Free 5-Minute Assessment

Find Out What's Really Holding Your
Trade Business Back

The P1K Assessment scores your business across 8 growth dimensions — positioning, pricing, pipeline, and more — and gives you a personalized roadmap to fix what matters first.

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No credit card required
Results in under 5 minutes
Built for the trades
5 minutes to complete
8 growth dimensions scored
100% free, no credit card
1 personalized roadmap
The Problem

You're great at your trade.
The growth side is another story.

Most service business owners have the same three problems — and none of them are about skill.

No clear growth strategy

You know you need to grow, but you're not sure what to fix first — marketing, pricing, your website, your positioning. Every week feels like guessing.

Too busy to work on the business

You're doing the jobs, quoting the jobs, managing the crew, and answering the phones. There's no time left to build the systems that would let you scale.

Revenue leaking where you can't see it

You suspect you're undercharging, over-delivering, or losing customers before they even call — but without a system to measure it, you can't fix what you can't find.

If any of these hit home, your P1K score will tell you exactly where to fix first.

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The P1K System

Your business, scored across
8 growth dimensions

The P1K (Potential 1K) Score is a proprietary assessment that measures your service business across 8 fundamentals that determine whether you're built to scale — or stuck spinning your wheels.

Unlike generic business quizzes, the P1K is calibrated specifically for the trades. The benchmarks, the language, and the recommendations are built around how electricians, HVAC techs, plumbers, roofers, and contractors actually operate.

In 5 minutes, you'll know your number — and exactly what to do with it.

Positioning — How clearly you stand out
Pricing — How well you capture your value
Pipeline — How consistently leads flow in
Proof — How much trust your brand signals
Platform — How your online presence converts
People — How well you serve and retain customers
Process — How efficiently your ops run
Promotion — How effectively you create demand
How It Works

Three steps. Five minutes.
A roadmap built for your business.

No fluff, no signup wall, no 40-question survey. Just your score and your plan.

1

Answer 4 quick questions

Tell us your trade, your market, what sets you apart, and roughly where your business stands today. No essays, no data import — just four honest answers.

2

Get your P1K score instantly

Our AI engine scores your business across all 8 dimensions and calculates your P1K number — with a plain-English breakdown of what's strong and what's costing you growth.

3

Unlock your 90-day growth plan

Create your free account to save your score and access your personalized MarginSmith growth plan — with daily missions calibrated to your business, your trade, and your specific gaps.

Most trade owners complete the assessment in under 5 minutes. No account needed to see your score.

Sample Report

Here's what your P1K report looks like

Real scores, real diagnostics, real next steps — not a generic PDF.

app.marginsmith.ai/p1k-report
67/100
✓ Growth Ready

Your business is positioned to grow — with 3 key gaps to close

Your positioning and proof scores are strong, but pricing, pipeline, and platform are leaving significant revenue on the table. Your 90-day plan targets these gaps in order of revenue impact.

Positioning
84
Pricing
41
Pipeline
55
Proof
79
Platform
38
Process
72
#1

Rewrite your homepage headline to lead with customer outcome, not your company name

#2

Introduce a premium service tier with upfront flat-rate pricing to capture more margin

#3

Set up an automated Google review request — sent 24 hours after every completed job

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Built for the Trades

MarginSmith is built for service businesses
that do real work for real customers

Not generic SaaS. Not tech startup advice. Trade-calibrated benchmarks, language, and plans.

Electricians
HVAC
Plumbers
Roofers
Contractors

Not in this list? If you run a service business where you or your crew do skilled hands-on work for customers, MarginSmith was built for you.

Real Results

Trade owners who got their P1K score

What happens when you finally know your number.

"I scored a 61 on my first P1K and it showed me that my pricing was the biggest leak — I was doing great work but charging like an apprentice. Three months later I've raised prices twice and my close rate actually went up."

Marcus R.
HVAC Owner — Phoenix, AZ

"I've tried a dozen marketing tools and business coaches. None of them actually understood what it's like to run an electrical company. MarginSmith speaks my language and the score told me in 5 minutes what took a $4,000 consultant 3 months to tell me."

Derek C.
Master Electrician — Charlotte, NC

"My P1K score was 54 — which honestly I already felt, I just didn't know what to do about it. The 90-day plan gave me a specific task every single morning. Two months in, I've got a new landing page, a referral system, and booked 3 weeks out for the first time ever."

Travis W.
Roofing Contractor — Nashville, TN
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Yes — completely free. You answer 4 questions, get your P1K score and full diagnostic breakdown, and see your top 3 improvement recommendations. No credit card required, no email gate before you see your score.
Most trade owners finish in 3–5 minutes. The quiz has 4 questions and you'll see your score the moment you submit. Your report is generated by AI in under 15 seconds.
Not at all. If you can use your phone to check your schedule or send an estimate, you can use MarginSmith. The platform is built for operators, not marketers or developers. Plain language, clear actions, no jargon.
Most business quizzes give you a generic score and a PDF. The P1K Assessment is calibrated specifically for service businesses — the benchmarks, the language, and the recommendations are built around how electricians, HVAC techs, plumbers, and roofers actually operate. After you see your score, MarginSmith builds a 90-day mission plan with daily actions tailored to your specific trade, market, and gaps.
You'll see your score and diagnostic immediately — no account required. To save your report and unlock your personalized 90-day growth plan, you'll create a free MarginSmith account. From there, the full platform is available with Solo, Pro, and Team plans starting at $299/month. There's no pressure and no auto-enrollment.
A low score is the most valuable thing you can get. It means you now know exactly where the leaks are. Many of our most successful users started with P1K scores in the 40s and 50s — the score isn't a judgment, it's a starting point. Lower scores come with more specific improvement cards and a more targeted 90-day plan.
Free • 5 Minutes • No Credit Card

What score does your
trade business deserve?

Stop guessing. Get your P1K score and find out exactly what to fix first to start growing with a real system behind you.

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No account required to see your score Results in under 5 minutes Built for the trades, not generic SaaS