469: Five Effective Ways To Find New Construction Clients

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style= "color: #0000ff;"><strong>This Podcast Is Episode Number 466, And It's About Five Effective Ways To Find New Construction Clients</strong></span></h1> <div>If you want your business to continue growing and thriving, you'll need to find ways to bring in new clients.</div> <div> </div> <div>Before the internet was commercially available, there were just as many experts advising contractors about the layout and design of yellow page ads and which books to spend money on. I say spend money because that is what it was and is now.</div> <div> </div> <div>Many of us who owned and operated construction companies spent thousands of dollars on these experts and, based on their recommendations, spent tens of thousands of dollars annually in full-page yellow page ads as close to the first position as possible.</div> <div> </div> <div> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Nowadays, instead of yellow pages people, I see many well-intentioned people with their minds and hearts in the right place that have a lot of really great ideas on what works and fails in social media. I certainly don't know what works for every contractor; however, I know that every construction company is unique, and what works for your competitor may not work for you.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Spending money is easy; investing money takes work.</span></strong></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Here are five ways you can find new clients for your construction business. </span></p> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0600ff;">1. Set aside time for marketing</span><br /> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Regardless of whether marketing is your preferred activity, you need to set aside time for it. It's easy to put marketing at the bottom of your priority list, but it makes it more difficult for you to bring in new clients. If you set aside a certain amount of time every week, or even every day–ideally at around the same time or week–you'll be more consistent and suc