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Sales

Rude sales people!

March 9, 2010

I recently decided to put hardwood floors down in my house. We have 2 or 3 local places that sell hardwood floors. I went to the first place and found that the sales associate was nice and knowledgeable. But he kept saying “we are here to help you not sell you anything. We are honest people.” [...]

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Contractors and TV!

March 5, 2010

As I was flipping through the channels over the weekend I noticed about 6-7 channels on my local cable with all kinds of remodeling or decorating projects going on.
So it piqued my interest and I decided to watch some of them. The first thing that came to mind was that the commercials had no local contractors [...]

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Contractor Gas Pedal Stuck?

February 2, 2010

My marketing masters tell me everyday to take advantage of what’s happening in the world on a daily basis. So sorry Toyota today is your misfortune. Yes, I thought if I was working with plumbers I would have used “Pants On The Ground” but I just thought contractor gas pedal stuck worked better with my [...]

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Goals?

January 26, 2010

Today is a big day. We call it “Countdown 100 days to the end of the year.” Everyone likes to make a big deal about it because if you created goals for the year then, hey, your year is almost up.
So I must ask: Have you met your goals yet for 2008? Contractors are not [...]

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Contractor Sales Skyrocket

January 22, 2010

Now that the elections are over with, our sales have taken off finally. In October we normally get 50-60 leads a day, but we were down to 2-5 leads a day. We trolled along and after the elections the phones blew up with leads.
Contractors all over has seen there sales spike and just in the [...]

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Persistence Pays Off

January 12, 2010

Persistence pays off for me after courting a carport project for 14 months. Yes, I finally got it closed after so many ups and downs with this condominium association on Siesta Key Florida.
I really doubt anyone else would have put up with all I had to, to close this project. But, I completed the same [...]

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Get ready

December 27, 2009

…to turbocharge business!!

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Contractors Online Marketing

December 17, 2009

How to make online Marketing for contractor sales roar in 2009
I don’t think most contractors clearly understand the power of online marketing. Most are still stuck in the rut of marketing in let say the yellow pages. Believe this dinosaur is dead they just have not covered it up yet.
Let’s think about it, when was the [...]

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Favorite time of year.

December 7, 2009

The winter is my favorite time of year. Not because i like the snow, cold, darkness or lack of work. Actually now that I think about it I really hate winter. But it gives me time to sit back and look back on the past year.
When we are so busy in the summertime i never have [...]

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Honest Abe

November 20, 2009

We may be business owners servicing or selling to clients and customers, but in our daily lives we also find ourselves in the position of customer or client, having something of ours service, or buying this or that. When the tables are turned, I often find myself thinking of the Golden Rule: you know, “Do [...]

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