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  • mims01's avatar
    mims01
    Contributor 4

    For me, I’ve been focusing a lot on building relationships and getting my name out in the community. Word of mouth has been one of the biggest things—doing quality work, treating customers right, and encouraging them to tell others. I’ve also been using social media to showcase my work, connect with potential customers, and build trust before they even reach out. I’ve found that people like doing business with someone they know, like, and trust. I’m still learning and testing different ways to bring in more leads, but staying consistent and putting myself out there has been key.

  • I like good ole fashion leads:

    1. Referrals from happy customers
    2. Church and faith-based communities
    3. HOA and neighborhood associations
    4. Partnering with businesses (plumbers, electricians, landscapers, realtors, insurance agents)
    5. Property managers and landlords
    6. Realtors and home inspectors
    7. Building relationships with local nonprofits
  • Massey09's avatar
    Massey09
    Contributor 3

    Looking for the same information. Thanks for the help

    • mims01's avatar
      mims01
      Contributor 4

      I’m right there with you. Getting consistent leads is one of the biggest challenges when building a small business. I think the key is learning from others, testing different strategies, and finding what works best for your specific market. Word of mouth, networking, social media, and taking great care of every customer seem to be some of the biggest ways businesses grow. Hopefully we can all share ideas and help each other find what works.

  • We have three evergreen blogs in our site that tends to pull in leads. We also do outbound emails and calls which works well. 

  • MTLcontractors's avatar
    MTLcontractors
    Jobber Ambassador

    Blog on our website drives a ton of traffic for free, especially now that it's indexed by AI. Beyond that, Google Maps, Instagram, every vehicle is branded, lawn signs on every job, we give out branded shirts to friends and family to help brand recognition, we network far and wide. All this without paid ads.

    • Sophiera's avatar
      Sophiera
      Contributor 4

      Same here, blog on my website, posting on 3 different social media platforms, ran Meta ads for about 90 days, now using them as warm leads to strike up conversations through carefully crafted emails, created brochures and let my shoes hit the concrete talking to other related businesses and developing relationship that are mutually beneficial. My Meta ads did reach far more people, however our organic content is definitely gaining traction. Still trying things out to see which combination works best.

      • MTLcontractors's avatar
        MTLcontractors
        Jobber Ambassador

        We haven't dabbled in Meta ads yet, interested in knowing the ROI over time!

  • AnthonySalazar's avatar
    AnthonySalazar
    Jobber Ambassador

    Meta Facebook/IG, Google, Door hangers, physical newsletter that our customers can give to their friends/family, lawn signs and our truck wraps.

    • mims01's avatar
      mims01
      Contributor 4

      Those are some good ideas