Email + SMS marketing · for service businesses

Bring back the customers already in the list, by email and text.

The customers in the existing list are the cheapest customers to bring back. The team writes the reminders, the win-back messages, the seasonal offers, and the review requests, sends them by email and SMS, and reports each Monday on returning revenue. The customer list belongs to the business at all times.

Live in 7 days Email + SMS together Returning revenue tracked Hands-off for the owner
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Bella Hair Studio
SMS · delivered
Hi Lucia! It's been a few months since the last visit at Bella Hair Studio. Carmen has Tuesday at 11 or Saturday at 2 open this week.
9:14 AM
Saturday at 2 please!
9:16 AM
Booked. See you Saturday at 2:00 with Carmen. A reminder will land Friday morning.
9:17 AM
Rebooked Win-back · Sat 2:00 pm · Reminder set
Why DIY blast emails do not work

The customers in the list want to hear from the business, when the message fits.

A blast email to the whole list once a season is the path most service businesses end up on, and it almost never books returning customers. Segmented retention runs every week, the right message to the right customer at the right moment, and the returning revenue lands in the Monday report.

DIY blast emails

One email a season, sent to the whole list, hoping someone responds.

  • Same email goes to every customer, regardless of last visit or service
  • SMS not used at all because nobody knows the rules around it
  • Bookings come in, but no clue which campaign actually caused them
  • Birthdays, anniversaries, and seasonal moments quietly missed
  • Unsubscribes pile up because every send is a sales pitch
  • Owner spends Sunday writing the next email instead of resting
A list that gathers dust between sales pitches. The customers in the list want to hear from the business, but only when the message actually fits where they are.
Segmented email + SMS, on autopilot

Reminders, win-backs, reviews, and birthdays going out automatically, every week.

  • List segmented by service, last visit, location, and language
  • Reminders, win-backs, and review requests run automatically on schedule
  • SMS handled with TCPA-compliant opt-in, the legal stuff on our side
  • Each send tagged so returning revenue lands in the Monday report
  • Birthdays, anniversaries, and seasonal moments captured on the calendar
  • Owner approves each send in 30 seconds, no writing, no calendar wrangling
The cheapest customer to bring back is the one already in the list. Email and SMS sent to the right segment, at the right moment, with returning revenue tracked every Monday.
What the retainer covers

Six retention campaigns, run end to end.

Reminders, win-backs, promotional sends, review requests, birthday nudges, and the segmentation that makes each one work. The team writes every message, schedules the sends, runs the segmentation, and reports on returning revenue every Monday.

01 / Reminders + no-show recovery

Day-before reminders, day-after rebookings.

Day-before email and SMS reminders cut the no-show rate before it happens. Same-day rebooking messages catch missed appointments while the customer still remembers booking. Both run automatically on the calendar, with confirmations landing back in the inbox the team already checks.

Day-before remindersSame-day rebookingEmail + SMS together
02 / Win-back to dormant customers

The cheapest customer to bring back is the one already in the list.

Customers who have not been back in six, nine, or twelve months get a tailored email and SMS, with a reason that matches the service they originally booked. The conversation reads like a familiar shop checking in, not a cold pitch, and the booking lands directly on the calendar.

Dormant list segmentsTailored reasonsCheapest to bring back
03 / Promotional campaigns and seasonal offers

Seasonal sends that match the calendar, not random blasts.

Holiday campaigns, summer programs, end-of-quarter offers, last-minute openings. The team writes the copy, builds the segment, schedules the send, and reports on returning revenue. Promos go to the customers most likely to respond, not to the entire list every time.

Holiday + seasonal sendsLast-minute openingsReturning revenue tracked
04 / Review request automation

A friendly nudge a day after the visit, by email and SMS.

Day-after review request emails and SMS catch customers when the visit is fresh, ask for a Google review in plain language, and link to the right page so the review actually gets written. Reputation grows quietly while the team focuses on the work in the chair.

Day-after requestGoogle review linkReputation lift
05 / Birthday + anniversary nudges

The personal touches that make a customer feel known.

A birthday email with a small offer, an anniversary message recognizing the customer’s first visit, a one-year-since-last-visit nudge. The customer feels remembered, the business stays top of mind, and the calendar ends up with a fresh booking on a quiet day.

BirthdaysVisit anniversariesQuiet-day fillers
06 / Segmentation + list management

The right message, to the right customer, at the right moment.

List segmented by service booked, last visit date, total lifetime value, location, and language. Each campaign goes to the segment most likely to respond. New customers, dormant customers, top spenders, and bilingual customers all see different messages tuned to where they are in the relationship.

Segments by service + visitEN + ES messagingLifetime value tags
Setup · turn-key

From list audit to steady returning revenue, in 30 days.

The list audit lands on day one, the first reminders and win-backs go live by day seven, and the Monday report starts tracking returning revenue from the first campaign onward. The owner approves each send in 30 seconds, and the rest stays on the team.

Day 1 · Audit
01
List + opt-in audit

A clear picture of the list, the opt-in status, and the highest-return campaigns to start with.

What happens
  • Existing customer list imported and reviewed for size and quality
  • Email and SMS opt-in status verified, with TCPA compliance handled
  • List segmented by service, last visit, location, and language
  • Starting campaign plan written in plain language
Day 7 · First sends live
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Reminders + win-backs running

The first reminders and win-back campaigns go out the same week.

What happens
  • Day-before reminders and same-day rebookings live on the calendar
  • First win-back campaign to the dormant segment goes out
  • Review request automation activated for upcoming visits
  • Each send pre-approved by the owner in 30 seconds
Day 30 · Steady cadence
03
Returning revenue tracked

A monthly report shows how much returning revenue the campaigns booked.

What happens
  • Reminders, win-backs, reviews, and birthdays all running on schedule
  • Returning revenue tagged per campaign, reported on the first Monday of the month
  • Quarterly content refresh on the messages that need updating
  • Owner approves the calendar of upcoming sends in 30 seconds a week
Honest pricing

Two retainers, both covering the writing and the sending.

Active is where most owner-operated service businesses start, with reminders, win-backs, reviews, birthdays, and one promotional send a month. Pro adds higher cadence, multilingual sends, and advanced segmentation for businesses with larger lists or aggressive retention programs. Both include the email and SMS platform fees, and the customer list belongs to the business at all times.

Monthly retainer
Active
$1,500 /mo

Reminders, win-backs, review requests, birthday nudges, and one promotional send a month. For most service businesses with a list under 5,000 customers.

  • Reminders + same-day rebookings on email and SMS
  • Monthly win-back campaign to the dormant segment
  • Day-after review request automation
  • Birthday + anniversary nudges
  • One promotional send per month
  • Monday returning-revenue report
  • Owner approves each send in 30 seconds

The retainer covers the writing, the sending, the segmentation, and the reporting. The customer list and the platform accounts stay with the business no matter what.

Ready to bring them back

The list is the cheapest growth the business already owns.

Book a 30-minute walk-through. The team looks at the existing list, the opt-in status, the gaps in retention, and where the highest returning revenue is sitting. The audit document stays with the business no matter what.

Get a free list audit
Audit in 1 business dayTCPA + CAN-SPAM compliantHands-off for the owner
Common questions

Questions owners ask before signing the retainer.

This service runs email and SMS retention campaigns for past customers, where the customer reads the message at their own pace and replies on their own time. The AI voice agent on the other landing handles outbound phone calls, where the agent talks to the customer in real time. Most service businesses run both side by side: SMS and email for the steady drumbeat of reminders, win-backs, and reviews, and the voice agent for the higher-stakes calls like rescuing a no-show or following up on a quote.
The compliance work stays on our side. The team verifies opt-in status on every contact before the first send, runs the unsubscribe and STOP keyword handling automatically, and keeps a written record of consent for every SMS recipient. Sales messages to consumers who have not opted in are not part of what the service does. The owner never has to read the rule books.
Yes, almost any format works: CSV from a spreadsheet, export from HubSpot or Mailchimp, customer list from Acuity or Jobber, even a plain list of names and phone numbers. The team handles the import, deduplicates the contacts, verifies opt-in status, and segments the list before the first send.
On a healthy retention list, yes. Open rates on segmented retention emails to past customers run 35 to 55 percent, far higher than blast emails to a cold list. SMS open rates run above 95 percent because the message lands directly on the phone. The reason both work is the customer already knows the business, so the message is welcome rather than spammy.
First bookings from win-back campaigns land in week two, after the first send. Reminders show measurable no-show reduction by week three. Steady returning revenue lands by the second month, once the calendar of campaigns is running on its own. The Monday report tracks the trend from week one.
Unsubscribe and SMS STOP are handled automatically the moment the customer asks. The contact moves to the suppression list, and no future campaign reaches them. The owner sees the unsubscribe rate in the Monday report, and on a healthy retention list, unsubscribes run below 0.5 percent per send.
The Monday report tracks four numbers: total sends, opens and clicks, bookings tagged to the campaign, and returning revenue. Returning revenue is the dollar amount booked by customers who came back through a campaign send, broken down by campaign type (reminder, win-back, promotional, review). Owners read it in two minutes.
The team uses the platforms the business already runs (Mailchimp, HubSpot, Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign, Twilio, etc.) or sets up a simple stack on day one if there is none. The email and SMS accounts are owned by the business, with the team running them on retainer. If the retainer ends, the accounts and the list stay with the business.
Free list audit · one business day

Get a free list audit + a starting campaign plan.

Drop a few details about the business, the existing customer list, and the email or SMS platform in use. Within one business day, a list audit comes back with the segmentation plan, the opt-in status, the suggested first campaigns, and the projected returning revenue.

  • 1Send a few details about the business, the existing customer list, and the email or SMS platform in use today.
  • 2Within one business day, a list audit comes back with the segmentation plan, the opt-in status, the suggested first campaigns, and the projected returning revenue.
  • 3On approval, the campaigns go live the same week, with the first reminders and win-backs running by day seven.

Get a free list audit

Leave the basics, and within one business day a list audit and a starting campaign plan come back. No commitment, no charge.

About one business day to respond · no contracts · the customer list stays with the business