Dec 9, 2016
This Podcast Is Episode Number 0194 And It Will Be About How To Find Your Ideal Customer Profile As A Contractor
Today's Guest Article Is From Hannah West Representing Modernize.Com
When it comes to branding your contracting business, you
probably have a checklist that includes a logo, a website, print
advertising, and customer outreach. But these essential efforts are
in vain if you don’t deeply consider the audience you’re attempting
to reach.
Customer profiles are the perfect tool for understanding the people
who will seek your services and what they want from you as a
contractor. Home Improvement Leads offers advice for fleshing out
those profiles in order to market your business more
effectively.
Think about What You
Offer
Before you can know your customers, you have to know yourself.
Consider your services and your mission. What sets you apart from
other contracting companies? Do you offer eco-friendly construction
and renovation services? Do you specialize in luxury homes? Do you
work primarily on residential properties, commercial, or both? Do
you go out of your way to train each employee in excellent customer
service? Do you give a percentage of profits to charity? Know your
goals and strengths, but be flexible as you research out to
potential customers. After all, the business is about meeting their
needs.
Survey Your
Audience
If you’ve already started building a customer base, reach out to
those current customers. Ask for honest feedback regarding your
services. Perform a survey and ask direct questions, giving them
the opportunity to elaborate as opposed to giving strict yes or no
answers. Ask questions such as:
● What made you choose our company over
others?
● On which social platforms are you active?
● Would you say that you use those platforms to
find services?
● How often do you seek home renovation
services?
● What do you do for a living?
● Was it easy to find information about our
company and get in contact with us?
● What do we do that other contracting companies
don’t do?
● When it comes to receiving information, do you
prefer email, mail, or phone calls?
Once you know more about what your ideal customer is looking for
and how they find it, you can start building a more in-depth
customer persona.
Building Ideal Customer
Profiles
Well-executed client profiles help you relate to your customers and
internalize who they are as well as their goals. But before you go
deep, use the information customers have offered to flesh out some
basic background info for the profiles including age, gender,
income, field of work, and whether the person resides in a
suburban, urban, or rural area. Build onto that by including the
reasons they might seek out your services, how often they have
reason to seek out your services, and what obstacles may stand in
their path.
Each profile should be broad enough to represent a whole segment of
your customers, but specific enough to be helpful when creating
marketing strategies. For instance, you may have a persona of a
30-something woman who makes most of the design and decor decisions
for her home, wants to improve her home’s value and aesthetic, and
uses Pinterest to find inspiration. You may have another persona
representing a 50-something male-skewing demographic who strictly
gets recommendations for contractors from trusted friends and
colleagues and only seeks out services for needed repairs.
Give your personas names and faces to humanize them. These are the
people you want to reach out to, and they can help you figure out
how to do it right. All you need to do is listen.
Call out the most important elements of the visual. Include “Tweet
this!” links that mention key points and vital takeaways from your
visual.
About The Author: Hanna
West
Hannah West
writes professionally with the goal of empowering homeowners with
the expert guidance and educational tools they need to take on big
home projects with confidence. In addition to her focus on home
improvement, she has a young adult novel, Kingdom of Ash and Briars, debuting in fall
2016
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