Starting a handyman business? Here's get more customers.
You're either planning to start a handyman business, have just started one, or need to drum up more customers from one you've had for a while. This eHow article shows market your handyman business to get more customers and cash flowing towards you.
Instructions
1. Continually upgrade your handyman education for free. If your handyman business can show that you continually progress and stay up to date with your skills, you'll more easily gain the trust and admiration needed to attract new customers. Stay in contact with your local homeowner's stores for free workshops on home repair, home building projects, and other handyman skills. If you also offer yard work, contact your local cooperative extension service for free or very low cost workshops on such skills as building compost bins and installing rain barrels. Let customers know through your fliers or website that you put in a specific amount of up-to-date training each month.
2. Go to the realtors for new customers and references. Realtors are often in need of various small repairs and can be a gold mine of new work, as well as great generators for word-of-mouth promotion for your handyman business.
3. Give a couple hours away to a charity. Watch for local churches or charities seeking donations for fundraising. Offer a couple of hours of free handyman service as a donation. This will do two things to promote your handyman business: First, you'll gain a new client who otherwise may not have known of you. If you do a good job, they may very well hire you for more than those two hours - and they'll generate word-of-mouth marketing for you. Secondly, the charity or church will be advertising the various donations to many people, meaning your handyman business will be made better known without you having to foot the bill.
4. Spiff up the website or brochure. People really do notice if there are misspellings and grammatical errors in the printed material of a handyman business. Something in print is needed to really describe your handyman business - whether that be a simple flier, brochure or even a very simple website, such as a free one you've made on Yola.com. So if spelling and written communication aren't your best attributes, make a handyman/proofreading trade with someone to make sure your written promotional material is top notch.
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