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Sales

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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Contractorblab.com Coming Soon

January 4, 2009

Hey what happened to contractorblab.com?
Hi it’s Glen and Josh and we have had everyone asking what happened to contractorblab.com. So let me give you all a run down and let you know where we are as of today.
First off we are close to launching the member site. The experts we hired advised us to [...]

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Your Marketing Circle 2009

December 28, 2008

Contractors starting out in 2009 need to have a marketing plan to be successful this year. Just forget about what the economy is doing right now because the contractors that are doing this have more work then they can handle.
Despite what you have been told or have tried in the past you must have a [...]

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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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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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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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