Way's To Pick Up Flooring Jobs..

GridRunnerFloor

I just moved into a new state recently and started up a new contracting company setting tile and laminate flooring im picking up jobs from a local flooring shop. i use to be a contracter from washington state as well as employee installer.

back in washington i was raised in the business and prettymuch had all the contacts for jobs i needed when i went out on myown,


what are some idea's you guys have drum'd up to pick up business so i do not have to rely on flooring shops.

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Floorwizard

set an ad in the paper?

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Donedat

Ad in paper, join the Chamber of Commerce, go door to door, ad in phone book, door to door, signs on truck, door to door, get out early and meet the generals before they leave the job-site, go to the Chamber of Commerce events, and finally get creative like sponsoring a baseball team visiting the local Architects and interior design companies and putting your business cards all over the place, get a business checking account with a local bank that is active in the chamber, and finally, did I mention door to door?

Good luck.

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gtdail

Door to door? What do you ask the people? Never heard of this in my rural area but sounds promising. Thanks for the help I am kind of in the same boat.

Floorwizard

When I worked in lawn maintenance, I looked for lawns that needed it.

knock knock

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Donedat

What I did was go to the local county seat and get on their mailing list for new construction jobs. They will mail you a new permit list every month. Some even have this online. It is public domain so anyone can view it. You just have to pay for their office personel to mail it to you.

So, you get this list and a good map of your area and look for homes that are just being built. For the floor guy, look for homes the are at the stage of drywall and before. Have a flyer and business cards handy. Make sure your truck looks nice (get good signs for it) and you are dressed neatly. You want to meet the generals face to face because they never read the mail.

You could send out mailers but you have to meet the generals face to face.

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J DoubleD FLoor

Donedat ... That mailing list ... does that work well for you?

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Donedat

Well, I used the list to find where new construction was happening so I could meet the generals in person. It helped me several ways. In using the list along side a good map, I got really familiar with the local roads.

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Donedat

I did pick up a few jobs from the list, but the biggest way it helped was just getting familiar with the different contractors in the area.

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RhodesHardwood

Try service magic

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pehsa76

lots of people have had success with craigslist also-

covaltleveling

Ebay now has a free ad posting similar to Craig's List- try that among other things that are low or no cost.

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The_Floorguy

how do i find the local county seat?

Tinstaafl

http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/N...ndACounty.aspx

The_Floorguy

what the heck happened to ron? (sorry off subject but..)

Tinstaafl

Ron had a bad fall. Look at the top sticky post in the forum.

Or the link in my sig line.