A course for contractors

Written from the work we do for clients, not from someone else's textbook. No numbers we cannot show you the source of, and nothing here is behind a form.

General contractors: The foundation every trade needs: setting the business up, getting found, and not losing the work you already have.

HVAC: Heating and air conditioning: seasonal demand, emergency calls, and maintenance plans.

Remodeling and construction: Kitchens, bathrooms, additions, roofing: long sales cycles and large tickets.

Automotive services: Detailing, wraps, tint, ceramic coating: a shop with a physical location and repeat customers.

Professional services: Insurance, legal, consulting, financial planning, med spas: licensed practices selling trust.

Module 1. Starting the business: The decisions you make before marketing can do anything for you.

Module 2. Go to market: Seven questions to answer before you design, build or advertise anything.

Module 3. Brand and identity: What makes people recognize you on the second look.

Module 4. The website: Three kinds of site, and which one your business actually needs.

Module 5. Marketing basics: Where the money goes and what each part is supposed to do.

Module 6. Getting found: How people look for a contractor, in the order it actually happens.

Module 7. Sales and follow-up: The work that turns a phone call into a paid job.

Module 8. Automation: Making the previous seven modules happen without you remembering to do them.

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