Qualifying Leads: Construction Chat Questions 10/23/14

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Are you in the construction industry? Do you want to build up your following? Are you looking to connect with the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) community?

You’re in luck!

Joining our weekly Twitter Chat may just be the right thing for you.

Construction Chat is a weekly Twitter chat Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Check us out on Tagboard!

How to Join a Chat:

1. Follow the hashtag on Twitter (but don’t forget to add #ConstChat manually after your tweet or we won’t see your tweet).

2. Use Hootsuite or TweetDeck and make a column for #ConstChat (but don’t forget to put #ConstChat manually after your tweet).

3. Go to the Twubs page for #ConstChat.

4. My preferred method is using TweetChat. Just go here and log in with your Twitter account. You can even highlight the moderator so you don’t miss questions. Continue reading →

Trick or Treating – For Bids?

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Remember the days of your childhood? You’ve planned your whole school year around October 31 – the night you’ll collect a year’s worth of candy. You’ve determined the best costume and maybe you and your friends have planned to dress up as a group.

All of the details of this cold, autumn night have been planned down to the size of your pillowcase – hoping it will be filled with your favorites.

Yet, you’ve put those hopes and dreams in a random group of people.

What’s the return of investment on your costume when your loot is dumped out on the carpet? There’s no greater disappointment to a child, after canvasing and collecting for hours, when all of his candy-filled dreams have ended, and all that represents his hard work are Twizzlers and Pixie Sticks.

Fast forward twenty years.

You’re a business owner. You’ve developed and planned your concept, ideas, and brand for years. You’re finally leasing a space, you’ve got drawings from an architect, and it’s time to put them out to bid.

Will you rely upon random door knocks?

“Trick or Treat!”

Of course, we advocate the design-build method, but should you choose design-bid-build as in this scenario, why not choose contractors you trust?

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In the Know – Exhibiting at a Trade Show – #ConstChat Recap

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Construction Chat is a weekly chat on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. If you’re free, we’d love you to join us.

This week’s topic is trade shows for exhibitors.

Thank you to Ginny of Hager Company for co-hosting!

Below are the questions as asked during the chat and some responses.

Q1. How many trade shows do you exhibit at per year?

A1. We do more open houses, frankly, than trade shows. #constchat

— Window Works CA (@WindowWorksCA) October 16, 2014

A1. We exhibit at 3-5 trade shows each year. #constchat

— HagerCo (@HagerCo) October 16, 2014

A1. Across all business lines, we typically participate in 10-12 #tradeshows per year. #ConstChat

— iSqFt® (@iSqFt) October 16, 2014

A1. I don't exhibit that often but try to attend 6 to 10 per year #constchat

— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) October 16, 2014

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Trade Show Exhibitors with Hager Co: Construction Chat Questions 10/16/14

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Are you in the construction industry? Do you want to build up your following? Are you looking to connect with the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) community?

You’re in luck!

Joining our weekly Twitter Chat may just be the right thing for you.

Construction Chat is a weekly Twitter chat Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Check us out on Tagboard!

How to Join a Chat:

1. Follow the hashtag on Twitter (but don’t forget to add #ConstChat manually after your tweet or we won’t see your tweet).

2. Use Hootsuite or TweetDeck and make a column for #ConstChat (but don’t forget to put #ConstChat manually after your tweet).

3. Go to the Twubs page for #ConstChat.

4. My preferred method is using TweetChat. Just go here and log in with your Twitter account. You can even highlight the moderator so you don’t miss questions. Continue reading →

Keeping The Flame Alive – #ConstChat Recap

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Construction Chat is a weekly chat on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. If you’re free, we’d love you to join us.

This week’s topic was client retention.

A lot of people recommend reading Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People.”

Here’s a video summary in 7 minutes.

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Below are the questions as asked during the chat and some responses.

Q1. Do you have a system in place to follow up on clients?

A1: Yes. I have a system, not necessarily something like SalesForce, but my own spreadsheet/easy to-follow system. #constchat

— Sharon Gee Simms (@CircleDotMktg) October 9, 2014

A1. We are working toward this. #Constchat

— HagerCo (@HagerCo) October 9, 2014

A1: Yes, we follow our top accounts with our proprietary systems and also end users with different systems as well. #constchat

— Zircon Corporation (@ZirconTools) October 9, 2014

A1. Email and phone calls to follow up. And an Excel spreadsheet. #ConstChat

— Window Works CA (@WindowWorksCA) October 9, 2014

A1. I keep a database of info – the Arch/Eng to the GC’s & subs. Contact info is critical & so is knowing what makes them tick. #ConstChat

— iSqFt® (@iSqFt) October 9, 2014

A1. I use the CRM to remind to follow up with weekly calls to active clients and monthly to past clients #ConstChat

— Tony Booth (@anthonybooth) October 9, 2014