How do general contractors find legitimate work?

Hey! Could you share what strategies you've tried so far? 

In the meantime, I compiled a few threads with helpful advice from fellow biz owners: 

• What are the best marketing strategies beyond Thumbtack and Yelp?

• Putting in the work, but no clients yet. What would you do in my shoes?

• Effective Marketing Campaigns?

• Which marketing strategies have brought you the best customers?

• What are you doing right now to make the phone ring for your business?

   

You have to treat marketing like an eco system. You have to do the basics (getting reviews, posting on socials, hanging door hangers after jobs, etc) then you can do the things that cost money. Jobber has a few podcasts about how to optimize your digital footprint but you can do all that for no cost to you. 

Thumbtack is honestly pretty good if you have the budget. You can easily track the leads (as opposed to pay for click or something you can't track like a billboard) and you get direct contact with an interested party. 

You definitely should be reaching out to your existing customers via email and text campaigns. There's plenty of work out there, just gotta do all the basic!