tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17562571418086588242011-07-28T08:25:27.116-07:00Up to date, ever changing information and news about home improvemnt leads, contractor discussions, business practices and interesting experiences. Here is the place to talk about everything from replacement windows to siding and kitchen remodeling projects and your dealings with contractors. From Seattle to Los Angeles, from New York to Miami everything contractor, home improvement, or lead generation company related-your content is welcome.Home Improvement Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13023331239040483018noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756257141808658824.post-41576836425292755672009-05-30T16:59:00.000-07:002009-05-30T17:11:36.542-07:00

It's been quite a while since my last post. I figured no one was really reading this thing anyway. I decided to write again in spite of that. I have now been working in this industry for about 2 years now. It seems contractors never change. We have made some changes in our business everything from lower the price of our leads to giving more credit. Even when we didn't feel all those credits

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Day in and day out we talk to contractors that are not happy. Either they are leaving another lead den company to try us out, or they are leaving us. The main reason everyone seems to be leaving lately? Lead Quality. The thing is, our leads are of the highest quality out there.This happens because we call every one of our leads and verify it prior to sending it to our clients. Even in the cases

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I spoke to one of our contractors the other day who was concerned about getting some credit for some leads that he says were "invalid." Well, let me tell you has there ever been an overflow of these types of requests lately! GEEZ! Nothing has changed on our end, we still advertise the same way in the same locations, and get the same type of clientele signing up as leads as we did back in May when

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If I had even a penny for every time one of our contractors asked for a credit for something that was not worthy of credit I wouldn't have to work at this lead gen biz anymore. I'd be rich beyond my wildest dreams. Our contract that the contractors sign for our service states that product type or style is not a valid credit request reason and will not be credited. Still day in and day out I

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I read an article today posted by a contractor on a contractor forum. Basically the contractor was saying that paying internet lead generation companies like us for leads is crazy and that you shouldn't pay for leads period. Well, do I got news for this guy! If you pay for an ad in the yellow pages, you pay for leads. If you have your own website, you pay for leads, if you canvas neighborhoods

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Employing a remodeler may appear as though it's a difficult chore. A book could be filled about the better details of employing home improvement remodelers.Starting with the basics here so you are able to feel more positive in your pursuit of getting construction jobs done correctly. Most people do not even recognize where to start out.Not only can it be difficult to discover a adequate

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I have been pondering how in the lead generation business you can "impress" a contractor. We try many things at our company, as contractors are our business. It seems a difficult and ever changing task though. Some contractors seem to like our program and enjoy getting more business through their subscription with us. Others are less than "impressed" and when approached with what will make them

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Every now and again you hear a tragic story of someone with a much needed home improvement gone wrong. Well here's one of a local in Renton, WA. A few weeks ago a Renton Washington woman hired a local company to replace eight windows in her home. The contractor quoted her about $5000.00 for the job. She paid upfront and sadly never heard from the contractor again. When she called the numbers

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If you are looking for a qualified home improvement contractor, look no further. You have found a well established company that's on your side. We pre-screen all of our contractors to make sure they are not just the goofballs that work out of their truck. We want to make sure that you are happy with the contractor as well as the work they perform on your home. We also want to make sure that if

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I am noticing that there is a big issue with getting viewed on the internet... Duh! So I propose an offer, If you respond with your link I will go to your page and verify that it is related to home improvement. If that's the case, I will keep your link on my page for as long as you keep mine on yours. As long as we are speaking the same language, it should work out great. Now mind you this

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So the home improvement lead generation business came to a screeching halt during the past couple of days to about the last week or so. It's like everyone in the home improvement world has died or something. It has thankfully recently picked up. I guess there could be a lot reasons for it, could be the sulking economy, the time of year and some have even noted the election as being part of the

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It seems everything going out these days is trying to come back for a credit. The only problem is (for the contractors anyway) we call all of our credit requests to verify the contractor's story. We tend to get a lot of contractors that claim they are not able to get in contact with our leads. Funny thing is we call every single lead before we sell it to them so they have been contacted by us and

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So I feel like I am talking to myself on this thing all the time. I am going to start putting in some work to see if I can get some of the general pulic's eyes on this blog. I would love to talk to a contractor about home improvement issues that arise between them and their internet lead generation companies. I am interested to see what is going on out there from their side of the story. As there

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Apparently, there is a lot to be said when it comes to the integrity of some of the lead generation companies out there. I have heard a lot of horror stories from our contractors everything from being taken for false leads and then having them replaced with more false information at half the charge to just plain ridiculous billing practices. Sub standard billing can be very confusing to

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Ok, so as I have said before.... The weirdest things happen in this business on a daily basis. For example we had a new contractor sign up today. We talked to them on the phone and got them all set up with an account based upon the areas they serviced for the products they selected. So here we go, we sent them their first lead and we promptly got a call from them stating they wanted to cancel

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We have some of the weirdest requests in the office from some of our contractors. For example today we had a contractor sign up with us and our rep explained the program completely that we would generate home improvement leads for them through our website and then send the information to them so they could call the customers to provide the service. This company got their first customer contact

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Got into work today, logged onto my email and there were the usual requests for credit and to change account information but one email in particular stood out. I guess it was because the company has just written in last week.They were concerned last week that they were not getting enough leads from us. I responded quickly to let them know that since they only take one county and will only service

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Not much of interest happened today at the office. One of the things we try to do at our company is respond to each and every email. We get a few from homeowners too. Usually this is a request for an estimate on their home improvement project but we also get some questions regarding warranty work. Now even though we do not provide any type of service like this I still try to assist the homeowners

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Today, at work, did I ever have a weird one...I guess I should start by introducing myself. I work for a nationwide home improvement lead generation company that's been in business for a few years now and is quite successful.I perform a plethora of duties from managing our lead verification department, answering phones, assisting contractors with sign ups and inquiries to managing our 7 day a

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