We are pleased to announce the launch of Windows Depot USA’s website today. They are a Bowling Green windows contractor that provides replacement windows, gutters, sunrooms and siding.

If anyone isn’t a member of ContractorTalk.com, then you should be. It is FREE, it is an excellent forum where contractors can discuss anything in regards to their specific industry.

The Before & After Photo Contest!

The Prize: Bosch PB10-CD Power Box Radio with CD

Hopefully one of you will either enjoy the prize for yourself or know someone who would like one for Christmas.

SO, HOW DO YOU WIN?

The contest runs from 11/15/06 to midnight 12/14/2006.

This thread will act as the offical contest thread.
To enter post a before and after photo and a breif description of a job you have completed recently. You can enter as many times as you wish but each post/entry must have a before and after photo and description of the work done.

That’s it!

There will be one winner at the end of the contest and we will have a random drawling at the end to determin who it is. Each post has a number assigned to it in the upper right hand corner of the post and I’m going to put a bunch of number in a hat and pull one. So, the more entries you have the better the chance you have to win.

So go to ContractorTalk.com register and submit your photos! Worse thing, is that you will probably learn a thing or two.

You can check out the contest here.

Everyone from Footbridge Media would like to wish you, your employees, sub contractors and family a happy and wonderful Thanksgiving!

And a great BIG THANKS to everyone who continues to help Footbridge Media grow to the company it is today!

Remember, the year is almost over, I hope all of you have already started your marketing plans for 2007!!!!

Article Submitted by: From Joe Crisara of ContractorSelling.com

There is an imbalance at many contracting companies that is created by some of the crew performing at a high level while others do not. Many owners perceive this as just a fact of life and refuse to believe that EVERYBODY could achieve profitable numbers.

Let’s continue with part 2 of ‘Why you sales reslults suck’…

REASON #2 – Sales people who do not get the results they want, don’t know what the word ‘service’ means. Poor performers rarely treat themselves to the finest service because they are usually too broke to ever experience it.

Therefore, they don’t know what it is. Great service is defined by its’ root word. To serve. Techs that suck, never offer more service. They only offer the minimum needed to get the problem solved today.

No planned service for the future and no packaging of older parts that are directly related to the problem as well. If there was one thing I could say that anybody could do to raise their sales revenue tommorrow it would be to default to as much service as possible when making your first option to a customer.

What goes into making your first option one of high service? Thnk about anything that touches the main problem or pain that people are experiencing. If you are quoting a drain cleaning, why not offer to clean all drains in the home? If an inducer motor fails, why not replace all the components in that area as the most premium option?

If your car had one spark plug foul, wouldn’t you replace them all? Also, think about adding more warranty to premium options and more services today and in the future to this option as well.

See you next week as we continue The 7 Reasons Your Sales Results Suck: Part 3

We are pleased to announce the website for Anstandig Electric, an Oakland County Electrician who provides residential electrical repairs and installation services.