FJR
Treehouser
I just calculated mine, .008%. There is a Chicagoland tree care company around here that has to clear 1 million a month just to cover overhead. I can only imagine what their advertising costs are.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Wow, a million dollar nut. Good lord.
jefflovstrom@sb
TreeHouser
No yellow pages, no Angie, no advertising. Just massive request for bids.
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Rborist1
Guest
How is that possible?
sotc
Dormant hero!!
They sell tree "protection", everyone in a 6 block radius pays...
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
HA!
I had t-shirts made up last year that I wear all the time (except on Carl's job)
, and I hand out cards. Other than that I have no advertising. Mine's mostly word-of-mouth. After 26 years, folks know I'm in the business. Oh, I do have signs on the truck. I've gotten a few calls from them.
, and I hand out cards. Other than that I have no advertising. Mine's mostly word-of-mouth. After 26 years, folks know I'm in the business. Oh, I do have signs on the truck. I've gotten a few calls from them.
jefflovstrom@sb
TreeHouser
We dont do residential and we market. Yeah, we do 1 year to 5 year contracts. Total inventory and specs per year. Plus some of the bid requirements are a ISA Cert Arb, and being a TCIA Accredited. Basically, chose your market.
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Mr. Sir
Guest
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Seems like a matter of semantics. Isn't marketing akin to advertising? Do you spend money on marketing?
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Rborist1
Guest
No residential at all?
jefflovstrom@sb
TreeHouser
If we do a residential job, its usually because its part of an HOA or someone we know.
Yeah, gotta pay for marketing,
Yeah, gotta pay for marketing,
sotc
Dormant hero!!
So what types of marketing do you do?
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Tom spends a tidy sum both for the yellow pages plus the local newspaper .He claims it's worth it .
bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
The company i work for gets 90% of its business from angies list. we had over 50 positive reviews last year. it seems to work well for us.
