dmcdade
05-12-2009, 10:33 PM
I know I am a newbie to the forums and even to the industry, but I am a business man and the smartest choice I made starting this business is the decision I made to join Servicemagic.com.
Some of you may have heard of it, and I'll tell you up front it is not for everyone.
Servicemagic.com is a company that takes home/commercial property requests and forwards them to industry professionals. These are not free, they do cost. I pay $12 - $18 for each lead I receive whether I win the bid or not.
How it works:
You must have an EIN.
You must be insured for your states minimum requirement.
You must be registered with the state (dba and sales and use tax).
There is a $99.00 Lifetime membership fee plus a advance pay for leads. Initially they'll offer you a discount on leads, I bought $200 worth of leads for $150.00, and the discount gets bigger the more you buy initially.
So:
1. They customer makes the request thru servicemagic.com
2. An automated machine calls you with the lead instantly.
3. ANSWER THE PHONE! and return the call to the customer immediately. Time is wasting, and there is no time to waste. My experience is the first company to call the customer gets the job. Out of the past 10 calls I have won 9 of them all either weekly or bi-weekly customers.
There is more detail, but I'll let the rep explain to you. It really works I assure you. However, you need to check what their (servicemagic) % of leads in your zipcodes are. My coverage averages 16 leads per month but since friday thursday last week I have gotten 7 new regular customers, what is that like 6 days, not to bad.
The leads are guarenteed to go to you, and no more than 2 other professionals in your coverage area, but you need to be on the ball, keep that phone on your chest so you can hear it when your mowing, or get a secretary :)
My Sales agent was:
David Coffelt
ServiceMagic, Inc.
dcoffelt@servicemagic.com
(877) 800-3177 Ext.8795
www.servicemagic.com
If interested call him. I'm telling you it works and I expect to be hiring my first crew within the next month or two.
If you have any questions, post them.
Sincerely,
Donald
Some of you may have heard of it, and I'll tell you up front it is not for everyone.
Servicemagic.com is a company that takes home/commercial property requests and forwards them to industry professionals. These are not free, they do cost. I pay $12 - $18 for each lead I receive whether I win the bid or not.
How it works:
You must have an EIN.
You must be insured for your states minimum requirement.
You must be registered with the state (dba and sales and use tax).
There is a $99.00 Lifetime membership fee plus a advance pay for leads. Initially they'll offer you a discount on leads, I bought $200 worth of leads for $150.00, and the discount gets bigger the more you buy initially.
So:
1. They customer makes the request thru servicemagic.com
2. An automated machine calls you with the lead instantly.
3. ANSWER THE PHONE! and return the call to the customer immediately. Time is wasting, and there is no time to waste. My experience is the first company to call the customer gets the job. Out of the past 10 calls I have won 9 of them all either weekly or bi-weekly customers.
There is more detail, but I'll let the rep explain to you. It really works I assure you. However, you need to check what their (servicemagic) % of leads in your zipcodes are. My coverage averages 16 leads per month but since friday thursday last week I have gotten 7 new regular customers, what is that like 6 days, not to bad.
The leads are guarenteed to go to you, and no more than 2 other professionals in your coverage area, but you need to be on the ball, keep that phone on your chest so you can hear it when your mowing, or get a secretary :)
My Sales agent was:
David Coffelt
ServiceMagic, Inc.
dcoffelt@servicemagic.com
(877) 800-3177 Ext.8795
www.servicemagic.com
If interested call him. I'm telling you it works and I expect to be hiring my first crew within the next month or two.
If you have any questions, post them.
Sincerely,
Donald