From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Contractor Keywords?

October 21, 2008

If you do any type of online marketing, I am sure you are doing some AdWords with Google, MSN or Yahoo.
This alone can be time consuming and mind boggling. Oh, and let’s not forget expensive, if not done correctly.
So, I ask you: are you doing your homework when it comes to your choice of keywords? [...]

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Contractor Product Mix

October 19, 2008

How do you pick products to sell or service in your contracting business? I believe it is important to have a good product mix. There are some contractors out there that have only one product or service they offer.
This to me is nuts because you limit yourself on any type of growth. Your niche can change [...]

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Foreclosure?

October 14, 2008

For contractors looking for work, do not forget to look into the foreclosure market. They say in Florida alone they are foreclosing on 1400 homes a day. This sounds staggering in numbers but it’s true.
I have talked to a lot of real estate agents in my area and some banks let them go in and [...]

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Bookkeeping Secrets

October 12, 2008

There are some things that you must know about your contracting company at all times. I am talking about the numbers or your bookkeeping.
This is the back bone of your company. I also like to call it the heart beat. Yes it breathes life into your company everyday and you must take great care of [...]

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Stay Focused!

October 9, 2008

With the crazy times and the economy as it is, it’s tough to stay focused. Then you have everyone around you adding their thoughts. Yes, it can be mind boggling at times.
It’s so easy to get into a funk because of all the press out there putting their spin of doom and gloom on everything.
Maybe [...]

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Contractors and Suppliers

October 7, 2008

This post should be a great one as long as I can contain my feelings about this subject. I would say for the past five years the suppliers have been sticking it to us with price increases to no end.
It seemed like with every invoice came a new price increase. Think back before all this [...]

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Contractors Economic Outlook?

October 1, 2008

Sure if you stay tuned to the TV and listen to wall street and the bad boys of Washington you would most likely toss your nail bag in the nearest dump. But to do so would be a big mistake once you slow down and look at the BIG picture.
See there is always some bad [...]

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Writing a Newsletter

October 1, 2008

Staying in touch with clients is an important part of building a business. This is particularly the case if your business growth is largely from referrals (see the blog post below).
So, no one has the time to be phoning up their past clients and customers to shoot the breeze and ask how the kids are doing, [...]

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