7 pattern-interruption tactics to scale your Meta leads

Updated
August 27, 2025

Video Embed

Video Transcript

If you wanna use Facebook ads to generate leads at scale for your home service business, you need ads that interrupt the pattern and capture the attention of your ideal customers. Your company might deliver incredible service. You might have an incredible offer, but but if the customer never gets in your funnel in the first place to discover that, it doesn't really matter. So in this video, I'm gonna show you seven pattern interruption techniques that you can use with your meta ads to get more leads.

Let's dive in. Number one is to feature people in your ads. For one of the roofing companies that we worked with, their best performing ad was just a picture of a couple guys working on a roof. And a go to stock photo that we used for years to get leads for kitchen remodels was just a simple picture of a couple guys installing cabinets.

And in some cases, that stock photo of a couple guys working on a kitchen performed better than the project photos that our clients supplied to us. People are so used to seeing ads that look like ads. So, there's a good chance if you just have a picture with some people in it, it's going to perform well. Number two is to capture attention with extreme authenticity.

Every ad out there for a home service company is about how great the home service company is. We've been in business for x amount of years, we offer this warranty, we do this, that, and the other. But, if you talk to people like they're human and say, hey, this is our slow season. We're looking for more work.

I really don't want to do this, but we're offering X amount off. You might be surprised at how much attention and how many leads that can generate for you. This can be especially powerful for smaller businesses who are just getting started cause you can throw up an ad and say, hey, I'm just getting started. This is where I live.

This is the town I operate in and I'm looking for more work so I can make a good name for myself and I would love to earn your business. Number three is to capture attention with emojis. Using emojis at the beginning of your ad, especially with the color red in them, can just automatically cause the eye to move in that direction, pointing it towards the start of your headline and to get people to actually read your ad. It's just basic neuroscience and it seems to work.

Number four is to capture attention with extreme relevancy. Now, if I see an ad that says, hey, homeowners in Pennsylvania, it might not feel super relevant to me. But if I see an ad that says, hey, homeowners who have an old HVAC system who live in Enola, we're looking for more customers. To me, when I see that homeowners that live in Enola that have an old HVAC system, it's gonna feel super relevant, and so I'm gonna be a lot more likely to click on that ad.

Obviously, talking to homeowners who live in a certain town who have old HVAC systems isn't some big selling point for your business. But that extreme relevancy is about making a little bell in the customer's mind go off that says, hey, this is relevant to me. That way, they actually stop, they read your ad, and then they see what the value is of going with your business. Number five is to capture attention with financial offers.

People don't particularly enjoy spending money to repair their HVAC system or spending money to repair their roof. It's just something they gotta do. So what's appealing to homeowners is to be able to spend as little money as possible on those things or at least to stretch out the payments so they don't have to spend a bunch of upfront cash on it. For HVAC specifically, we find that low monthly payment offers, zero percent APR offers, and tune up offers work very well.

Again, triggers that immediate emotional response in someone's brain, gets them to stop scrolling, then gets them to reach out to you. Number six is to capture attention with benefit offers. If your company has a really good unique selling point and you can put it in a concise and emotionally triggering way, that can be a really powerful tool to get attention on your ads. For example, a while back we started working with a new remodeling company based out of New Jersey.

At that time, all the other customer modelers in their local market were booked out months. But since they had just started, they had immediate availability to take on new customers right away. So all we had to do was communicate that clearly and concisely in the ad and it ended up working extremely well. Now if you're gonna go this route, it has to be something people actually really care about that's going to create an immediate promotional response and it has to be something that they're not used to seeing.

Number seven is to capture attention with creative graphics. If you need some other way to stand out, you can use ads with a really unique creative concept. For example, one ad we did for an HVAC company was in the spring, and we're talking about the incoming heat wave of summer. So in the ad graphic, it showed an egg frying on a sidewalk.

If you have a reasonably good imagination, you could also use AI image generation to make some really funny or interesting concept. If your company mascot is a dog, maybe you could use AI to make a picture of a dog working on a HVAC system or something like that. It's kinda weird and your brain can't really process it, so your brain kinda just wants you to stop scrolling so it could figure out what on earth is going on. Now if you do go the route of AI image generation, you also don't wanna do anything that's too extreme or it's gonna invoke too much of a negative feeling, like, really shocking or really just, uncomfortable.

Because if you do that, you're hurting your brand and, you know, people might might initially grab their attention, but they might just not wanna do business with you. That's all I got. If you learned something from this video, please like, comment, subscribe, and we'll see you in the next one.

Resources Mentioned

  • N/A

Related Videos

No items found.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Service Allies different from other HVAC Facebook ads companies?

What makes us different from other Facebook ads companies is the pains we take to make the leads good quality. This includes the way ads are written, images that are used, the video ads we create, qualifying questions we ask in the lead form, and getting feedback from you to know which campaigns are getting the best quality leads.

How will we get notified when new leads come in?

You can get notified by text, email, app notification, or any combination of the three.

Is there a contract?

There’s no long term commitment with Service Allies. It’s a month to month agreement!

How do people see the ads?

Local homeowners see the ads depending on where we tell Facebook to target. We can use zip codes, or multiple targeting radiuses, to show ads in the areas you want. Homeowners who are on Facebook or Instagram in those areas see your sponsored ad as they scroll.

How many leads can we generate?

It depends on 1) how low we can get your cost per lead and 2) your monthly ad spend budget. Lead costs typically fall between $25 and $75 per lead. If you spend $5000 per month on ads, that would mean between 200 and 66 leads. The more populated your service area is, the higher the scaling potential.

How much do you charge?

You will have two separate costs. The first cost is ad spend, which Facebook will bill you directly for. I typically recommend a monthly budget of $1000 - $2000 to start. Since the average lead cost is $50 in ad spend per lead, this should get you roughly between 20-40 leads monthly. If you need more or less, we can adjust advertising spend as you need. The second cost is our agency fees, which are only available on a live demo call.

How good are the leads?

Normally, between 20% and 40% can normally be booked for sales appointments. This requires that you follow up with the leads consistently, and have a good process for getting them scheduled.

How long does it take to start working?

When a new client signs up, we start with an onboarding call, and launch 7 days later. Over the past 5 years I’ve run this lead generation program, I’ve never seen it take longer than 2-3 days after launch to start getting leads.

How many people are you working with in my market?

We only serve one contractor in a local market. Even if you are part of a large metro area, we’ll single out an exclusive zone just for you. We still have a relatively small client base at the time of writing, so there is a good chance your market is still available. However, the sooner you reach out the better.

How many contractors are going to get the leads?

Just you. Facebook ads will be shown under your business name, and all the generated leads will be exclusively yours.

What if I'm not on Facebook or don't have a business page?

No problem. It's fairly simple to set up a Facebook business page, so we can do this for you at no extra charge. Also, don't worry if your current Facebook page doesn't have many likes. It doesn't seem to affect the volume or quality of leads at all.

How do you get the leads?

We get leads by running ads on Facebook. Ads are like Facebook posts, except you pay Facebook to show your ad to a specific local area and demographic. If you currently don’t use Facebook, or don’t have a Facebook page, that is no problem. We’ll set up a page on your behalf to run ads from.