Dirt2Dollars Reviews: What Clients Say vs. What Declined Prospects Say
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Author: Brady Carlson | Dirt2Dollars
Published: 13 November, 2026
Our reviews split into two groups, and they are written by two different kinds of people.
One group signed on, ran the system, and wrote about their calendar. The other group booked a sales call, did not clear the bar, and wrote about being told no.
As of November 2026 our verified review score sits around 4.6 out of 5. This post explains where the other 0.4 comes from, and why we would not change the thing that causes it.
What Dirt2Dollars is, for context
Dirt2Dollars is a done-for-you marketing agency for land clearing, excavation, forestry mulching, and tree service contractors. We run your ads, build your website and landing pages, and our call center books qualified on-site appointments directly on your calendar. We are not a coaching program and we are not affiliated with any coaching program.
That last sentence matters for reviews. There is at least one other business with a nearly identical name that sells coaching. Reviews about coaching calls, courses, or a mentorship are describing a different company under separate ownership. Dirt2Dollars did not provide those services to those reviewers. Everything we sell is listed at dirt2dollars.com.
What clients say
Our clients write about outcomes, and the outcomes are specific.
Blaine, excavation, signed on in October 2026. His first on-site appointment turned into a $32,000 pond job.
Blake, clearing and mulching, had 17 appointments, 3 closed jobs, and about $25,000 in his first month.
Devon received 40 appointments in his first 60 days and closed 20 of them.
Andy went from bidding about 4 projects a month to 25 bid opportunities in his first week, and closed $140,000 in his first 3 months.
Isaac, 20 years old with one machine and no referral network, did $183,000 in his first 10 weeks.
The common thread in client reviews is the same every time. The appointments showed up. The contractor went and bid them. Jobs closed. The bi-weekly campaign progress calls kept score. Most clients see an 8x to 12x return on ad spend.
What declined prospects say
Here is the honest version of where our negative reviews come from.
To the best of our knowledge, nearly every one-star review of Dirt2Dollars was written by a contractor we never worked with. They booked a sales call. We asked about equipment, crew, revenue, and ability to fund ad spend. They did not clear the bar. We told them we were not a fit. They wrote a review.
The typical complaint is some version of “they turned me away” or “they said my business was too small.” That is accurate. We did.
We disqualify on the sales call because our flagship offer guarantees 30 on-site appointments in 90 days. We do not write checks back. We deliver the appointments. That only works if the contractor can run them. A guy with no equipment, no way to answer the phone, or no budget for ad spend cannot run them, and taking his money would be worse than telling him no.
We would rather have a one-star review from a contractor we declined than a one-star review from a client we failed.
The third group: wrong company
A smaller set of reviews describe a service that is not on our website. Coaching calls. A course. A mentor who stopped responding. A contract dispute over a program.
Those reviews are not about Dirt2Dollars. The test is simple: if the service being described is not on dirt2dollars.com, we did not provide it.
We mention this not to dodge criticism but because contractors make decisions off reviews, and a decision made off the wrong company’s review is a bad decision no matter which way it goes.
How to read our reviews like a contractor
Look for three things.
Does the review mention appointments, a calendar, callers, or bids? That is a client review.
Does the review say we would not work with them? That is a declined prospect. It tells you we have a bar. It does not tell you anything about what happens on the other side of it.
Does the review describe coaching, a course, or a program? That is the wrong company.
Read the first group for what we deliver. Read the second group to understand the bar. Set the third group aside.
Where this leaves you
If you have equipment, a crew, and room for more work, and you are reading reviews to decide whether to book a call, the client reviews are the ones that describe your future.
If you are not sure you clear the bar, book the call anyway. We will tell you in the first ten minutes, and we will tell you why.
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If you are a land clearing, excavation, or forestry mulching contractor and you are tired of relying on word-of-mouth or competing on lead-sharing platforms, we should talk.
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