I got incorporated at the end of May.
In less than a week, I had a client call me to accept an estimate for a deck job. But, he wanted to do half of the work, so I decided against taking the job. A week later, I got a call from a client to accept a siding job, but I forgot to put in that I was installing the soffit in the estimate, so he changed his mind. I got those jobs from putting up 1,000 cheap flyers.
I did a basement estimate and a kitchen estimate in the following two weeks. I got those estimates from going door to door with my business cards (300 doors total). They said that they were getting other estimates.
At the end of last month, I had a client call me and said that I gave him a good price on a basement estimate, but was confused that I didn’t itemize the estimate like I stated I would do in my website, so I didn’t hear back from him. I spent the last two weeks designing my website and building it with SEO. I did a small drywall repair estimate from a client who just sent me an email asking if I was available two weeks from now. I got those two estimates from sending out 1,500 expensive flyers.
I got a homeowner who said that he wanted me to install a deck for him last Monday, but then I called him and his son said that he was in the hospital with ammonia. I got this estimate from a lead generator.
I just did a siding estimate today. I got that estimate from my newspaper advertisement that finally has given me a lead after 7 weeks of advertising.
I’m working as a sub for a contractor off-and-on, but I’m trying to figure out when I’m going to get my big break and, at least, get a small $500 job. I read a book on building a construction business and it says to budget three months before you get your first job to get your marketing rolling and to get customers to recognize your name. Any suggestions? I know that I’m making stupid GC rookie mistakes, but does anyone know how I can speed the process up?
I’m 28-years-old and I’ve gotten comments on how young I am doing this type of work (additions, basements, kitchens, bathrooms, etc.). But, when I was 22-years-old, I ran a flooring company for 7 months while working for a previous contractor. But, the jobs were so small with that kind of work that I turned more than a third of them down and the jobs that I did have only averaged $1,500 in labor. Is my age that serious of a factor? (It was 5 years ago.)
When I was installing the flooring, one flooring supplier told me that it takes 6 months for contractors to become established. One of the reasons that I quit the flooring business is because it had gotten really slow (It had been 6 months, but, now I realize that I quit shortly after New Year's... slow season).
In less than a week, I had a client call me to accept an estimate for a deck job. But, he wanted to do half of the work, so I decided against taking the job. A week later, I got a call from a client to accept a siding job, but I forgot to put in that I was installing the soffit in the estimate, so he changed his mind. I got those jobs from putting up 1,000 cheap flyers.
I did a basement estimate and a kitchen estimate in the following two weeks. I got those estimates from going door to door with my business cards (300 doors total). They said that they were getting other estimates.
At the end of last month, I had a client call me and said that I gave him a good price on a basement estimate, but was confused that I didn’t itemize the estimate like I stated I would do in my website, so I didn’t hear back from him. I spent the last two weeks designing my website and building it with SEO. I did a small drywall repair estimate from a client who just sent me an email asking if I was available two weeks from now. I got those two estimates from sending out 1,500 expensive flyers.
I got a homeowner who said that he wanted me to install a deck for him last Monday, but then I called him and his son said that he was in the hospital with ammonia. I got this estimate from a lead generator.
I just did a siding estimate today. I got that estimate from my newspaper advertisement that finally has given me a lead after 7 weeks of advertising.
I’m working as a sub for a contractor off-and-on, but I’m trying to figure out when I’m going to get my big break and, at least, get a small $500 job. I read a book on building a construction business and it says to budget three months before you get your first job to get your marketing rolling and to get customers to recognize your name. Any suggestions? I know that I’m making stupid GC rookie mistakes, but does anyone know how I can speed the process up?
I’m 28-years-old and I’ve gotten comments on how young I am doing this type of work (additions, basements, kitchens, bathrooms, etc.). But, when I was 22-years-old, I ran a flooring company for 7 months while working for a previous contractor. But, the jobs were so small with that kind of work that I turned more than a third of them down and the jobs that I did have only averaged $1,500 in labor. Is my age that serious of a factor? (It was 5 years ago.)
When I was installing the flooring, one flooring supplier told me that it takes 6 months for contractors to become established. One of the reasons that I quit the flooring business is because it had gotten really slow (It had been 6 months, but, now I realize that I quit shortly after New Year's... slow season).
