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Is it just me? (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2018 OP
they're usually the ones you can't get because they're booked until 2020. unblock Sep 2018 #1
Good advice!! SHRED Sep 2018 #2
I just read that good contractors never advertise because they already have all the business Nitram Sep 2018 #3
You have some real good advice thus far. Wash. state Desk Jet Sep 2018 #4
not just you deek Oct 2018 #5

unblock

(54,151 posts)
1. they're usually the ones you can't get because they're booked until 2020.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 11:12 AM
Sep 2018

find one and keep them.

typically, the ones with craft skills don't have good business skills (i'm being generous -- i mean actually showing up when they say they're going to show up) and the ones with good business skills don't have good craft skills.

if you find one with both, put them on speed dial and *do not* share them with your friends, it will only make them busy when you need them.

Nitram

(24,611 posts)
3. I just read that good contractors never advertise because they already have all the business
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 12:53 PM
Sep 2018

they can handle. Ask around.

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
4. You have some real good advice thus far.
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:12 PM
Sep 2018

At the five year mark I had to stop advertising because I had no time to answer new customer calls. I had heard ,yer clients all come to you through word of mouth sooner or later. However building a business at the start ,that seems impossible. At year four I couldn't answer a single call from add responses and at year five I stopped running adds. You might have better luck by asking around ,friends ,neighbors and people you know in the work place , do you know of any reliable, fair priced independent contractors/remodel specialist.


The bottom line Shred is what you are asking for is always in high demand, I always had several clients on a waiting list. They waited because they knew through word of mouth ,when I get there,I'll stay there until the job is done.

deek

(3,414 posts)
5. not just you
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 11:37 AM
Oct 2018

on my 3rd year and 4th contractor to try to get my house done. No one calls me back/comes back!

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