Redline reads your calendar, so you don't offer a week you've already given away. See scheduling.

Book it when they answer

Their reply lands in your Gmail. Tell the chat "Brennan wants April 12, book it and move her to Accepted" and it's on the calendar. The stage move waits for your OK.

Holds are on you

Redline doesn't hold or release dates by itself. A date-only reminder lands in your morning brief on the iPhone app so you don't forget.

Questions contractors ask

Can customers pick a date online?

No. Redline has no online booking. They reply to your email, and you book the date with one message to the chat.

Can I send this to all my open quotes at once?

Not as one blast. Redline isn't a bulk email tool. You ask for each draft and approve each one, which also means each email names that customer's job and price.

How is this different from the regular quote follow-up?

The quote follow-up email is for the days right after an estimate visit. This one is for a quote that's been sitting for months, where the news is your open dates, not the price.

Your quotes, your calendar, one chat.

Redline is free to start. Build quotes by chat, see which ones went quiet, and draft the follow-ups from your own Gmail.

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