Comments for Contractor Marketer http://www.contractormarketer.com Straight Talk About Contractor Marketing & Advertising Sun, 29 May 2011 14:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My Pick: Best Value for Contractor Leads (Exclusive) by Nick G. http://www.contractormarketer.com/2010/03/18/my-pick-best-value-for-contractor-leads-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Nick G. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:12:58 +0000 http://www.contractormarketer.com/?p=28#comment-976 Searched the google and found your website...I should say i'm incredibly impressed and this data just arrived quite helpful. I will bookmark and join rss feed. realy great publish thanks for sharing Searched the google and found your website…I should say i’m incredibly impressed and this data just arrived quite helpful. I will bookmark and join rss feed. realy great publish thanks for sharing

]]> Comment on My Pick: Best Value for Contractor Leads (Exclusive) by admin http://www.contractormarketer.com/2010/03/18/my-pick-best-value-for-contractor-leads-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-4 admin Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:20:33 +0000 http://www.contractormarketer.com/?p=28#comment-4 Hi Tim, Good points except I am going to have to respectfully disagree with both points and here's why... 1st: Done Right's business model has been wrapped around their print directory which for a period of time did very well. Since they were purchased by Lending Tree I can only assume their online presence is going to sky rocket. In fact, I have been watching them for a while running regular ranking reports and have noticed a significant increase of local presence. 2: I've had a great opportunity to survey home owners who have used companies like Service Magic, Quality Smith, Renovation Experts, Best Contractors, Done Right etc... and have seen unanimous frustrations with the multiple merchant model. Many of these merchants are paying good $$ for the leads therefore they are very aggressive for the simple fact they don't want to lose $ on the leads. This leads to a very poor home owner experience in the fact that even after they have selected a merchant they still have home improvement contractors pounding their phone long after the job has been completed. My two cents. Data from real customers. Hi Tim,

Good points except I am going to have to respectfully disagree with both points and here’s why…

1st: Done Right’s business model has been wrapped around their print directory which for a period of time did very well. Since they were purchased by Lending Tree I can only assume their online presence is going to sky rocket. In fact, I have been watching them for a while running regular ranking reports and have noticed a significant increase of local presence.

2: I’ve had a great opportunity to survey home owners who have used companies like Service Magic, Quality Smith, Renovation Experts, Best Contractors, Done Right etc… and have seen unanimous frustrations with the multiple merchant model. Many of these merchants are paying good $$ for the leads therefore they are very aggressive for the simple fact they don’t want to lose $ on the leads. This leads to a very poor home owner experience in the fact that even after they have selected a merchant they still have home improvement contractors pounding their phone long after the job has been completed.

My two cents. Data from real customers.

]]> Comment on My Pick: Best Value for Contractor Leads (Exclusive) by Tim http://www.contractormarketer.com/2010/03/18/my-pick-best-value-for-contractor-leads-exclusive/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Tim Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:08:59 +0000 http://www.contractormarketer.com/?p=28#comment-3 The exclusivity is nice for the contractor, but not always good for the homeowner. There are some contractors who charge more than they should or don't do any type of budget improvements. Getting only 1 quote is never a good way to start any project. The other problem with Done Right is their lack of visibility on the web. Ranked as one of the lowest of all online lead generation services, it's not going to bring in very many leads for the contractors. The exclusivity is nice for the contractor, but not always good for the homeowner. There are some contractors who charge more than they should or don’t do any type of budget improvements. Getting only 1 quote is never a good way to start any project. The other problem with Done Right is their lack of visibility on the web. Ranked as one of the lowest of all online lead generation services, it’s not going to bring in very many leads for the contractors.

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