Construction Marketing Machine

Contractor Talk.com – A Great Forum for Contractors

helfer217 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:46:37 +0000

If you like to talk shop, and I don’t know a contractor who doesn’t, I recommend you check out CONTRACTORTALK.COM. I took the time to review this site, and was very pleased. It’s for professional contractors only, and is billed as the largest professional and remodeling community online. I was so impressed that I signed [...]

9 Point Checklist For Attracting Clients

helfer217 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:28:37 +0000

The average small business has a limited budget for attracting new clients. And because of this, they need to spend their money wisely when using marketing strategies to attract prospects and turn them into clients. One of the keys to attracting prospects and clients is multiple exposures of your business to them. They [...]

37 Ways to Get Business Fast

helfer217 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:16:51 +0000

Construction News

zacharyhelfer — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:07:28 +0000

Email Marketing Cheat Sheets- Subject Lines/Opening Sentences

helfer217 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:34:41 +0000

One of the most important aspects of email marketing is getting your email opened and read. First you have to “seduce” the reader to open your email, over and above the 100’s of emails he receives each day. And then, you have to make him curious to read your email and take action on exactly [...]

New Rules For Trades working at McCormick Place Osted

helfer217 — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:43:12 +0000

5/28/2010 Chicago Tribune, May 27, 2010 – Ray Long and Kathy Bergen SPRINGFIELD Sweeping legislation aimed at making McCormick Place more competitive became law Thursday after the General Assembly trampled efforts by Gov. Pat Quinn to reshape key portions of the package. The House quickly joined the Senate in voting overwhelmingly to reject Quinn’s amendatory veto, [...]

How To Begin Selling Online.

helfer217 — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:51:40 +0000

Selling online begins with what your prospects want. Selling is not- a psychological headlock you throw on prospects and then whack them with nuggets until they cry uncle. It’s not throwing up a website, making a bunch of unsupportable promises to sell something underhanded. It’s not jumping to a new website and products before people realized they have been [...]

The Awful Truth About Business Cards

helfer217 — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:56:15 +0000

Michael Masterson, ETR Guru, and Bob Bly, expert copywriter, have pointed out much of the nonsensical advise given on the subject of business cards. One writer suggests giving everyone two business cards instead of one… the logic being the recipient will then have one extra one to pass along. We’re also told how to transform a [...]

You Have 8 Seconds to Attract New Customers to Your Site!

helfer217 — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:37:02 +0000

Every Contractor needs a direct response website to attract prospects and begin to turn them into customers. You need a great headline and a well organized home page that is easy to navigate to make your website worth the investment. Unfortunately, most surfers are pre-occupied with short attention spans. And even though they are looking for [...]

Meet Joel…who predicted the Construction Crash of 2009 and what he did about it!

helfer217 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:24:35 +0000

Meet the Man who had a vision and predicted the total collapse of the Construction Industry in 2009…that caused widespread unemployment at unheard of levels. And the actual collapse was much, much deeper than he dreamed. Go behind the scenes and see why he sold a profitable subcontracting business before the crash, even though his competitors [...]