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Marketing For Today’s Plumbing Business
If you are a plumber and are finding times tough, don’t think that you are Robinson Crusoe and all alone. Many small to medium sized trade businesses are finding the going hard today.
Even the economists can’t agree on what may happen over the next 6-12 months. All the average Joe or Jill can do is use their best common sense based on past performance. This means understanding who your customers are and where they came from. Once you know where your customers are finding your business then you will know where will be the best place to put your reduced advertising spend.
This is not the time to stop advertising and marketing your small business. Too many small plumbing businesses find money is in short supply and so the first thing they are tempted to cut-back on is the advertising. This is the time to take a hard look at where you are spending those advertising dollars and assessing the return on the investment; not for stopping advertising all together. If people don’t know that you exist, then your small plumbing business probably won’t exist much longer.
What you need to do is go over all the jobs you have done in the past 12 months and list down where they found you or who gave them to you if it was another trade or architect/engineer.
This naturally, would be a considerably easier job if you took note at the time of booking or estimating where they found you in the first place. Was it the yellow pages? Was it online? Was it from word-of-mouth (W.O.M)? This will then be the best guide for you as to where you need to advertise again.
If you have been a well-organised business and have always analysed the return of investment in advertising spend, you will obviously be in a much better position now and can act quickly before the leak starts gushing. It is always easier to do anything with money and if you don’t plug the dry-up leak before you ruin your credit rating, then you most likely will find it far too hard to fix the problem if you run out of money and credit at the same time. Once the incoming work/money starts dwindling then is the time to plug the leak; not after everything has disappeared.
Knowing where your past customers have found your business is the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to advertise to your target market. You know they have already used your business and providing you haven’t ‘mucked-up’ your nest they no doubt will be happy to look around their home or investment property to see what, if anything, needs to be done or could be done now because you will (I hope) have offered them a 10% discount on any jobs for the next month. Or choose any incentive that you know is likely to appeal to them; to find you those smaller jobs to keep you going.
Every loaf of bread consists of crumbs and if you are needing the crumbs right now, then put them all together and you have a loaf of bread. Plumbing consists of joining pipes into a workable system and that is what every small-medium sized plumbing business today needs to do to survive.
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Plumbing DIY: Installing Accessories and General Tips part 1
Licensed Master Plumber from Almarc Plumbing demonstrates how to properly install accessories into a tiled shower. Video also includes general tips for the aspiring Do-it-yourself handyman looking to tackle their home plumbing or renovations. For more tips see our website; www.almarcplumbing.ca Be advised that the procedures demonstrated in this video have the potential to be executed improperly by non-professionals and may cause damage or injury. Should you feel uncomfortable completing any of the steps, or are inexperienced with the tools used, please call a more experienced friend or local professional for assistance. Any procedure undertaken by an amateur is taken at your own risk.
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Which Dual Flush High Efficiency Toilets Really Work?
Toilet manufacturers are now presenting a series of dual flush toilets onto the American scene, and the question most people have is whether they work or not. In this report, I will present several high efficiency dual flush toilets that are making the grade in online consumer reports.
Caroma was the first company to come up with the dual flush toilet.
Now this Australian company has devised an additional water saving feature, which they have added to their newest toilets. A hand washing basin, called an “integrated sink,” sits above the toilet flush tank. When a patron flushes the toilet, the sink begins to run cold water for his hand washing. The waste water from the washing is diverted directly into the flush tank, to be used in the next flush.
The Aussie Caroma has a number of likeable features. The toilet is not only dual flush, it is also high efficiency dual flush. This means the solid waste flush delivers the high efficiency 1.28 gallons per flush, not 1.6, and the liquid waste flush delivers .8 gallons per flush. The hand washing basin is positioned above the flush tank. Cold water used for hand washing is subsequently directed to fill the tank, saving even more water. The toilet has a larger virtually clog proof trap way, and the overall toilet design is stylish, with a tall thin tank, forming the back of the toilet. The tank is not only stylish in appearance, but functional. The great distance the water must fall during the flush, adds to the power it uses to clear the bowl.
Kohler is another well known manufacturer that has developed a high efficiency dual flush toilet. While most online consumers report satisfaction with the Kohler, at least one site posts the observation of a consumer that the flush action is weak and sometimes requires three flushes to fully clear the bowl. On the other hand, a number of red flags have been raised about the Kohler Wellworth® Pressure Lite, which seeks to lower the gallon per flush amount to a single gallon. The plumber Tom Love, on his toilet review site lists the Kohler Wellworth as a bad toilet.
Great enthusiasm has been show for the Toto Aquia, Toto’s new high efficiency dual flush model. Consumers are reporting that the powerful flush consistently cleans the bowl, and there are no reports of clogging. Consumers also like the elongated bowl, which is apparently more comfortable to sit on .
In addition to the disappointing reviews of the Kohler Wellworth, Plumber Terry Love, who runs a review web site, warns about inappropriately cheap toilets. A brand that goes for 85.00, Love noted, is not likely to work. Most of the successful dual action toilet models mentioned on Terry Love’s website sell in the $350-$550 range. Models selling for under $200 have been found to be problematic.