7 Tips for a More Effective Contractor Website
Websites are now where prospects of your design/build business are likely to start. To seek out where they can find a pro for their particular project, to find out what kind of business you run and services you provide, and to decide whether to reach out and get more information from you. Make yours better with these 7 tips.
15 Construction SEO Myths Every Design/Build Pro Should Know
It’s time to separate SEO fact from SEO fiction and highlight 15 of the biggest myths that still seem to find their way into modern strategies for search engine optimization in the construction industry.
(1) Construction Marketing Strategy and Brand Building for Contractors
The foundations of the marketing plan aren’t changing—strategy and brand still set the stage. And as the industry becomes evermore competitive—evermore cutthroat—and as the communications landscape is constantly transformed by technology, managing and promoting your brand only becomes more crucial to building consumer connections.
(2) Key Elements of an Effective Website Design for Contractors
Your website is a multi-faceted marketing tool that really only reaches full potential when it becomes an effective online hub for driving revenue. It’s the central touch point to all others—it’s where most of your prospects ultimately land, regardless of how they first contact you, and increasingly, that first contact is not made while sitting in a chair, browsing on a desktop computer.
(3) Content Production is an Essential Part of any Contractor Marketing System.
Your website is far from the only asset that benefits from compelling content. Not surprisingly in 2020 and beyond, content is, and will be continue to be, king across all initiatives when it comes to marketing pool builders, landscape designb/builds, and kitchen and bath remodelers.
(4) Impactful Case Studies Turn Leads into Sales for Contractors.
Project case studies present a serious opportunity to let prospects take a deeper dive into your portfolio, to experience the dramatic transformation of successful projects as they unfold—from concept to completion. They’re an invaluable tool for conveying powerful narratives, not only about your most stunning work but about the distinctive nuances of your value proposition and brand.
(5) Search Engine Marketing with SEO and Google Ads for Contractors.
Past experiences with search engine optimization professionals may have soured many owners and leadership on the whole concept, but that doesn’t change the importance of organic search and paid search (pay per click or PPC) strategies working in tandem.
(6) Social Media Marketing for Contractors
Not unlike search, social media marketing for design/builds can effectively be broken down into two categories—paid and organic. Depending on the platform, both are worthwhile to include in your budget, but the tactics deployed on each vary greatly based on expected goals.
(7) The Importance of Reputation Management and Reviews for Contractors.
It’s well-established that the most convincing source of marketing information has always been endorsements from your satisfied customers. That’s been true from the dawn of commerce, and it’s just as true in the digital age.
(8) Marketing Automation Drives Marketing ROI for Contractors
Holding the attention of your prospects and reliably capturing leads requires a level of responsiveness that’s just not possible without automation. After all, running a leading design/build firm doesn’t exactly leave for a lot of free time.
(9) Sales Enablement for Contractors: Elevate your Sales Process
Of course, the intent is to empower your sales team by giving them the resources to do their job. It’s incredible how many sales organizations put so much effort into setting goals and incentivizing their sales force, then torpedo the entire effort by not providing the resources they need.
(10) An important Closing Point on Contractor Marketing
Because marketing is a combination of art, data, science, and human emotion, there are a lot of gray areas—that’s the deal.
Are pay-per-lead services like HomeAdvisor Stealing Contractors’ SEO?
You need leads for your remodeling or design/build firm, and that’s one reason you’ve looked into investing in SEO. That’s a smart move—but how you go about it, who you partner up with to help you, will matter in terms of the quality of your leads and how bogged down your growing firm gets with smaller, perhaps less desirable jobs.
Supercharge your marketing by getting your design/build projects featured
As a remodeling/construction firm, Your work is your best advertising. If you're among the many design/build professionals who take pride in their work and want to increase awareness of your business, this article is for you. Here, we cover four tips for getting your projects to the pages of magazines and design websites.
5 Top Mistakes that Landscape, Construction, & Design/Build Contractors Make with Google Ads (PPC)
If you're getting it wrong (not getting the leads you’d like) then it's likely that you haven't yet figured out how to work the options. So if you're one of many that has turned to Google Ads for home remodeling leads, then here's a few tips for the road ahead.
Marketing your Landscape or Design/build Business Through an Economic Downturn
The historic time we are living through with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is a time for leadership, not panic in the landscape and design/build industries. And great leaders must work to understand the entire picture, the good and the bad. The challenges and the opportunities. Here, we dive into some time-tested strategies for coming through stronger than ever.
COVID-19 and the Landscape Industry: Operating through the Pandemic
These are uncharted waters for all of us. No one knows exactly when this will pass and when we can all get back to business as usual. However, if we all stay positive and use this time to build our skills, our businesses, and our teams, we can emerge as smarter, stronger professionals. Here, we outline how the channels of the industry - manufacturers, dealers, and contractors -can work together.
Landscape Marketing: 3 Strategies to improve your upcoming year
The decisions you make right now for your landscape design/build business can mean the difference between a great 12 months ahead and staying flat. With the average consumer taking almost three months to make a decision, it’s a no-brainer to get started early.
Landscape, Pool, & Design/Build Pros: Online Scheduling Apps are a Game-Changer.
Every design/build needs to maximize revenue and productivity in order to thrive and grow. Competition is steep and only getting steeper, and client expectations require staying ahead of technology for those firms looking to overdeliver. Online appointment scheduling helps streamline processes and improve client experience.
Building Product Manufacturers: Make Trade Shows Go Further with Geotargeted Paid Social Campaigns
BPMs analyzing the high cost, challenging logistics, and staffing demands of constructing a show-stopping exhibit may have a hard time justifying a trade show presence at all in the digital age. Geotargeting helps squeeze additional ROI.