Alot has changed since my first post here at ContractorTalk. Back then it was the contractor chat room. This guy, Nate was his name, sent me an email after reading one of my posts on another forum suggesting this cool new website. How could I resist but take a look? I've been hooked ever since. I was one of the first... Read More
I was sending out flyers, post cards, mailers, and brochures. I had advertisements in newspapers, yellow pages, and business cards flung all over town. This seemed like a logical start for a business, after all this is what the books say right? So what's the problem? What did I hate about this? What didn't work? Well, after my f... Read More
I've been blessed to be involved in this industry. It's all that I really know, and I've tried to make the world of it. I've been involved with a handful of start-up companies, I've help build a $20,000,000+ construction company, I've had success's, and I've had LOTS of failures. I've done lots of thigns wrong. I've learned a lot. And... Read More
I remember when I was first starting out, all the tricks the customers could pull over on me. If you've been dealing with customers for any period of time you've probably heard some of these: "If you do a good job on this job, there'll be 3 more.", "If you do a good job on the repair, I'll give you the whole replacement when... Read More
I have seen numerous homes affected by Chinese Drywall here in Brevard County, Florida. Also, Orange County, Volusia county and Indian River County as well. There are some simple tests that can performed if you suspect that your potential clients home or business has Chinese drywall, we are prepared to perform a few checks as recommended... Read More
It’s important to understand what’s happening in this story and the emotion behind it. I had really reached a unique point in my life and with the introduction of Dave things began to click. What I mean by this is, up until this point I had a feeling inside me that what I understood about Marketing was wrong but I had become a r... Read More
If you’re anything like me you hate making those calls to collect past due balances. I spend alot of time with each customer building raport and getting to know them, that when the time comes I have an emotional connection. Then, when the collections don’t get made the situation can boil over and ... Read More
I've decided to write a book. It's not a book that's gets published and it's not a book that costs money. It's free, and the book will be written as a blog. Each chapter will be a seperate blog post. The book i'm writing here on the forum is about my own personal marketing, it's 100% original but still, it's nothing new. I would best ... Read More
It's a small world Have you ever been to Lexington Kentucky? It's a neat town and everybody is into horses. My wife and I left Wisconsin for a vacation a few years ago and we ended up on a main road called Man-O-War Blvd named after the famous race horse. We were lost but didn't care so we just turned off t... Read More
Would you take a consulting gig where you got paid only if your investigation resulted in at least $2,000 savings per home, hard money? Kind of like the Soup Nazi – either order food his way or no soup for you! That was the deal Scott Sedam at Read More
