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14 Oct 2024

Outbound campaigns for UK gas engineers: turning annual services into guaranteed revenue

Annual boiler services are the most predictable revenue stream in UK home services — yet most businesses let them slip through the cracks. Here's how to automate it.

The annual service opportunity

If you've been servicing boilers for more than a year, you're sitting on a goldmine you might not be mining.

Every customer whose boiler you serviced last year is due a service again this year. They've already trusted you with their home. They already have your number. And they need this service — by law, if they're a landlord, or simply for their boiler warranty if they're a homeowner.

The average annual boiler service in the UK is worth £80–£120. The average UK heating business has 400–1,200 past customers on their books. That's £32,000–£144,000 in predictable annual revenue — if you reach out at the right time.

Most businesses capture less than 30% of this revenue. Not because customers don't want the service, but because nobody tells them it's time to book.

Why most businesses miss this

The typical approach:

  1. You service the boiler in October 2024
  2. You mean to follow up in October 2025
  3. September arrives and you're busy
  4. October arrives and you're very busy
  5. The customer books with a competitor who did follow up

There's nothing malicious here — you're just busy running your business. The problem is structural: manual follow-up at scale doesn't work.

The CallWrk Outbound solution

CallWrk's Outbound Campaigns module pulls your past service records, identifies customers due for a renewal, and sends a personalised SMS at the right time:

*"Hi [Name], it's [Business]. Your annual boiler service is due — we have appointments available next week. Reply YES to confirm or call us to choose a time."*

When the customer replies, CallWrk's AI handles the full booking conversation — confirming the address, picking a slot, sending a confirmation, and updating your CRM.

You see a booked job appear in your diary. Nothing else required.

Real results

AirFlow Heating in Leeds ran their first annual service campaign in September 2024:

  • 680 past customers contacted
  • 31% booking rate (211 services booked)
  • Revenue: £19,000 in 6 weeks
  • Time spent by office staff: 0 hours

The CallWrk Outbound subscription costs from £139/month for Growth plan customers. At 211 services × £90 average, that's a massive return on the first campaign alone.

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