PAIV × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Paiv.

Emily, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Paiv is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US roofing contractor mapped, the ~4,400 that look like Paiv's best customers, and three campaigns we'd run for Paiv in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR EMILY APPLEGARTH · LEHI, UT · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for Paiv.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Lumion: zero pipeline to 50+ meetings in 31 days.

Vertical SaaS for trade and technical schools. First marketing hire, no outbound, a niche of 10,000 to 30,000 schools. We mapped five sub-verticals, timed the CDL play to a Pell Grant policy window, and routed replies straight to their SDRs. Same shape as Lumion: a public registry of buyers, a season-driven purchase, and a founder-led sales motion that needs pipeline now.

In the span of a month, we've had well over 100 positive responses. We've scheduled 45 to 55-plus meetings with an 80% hold rate.Andrew Jones, Head of Marketing, Lumion

Read the Lumion breakdown

31
Days to results
100+
Positive replies
50+
Meetings scheduled
80%
Hold rate
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 3,700 to 6,100 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the roofing contractors that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 3,700 to 6,100 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • The accounts that grow, retain and referWe'll confirm the seed list with you on the call.
3,700 to 6,100roofing contractors that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a roofing contractor.

Every US roofing contractor establishment sits in Census County Business Patterns under NAICS 238160, cross-referenced with Google Maps listings and state licensing rolls. We build the list from that, enrich owners and sales leaders, and time the sends to storm season and permit cycles.

US roofing contractor establishments (NAICS 238160)Your sweet spot: 5 to 50 crew retail and storm restoration roofersIn-market this quarter
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US roofing contractor establishments (NAICS 238160). US Census Bureau County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160 Roofing Contractors, 2022.
~4,400
Sweet-spot roofers
5 to 50 crews, storm/retail mix
3
Buyer personas
Owner/GM, Sales Manager, Production Manager
~13K
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per contractor
Mar to Sep
Storm season
Claims filed within 90 days of hail or wind event
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 24,532 US roofing contractors and reach out the moment the right signal shows up, so Paiv is the first name a roofing sales manager thinks of when insurance claim software comes up.

  • Hail or wind storm eventNOAA Storm Events Database. Claims volume spikes within days, back office overloaded fast.
  • Roof replacement permit filedCounty building permit portals. Homeowner has moved from inspection to build stage.
  • Sales Manager or CSO job postingLinkedIn job listings. Contractor is scaling outbound and needs a system to run it.
  • New roofing license issuedState contractor licensing boards. New entrants need claims workflow from day one.
  • Google review velocity spikeGoogle Business Profile activity. Crew growth is outpacing manual estimating and follow-up.
  • Xactimate certification on staffCoreLogic Xactimate estimator directory. Already doing insurance work manually, ready to automate it.
09:14 · TODAY
County near Dallas reports golf-ball size hail across 40,000 households overnight
→ STORM EVENT PLAY
08:40 · TODAY
Mid-size Georgia roofer posts Sales Manager opening after doubling crew count
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
YESTERDAY
Ohio county permit office logs 62 new roof replacement permits in one week
→ PERMIT PLAY
YESTERDAY
Colorado contractor's Google profile jumps from 40 to 140 reviews in two months
→ GROWTH-SURGE PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~4,400 contractors in your sweet spot: 5 to 50 crews doing retail and storm restoration work, owner and sales manager enriched from Google Maps and state licenses
AngleOne AI workflow from inspection to Xactimate estimate to payout instead of three disconnected tools and a part-time estimator
~4,400 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetContractors that look like Paiv's best customers: storm-driven residential retail roofers running high claim volume with lean back offices
AngleLead with the hours a similar-size crew saved going from ladder to signed claim without adding staff
~3,700+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetContractors showing a buying signal this quarter: hail or wind event in their county, new roof permit filed, Sales Manager job posted, or Xactimate cert on staff
AngleA one-to-one note sent within 72 hours of the storm event, written from the signal
~1,500 PER QUARTER ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Emily, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.