What Internet Lead Services Should Do To Corner The Market

ManBearPig

Super cereal!

Seriously, if you do the math, the expensive term subscriptions are a heck of a lot cheaper.... In the long run. I run through 20 leads in one search. I pass them on to my nephew to prepare bids and get the work (since his lazy ass would be at home playing xbox or watching TV). My work flow is solid, and I do back out of leads of high interest when my service reports how many bidders are involved.

I shoot with a shotgun and then go in for the kill with a sniper rifle. If I did that by buying leads one at a time, I'd be broke like a bad joke!

Different strokes for different folks, but the extra initial money pays off big time.... Especially in this economy.

Pro Builder

Expensive term subscriptions? I have no idea what you are talking about. Please embellish a bit. Thanks!

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ManBearPig

The service I use is on an annual subscription. I get about 1 to 2 jobs a month from it (edit: I do sub work as well, gypsum, concrete, windows, and doors). It costs $2000 a year, but worth every penny. I get unlimited leads, and they're research department is friggin' amazing. I tried many, but these guys cover crap I couldn't even imagine, and they get it very early..... Or earlier than anyone else.

Lead companies are like women. Most are annoying, have too much fat, talk to much, and wear too much make-up.... But eventually you find one that has all the right things and works very well for you.

The service I use isn't nation wide. They cover NY down to FL. I only use the central and southern Jersey territory, but my sales guy turned all the regions on once, and they update something like 4000 public and private jobs a week.

I'm thinking of adding all of Jersey and Philly, and I think it makes it a little less than $4000 a year. Which you are required to pay all at once, but I would recommend it to anyone that is looking for leads.

Pro Builder

Dang...wish I lived on the east coast! I can't PM you yet. Can you email me? domainspotter@hotmail.com

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I love to barter. If you offer a product or service and would like to increase your sales, contact me and let's make a deal.

ManBearPig

I think I need to get to 15 posts so that I can PM... At least that's what it said when I was trying to attach a pic of a girl wearing a bacon bikini....mmmm mmmm hot chick in bacon bikini!

I'm reading a lot of posts tonight and will reply a bit, so hopefully that will turn on my PM'ing capabilities. If not, I'll email you tomorrow.

This site is frigging awesome. It's like therapy!

denverasphalt

There's a local contractor website here in Denver that already does that.

You can bid on leads as well as positioning in their directory.

For an example; if we bid $10 on an asphalt bid and are the highest bidder our name, phone etc move up the directory to the top which promotes the call and the $10 lead rate.

I think the bid entry rate is $5.00/lead so essentially you can bid at $5.00 and get listed pretty quickly.

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