You can have the best appliance repair company around; you can be a cleaning company with excellent customer service and reviews; or you can excel in other ways as a top home service business, but without marketing your company properly, it will not grow, no matter the quality of your products or services.  There are three marketing essentials that are necessary to the success of your home service business.

1.     Know What You Are Selling

This may seem obvious but it is an essential starting point – know the intimate details of the products and services you are selling.  Be able to answer every question that’s related to, well, anything!  Price; how it works; what the customer will receive; how long it takes; why you and not a competitor of yours; guarantees; support; discounts; the list is almost endless.  The point is, if you don’t know what you are selling in minute detail, then how would you expect the customer to understand and commit themselves to making a purchase?

 2.      Website

Your website is this century’s business card, store visit, and first impression.  When people are looking for a service, the first thing they do is search for it online.  If you don’t have a website, or you have a poorly designed website, you are losing customers, straight off the bat, to your competitors.  A good website instils a sense of trust in a potential customer.  It is their window (literally…customers really do window-shop online!) into your business and how you operate.  Hire a quality website designer to build your site.  It may cost more originally, but it will pay off in the long run.

 3.     Call to Action

A call to action is a direction or request that you give a potential customer.  On your website this might be a “Contact Us” button, or “Get a Free Quote” button.  With print marketing, this could be a coupon sent to customers urging “Hand this to your technician on their next visit for 30% off.”  The idea behind a call to action is to get potential customers and current customers to take action in engaging with your company.  You are essentially giving guidance which will lead to a sale.  Calls to action imply urgency and often coerce consumers into believing they need your company’s services right now.

Take a look at your home service business.  Do you apply these marketing concepts to running your business?  If you do, give yourself a pat on the back, but don’t take your eye off the ball; this requires continual focus on your part.  If you don’t, then start implementing them now to help you on a path to success.