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5 Things that Service Companies can Learn from Google Analytics

Business owners and managers need reports to monitor the health of their business; to measure what works and what doesn’t, to see how they fit in the world around them, to find the best methods for gaining new customers. Part of that information…
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Best of 2016

As 2017 kicks 2016 to the curb, take a minute to revisit our most-loved blog posts of the year. Whether they're new to you, or you need a review, check out these blog posts for inspiration to start the new year. The Google Lesson…
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How Service Companies Send Appointment Reminders

Everybody sends upcoming appointment reminders: Your doctor, your hair stylist, the vet. Are you sending them to your customers? If so, is it a phone call or an email? How informational is it? Is it boosting your brand image?   Why…
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What’s your MIPS (Marketing Impressions per Service) Number? Try 9.

All too often, service contractors separate marketing from service cycle operations. Aside from truck wraps and uniforms, the two are not viewed as complementary. But aligning these business efforts is one of the core tenets of building an effective…
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Angie’s in Your Wallet Again – Take Advantage of It

Earlier this year, Angie’s List announced that they were blowing away the paywall for its members. The goal is to gain more users and recoup the lost revenue by charging more to service providers. These changes became a reality in the…
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Three things that turn your customer marketing into customer retention

When Billy’s Digital Wrap book came out, it didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to buy highlighters. At this point, my book probably has more highlighted passages than not. My favorite paragraph is from chapter 7: The digital…
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27 Local SEO Tactics for Service Contractors

Every company wants to easily be found on Google, but search engine optimization (SEO) is a mysterious realm for most people, especially service contractors who deal with a unique set of challenges associated with local search results. Working…
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Here Comes the Amazon of Services

Drones probably won't impact your field service company, but Amazon's other accomplishments in online customer engagement most definitely will. Have you noticed that it is impossible to purchase anything from Amazon without first seeing…
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The Constantly Changing Search Engine Marketing Game: AdWords Right Column Eliminated

The DVR is one of my favorite inventions because it takes the ads out of my way on the occasions that I watch network television or have recorded a Carolina Hurricanes game. I get back 20 minutes of my life during an hour-long network tv program,…