Archive for April, 2009

Scary waterproofing sales tactics: How to avoid falling for them

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

While researching about waterproofing contractors over the internet, customers are bound to find, mostly in home improvement forums, a number of complaints about questionable sales tactics used by some waterproofing contractors. Customers usually complain about the same practices, used over and over, by some companies.

There is the awful “mold scare” tactic, the gross misrepresentation of the amount and urgency of repairs, the bashing of competitors to keep homeowners from getting additional estimates. To force a quick closing  there is the very popular but extremely dishonest technique of  jacking up the price and, when the homeowner refuses the proposal, offer overly generous “discounts” (as high as 50% sometimes), “but only if you close the deal right now”.

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“A splendid example of credibility-building marketing”

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Perry Marshall reviews Basement SystemsMarketing expert Perry Marshall recently wrote an article and filmed a video reviewing a mailing he received from a Basement Systems dealer.

After finding water in his basement and contacting local basement waterproofing contractors in the Chicago area, he described the package he received in the mail from PermaSeal and explained the “ingeniousness of the company that mailed it; the author who wrote it; the instant edge over the competition; and how both service providers and authors can create a very nice business from this idea.”

Perry Marshall has written many popular books on Google advertising and is referenced regularly on the Internet and by sources like the Washington Post, USA Today, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

See the video and read the article here: http://www.perrymarshall.com/marketing-credibility

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