Marketing & Leads

ChrisEllis29

What seems to be a good marketing tool(affordable/free) for a rural area? Help me :/ What works for you?

BamBamm5144

What is your definition of affordable?

Sir Mixalot

Custom postcards/flyers mailed to your targeted area.

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Randy Fitch, PS

Social networking is free: LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Plus, etc. You can also find a provider for a website for a few bucks a month. And, you can do the local online yellow pages affordably. These all build on each other to bring your company to the top of the list when your services are sought online.

I read Social Boom by Jeffrey Gitomer a while back and it hits the major points of social networking.

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BrandConst

It's hard to get your name out there without spending a few bucks. You should consider making an advertising budget. Some folks start out with a few bucks and later down the road you'll be spending thousands.

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JBM

You should claim your places page and build citations to it.

ChrisEllis29

Something that doesn't cost $300 for a couple of leads,that would be fine if we were booming with clientele...

ChrisEllis29

I have made pamplets and portfolios,and used Craigslist,built a webpage on Facebook,and used a local networking ad to get a push,bit now I'm out of options,or lather I'm just being impatient....

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Be patient grasshopper.

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Dan_Watson

What is rural? If I am correct you are in the middle of no where...

Thats tough just because of the lack of potential clients. If its a small town, word of mouth and local bulletin boards would be the cheapest. Join some sort of social organization. Get in good with the supply houses and lumber yard.

What is your current work radius?

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ChrisEllis29

Yes,basically in The middle of know where, we are pulling leads from all the major cities around, really don't have a work radius,maybe 30-40 miles...

JohnFerr

Organic search engine optimization targeted towards your geographical service areas is 100% free if you take on the project yourself

JamesBrine

Contact local businesses that deal with your target market and set up a joint venture.

Offer to give them a reward for every lead they bring you who signs on.

Doesn't have to be much to get people interested.

You can contact them over the phone or by letter, just be clear on what's in it for them.

This way it is completely free advertising, you tap into your JV partners credibility and you only pay when you sign up a new client.

Get creative with any kind of business who may be a good JV prospect.

Hope this helps.

BrandConst

Come on down to Texas, 30-40 miles is a distance between each job.

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MKM

Do you have a website? And more importantly, is your website any good? We get a lot of traffic from our website.

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Rizzle

I also need some tips on cheap/free advertising

so far I have tried:

Multiple Online Ad's
Flyers
Spreading the word to a few real estate agents

Was looking into trying out these below but some MIGHT to be a bit costly:

Weekly Newspapers Ad's
Radio Ad's
Sending portfolios to established architecture firms

What I would also love to do is get to persons who're looking to do large scale developments but have no clue how/where to start but have the capital ready.

Oconomowoc

Lol......that's a good one.

MagicPoolSvcs

Networking groups, sports and volunteer work.

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EcoBuilder

make sure your webpage and facebook all are utilizing keywords like the services you offer and your service area, figure out specifically who your customers are, then one week send them an email and the next week send them a postcard. That would be a good start.