If you’ve been in the service contracting business for any length of time you know what it’s like when business slows down and money gets tight. And if you’re like most service contractors, marketing spend is usually the first thing to go!
My dad, Irving, called that “stepping over dollars to pick up dimes.”
Why? Because without marketing your phones are going to go dead and/or stay dead.
It might seem counter-intuitive but those slow times are actually the best times to be doing testimonial-based marketing, which I’ve seen work well not just for my own service contracting business but also for dozens of other contracting businesses ranging from plumbing, heating, cooling, electrical, roofing, garage door service—to name just a few.
To make sure the marketing of your contracting business hits the mark you’ll want to focus your time, energy and your money on three main drivers such as: