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Improvement Contractors,
would you like to join our service?
Here are some frequently
asked questions you may have:
Q:
What can you do for my business?
Once we select you, the contractor, to
be a member of our network, we will help you generate more referrals for
your particular business trade within your service area. You
will actually define your service area, and also define your specific
services. This way you will receive referrals only for the areas
you desire, and only for services you have requested. While we
generate your business leads we help you with your selling process and
other business management related services.
Q: How
do you generate referrals for my business?
The Home Improvement Network markets itself at local home shows, wine festivals, art festival, county fairs, state fairs, chamber
shows, boat shows, summer festivals and other various local trade shows.
We are highly skilled and meticulous at generating home improvement
sales leads at local trade shows, festival and expos. Each homeowner
that contacts our service is screened by a customer service
representative or sales representative who is reasonable knowledgeable
in home improvements. We believe that personal face to face
contact with the end consumer will generate that best qualified referral
for our membership contractors. As a
member, you will capitalize because we pre-qualify the homeowners for
you, resulting in the potential for more productive and better qualified
business referrals. This will help reduce some of your costly
marketing tactics that do not even produce guaranteed results.
This means you will spend less time prospecting for future jobs, and you
will be able to put more time and effort into other areas of your
business, or spend more time with your family.
Q: How
do you pre-qualify the homeowner names?
The Home Improvement Network talks to
each homeowner over the phone or in person. We will ask them questions
on the project size, when they are looking to have the work done, are
they ready for estimates now, do they have a project budget and collect
all of their contact information. If the homeowners are looking to do
the project in the near future and they are willing to
set-up an estimate with you now we consider this a good lead. We do have
a guarantee on the names we send to you too. If you have a hard time
reaching a referral we will call that homeowner on your behalf and leave
your name and number!
Q:
How do I receive the homeowner names?
Typically we send the homeowner names
to you by email or fax which includes an update of your account balance
and referral count each and
every time.
Q:
How do I qualify to become a member?
We currently have a
very large network of local contractors that use our service, and all of
them have passed the same screening process that you will go through.
We only want to be associated with contractors who have solid business
ethics, strong commitment to customer service, and high standards in the
production of their work. We meet with all of our membership
contractors in person, have them fill out an application,
and insist they meet the criteria listed below:
- You must talk
or meet with one of our representatives
- Liability
insurance must be current and verifiable
- Good
references where you wish to receive referrals from
- Licenses to do
business, when applicable
- Ability to
deliver good customer service and quality workmanship
- The capacity
to handle an additional 10 referrals per month, from our service
Q: How is our
service different from those web-based referral services?
We pre-qualify each and
every lead over the phone or in person at our various trade shows. This
results in higher quality leads, and less time and money wasted by your
business on unproductive advertising. We get descriptions of the
projects from the homeowners, as well as a timetable for when they
ideally would like to get started. Being a smaller business, you
deal with us directly with any problems or concerns. You won't be
receiving any impersonal email responses when you contact our company.
We believe being more personal with both of our customers promotes a
better business practice and better results.
Q: How
do I get started?
Call us to get more
information over the phone and to set up a face-to-face meeting.
Also, you can fill out the appropriate link below and submit your
information. If you prefer to call us, please refer to the Contact
Us link.
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