When I hired my guy I ramped everything up. I started spending about $2500 a month on marketing. All that did was get me really busy but I really didn't see any profits. One of the things I tried was Angie's Leads Formally Home Advisor. Holy cow was that a crazy ride.
The leads would come in but a majority weren't ready to clean and were just price shopping. More than half really didn't want to be called and filled out the lead by mistake. I got a lot of elderly people not knowing why I was calling. When notified by the lead service of a new lead, I would have to go through their phone lines and could not contact the customer directly. So when contacting the customer, the first thing I would do is get their phone number so I wouldn't have to go through the VOIP lead line. It sucked! Then on top of all that, the leads were expensive. They were charging me over $40 per lead.
This morning I liberated myself and canceled the service. Good grief. I guess it would be good for a noob that's desperate for any type of work, but it just didn't workout for me.
The leads would come in but a majority weren't ready to clean and were just price shopping. More than half really didn't want to be called and filled out the lead by mistake. I got a lot of elderly people not knowing why I was calling. When notified by the lead service of a new lead, I would have to go through their phone lines and could not contact the customer directly. So when contacting the customer, the first thing I would do is get their phone number so I wouldn't have to go through the VOIP lead line. It sucked! Then on top of all that, the leads were expensive. They were charging me over $40 per lead.
This morning I liberated myself and canceled the service. Good grief. I guess it would be good for a noob that's desperate for any type of work, but it just didn't workout for me.
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