396 Stop Chasing Dead Leads
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Tyler breaks down why clients ghost builders and why the real issue usually isn't the lead, it's the process. He gets into clearer next steps, tighter follow-up, and how to stop leaving the door wide open for bad-fit clients to waste your time.
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Show Notes:
00:00 Lead, Don't Chase
04:15 Ghosting Is a Process Problem
08:12 Stop Persuading Bad Fits
12:45 You're Giving Away Too Much
16:11 Define the Next Step
19:56 Close the Loops
22:31 Build a Follow-Up SOP
27:46 Ghosting Is Feedback
32:20 Close the Door
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The goal is not to be chasing these leads. |
| 0:03.0 | It's to be leading these leads through your system, through your funnel, through your process. |
| 0:11.0 | Welcome back to the modern Craftsman podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Today is all about clients ghosting you, chasing clients, and some rules for following up with those clients |
| 0:24.5 | so that you don't look like such a maniac. |
| 0:28.5 | Thanks everyone for hopping on and listening to this podcast. |
| 0:32.1 | Nick and I recently just launched a modern craftspin circle community. If you are interested in that, |
| 0:40.4 | hop on our Instagram profile. The link should be in that profile. You also can DM us if we |
| 0:47.2 | mention it on any stories and we will get you all the information that you need. You can email us |
| 0:51.9 | hello at modern craftsman.co or better yet, |
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| 1:01.5 | that circle community where it's an open forum. You can ask whatever questions you like. |
| 1:08.1 | It is a vetted platform with contractors just like you, me, Nick, all the other people |
| 1:15.7 | that you know in this modern craftsman community where you can just help yourself, |
| 1:20.7 | you can help others, you can, you have direct access to me and Nick. |
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