Marketing - What worked and What Flopped.
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Your car wrap is great. I think you did a very good job at it.
Your car wrap is great. I think you did a very good job at it.
Davis Computer Services
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Are you primarily a residential technician? I think it works very well for that, but businesses may be a bit more wary to hire. It also may just be me, but get some hubcaps back on your car.
Also, for the "I FIX COMPUTERS" shirt idea, I am going to get right on that. I think it a very easy way to talk to people.
Also, for the "I FIX COMPUTERS" shirt idea, I am going to get right on that. I think it a very easy way to talk to people.
@Davis
I know about the hub cabs
Funny thing is... someone kept STEALING THEM! I know it sounds silly but seriously!
I come home one day and the Front Left one was gone. So I'm like well crap... gotta start not hugging those turns. Then I come home 2 days later and the BACK RIGHT one was gone?!?! So I'm like OK what the crap... and then! About a week later *I put the hub cabs I had left on one side and just made sure my car was facing the customers house that had hub cabs on it lol!* I had a 3rd one go missing so I was like alright I'm pimping without them.
They are $145 to replace!!! So I've just never got around to it...
Also, yes I am primarly a residential tech. I have maybe 3 solid business contracts which I do not advertise nor wish to perform a lot of business contracts. I perfer the residential side of it.
I know about the hub cabs
Funny thing is... someone kept STEALING THEM! I know it sounds silly but seriously!I come home one day and the Front Left one was gone. So I'm like well crap... gotta start not hugging those turns. Then I come home 2 days later and the BACK RIGHT one was gone?!?! So I'm like OK what the crap... and then! About a week later *I put the hub cabs I had left on one side and just made sure my car was facing the customers house that had hub cabs on it lol!* I had a 3rd one go missing so I was like alright I'm pimping without them.
They are $145 to replace!!! So I've just never got around to it...
Also, yes I am primarly a residential tech. I have maybe 3 solid business contracts which I do not advertise nor wish to perform a lot of business contracts. I perfer the residential side of it.
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I use a local classified add paper, it's about $35 a month, comes out every Tuesday. We get alot of calls from that, some produces some not.
We advertise in the Yellow pages and have gotten some good response, nothing great, but some good. We also have 18x24 door magnets on each of our vehicles. We get some response from that but very little. However, we do hear alot of "Oh, I think I've seen your car/truck/van around town" (we call it our "fleet") So at least the name is getting out.
We are about to do some 'selective' mailings targeting specific business types and start some 'door to door' marketing as well. I hope it works!!!
We have been doing well with the residential market on a part time basis, but now we are attempting to get more business clients to build on our business so we can go full time.
Any other ideas on marketing to small businesses would be welcome as well!! Advertising to businesses tends to be a bit more tricky from how I see it as you have to be more 'tactful' and 'professional' in doing so.
Another thing I've heard others doing is those "bandit" or roadside signs like politicians put out. Some places it's illegal to put them, but others it's not. I've hear good responses from the people who have done it. We've thought about doing that and making them mobile signs, buy a certain amount and move them around (as people tend to not see the things that they get used to).
We advertise in the Yellow pages and have gotten some good response, nothing great, but some good. We also have 18x24 door magnets on each of our vehicles. We get some response from that but very little. However, we do hear alot of "Oh, I think I've seen your car/truck/van around town" (we call it our "fleet") So at least the name is getting out.
We are about to do some 'selective' mailings targeting specific business types and start some 'door to door' marketing as well. I hope it works!!!
We have been doing well with the residential market on a part time basis, but now we are attempting to get more business clients to build on our business so we can go full time.
Any other ideas on marketing to small businesses would be welcome as well!! Advertising to businesses tends to be a bit more tricky from how I see it as you have to be more 'tactful' and 'professional' in doing so.
Another thing I've heard others doing is those "bandit" or roadside signs like politicians put out. Some places it's illegal to put them, but others it's not. I've hear good responses from the people who have done it. We've thought about doing that and making them mobile signs, buy a certain amount and move them around (as people tend to not see the things that they get used to).
Davis Computer Services
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@Davis
I know about the hub cabs
I come home one day and the Front Left one was gone. So I'm like well crap... gotta start not hugging those turns. Then I come home 2 days later and the BACK RIGHT one was gone?!?! So I'm like OK what the crap... and then! About a week later *I put the hub cabs I had left on one side and just made sure my car was facing the customers house that had hub cabs on it lol!* I had a 3rd one go missing so I was like alright I'm pimping without them.
They are $145 to replace!!! So I've just never got around to it...
Also, yes I am primarly a residential tech. I have maybe 3 solid business contracts which I do not advertise nor wish to perform a lot of business contracts. I perfer the residential side of it.
If the hubcaps are that much just get some aluminum rims and be done with it.
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Sure, then he'll find the van up on blocks!
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Larry Sabo
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Forward your mail to Google and from Google to whatever e-mail address you hold secret. They are great at filtering out the spam.
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I gather the car wrap picture has been removed?
No it should still be there :\ I moved it to the very first post. You should have no problem seeing it if you do go to these to URL's
http://www.thecollegetechs(dot)com/1.jpg
http://www.thecollegetechs(dot)com/2.jpg
http://www.thecollegetechs(dot)com/1.jpg
http://www.thecollegetechs(dot)com/2.jpg
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