Is Your In-Home Presentation Unique and Powerful (or Unremarkable)?

Why are we still so quick to embrace some technologies and equally as quick to reject others… even when the one’s we are rejecting stand to make our lives and work infinitely less complex and more professional?  I think it all comes down to a fear of the unknown… a desire to avoid things that […]

Pre-Appointment Marketing: Three Easy Steps to Increased Lead Conversion

A contractor-focused blog post by Jason Oefstedahl, CEO of MarketSharp What happens after you schedule an appointment with a prospect?  You go to the appointment, sure… but what do you do between when you schedule and when you show up? For many, the answer is: “Nothing.” Maybe you’ll shoot off a quick email or text […]

What’s The Number One Asset in Your Remodeling Business? Could It Be Your Database?

Your work truck, your service vans…are they worth more or less now than when you bought them? Every day you use them, they lose value…as do your tools, your phones and other business “assets.” But your Database…if maintained and nurtured, grows year over year, making your business more and more valuable. In the mid-90’s, I […]

4 Steps to Thrilling Your Clients and Strengthening Your Online Reputation

I recently spoke with an angry homeowner fed up with his remodeling contractor. Why? Was the contractor horrible? Was the homeowner unrealistic? It doesn’t matter, and that is the root of the problem for contractors. Even if a homeowner is wrong, he or she can still do damage with one negative Yelp review, a nasty […]