From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Low Cost Contractor Marketing Tips

February 27, 2010

Even if you are new to the contracting business or have been in the business for a long time, today may be good time for some updated marketing lessons on the cheap. Now,just hold on there because I believe you can make the phone ring without spending a small fortune.
Yes all the contracting guru’s out [...]

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Contractor Business & Marketing

February 25, 2010

Are You A Contractor Maven In Your Niche?
It’s a new world out there when it comes time to find “leads for contractors” and now more then ever you must dig deep to find quality clients.
But how do you go about setting yourself apart from the other “home improvement contractors?”
First, I would start off with a [...]

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Contractors What’s Next? Baby Boomers!

February 23, 2010

Contractors beware of the next boom, because its going to be a big one!
Yes, we need to stay positive with this economy the way it is. But when did we ever say we can’t dream a little bit here.
I suppose I have had and heard enough bad things to last me a decade. So I [...]

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How to Market A Contractor’s Website [video]

February 21, 2010

Learn about contractor marketing as Pete Ericson reviews a contractor’s website based in Sarasota, Florida. Learn a few tricks on how to get your website found at the top of Google search results, how to make your website easy to navigate, and how to make it easy for your customers to contact you. Any contractor’s [...]

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Salesmen’s Mistakes Who Pays?

February 19, 2010

How contractors deal with mistakes from salesmen!
WARNING this post may get out of hand, so do not shoot the messenger.
Let’s face it we all make mistakes at times, but when it comes to the salesmen mistakes I would say that most contractors are not to forgiven. Most believe that hey I hired a professional to sell [...]

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Some Contractors Are Booming!

February 17, 2010

How a 2 hour drive south changed my thinking !
I work and play in the Sarasota, Florida area and yes we have stayed busy in our area ,I was hoping for a wave of work once the snow birds arrived.
We did see increases in sales but nothing that made me jump for joy. I personally [...]

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Contractor Missing Link

February 15, 2010

This will be a unique post because of the subject line I have chosen. But yes as always there is a madness to my thoughts. The contractor missing link means just what it says.
Let me ask you a question? Do you really believe that one person can enter your company or your [...]

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Contractor Leads

February 13, 2010

Are finding good quality leads like finding a needle in a hay stack?
This has always been a sore subject in the past and mainly because a lot of contractors get mad when there lead company sells the lead to many contractors.
To me it’s the lazy way out of getting contractor leads.
I can only believe [...]

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Delegating Responsibility.

February 11, 2010

” If you want something done right you have to do it yourself”
These words should not be in the vocabulary of any business owner. If you want something done right than you should teach someone how to do it right.
To grow your business you have to learn to delegate some responsibility. What ever you can do someone [...]

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Contractor’s Deadly Mistake

February 9, 2010

After talking to contractor’s all over the the country this year, I found one word that they all seamed to use and for the ones that used it, I noticed they all were in trouble because of the economy.
The word is assume ! See they all assumed that business would come back around because it [...]

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