1. Be where the customers are looking for you
If you have still not hopped onto quality find-a-tradie directories, you are really missing out on a huge chuck of potential clients that are looking for licenced and certified professionals like you.
But here’s the catch. Not all directories will land you with dream customers. Most of the time you would find yourself competing with lower quotes. So what do you do? List your business on directories that allow property occupants to hire you based on your past jobs, customer ratings and business credibility as proved by your licences and certificates, instead of quote comparison.
2. Never keep them waiting
The quickest way to lose a job: Never get back! Time lost to admin work is revenue lost. Too many jobs fall into the abyss of nothingness that lies between getting a quote request and never having enough time to call them back.
The only option such property occupants are left with is to go somewhere else. This new job may not be big enough and may not be your priority right then, but still responding to the call will say a lot about your business and your values.
Work on putting the right systems in place to capture new job requests and send in quick estimates so you don’t have to halt what you are doing and still be able to keep that customer from going somewhere else.
3. How you deliver will make the difference
Delivering a great service is more than arriving when promised and not leaving the mess behind.
At the end of the day, it’s the customer experience that matters the most. Good clients are forever! And how professionally, transparently, securely and efficiently you deliver the entire job will determine whether they hire you the next time or not.
Have you thought about enabling property occupants working with you to track job progress from when the job is scheduled to when the field technician arrives at their doorstep, starts, finishes and invoices? Is it even possible? With so much going on in a day, that seems like too much to ask for. Doesn’t it? The good thing is you don’t have to do it yourself. The i4Tradies Find-aTradie to manage the entire customer experience is already here and it’s free!
4. Word of mouth still matters
9 out 10 times the job you have delivered would leave your customers delighted. But it’s still between you and the customers. No one else knows.
Feel like you are missing out on a good opportunity here? Yes! Why not give them a platform so they can rave about the super experience they had working with you. These days, there is hardly any customer that books a service without checking the reviews first. Having your business rated and reviewed on find-a-tradie directories and social media is a sure shot way to get you new clients while you sleep, literally.
Wrapping Up
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